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UAB Sweeps Morehead State, Austin Peay
4/7/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Beach Volleyball
UAB 5, MOREHEAD STATE 0 | UAB 5, AUSTIN PEAY 0
CLARKESVILLE, Tenn. – The UAB beach volleyball team defeated both Morehead State and Austin Peay with 5-0 sweeps to open the Governors Beach Challenge on Saturday in Clarkesville, Tenn.
With the two wins, the Blazers improved their record to 8-13 overall and have now won four of their last six matches.
“We competed really well today for every point,” head coach Ashley Hardee said. “That’s been a focus of ours all year and it helped us pull out some wins today even when we weren’t playing our best.”
UAB opened the day with a sweep of Morehead State as the Blazers won each match in straight sets.
The Blazers breezed past Morehead State as the closest set was a 21-16 victory for UAB on court one. Other than that, UAB didn’t allow the Eagles to score more that 14 points in a set.
Emily Martinez and Kenley Adams paired up on court three to win their sixth match in the last seven contests together. The pair is now 7-4 overall together.
The match against Austin Peay was more of the same as UAB once again won in a sweep, with three of the five matches coming in straight set victories.
Avei Logoleo and Kararina Jovicic improved their record to 4-2 overall on court one by sweeping Austin Peay to conclude the day at 2-0, while Avery Hoven and Erika Zembyla won in three sets to finish 2-0 on the day.
Court three saw Martinez combine with Tressa Buckland and the tandem won in straight sets, 21-14, 21-19. Haley Jared and Gabbi Moreno on court four, and Rachel Evans and Kalah Jones on court five once again won their matches to conclude the sweep for the Blazers.
UAB continues action tomorrow with matches against ULM and Austin Peay at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.
