BATON ROUGE - The Loyola Marymount University beach volleyball team (4-0) performed extremely well in the LSU Tiger Beach Challenge, winning four out of five of their matches over the weekend.
 
The Lions swept four of its five opponents, as they took a close loss to No. 6 ranked LSU Tigers on their home turf. LMU combined for a total of 22 points compared to its opponents three.
 
Day 1 – LSU Tiger Beach Challenge
 
#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 5, #17 Stephen F. Austin 0
1. Megan Rice/Reka Orsi Toth (LMU) def. Natalie Bennett/Madison Hall (SFA) 21-7, 21-7
2. Avery Poppinga/Marine Kinna (LMU) def. Olivia Unnasch/Madison Horton (SFA) 21-15, 21-15
3. Vilhelmiina Prihti/Macy Gordon (LMU) def. Barbara Martin/Sadie Shipman (SFA) 21-14, 21-15
4. Isabelle Reffel/Jacinda Ramirez (LMU) def. Maren Wisener/Jorden Jaimes (SFA) 21-17, 21-15
5. Madi Firnett/Cassie Chinn (LMU) def. Suzana De Oliveria/Kelly Johnson (SFA) 21-10, 21-19

Match Notes:
#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 5-0; Stephen F. Austin 0-5

#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 5, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 0
1. Megan Rice/Reka Orsi Toth (LMU) def. Natalie Bennett/Madison Hall (SFA) 21-7, 21-7
2. Avery Poppinga/Marine Kinna (LMU) def. Olivia Unnasch/Madison Horton (SFA) 21-15, 21-15
3. Vilhelmiina Prihti/Macy Gordon (LMU) def. Barbara Martin/Sadie Shipman (SFA) 21-14, 21-15
4. Isabelle Reffel/Jacinda Ramirez (LMU) def. Maren Wisener/Jorden Jaimes (SFA) 21-17, 21-15
5. Madi Firnett/Cassie Chinn (LMU) def. Suzana De Oliveria/Kelly Johnson (SFA) 21-10, 21-19

Match Notes:
#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 6-0; Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4-2
 
#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 5, UAB 0
1. Megan Rice/Reka Orsi Toth (LMU) def. Rachel Tam/Adriana Pereira (UAB) 21-11, 21-8
2. Avery Poppinga/Marine Kinna (LMU) def. Dylnn Otte/Emma Andraka (UAB) 21-15, 21-18
3. Vilhelmiina Prihti/Macy Gordon (LMU) def. Mikayla Law-Heese/Jessica Ennis (UAB) 21-17, 21-15
4. Selina Marolf/Abbey Thorup (LMU) def. Jenna Gathright/Arden Copping (UAB) 21-12, 21-17
5. Madi Firnett/Cassie Chinn (LMU) def. Naomi Ortiz/Ella Alexander (UAB) 21-14, 21-18
 
Match Notes:
#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 7-0; UAB 2-5
 
 
Day 2- LSU Tiger Beach Challenge
 
#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 2, #6 LSU 3
1. Megan Rice/Reka Orsi Toth (LMU) def. Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope/Bella Bauman (LSU) 21-16, 21-16
2. Kylie Deberg/Parker Bracken (LSU) def. Avery Poppinga/Marine Kinna (LMU) 21-19, 21-10
3. Holly Carlton/Reilly Allred (LSU) def. Selina Marolf/Abbey Thorup (LMU) 18-21, 23-21, 16-14
4. Kelli Greene-Agnew/Grace Seits (LSU) def. Macy Gordon/Vilhelmiina Prihti (LMU) 21-13, 21-19
5. Isabelle Reffel/Jacinda Ramirez (LMU) def. Ellie Shank/Sierra Caffo (LSU) 21-14, 16-21, 15-12
Ext. Allison Coens/Lara Boos (LSU) def. Madi Firnett/Cassie Chinn (LMU) 21-16, 23-21
 
Match Notes:
#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 7-1; #6 LSU 8-0
 
#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 5, Tulane 0
1. Megan Rice/Reka Orsi Toth (LMU) def. Kendall Peters/Maddie Speicher (TULANE) 21-13, 21-14
2. Avery Poppinga/Marine Kinna (LMU) def. Lara Torruella/Samantha Mehlman (TULANE) 16-21, 21-14, 15-12
3. Selina Marolf/Abbey Thorup (LMU) def. Ashton Mares/Sara Hall (TULANE) 21-17, 21-13
4. Macy Gordon/Vilhelmiina Prihti (LMU) def. Josie Cole/Samantha Green (TULANE) 21-17, 21-15
5. Isabelle Reffel/Jacinda Ramirez (LMU) def. Savka Popovic/Haley Gibson (TULANE) 21-14, 21-12
 
Match Notes:
#4 Loyola Marymount Beach 8-1; Tulane 3-2
 
The Lions will travel to San Luis Obispo, Calif. on Friday, Mar.11 to compete in the Cal Poly Tournament with a four-game match series, which will start with the Lions facing the Washington Huskies at 2:30 p.m. PST.