| FGCU Beach Volleyball Information |
| Matches (2/25-26) |
Match 1 vs #18 South Carolina | Friday | 8 a.m.
Match 2 vs College of Charleston | Friday | 12 p.m.
Match 3 vs Mercer | Saturday | 10 a.m.
Match 4 at #19 Stetson | Saturday | 2 p.m. |
| Where |
DeLand, Fla. | Cooper Beach Courts |
| Live Stats |
Spring Fling Tournament Central |
| Stream |
n/a |
| Twitter |
@FGCU_BeachVB |
| Instagram |
@FGCU_BeachVB |
| Facebook |
FGCU Beach Volleyball |
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The 2022 season officially gets underway this weekend as the No. 20 FGCU beach volleyball team heads to the Stetson Spring Fling Tournament at the Cooper Beach Courts.
The tournament will kick off on Friday morning at 8 AM as the Eagles play No. 18 South Carolina before facing the College of Charleston at Noon. On Saturday, FGCU takes on Mercer (10 AM) and No. 19 Stetson (2 PM). Live stats for each match will be provided.
The Green and Blue are coming off a 17-15 overall record last spring including two wins over top-15 programs. In the ASUN Championship Tournament, FGCU picked up wins over North Alabama and North Florida before falling to top-seeded Stetson in the winners bracket finale and then North Florida in the losers bracket.
Earlier this week,
Kacie Johnson was named the ASUN Preseason Player of the Year and joined
Kirstine Garder and
Maddison Parmelly on the ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team.
Garder enters the year 10
th all-time at FGCU in career wins (35) with
Emma Hansen ranked 12
th (29), Johnson ranked 13
th (23), and Parmelly ranked 14
th (22).
Against the tournament field, FGCU is 1-3 all-time against South Carolina, 1-1 against the College of Charleston, 14-7 against Mercer (including eight straight wins), and 3-24 against Stetson. The Eagles most recent win over the Hatters came last season with Stetson ranked No. 14 nationally.
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COACH SWEAT
Chris Sweat is in his third season as head coach of the FGCU beach volleyball program after spending the prior five seasons as an assistant coach. A member of VolleyballMag.com's Under 40 Coaching Hotshots list in January 2020, he led the Eagles to a 4-0 start in 2020 prior to the COVID-19 shutdown and has compiled a 21-15 record to open his head coaching tenure.
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 87 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 43 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 25, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 24 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, and 2021 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
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