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No. 19 Beach Volleyball Handles No. 14 FIU, FGCU To Close Out FGCU Inaugural Tournament

Senior Hayden Wooldridge Sets Program Record For Career Wins

3/8/2025 5:30:00 PM

FORT MYERS, Fla. – No. 19-ranked North Florida beach volleyball picked up a pair of dual wins against Florida Gulf Coast and No. 14 FIU on Saturday to close out action at the FGCU Inaugural Tournament at the FGCU Beach Volleyball Courts.
 
With now 81 victories, senior Hayden Wooldridge surpassed Callie Henderson for the program record in career wins.
 
Woolridge and sophomore Cameron Humphries paired up for an undefeated weekend at the four spot. Senior Mariana Feliciano Sanchez and junior Madison Espy were also unblemished at two in their tandem season debut.
 
North Florida handled host FGCU, 4-1, to open day two action. Humphries and Wooldridge picked up a 21-12, 21-14 win on four, while redshirt sophomore Sophia Notaro and sophomore Eden Anderson secured the five line, 10-21, 21-15, 15-12. FGCU earned a point at the one spot to cut the margin to 2-1, but senior pair Taylor Pierce and Andrea Da Silva responded back to take two, 17-21, 21-16, 15-8. Feliciano Sanchez and Espy added a 17-21, 21-16, 15-8 win in the two slot. 
 
North Florida swept No. 14 FIU with straight-set wins on three of five lines. Notaro and Anderson answered a first-set loss to clinch the lead, 19-21, 23-21, 15-7. Humphries and Wooldridge added another three-set win, 17-21, 21-15, 15-9, to extend the lead. The final three spots were won in straight sets when Pierce and Da Silva earned a 21-19, 21-12 win on three, Feliciano Sanchez and Espy took two, 21-15, 21-19, and junior tandem Presley Murray and Mackenzie Murphy posted a 22-20, 21-15 win at the top position. 
 
North Florida returns home to The Cooper Beach Volleyball Complex to face Wingate and Jacksonville on Wednesday, March 12. 
 
No. 19 North Florida 4, FGCU 1
  1. Kaitlyn Luebbers/Nicole De Oliveira (FGCU) def. Presley Murray/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF), 21-12, 21-19
  2. Mariana Feliciano Sanchez/Madison Espy (UNF) def. Jaci Carpenter/Emma Soncrant (FGCU), 17-21, 21-16, 15-8
  3. Andrea Da Silva/Taylor Pierce (UNF) def. Alexis Keeter/Ava Lilliquist (FGCU), 21-16, 17-21, 15-12
  4. Cameron Humphries/Hayden Wooldridge (UNF) def. Andrea Dietz/Sydney Majick (FGCU), 21-12, 21-14
  5. Sophia Notaro/Eden Anderson (UNF) def. Erin Miller/Mia Thompson (FGCU), 10-21, 21-15, 15-12
Ex.   Emily Guenter/Anne Marie Hardouin (UNF) def. Kristina Gluc/Lilly Hafner (FGCU), 21-18, 21-15
 
 No. 19 North Florida 5, No. 14 FIU 0 
  1. Presley Murray/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF) def. Julia Panko/Ella Gray (FIU), 22-20, 21-15
  2. Mariana Feliciano Sanchez/Madison Espy (UNF) def. Maria Fernanda Vinatea Sanchez/Sofie Vogel (FIU), 21-15, 21-19
  3. Andrea Da Silva/Taylor Pierce (UNF) def. Ola Chudzik/Arianna Franklin (FIU), 21-19, 21-12
  4. Cameron Humphries/Hayden Wooldridge (UNF) def. Brianna Luoma/Katarina Drozd (FIU), 17-21, 21-15, 15-9
  5. Sophia Notaro/Eden Anderson (UNF) def. Zoe Cahill/Kendra Brown (FIU), 19-21, 23-21, 15-7
Ex.   Emily Guenter/Anne Marie Hardouin (UNF) def. Hailey Heflin/Mackenzie Greenlee (FIU), 21-11, 21-14
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