Hattiesburg, Miss. – Chattanooga's Beach Volleyball team fell to the University of Texas A&M Kingsville 4-1 and Southern Miss 3-2 on Friday at the Southern Miss Beach Invitational in Hattiesburg, Miss.
 
In the first match, after falling behind 2-0, Madi Morris and Victoria Cerino at No. 3 kept UTC alive with a straight set, 21-12, 28-26 win before Kingsville won the top two matches to seal a 4-1 win.
 
Against Southern Miss, the match was tied after Joy Courtright and Kaye Gresham won a three-set battle at No. 5, 19-21, 21-18, 15-9. Southern Miss won at No. 2 and 3 to secure the win. Baylee Young and Gylian Finch won a narrow three-set match by a score of 15-13 in the third set.
 
The Mocs fall to 10-6 on the season and wrap up the Southern Miss Beach Invitational with Spring Hill and Huntingdon tomorrow beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST.
 
Texas A&M-Kingsville 4, Chattanooga 1
1. Tenley Housler/Macie Satterwhite (TAMUK) def. Gylian Finch/Baylee Young (UTC) 21-15, 21-17
2. Adrienne Van Brunt/Lexi Ahrens (TAMUK) def. Neva Clark/Paige Gallentine (UTC) 18-21, 21-19, 15-11
3. Madi Morris/Victoria Cerino (UTC) def. Rylie Anderson/Madelyn Wallace (TAMUK) 21-12, 28-26
4. Roxanne Morris/Meghan Merlino (TAMUK) def. Kaye Gresham/Bailey Steger (UTC) 21-13, 21-15
5. Kapri Pelle/Jackie Alanis (TAMUK) def. Julia Davis/Joy Courtright (UTC) 21-14, 21-14

Southern Miss 3, Chattanooga 2
1. Baylee Young/Gylian Finch (UTC) def. Breleigh Favre/Aleksandra Chudzik (USM) 18-21. 22-20, 15-13
2. Vanessa Hurnikova/Kellie Garraway (USM) def. Paige Gallentine/Neva Clark (UTC) 21-14, 21-14
3. Hallie Phelan/Olivia Hepworth (USM) def. Hanley Lomax/Bailey Steger (UTC) 20-22, 21-12, 15-10
4. Valeria Siakidou/Kai Norman (USM) def. Victoria Cerino/Madi Morris (UTC) 21-17, 21-15
5. Joy Courtright/Kaye Gresham (UTC) def. Carmen Sanchez/Reagan Sandlin (USM) 19-21, 21-18, 15-9
 
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