SMC Beach Volleyball Sweeps Florida Memorial, 5-0

Ave Maria, Fla. – The Spartanburg Methodist College beach volleyball team secured a 5-0 victory over Florida Memorial at the Ave Maria Invitational on Friday afternoon.

En route to the win, the Pioneer pairs at No. 1 (Brantlie Price / Katie James) and No. 2 (Leilani Campbell / Layla VanAernem) emerged victorious in three-set matches. The No. 1 duo won 21-17, 14-21, 18-16, while the No. 2 pair claimed victory with scores of 13-21, 21-19, 15-11.

The remaining three wins for SMC included:

• No. 3 duo (Makinnley Smart / Hana Vucinic) securing a 21-7, 21-18 win.
• No. 4 pair (Brook Noe / Bailey Beck) earning a 21-12, 21-13 victory.
• No. 5 tandem (Arielle Deas / Rylee Anderson) dominating with a 21-12, 21-2 win.

The Pioneers will conclude the weekend with an 8:30 a.m. matchup against host Ave Maria, followed by an 11:30 a.m. contest against Thomas University.