BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – HBU dropped a hard-fought 3-2 decision to TCU, then fell 4-1 to No. 8 LSU at the Battle on the Bayou Sunday at Mango's Beach Club.
Against TCU, sophomore
Danielle Wheeler and freshman
Mikayla Vivens fell to Jordan Westendorff and Brooke Sassin at five, 21-14, 21-18, but senior
Kali Fluke and freshman
Brennan Miller evened the match with a 21-15, 21-13 victory over Avery Arellano and Hannah Roger at four. The Horned Frogs reclaimed the lead when Molly Scheel and Jensyn Bledsoe downed senior
Bailey Banks and freshman
Katya Silveira, 21-13, 21-7, but the Huskies' top tandem of
Jessica Wooten and
Aeriel Horton pulled out a 25-23, 21-19 victory over Haven Hill and Cassie House. The outcome came down to the number two position, where senior
Kayla Armer and sophomore
Tori Hinojosa dropped a 21-14, 18-21, 15-7 decision to Jaelyn Greene and Jillian Bergeson. Freshmen
Jordyn Miller and
Meagan Carter were defeated in the exhibition match by Kristy Wieser and Jordan Terral, 21-12, 22-20.
In the afternoon match against LSU, Wooten and Horton held off Claire Coppola and Kristen Nuss, 27-29, 25-23, 16-14, at number one for HBU's lone point. Armer and Hinojosa rolled in the first set, but Haleigh Nelson and Mandi Orellana came back for an 8-21, 21-17, 15-10 victory at two. Banks and Silveira fell to Hunter Domanski and Olivia Powers at three, 21-11, 21-12, and Megan Davenport and Emmy Allen scored a 21-11, 21-11 victory over Fluke and
Brennan Miller. Wheeler and Vivens were downed by Riley Young and Lilly Kessler at five, 21-11, 21-9.
The Huskies wrap up the regular season, by hosting the Southland Showcase Friday through Sunday at Third Coast. The event will feature the five Southland Conference schools that sponsor beach volleyball: HBU, Central Arkansas, New Orleans, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Abilene Christian.
