Bach Makes CUSA Second Team, Cepicky on All-Freshman Team

DALLAS – Missouri State beach volleyball’s Becca Bach and Rylie Cepicky earned Conference USA All-Conference honors for the 2025 season, the league announced Friday. Bach is the first player in MoState history to make a CUSA all-conference team, earning a nod on the second team. Cepicky also became the first Bear to make a CUSA All-Freshman Team.

“I am incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication that this team and all the players before them have put in to reach this moment,” head coach Ashley Emery said. “It is an honor to be recognized in this conference, and I couldn’t be more proud of Becca and Rylie for their unwavering commitment to the team, their personal growth and contributions to our program. It’s a great time to be a Bear.”

Bach (Clearwater, Florida) makes the All-CUSA Second Team after going 17-9 at Flight No. 1 alongside Allyson Larkin. Bach started the season on a nine-match winning streak, which included going 8-0 across both of Missouri State’s season-opening home tournaments. Bach won 15 of her first 18 matches of the season and ended the year with a straight-set victory against UAB’s three-time conference Pair of the Week, Olivia Stant and Jasmine Haas, at the CUSA Tournament in Louisiana last weekend. Bach finished her Missouri State career second on the program’s all-time wins list with 53. 

“After four years of grit, growth and gratitude, I am proud to have left it all on the sand for Missouri State,” Bach said.

Cepicky (Eureka, Missouri) joins four other players on the CUSA All-Freshman Team, all from teams that have either been ranked or received votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association polls this season. Cepicky went 20-6 in her first season with the Bears, including a 20-5 showing at Flight No. 4 alongside Manuela Niemeyer. Cepicky and Niemeyer became just the fifth pair in team history to reach 20 wins in a season. The 20 wins for Cepicky are the second-most by a Bears freshman, only behind Maddie Schrandt’s 27 wins last season alongside Brooke Plessner for the single-season team record.

“I’m incredibly honored to be picked for the All-Freshman Team for our conference,” Cepicky said. “A huge thanks to my coaches, teammates and everyone who supported me this season. I’m excited for what’s to come.”

Missouri State finished 18-10 in its second season as an affiliate member of Conference USA. The Bears advanced to the second day of the CUSA Tournament for a second straight season, defeating Tarleton State in three sets in the contender’s bracket.

Second Team All-Conference

Becca Bach, Missouri State

McKenzie Cutler, Tulane

Samantha Green, Tulane

Sara Hall, Tulane

Emily Heintzelman, Tulane

Molly Trodd, Tulane

 

All-Freshman Team

Mia Scanlon, Florida Atlantic

Shantel Starling, Florida Atlantic

Brianna Luoma, FIU

Rylie Cepicky, Missouri State

Gigi Gallegos, Tulane 

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