FORT MYERS, Fla. – After a sweep of Palm Beach Atlantic, the No. 20 FGCU beach volleyball team ran its win streak to six straight as the Eagles improved to 16-5 on the year. FGCU won the first match of Wednesday's doubleheader at The ROC, 4-1, before taking the second match, 5-0.

"After a week on the road, I know all the girls were excited to play in front of friends, family, and fans. Conditions were perfect and it was a beautiful day for beach volleyball at FGCU," said head coach Chris Sweat. "PBA made us work for the wins and it was great seeing some of the pairs really making strides in their partnerships as we head into the second half of the season."

  
In the first match, Emma Hansen and Kaitlyn Luebbers won the opening match of the day in the fifth flight before Cortney VanLiew and Snowy Burnam put FGCU up 2-0 after a win in the fourth flight. Trinity Rosales and Shelby Beisner secured the match-winning point in the third flight.
 
In the afternoon session, the Eagles again won in the first and second flights for the 2-0 lead. Rosales and Beisner won a three-set third flight to secure the match-winning point. The ASUN Pair of the Week won their eighth straight after going 6-0 last week with a pair of top-20 wins.
 
Rosales and Beisner improved to 13-3 on the year including 9-2 at the No. 3 flight. Hansen and Luebbers won their sixth straight to improve to a team-best 16-4 on the year including 10-2 at the No. 5 flight.
 
Burnam moved up to fifth all-time in program history recording her 56^th career win on the day. Hansen earned her 16^th win of the season to move up to seventh with 45 career wins.
 
The Eagles will have a week off between matches as they next host Tampa on Friday, April 1 with the opening serves set for Noon at The ROC. The day will be Senior Day as the Eagles honor their graduating class with a special pre-match ceremony.
 
 
No. 20 FGCU 4, Palm Beach Atlantic 1
Game 1 –The ROC – Fort Myers, Fla.
 
1. Maddie Parmelly/Kacie Johnson (FGCU) vs. Lunden Evans/Jazz Schmidt (PBA) L, 2-0 - 19-21, 18-21 (4^th)    
2. Lexie Hamilton/Jaci Carpenter (FGCU) vs. Ldynzey Minter/Abby DeVido (PBA) W, 2-1 – 24-26, 21-13, 15-7 (5^th)
3. Trinity Rosales/Shelby Beisner (FGCU) vs. Julia Golichowski/Karla Cantero (PBA) W, 2-0 – 21-12, 25-23 (3^rd)
4. Cortney VanLiew/Snowy Burnam (FGCU) vs. Bailey Myott/Olivia Finckel (PBA) W, 2-0 – 21-18, 21-11 (2^nd)
5. Emma Hansen/Kaitlyn Luebbers (FGCU) vs. Gabriella Aziz/Abigail Mason (PBA) W, 2-1 – 19-21, 21-19, 15-10 (1^st)
6. Skylar English/Mia Thompson (FGCU) vs. Lorrayne Silva/Kayleigh Hall (PBA) L, 2-0 – 12-21, 16-21
 
No. 20 FGCU 5, Palm Beach Atlantic 0
Game 2 –The ROC – Fort Myers, Fla.
 
1. Maddie Parmelly/Kacie Johnson (FGCU) vs. Lunden Evans/Jazz Schmidt (PBA) W, 2-1 – 21-19, 13-21, 15-11 (5^th)
2. Lexie Hamilton/Jaci Carpenter (FGCU) vs. Ldynzey Minter/Abby DeVido (PBA) W, 2-0 – 21-14, 21-16 (4^th)
3. Trinity Rosales/Shelby Beisner (FGCU) vs. Julia Golichowski/Karla Cantero (PBA) W, 2-1 – 19-21, 21-13, 15-12 (3^rd)
4. Cortney VanLiew/Snowy Burnam (FGCU) vs. Bailey Myott/Olivia Finckel (PBA) W, 2-0 – 21-17, 21-11 (2^nd)
5. Emma Hansen/Kaitlyn Luebbers (FGCU) vs. Gabriella Aziz/Abigail Mason (PBA) W, 2-0 – 21-9, 21-10 (1^st)
6. Skylar English/Mia Thompson (FGCU) vs. Lorrayne Silva/Kayleigh Hall (PBA) W, 2-0 – 21-15, 21-19
 
 
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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 37-20 record to open his head coaching tenure.
 
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