MIAMI, Fla. – Shelby Beisner and Trinity Rosales picked up a pair of wins to lead the #26 FGCU beach volleyball team to a 1-2 day at the FIU Surf N Turf as the Eagles defeated North Florida and fell to No. 19 FIU and No. 2 Southern California. The Green and Blue moves to 10-5 overall on the year and will be back in action this Friday and Saturday at the Stetson Challenge.
 
FGCU fell to FIU and USC, 4-1, while defeating the Ospreys, 3-2.
 
Beisner and Rosales picked up a three set win in the third flight against the Panthers which took the match 4-1 over the Eagles. The duo also won in three sets in the third flight against North Florida.
 
FGCU started the day against the host Panthers before taking on the Ospreys. In the win over UNF, FGCU also had wins in the first flight with Maddison Parmelly and Kacie Johnson winning in two sets. Emma Hansen and Kaitlyn Luebbers also won in two sets in the fifth flight.
 
Against second-ranked Southern California in the final match of the day, Snowy Burnam and Cortney VanLiew earned a three-set win in the fifth flight.
 
Friday's action will start at 10 AM against North Florida before the Eagles take on Stetson at 2 PM. On Saturday, FGCU will play North Alabama at 8 AM and Palm Beach Atlantic at 12 PM.
 
#19 FIU Panthers 4, FGCU 1
1. Giada Bianchi/Paige Kalkhoff (FIU) def. JOHNSON, Kacie/PARMELLY, Maddison (FGCU) 21-9, 21-19
2. Rachele Mancinelli/Emily Meyer (FIU) def. CARPENTER, Jaci/HAMILTON, Lexie (FGCU) 21-13, 27-25
3. BEISNER, Shelby/ROSALES, Trinity (FGCU) def. Emma Erteltova/Gina Lipscomb (FIU) 18-21, 22-20, 15-5
4. Zuzanna Bielak/Roberta Ribeiro (FIU) def. BURNHAM, Snowy/RICHMOND, Elizabeth (FGCU) 21-18, 21-14
5. Lisa Luini/Kendall Mather (FIU) def. HANSEN, Emma/LUEBBERS, Kaitlyn (FGCU) 21-18, 17-21, 15-6
Ext. ENGLISH, Skylar/VANLIEW, Cortney (FGCU) def. Paola Alvarado/Ella Erteltova (FIU) 21-17, 21-18
 
FGCU 3, North Florida 2
1. PARMELLY, Maddison/JOHNSON, Kacie (FGCU) def. Taryn Griffey/Callie Workman (UNF) 21-13, 21-9
2. Lauren Galinis/Carleigh Semeniuk (UNF) def. CARPENTER, Jaci/HAMILTON, Lexie (FGCU) 21-15, 21-17
3. BEISNER, Shelby/ROSALES, Trinity (FGCU) def. Madeline Camp/Gabby O'Connell (UNF) 23-21, 15-21, 15-10
4. Chantel McMillan/Hayden Wooldridge (UNF) def. RICHMOND, Elizabeth/BURNHAM, Snowy (FGCU) 19-21, 22-20, 20-18
5. HANSEN, Emma/LUEBBERS, Kaitlyn (FGCU) def. Julianna Askew/M. Feliciano Sanchez (UNF) 21-15, 21-17
Ext. VANLIEW, Cortney/ENGLISH, Skylar (FGCU) def. Zoe Cahill/Anna Mallory (UNF) 21-23, 21-11, 16-15
 
#2 Southern California 4, FGCU 1
1. Tina Graudina/Hailey Harward (USC) def. JOHNSON, Kacie/PARMELLY, Maddison (FGCU) 21-16, 21-19
2. Megan Kraft/Sammy Slater (USC) def. CARPENTER, Jaci/ROSALES, Trinity (FGCU) 21-10, 21-8
3. Delaynie Maple/Julia Scoles (USC) def. BEISNER, Shelby/RICHMOND, Elizabeth (FGCU) 21-13, 21-9
4. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (USC) def. HANSEN, Emma/LUEBBERS, Kaitlyn (FGCU) 21-9, 21-18
5. BURNHAM, Snowy/VANLIEW, Cortney (FGCU) def. Emily Hansen/Shannon Scully (USC) 21-19, 19-21, 15-11
6. ENGLISH, Skylar/THOMPSON, Mia (FGCU) vs. Harper Hallgren/Paige Hammons (USC) no result
 
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