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Beach Volleyball Falls in Semifinals of CUSA Beach Volleyball Championships
Story Links YOUNGSVILLE, LA – Beach Volleyball falls to two-seed Tulane in the semifinals of the Conference USA Beach Volleyball Championships, 3-0. The Panthers fought to the very end, but ultimately straight set losses on courts one, two and five spelled FIU’s final match of the 2025 Beach Volleyball campaign. Despite the […]
YOUNGSVILLE, LA – Beach Volleyball falls to two-seed Tulane in the semifinals of the Conference USA Beach Volleyball Championships, 3-0.
The Panthers fought to the very end, but ultimately straight set losses on courts one, two and five spelled FIU’s final match of the 2025 Beach Volleyball campaign. Despite the loss, the Panthers extended their time in the CUSA postseason tournament longer than last season, making it to the semifinals for the first time since the 2023 CUSA tournament.
Freshman Brianna Luoma and sophomore Katarina Drozd end the season as FIU’s most successful pair, winning 22 games as a duo between the regular season and postseason.
(2) Tulane 3, (3) FIU 0
P1: Emily Heintzelman/Kenzie Cutler (TUL) def. Ella Gray/Julia Panko (FIU) 21-16, 21-13
P2: Skylar Ensign/Molly Trodd (TUL) def. Sophia Vogel/Nicole Robinson (FIU) 21-14, 21-18
P3: Sam Green/Sara Hall (TUL) 21-19, Katarina Drozd/Brianna Luoma (FIU) unf
P4: Sam O’Connor/Gigi Gallegos (TUL) 21-19, Zoe Cahill/Arianna Franklin (FIU) unf
P5: Amelia Mullen/Avery Burks (TUL) def. Aleksandra Chudzik/Kendra Brown (FIU) 21-16, 21-19
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 5
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