NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Nicholls State University beach volleyball team played four games at the Green Wave Invitational hosted by Tulane on March 13-14.
Nicholls opened the weekend by playing a Southland Conference match against McNeese before battling Texas A&M-Kingsville. On Saturday the Colonels played matches against Tulane and Southeastern. The match against the Lady Lions was non-conference due to the upcoming Southland Mid-Season Tournament.
MATCH ONE: Nicholls 0, McNeese 5
(Osgood/Moore) def.
Hailey Mason/
Ana Clara Valentim do Vale) – 21/6, 21/18
(Simmang/Lansing) def. Nicholls (
Addison Prine/
Tierney Terrell) – 21/17, 21/19
(Durant/Russell) def. Nicholls (
Madison Smith/
Carly Lang) – 22/20, 21/15
(Cagle/Behneke) def. Nicholls (Arianna Matallana/
Brooklynn Wilkinson) – 21/17, 21/8
(Giarla/Malone) def. Nicholls (
Claire Reed/
Raegan Erickson) – 21/11, 21/8
MATCH TWO: Nicholls 1, Texas A&M-Kingsville 4
1. (Pollard/Huesca) def. Nicholls State (Mason/Valentim do Vale) – 21-15, 21-12
2. (Betsa/Vasquez) def. Nicholls State (Prine/Terrell) – 21-14, 21-17
3. (Daugherty/Hoffman) def. Nicholls State (Lang/Smith) – 21-12, 21-15
4. (Matallana/Wilkinson) def. TAMUK (Williams/Wozniak) – 19-21, 18-21
5. (Briggs/Presmanes-Garate) def. Nicholls State (Reed/Erickson) – 21-16, 11-21, 15-11
MATCH THREE: Nicholls 1, Tulane 4
1.Molly Trodd and Sky Ensign def. (Mason/Valentim do Vale) 21-7, 21-14
2.Kate Hansen and Emma Morris def. (Prine/Terrell) 23-21, 21-7
3.Gigi Gallegos and Amirah Ali def. (Lang/Smith) 21-17, 21-9
4.(Matallana/Wilkinson) def. Gabby Dwyer and Tara Gaspar 11-21, 21-12, 15-12
5.Lauren Mann and Giorgia Watther def. (Reed/Erickson) 21-12, 21-13
MATCH FOUR: Nicholls 1, Southeastern 4
1.Gabriela Hurbanova and Mia Sauers def. (Mason/Valentim do Vale) 21-9, 21-11
2.Prine/Terrell def. Carley Petty and Taylor Stockwell 20-22, 21-19, 15-8
3.Mia McKinney and Maggie Paiva def. (Matallana/Wilkinson) 21-16, 21-12
4.Makayla Hicks and Cadie Kusy def. Lang/Smith 21-17, 17-21, 15-13
5.Elizabeth Hardoun and Genevieve Schubert def.
Isabella Padilla/Reed 21-14, 21-9
UP NEXT
Nicholls (6-8, 0-2 SLC) will compete in the Southland Confer4enc Mid-Season Tournament against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, HCU, Southeastern, and New Orleans in Youngsville on March 21-22.
