Southern Miss Falls in Final Day in Tallahassee

Saturday, April 8

Tallahassee, Fla. / FSU Beach Courts

7:30 a.m. CT / 8:30 a.m. ET

Southern Miss

No. 7 Loyola Marymount

Ashlyn Rough and Madison Cassidy between sets

Southern Miss Falls in Final Day in Tallahassee

4/8/2023 12:36:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Southern Miss drops the final matches of the Unconquered Invitational to No. 7 Loyola Marymount and No. 5 LSU.

Game One – No. 7 Loyola Marymount 3, Southern Miss 0
The Golden Eagles suffered their 16th loss of the season in a match played to decision against the seventh-ranked Loyola Marymount Lions. Southern Miss is now 0-4 against the Lions.

LMU won in two sets at the first, fourth and fifth positions. Madison Cassidy and Kellie Garraway forced extra points in the third set before ultimately falling 23-21 in the decisive set.

Box Score
No. 7 Loyola Marymount 3, Southern Miss 0
1. Paul, Melanie / Prihti, Vilhelmiina (LMU) def. Ola Chudzik / Vanessa Hurnikova (USM) 21-10, 21-19
2. Anderson, Emily / Stevens, Alisha (LMU) vs. Hallie Phelan / Taylor Pierce (USM) 21-19, 20-11, unfinished
3. Hooker, Chloe / Reffel, Isabelle (LMU) vs. Valeria Siakidou / Reagan Sandlin (USM) 21-12, 18-17, unfinished
4. Chinn, Cassis / Johansen, Eleonore (LMU) def. Morgan Perry / Ashlyn Rough (USM) 21-11, 21-10
5. Firnett, Madi / Tucker, Isabelle (LMU) def. Madison Cassidy / Kellie Garraway (USM) 21-14, 23-21.

Game Two – No. 5 LSU 3, Southern Miss 0
Southern Miss dropped their fourth-consecutive match in another 3-0 decision to fifth-ranked LSU. The Tigers are now 2-0 over Southern Miss this season, both games coming in 3-0 decisions.

Box Score
No. 5 LSU 3, Southern Miss 0
1. Kylie Deberg / Ellie Shank (LSU) def. Ola Chudzik / Vanessa Hurnikova (USM) 21-11, 21-12
2. Parker Bracken / Grace Seits (LSU) def. Hallie Phelan / Taylor Pierce (USM) 21-12, 21-12
3. Reilly Allred / Hannah Brister (LSU) vs. Valeria Siakidou / Reagan Sandlin (USM) 23-21, 19-10, unfinished
4. Amber Haynes / Melia Linder (LSU) vs. Morgan Perry / Ashlyn Rough (USM) 21-16, 17-10, unfinished
5. Brooke Blutreich / Ella Larkin (LSU) def. Madison Cassidy / Kellie Garraway (USM) 21-7, 21-9

Up Next
Southern Miss returns to action Saturday, April 15, for three matches in Birmingham, Ala. The Black & Gold square off against Central Arkansas, No. 17 Tulane and host UAB while in the Iron City.

First serve against central Arkansas is set for 9 a.m. with matches against Tulane and UAB set to begin at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.

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