MIAMI, Fla. – The FGCU beach volleyball team (8-6, 3-1 ASUN Conference) delivered a flawless 5-0 victory against Erksine (1-8) and a 4-1 decision against Palm Beach Atlantic (9-11) on Saturday at the Surf & Turf Invitational.
 
"We ran a few different lineups today, and it was nice to see the girls really respond to some new pairings," said FGCU head beach volleyball coach Chris Sweat. "PBA played a great match against us and all the sets were very close, so it was great to get the win."
 
FGCU took control early against Erskine, as senior Shelby Beisner (Port Charlotte, Fla/Charlotte) and sophomore Mia Thompson (Latana, Texas/Guyer High School) earned a 21-9, 21-12 victory at No. 2. 
 
Sophomore Kaitlyn Luebbers (Union, Ky./Randall K. Cooper) and graduate Lexie Hamilton (Naples, Fla./Barron Collier HS/UNCW) added another point for the Green & Blue with a 21-9, 21-11 decision at No. 4.
 
The No. 3 pair of Dylan Brewer (Lantana, Texas/John H. Guyer HS) and Nicole De Oliveira (Cary, N.C./ Green Level HS) dominated at No. 3, winning 21-10, 21-6. FGCU's No. 1 pair of junior Kacie Johnson (Frisco, Texas/Lebanon Trail HS) and senior Maddison Parmelly (Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall Health) delivered a 21-11, 21-13 score.
 
Freshman Kristina Gluc (Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola Virtual) and sophomore Jacqueline Carpenter (Dublin, Ohio. /Dublin Jerome) closed out the match with a 21-17, 21-14 decision at No. 5.
 
In the evening match against Palm Beach Atlantic, Beisner and Parmelly teamed at No. 1 and won 22-20, 22-20.
 
De Oliveira and Luebbers won their match 17-21, 23-21, 15-8 at No. 3, and the Gluc-Carpenter duo registered a 21-13, 23-21 victory at No. 4.
 
Brewer and junior Trinity Rosales (Wilmington, N.C./Eugene Ashley) delivered a 21-14, 21-19 at No. 2 win to close out the tournament.
 
The Eagles return to action March 24 for the Stetson Mid-Season Classic in DeLand. FGCU will first take on North Alabama (12-7) at 10 a.m.
 
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Erskine 0, FGCU 5
1. Kacie Johnson/Maddison Parmelly (FGCU) def. Morgan Browne/Olivia Browne (ERK) 21-11, 21-13
2. Shelby Beisner /Mia Thompson (FGCU) def Alyssa Pagan and Karina Petrovich (ERK) 21-9, 21-12
3. Dylan Brewer/Nicole De Oliveira (FGCU) def. Sam Bebber/Kylie McKean (ERK) 21-10, 21-6
4. Lexie Hamilton/Kaitlyn Luebbers (FGCU) def. Allison Garner/Emily Gilbert (ERK) 21-9, 21-11
5. Jacqueline Carpenter/Kristina Gluc (FGCU) def. Allison Dutterer/Laney Gatson (ERK) 21-17, 21-14


Order of Finish: 2, 4, 3, 1, 5

Palm Beach 1, FGCU 4
1. Shelby Beisner /Maddison Parmelly (FGCU) def. Lunden  Evans/Mya Krystosek (PBA) 22-20, 22-20
2. Dylan Brewer /Trinity Rosales (FGCU) def. Asleigh Holweger /Rebekah Machovec (PBA) 21-14, 21-19
3. Nicole De Oliveira/Kaitlyn Luebbers (FGCU) def. Gabriella Aziz/Savannah DeCarlo (PBA) 17-21, 23-21, 15-8
4. Jacqueline Carpenter/Kristina Gluc (FGCU) def. Lexie Golichowski/Kaitlyn Skopalova (PBA) 21-13, 23-21
5. Karla Cantero/Abigail Mason (PBA) def. Lily Felts/Lexie Hamilton 24-22, 21-17

Order of Finish: 5, 1, 3, 4, 2
 

COACH SWEAT
Sweat's 2022 team finished with a program-high 29 wins, and Sweat earned his 50th career victory in just his third season as coach. Sweat became the first coach in FGCU program history to earn ASUN Coach of the Year accolade after guiding his team to its 11th-consecutive appearance in the ASUN Championship. The Eagles earned wins over two top-25 teams in 2022, downing No. 17 Stetson and No. 18 South Carolina while also taking down seven different conference squads. Sweat's FGCU program again ascended to a No. 20 ranking in the AVCA Top 20 in March 2022 and maintained that ranking through the ASUN Tournament. He is in his fourth 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 58-30 (.659) record
 
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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 96 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 15-plus seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 11-plus seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 48 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. In 2022, the men's golf team became the first program to earn an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Nine FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20 in 2021-22 and No. 22 in 2022-23), baseball (No. 20 in 2023), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022), and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as five of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green & 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 3.66 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2022 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 27 consecutive semesters. The past seven semesters (Fall 2019 – Fall 2022) saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher cumulative team GPA. 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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