The Spring Hill College beach volleyball team fell to New Orleans (5-0) and Stephen F. Austin (3-2) on opening day of the 2024 season during the Green Wave Invitational at the White Sands Volleyball Courts on Friday.

The Sandy Badgers were swept by the Privateers in their first match of the season. The duo of Mikayla Boyer and Mia Saavedra took their match into the third set (18-21, 21-16, 16-14) on the No. 1 court.

In the second match of the day, Spring Hill fell 3-2 in a close battle with Stephen F. Austin. Boyer and Saavedra won in three sets on court No. 1 (17-21, 22-20, 15-8). Linnea Beger and Elizabeth Hardouin came away with the only other victory of the day (22-20, 21-18) on court No. 3.

Match Details
Date: Feb. 23
Time: 11 a.m. / 1:30 p.m.
Venue (Location): White Sands Volleyball Courts (Elmwood, La.)

Results
New Orleans 5, Spring Hill 0
1. Bria Garmon/Maria Ozaeta (UNO) def. Mikayla Boyer/Mia Saavedra (SHC) 18-21, 21-16, 16-14
2. Hannah Volpi/Valerie Vujnovich (UNO) def. Jaylyne Bell/Ally Lane (SHC) 21-14, 21-14
3. Ivana de Carvalho Pei10/Nikelle Lander (UNO) def. Linnea Beger/Elizabeth Hardouin (SHC) 21-13, 21-19
4. Serena Baumgart/Anne Marie Hardouin (UNO) def. Lily Mascari/Emily Weinzapfel (SHC) 21-16, 21-14
5. Ola Filip/Ashley Salazar (UNO) def. Emma Grace Payne/Ashlyn Whiteside(SHC) 21-12, 21-10

Records: New Orleans (1-0), Spring Hill (0-1)

Stephen F. Austin 3, Spring Hill 2
1. Madison Hall/Katherine Hansen (SFA) def. Mikayla Boyer/Mia Saavedra(SHC) 17-21, 22-20, 15-8
2. Elaina Amador/Abigail Elder (SFA) def. Jaylyne Bell/Ally Lane (SHC) 21-14, 21-18
3. Linnea Beger/Elizabeth Hardouin (SHC) def. Ariana Pagan/Victoria Simmang (SFA) 22-20, 21-18
4. Ansley Gulledge/Kelly Johnson (SFA) def. Lily Mascari/Emily Weinzapfel(SHC) 21-10, 21-18
5. Emma Grace Payne/Ashlyn Whiteside (SHC) def. Lexi Higgins/Sophia Myers (SFA) 21-18, 21-17

Records: Stephen F. Austin (2-0), Spring Hill (0-2)

Up Next
The Badgers will take on Southeastern Louisiana and Green Wave Invitational host Tulane on Saturday.

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