Cassidy and Michalska Earn All-Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Second Team Honors
4/23/2025 7:08:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
NEW ORLEANS – Southern Miss' top flight pairing of Madison Cassidy and Zuzanna Michalska were selected by Sun Belt Conference coach to the All-Sun Belt Second Team as announced today by the league office.
Cassidy, a three-year letterwinner who signed to Southern Miss out of Parkview Baptist School in Baton Rouge, La., and Michalska, a former NJCAA National Champion at Palm Beach State College originally from Warsaw, Poland, have manned the Golden Eagles' top flight for the full 2025 season.
The duo owns a 15-18 overall ledger, the fifth-most wins by a pair in one season in school history. They posted wins over ranked Georgia State as they compiled a 5-3 record against Sun Belt Conference opponents.
Southern Miss opens play in the Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Championship in Foley, Ala., tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. The Golden Eagles earned the six-seed and will take on three-seed UNCW in its first match.
2025 Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Awards
Pair of the Year: Gracie Sistrunk / Lyvia Trimp, UNCW
Newcomer of the Year: Annika Thompson, UNCW
Freshman of the Year: Frida Meincke Lyø, Coastal Carolina
Coach of the Year: Collin Wilson, Coastal Carolina
All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
Emma Kunaus / Frida Meincke Lyø, Coastal Carolina
Ayla Johnson / Aree Keller, Georgia State
Destiny White / Savannah Ebarb, Georgia State
Gracie Sistrunk / Lyvia Trimp, UNCW
Gabby LaPata / Annika Thompson, UNCW
All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
Raychel Ehlers / Ava Novello, Coastal Carolina
Michaela Jefferson / Danica Singleton, Georgia State
Liv Diaz / Jordan Paddock, Mercer
Nicole O'Mara / Kathryn Corbett, Mercer
Zuzanna Michalska / Madison Cassidy, Southern Miss
Cassidy, a three-year letterwinner who signed to Southern Miss out of Parkview Baptist School in Baton Rouge, La., and Michalska, a former NJCAA National Champion at Palm Beach State College originally from Warsaw, Poland, have manned the Golden Eagles' top flight for the full 2025 season.
The duo owns a 15-18 overall ledger, the fifth-most wins by a pair in one season in school history. They posted wins over ranked Georgia State as they compiled a 5-3 record against Sun Belt Conference opponents.
Southern Miss opens play in the Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Championship in Foley, Ala., tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. The Golden Eagles earned the six-seed and will take on three-seed UNCW in its first match.
2025 Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Awards
Pair of the Year: Gracie Sistrunk / Lyvia Trimp, UNCW
Newcomer of the Year: Annika Thompson, UNCW
Freshman of the Year: Frida Meincke Lyø, Coastal Carolina
Coach of the Year: Collin Wilson, Coastal Carolina
All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
Emma Kunaus / Frida Meincke Lyø, Coastal Carolina
Ayla Johnson / Aree Keller, Georgia State
Destiny White / Savannah Ebarb, Georgia State
Gracie Sistrunk / Lyvia Trimp, UNCW
Gabby LaPata / Annika Thompson, UNCW
All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
Raychel Ehlers / Ava Novello, Coastal Carolina
Michaela Jefferson / Danica Singleton, Georgia State
Liv Diaz / Jordan Paddock, Mercer
Nicole O'Mara / Kathryn Corbett, Mercer
Zuzanna Michalska / Madison Cassidy, Southern Miss
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