TALLHASSEE, Fla. – The College of Charleston beach volleyball team fell twice to ranked opponents on Friday on the opening day of the Florida State Tournament.

The Cougars dropped its morning match, 5-0, to No. 9 Georgia State before being handed a 5-0 defeat to No. 17 Tulane.

CofC will face North Florida and Florida State on Saturday.

Georgia State 5, College of Charleston 0

Flight 1) Olivova/Button (GSU) def. Morello/Tronick (COFC) 21-15, 19-21, 15-7

Flight 2) Interwies/Rawls (GSU) def. Hills/Foley (COFC) 21-9, 21-19

Flight 3) Pickering/Rohan (GSU) def. Mummey/Rhodes (COFC) 21-17, 21-10

Flight 4) Weiner/Wilson (GSU) def. Hollman/Madison (COFC) 21-14, 21-17

Flight 5) Cook/Townsend (GSU) def. Rachel/Beckman (COFC) 24-22, 21-23, 15-13

Tulane 5, College of Charleston 0

Flight 1) Juric/Wegner (TUL) def. Morello/Tronick (COFC) 21-17, 21-16

Flight 2) Mertz/Nguyen (TUL) def. Hills/Foley (COFC) 21-16, 21-19

Flight 3) Correa/Miah Diirell (TUL) def. Mummey/Rhodes (COFC) 21-12, 16-21, 15-11

Flight 4) McAfee/Hannah Holmes (TUL) def. Hollman/Madison (COFC) 21-12, 21-13

Flight 5) McAfee/Anna Chin (TUL) def. Rachel/Beckman (COFC) 17-21, 21-17, 15-12

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