GULF SHORES, Ala. – Closing the 2025 season with two wins, East Texas Baptist University finished seventh in the AVCA Small College Beach Volleyball National Championships. ETBU defeated LaGrange College and Southern Virginia in the consolation bracket.
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On day one of pool play, ETBU fell to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Stevenson University, 3-0. That put ETBU in the consolation bracket with LaGrange and Southern Virginia on Saturday.
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ETBU started Saturday with a 3-0 win over LaGrange.
Rylee Crook and
Bailee Kitchen won the flight 5 match, 21-12, 21-8, for the first point.
Sofia Castillo and
Kaiya Haase then took flight 3, 21-13, 21-9 making it 2-0. Earing the win with the third point was
Bella Fields and
Brooke Nalley in flight 2, 21-19, 21-16.
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The final match brought a 3-1 win over Southern Virginia. It took three sets for
Camille Freeman and
Kyleigh Pate to win at Flight 4, 21-17, 13-21, 15-12, for a point. Castillo and Haase took flight 3 in two sets, 21-11., 21-18, making it 2-0.
Taylor Parker and
Sierra Wendt fell at flight 1, 18-21, 12-21, before Fields and Nalley won flight 2, 22-20, 25-23, to finish off the match.
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ETBU ends the 2025 season with eight wins and a seventh place finish at the national tournament.Â
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FRIDAY MATCHES
Dual 1 - Univ. of Mary Hardin-Baylor 3, ETBU 0
Pair 1 Fri 9:05 AM Court: 11
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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Univ. of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Julianna Green #1/Tasha Thoms #6 |
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21 |
21 |
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5 |
16 |
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Pair 4 Fri 9:05 AM Court: 14
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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Univ. of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Saige Gizelle De La Fuente #15/Natalie Hughes #8 |
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21 |
21 |
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15 |
9 |
Pair 5 Fri 9:05 AM Court: 15
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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Univ. of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Jacie Perkins #12/Reagan Sawyer #18 |
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21 |
21 |
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6 |
8 |
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Dual 2 Stevenson Univ. 3, ETBU 0
Pair 2 Fri 12:20 PM Court: 7
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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Stevenson Univ.
Nicolette Fuglestad #4/Miranda Mueck #10 |
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21 |
21 |
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19 |
16 |
Pair 3Fri 12:20 PM Court: 8
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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Stevenson Univ.
Sima Kahoussi/Guilia Vigietta #14 |
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21 |
22 |
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15 |
20 |
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Pair 5 Fri 12:20 PM Court: 10
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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Stevenson Univ.
Scarlett Dunn #22/Claire Thompson #23 |
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21 |
21 |
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8 |
10 |
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SATURDAY MATCHES
Dual 2 -Â ETBU 3, LaGrange 0
Pair 2 Sat 11:00 AM Court: 12
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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21 |
21 |
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LaGrange
Julia Damico #4/Kaitlin Gilchrist #9 |
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19 |
16 |
Pair 3 Sat 11:00 AM Court: 13
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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21 |
21 |
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LaGrange
Madelyn Orton/Claire Titus #13 |
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13 |
9 |
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Pair 5 Sat 11:00 AM Court: 15
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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21 |
21 |
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LaGrange
Courtney Mullen #12/Isabella Zentkovich #10 |
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12 |
8 |
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Dual 3 - ETBU 3, Southern Virginia 1
Pair 1 Sat 1:20 PM Court: 16
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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SVU
Claire Grasteit #3/Kami Milius #5 |
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21 |
21 |
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18 |
12 |
Pair 2 Sat 1:20 PM Court: 17
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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SVU
Baylee Savage #19/Callie Tuckfield #24 |
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20 |
23 |
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22 |
25 |
Pair 3 Sat 1:20 PM Court: 18
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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SVU
Emily Peterson #6/Mikki Prows #11 |
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11 |
18 |
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21 |
21 |
Pair 4 Sat 1:20 PM Court: 19
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
Set 3 |
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SVU
Charity Elam #4/Brynn Keeling #21 |
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17 |
21 |
12 |
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21 |
13 |
15 |
Pair 5 Sat 1:20 PM Court: 20
Team |
Set 1 |
Set 2 |
Set 3 |
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SVU
Gabriella Green #22/London Skea #9 |
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