EKU Beach Volleyball’s Season Ends Against North Alabama

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Eastern Kentucky University’s beach volleyball team’s season ended on Friday afternoon at the ASUN Conference Championship, falling to the No. 4-seed North Alabama, 3-1.
 
The Colonels struck first in the match as Elpida Pitsigkoni and Bella Williams took the 5’s match in two sets, 21-10, 21-17.
 
UNA punched back quickly, taking the top two flights in straight sets with a 21-17, 21-16 win at the 1’s and 21-18, 21-15 win at the 2’s.
 
At the 4’s, EK Lonergan and Reagan Sandlin battled back after dropping their first set to win the second, 21-19, keeping EKU alive in the dual.
 
At the 3’s, Madalyn Richardson and Riley Cutler battled throughout the match narrowly, falling 21-19, 22-20, giving UNA the dual.
 
The loss drops the Colonels to 14-14 on the season, but marks the third straight winning season for the program, the first time it has been accomplished in program history.
 
History was also made this season as the Colonels earned their first ASUN Tournament win yesterday with a 3-0 win over Central Arkansas, along with the program’s first wins over Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, and Louisiana–Monroe this season.
 
Today also marks the end of senior Paityn Walker’s career as she finishes with a program record of 60 individual wins while also being the first player in program history to earn All-ASUN recognition, being named to the second team earlier this week.
 
Walker, along with the seven other Colonel seniors, will leave Richmond as the winningest senior class in program history, being a part of 50 total wins as a group.