Chattanooga Beach Volleyball Drops Two In Scenic City Showdown

  • Friday, March 31, 2023

 The Chattanooga Mocs beach volleyball team suffered a pair of losses to UT Martin and EKU on the opening day of the Scenic City Showdown on Friday at the UTC Sports Complex Sand Courts.
 
Chattanooga falls to 8-7 overall and 4-2 within OVC play after the league loss to UT Martin. UTM improved to 13-6 overall and claimed a two-match lead over UTC in the OVC standings at 6-0. EKU improved to 12-8 on the season after the win.
 
In the morning match against UT Martin, Chattanooga suffered a 5-0 defeat to the current OVC-leading Skyhawks.

UT Martin (6-0) moved two matches ahead of UTC (4-2) at the top of the regular season standings after the victory.
 
In the nightcap against EKU, the No. 5 duo of Kaye Gresham and Madelina Myers-Osband provided 21-16, 21-19 victory to allow for a 1-1 tie ahead of the final three pairings. While EKU had the match clinched 3-1, the duo of McKenna Faychak and Maddie Lecik posted a hard-earned 21-19, 16-21, 15-11 victory to account for the team's second point.
 
Chattanooga returns to action tomorrow to close out the Scenic City Showdown with two more matches. The Mocs will face Liberty at 1 p.m. ET before squaring off against Carson-Newman at 5 p.m. ET in the finale.
 
Full match results and tournament schedule for Saturday can be found HERE.
 

UT Martin 5, Chattanooga 0 | Finish: 4, 5, 2, 3, 1

Pair #

Pairing

1

2

3

1

Neva Clark/Joy Courtright(UTC)

15

21

12

Dylan Mott / Logan Wallick (UTM)

21

19

15

2

McKenna Faychak/Maddie Lecik(UTC)

15

8

Kambree Lucas / Olivia O'Keefe (UTM)

21

21

3

Julia Davis/ Maddi Morris (UTC)

21

15

10

Addy Vaughn / Lucy Kaufman (UTM)

18

21

15

4

Halle Olson/Grace Frigaard(UTC)

13

9

Haeleigh Paulino / Jenna Vallee (UTM)

21

21

5

Maddie Myers-Osband /Kaye Gresham(UTC)

12

15

Kayla Carrell / Audrey Haworth (UTM)

21

21

 

EKU 3, Chattanooga 2 | Finish: 5, 4, 3, 1, 2

Pair #

Pairing

1

2

3

1

Neva Clark/Joy Courtright(UTC)

22

16

Hannah Keating / Shannon Stone (EKU)

24

21

2

McKenna Faychak/Maddie Lecik(UTC)

21

16

15

Paityn Walker / Maddy Campbell (EKU)

19

21

11

3

Maddi Morris /Julia Davis(UTC)

17

14

Rachel Mueller / Sarah Mitchell (EKU)

21

21

4

Halle Olson/Grace Frigaard(UTC)

21

18

12

EK Lohergan / MaddyRichardson (EKU)

17

21

15

5

Kaye Gresham/ Maddie Myers-Osband (UTC)

21

21

Z Fonvielle / Arilyn Lee (EKU)

16

19


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