Beach Volleyball Back in Action at LSU

Saturday, March 18

Baton Rouge, La.

11:00 a.m.

University of North Florida

UAB

Beach Volleyball heads to LSU to face UAB, Tulane, Spring Hill and Houston Baptist

3/17/2017 9:09:00 AM | Beach Volleyball

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida beach volleyball gets back on the sand this weekend at the Tiger Beach Invitational hosted by LSU before trekking to Spring Hill for a spring break match up.

NORTH FLORIDA SCHEDULE

Saturday, March 18	10:00 a.m.	4:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.
	UAB	RV Tulane	Spring Hill
Series:	UNF 4-1	Tulane 2-0	UNF 3-0
Sunday, March 19	9:00 a.m.	3:00 p.m.
	Houston Baptist	No. 8 LSU
Series:	First Meeting	Tied 1-1

NOTEABLES
- UNF comes into the weekend to bounce back from a 1-4 start to the season.
- North Florida takes on Tulane, who is receiving votes in the latest AVCA poll, and No. 8 LSU, marking five ranked opponents so far.
- Courtney Miller, Katarina Raicevic and Chaney Howard all earned Preseason ASUN All-Conference honors.
- Howard is coming off of the ASUN Tournament MVP title with Ambre Desaulnay who graduated last spring.
- Miller and Raicevic were both named to the ASUN All-Conference team and earned All-Tournament accolades as well.
- The Ospreys have five news players on the roster including fifth-year transfer Lauren Gainer who comes to the Ospreys from Chattanooga.

UAB (4-4)

Rachel Evans and Gabbi Moreno lead the team in the No. 4 spot with a record of 6-2.
On March 11, the Blazers fell to conference opponent, Jacksonville University, 1-4.
The Blazers played against two nationally-ranked teams as they fell to No. 11 Grand Canyon and No. 15 Tulane.

TULANE (8-1)

After starting the season 8-1, Tulane is receiving votes in the AVCA poll.
In seven of their eight wins, Tulane shut out its opponents. The Green Wave have given up just one match to ULM.
The Green Wave has not yet played any ranked teams, but will face one this weekend.

SPRING HILL COLLEGE (4-6)

The pairs of Taylor Hurst and Catherine Milwee as well as Caroline Herrera and Hannah Masoner each have four wins on the No. 4 and No. 5 courts, respectively.
Away from Mobile and their respective home tournament in Golf Shores, the Badgers are 0-5..
The Badgers have lost five of their six matches by shutout including one from the Ospreys to kick off the season.

HOUSTON BAPTIST (2-3)

At the No. 1 spot, Aeriel Horton and Jessica Wooten have the most wins one the team with a record of 10-8.
The Huskies also recently lost to Tulane and Florida Atlantic, both who received votes in the latest AVCA Poll.

No. 8 LSU (2-5)

LSU is tied for No. 8 in the AVCA Coaches Poll with Georgia State, which is their highest ranking in school history.
Out of the seven teams the Tigers have played, six of them have been nationally ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll, including No. 1 Southern California who topped LSU, 4-1.
LSU's one shutout on the season was against No. 15 Cal Poly.

LOOKING AHEAD
After this weekend's tournament, North Florida plays Spring Hill for a third and fourth time on the March 22 before jumping into ASUN play with FGCU and Stetson beginning on Friday, March,31.