Clarksville Times

Austin Peay State University's beach volleyball team picked up a win over Liberty, 4-1, in its first match of the day, but the Governors fell to Eastern Kentucky, 3-2, to close out the season-opening Grand Sands Tournament, Sunday.

In the first match of the day, the Governor took the early lead when Erin Eisenhart and Karli Graham beat Liberty's Taylor Arnold in straight-sets. The Flames were able to score their only point of the match in the No. 5 flight when they knocked off the freshman duo of Tristin Smith and Payton Deidesheimer.

The No. 1 match was the next to go final with Marlayna Bullington and Kelsey Mead pushing the Govs lead to 2-1 with a pair of 21-13 set wins. Then it was Chloee McDaniel and Mikayla Powell clinching the victory for the Governors with a straight-sets win on the No. 2 line.

With the wins secured, Elizabeth Wheat and Jamie Seward picked up another point for Austin Peay with a three-set win in the No. 3 match.

In a rematch with Eastern Kentucky, the Governors got on the board first with Wheat and Seward beating Maddy Campbell and Elizabeth Fonvielle in straight-sets on the No. 4 line. But the Colonels evened the match with a three-set victory over Smith and Graham in the No. 5 flight.

Austin Peay retook the lead when the No. 1 match went final with Bullington and Mead picking up their second straight-sets win to push the lead to 2-1.

But Eastern Kentucky picked up wins over McDaniel and Powell on the No. 2 line and Seyring and Eisenhart on the No. 3 line to secure the match win.

Austin Peay is back in action when it travels to Florence, Alabama where it will play a doubleheader with North Alabama, March 10, before playing 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. matches against Liberty and North Alabama, respectively, March 11.

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