CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston beach volleyball split their two matches at the Duuuval Duals Saturday collecting their first Sun Belt win in the finale by a 5-0 score over Mercer.
 
Quick Sets
Final (Match One): North Florida 5, Charleston 0
Final (Match Two): Charleston 5, Mercer 0
Location: Jacksonville, Fla. | The Cooper Beach Volleyball Complex
Records: Charleston (4-5, 1-2 Sun Belt), North Florida (4-3), Mercer (0-8)
 
How It Happened

• Charleston battled into third sets at the top two flights but fell 5-0 to the host North Florida Saturday morning.
• The Cougars bounced back with a sweep of their own, this one a 5-0 victory over Sun Belt foe Mercer.
• Charleston fought through three set matches on courts one, two, three and five erasing 1-0 deficits on two, three and five for the win.
• Ella Reames and Tynley Smeltzer got the afternoon going with a 21-18, 21-19 sweep on four before Alli Grant Avery and Elizabeth Curry added a 15-21, 21-18, 16-14 comeback win.
• Emma Falk and Kora Hansen clinched the Cougar win with a 16-21, 21-14, 15-8 win on three before Kyra Thompson and Gabi Bailey then Sofie Vogel and Maria Zweig finished off the Charleston sweep.

 
North Florida 5, Charleston 0

1. Audrey Brooks/Iris Fletcher (UNF) def. Gabi Bailey/Kyra Thompson (CofC) 21-10, 20-22, 17-15
2. Micahaela Rezentes/Katie Camp (UNF) def. Sofie Vogel/Maria Zweig (CofC) 11-21, 21-18, 15-9
3. Presley Murray/Madison Espy (UNF) def. Kora Hansen/Emma Falk (CofC) 21-17, 21-15
4. M. Feliciano-Sanchez/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF) def. Ella Reames/Tynley Smeltzer (CofC) 23-21, 21-13
5. Chantel McMillan/Hayden Wooldridge (UNF) def. Elizabeth Curry/Alexa Psotka (CofC) 21-16, 21-18

 
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 3, 1, 2
 
Charleston 5, Mercer 0

1. Kyra Thompson/Gabi Bailey (CofC) def. Lexi Polychrones/Jordan Paddock (MU) 21-19, 18-21, 15-13
2. Sofie Vogel/Maria Zweig (CofC) def. Nicole O'Mara/Katie Hardie (MU) 19-21, 21-19, 15-12
3. Emma Falk/Kora Hansen (CofC) def. Sydney Benson/Jordyn Thomas-Warren (MU) 16-21, 21-14, 15-8
4. Ella Reames/Tynley Smeltzer (CofC) def. Alyssa Scoggins/Hollis Engel (MU) 21-18, 21-19
5. Alli Grant Avery/Elizabeth Curry (CofC) def. Reese Hood/Kathryn Corbett (MU) 15-21, 21-18, 16-14

 
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 3, 1, 2
 
Up Next
Charleston hosts their first weekend tournament as Catawba, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Kentucky and Berry come to Creekside Tennis & Swim Club for a two-day event March 11-12.