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W. Beach Volleyball Tue, Mar 01 Final
at St. Andrews
4
W. Beach Volleyball Tue, Mar 01 Final
at St. Andrews
2
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Mar 04 Final
vs Bob Jones University
2
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Mar 04 Final
vs Lincoln Memorial University
5
W. Beach Volleyball Sat, Mar 05 Final
vs Truett McConnell University
2
W. Beach Volleyball Sat, Mar 05 Final
vs Erskine College
4
W. Beach Volleyball Thu, Mar 10 Final
vs Florida Southern College
5
W. Beach Volleyball Thu, Mar 10 Final
vs Huntingdon College
3
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Mar 11 Final
vs Florida Southern College
5
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Mar 11 Final
vs Berry College
3
W. Beach Volleyball Thu, Mar 17 Final
at Eastern Kentucky
5
W. Beach Volleyball Thu, Mar 17 Final
at Erskine College
5
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Mar 25 Final
vs Loyola Marymount University (TN)
4
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Mar 25 Final
vs Eastern Kentucky
5
W. Beach Volleyball Sat, Mar 26 Final
vs Bob Jones University
2
W. Beach Volleyball Sat, Mar 26 Final
vs St. Andrews
2
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Apr 01 Final
vs Sandhills Community College
1
Flyers Invitational
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Apr 01 Final
vs Bob Jones University
2
W. Beach Volleyball Sat, Apr 02 Final
vs Bob Jones University
3
W. Beach Volleyball Sat, Apr 02 Final
vs Sandhills Community College
1
Flyers Invitational
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Apr 08 Final
vs Erskine College
4
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Apr 08 Final
vs Sandhills Community College
2
W. Beach Volleyball Sat, Apr 09 Final
vs Sandhills Community College
1
W. Beach Volleyball Sat, Apr 09 Final
vs Gaston College
0
W. Beach Volleyball Thu, Apr 14 Final
vs Bryant and Stratton College (WI)
0
Small College Championship
W. Beach Volleyball Thu, Apr 14 Final
vs St. Johns River State College
3
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Apr 15 Final
vs Sandhills Community College
0
Small College Championship
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Apr 15 Final
vs State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
4
AVCA TWO YEAR COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMI FINALS
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Apr 15 Final
at St. Johns River State College
2
W. Beach Volleyball Tue, Apr 26 4:00 PM
vs Gaston College
Spartanburg, SC
W. Beach Volleyball Fri, Apr 29 Cancelled
vs Sandhills Community College
Region 10 Tournament
Pioneers Close with a Sweep

Pioneers Close with a Sweep

Spartanburg, SC.  The Spartanburg Methodist Women’s Beach Volleyball hosted this weekend finally testing their work against fellow NJCAA teams of Richard Bland, Bryan & Stratton, and Gaston Colleges. 

 

DAY 1

The first day match would bring in Region 10 Richard Bland. With 3 of the pairs going all three sets the match would fall to the 1’s pair to close out the match. With the first two sets finishing very even at16-21, 21-13 it would come down to closing the match out in the final set but would fall short dropping the match 16-14.  The 2’s pair would be just as close but would give the SMC Beach squad  the win in the final set of 15-13. Finally the 3’s pair of Tayla Reini / Tori Barr would be a solid win in two sets.

 

Spartanburg Methodist 2, Richard Bland 3

1s: Sarah Heath/ Karagyn Durco (RBBVB) def. Zuzanna Michalska / Delaney Castro (SMCBVB) 21-16, 13-21, 16-14

2s: Kendall Meinders / Aurora Aho (SMCBVB) def. Leilani Goggin/ Sophia Kaiser (RBBVB) 14-21,21-19, 15-13

3s: Tayla Reini / Tori Barr (SMCBVB) def. Rylie Harris/ Jadyn Brown (RBBVB) 21-14,21-18

4s: Morgan Green/ Sydney Phillips (RBBVB) def. Marrit Preusting / Ashley Gagnon (SMCBVB) 21-16, 21-14

5s: Jordan May/ Marisa Dunnavent(RBBVB) def. Callie Wzorek / Racquel Talley (SMCBVB) 13-21, 21-16, 15-8

 

 

DAY 2

Day two of the tournament would finally give the Pioneers a sweep on the day! The first matchup of the day would almost be a complete game falling short again in the third set of the 4’s pair. All five pairs would position themselves to close out each set at the top of their game.

 

Spartanburg Methodist 4 vs. Bryant & Stratton 1

1s: Zuzanna Michalska / Delaney Castro (SMCBVB) def. Isabella De la rosa/ Brianna Macias (B&SBVB) 21-16, 21-14

2s: Tayla Reini/ Joanna Barr (SMCBVB) def. Kassandra Menard/Isis Romine (B&SBVB) 21-13, 21-12

3s: Kendall Meinders / Aurora Aho (SMCBVB) def. Trinity Rivera/ Victoria Mills (B&SBVB)  21-9, 21-13

4s: Alexandra Hurtado/ Kaydence Fitz-Gerald (B&SBVB) def. Marrit Preusting / Ashley Gagnon (SMCBVB) 18-21, 21-14, 15-7

5s: Callie Wzorek / Racquel Talley (SMCBVB) def. Darien Short/ Raelyn Johnson (B&SBVB) 21-14, 21-9

 

 

The Final match of the day would come against Gaston College. The 2’s-5’s pairs would all finish their match will dominance and fight but it would come down again to the 4’s pair with a shot at a sweep this time with taking two of the three sets to extra points before closing out the day 2-0

 

Spartanburg Methodist 5 vs. Gaston 0

1s: Zuzanna Michalska / Delaney Castro (SMCBVB) def. Emma Downey/ Cristina Rotola (GABVB) 23-21, 21-13

2s: Tayla Reini/ Joanna Barr (SMCBVB) def. Naomi Hilliard/ Liz Jones (GABVB) 21-19, 21-11

3s: Kendall Meinders / Aurora Aho (SMCBVB) def. Millea Styles/ Kristy Seifert (GABVB) 21-4, 21-11

4s: Marrit Preusting / Ashley Gagnon (SMCBVB) def. Bianca Bowland/ Carli Phillips (GABVB) 22-20, 18-21, 17-15

5s: Callie Wzorek / Racquel Talley (SMCBVB) def. Leilani Nolasco/ Cameryn Reavis(GABVB) 21-6, 21-9

 

 

The Pioneers will be back in action on Tuesday this week for a matchup against cross town opponent Bob Jones at 4 PM at the Upward Star Center.