Beach Goes 1-2 on the Weekend

BABSON PARK, Fla.- Southeastern University beach volleyball went 1-2 on the weekend in Babson Park to move to 6-6 on the season.
 
In the first match of the day, the Fire fell 2-3 to William Carey with wins at lines four and five. Emily Eurice and Chloe Rhodes combined for a win at line four with two set scores of 21-11 while Emilia Harding and Holly Kaczmarek won a closely-contested match at line five with scores of 24-22 and 21-17.
 
Against Loyola University, Southeastern strung together a 5-0 shutout with three of the five sets going to a tiebreaker set.
 
Alexandra Postlethwaite and Grace Petty earned a win at line one in three sets after taking the first set 21-19 and dropping set two 21-10. In the tiebreaker set, the Fire duo took the 15-12 win for the first Fire point of the match.
 
At line two, Katie Chillura and Sylvia Liszewski took the win with set scores of 21-16 and 23-21 while line three saw Ryanne VanWyk and Kennedy Jones come out on the winning side of a three-set match. The Fire battled back after dropping the first set 21-11 to take the next two 21-13 and 15-9.
 
Eurice and Rhodes then were forced to work from behind at line four after dropping set one 21-19 as they took the next two 21-16 and 15-8 to secure their second win of the day.
 
Harding and Kaczmarek also earned their second win of the day at line five with scores of 21-15 and 21-18.
 
The Fire then dropped their third contest of the weekend to the University of Mobile by aa score of 4-1 with Petty and Postlethwaite taking the Fire's lone win at line one.