TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0On a rainy Friday morning in Tallahassee, the seventh-ranked TCU beach volleyball team made quick work of Tampa and Florida Gulf Coast to open up the Seminole Beach Bash.
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\nTCU (5-1) opened up the day in a delay-ridden matchup with Tampa, but cruised once the match got into rhythm. The day continued for the Frogs against FGCU, and TCU made quick work of the Eagles.
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\nEach match was played to clinch to ensure all scheduled matches on Friday could get played.
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\nMATCH ONE – No. 7 TCU 3, Tampa 0<\/p>\n
In the first match of the day, TCU overcame multiple weather delays to earn a sweep over Tampa (4-1).
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\nAfter the first 10 minutes of the match, lightning struck in the Tallahassee area causing a lengthy delay. The teams would return briefly before being delayed again.<\/p>\n
Once the weather had subsided, the Horned Frogs made quick work of the Spartans to earn their second consecutive sweep.\u00a0
\u00a0 In the second match of the day, TCU dispatched FGCU (3-3) in less than 45 minutes in the sweep.
\u00a0 The Frogs are back at it tomorrow, facing USF at 7:30 a.m. in Tallahassee. TCU’s fourth and final match of the tournament on Saturday afternoon is to be determined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0On a rainy Friday morning in Tallahassee, the seventh-ranked TCU beach volleyball team made quick work…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-172044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nOpening up the scoring for TCU was Elea Beutel<\/a> and Adriana Serrano Ferro<\/a>, who made quick work at No. 4.
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\nQuickly after the pair it was Natalie Glenn<\/a> and Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a>, taking the win at No. 2. To close out the victory for the Frogs, Anhelina Khmil<\/a> and Stacy Reeves<\/a> claimed the victory at the first flight.
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\nQUICK HITS
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\n\tTCU picked up its second consecutive sweep.
\n\tThe Frogs are now 4-0 all-time against Tampa.
\n\tTCU improved to 3-0 against unranked opponents this season.
\n\tAnhelina Khmil<\/a> and Stacy Reeves<\/a> made their first start at No. 1 together.
\n\tFirst clinch of the season for Khmil and Reeves.
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\nRESULTS
\nAnhelina Khmil<\/a> and Stacy Reeves<\/a> (TCU) def. Hailey Wolfe and Nevaeh Wolfe (UT), 21-10, 21-12
\nNatalie Glenn<\/a> and Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a> (TCU) def. Jordan Beglin and Lauren Duke (UT), 21-12, 21-14
\nTess Schrenger and Angel Williams (UT) vs. Melina Mol<\/a> and Hannah Taylor<\/a> (TCU), 18-21,7-15, unfinished
\nElea Beutel<\/a> and Adriana Serrano Ferro<\/a> (TCU) def. Kaelyn Fredette-Huffman and Hailey Peterson (UT), 21-13, 21-13
\nLauren Cook and Madison Hankins (UT) vs. Anna Long<\/a> and Marcela Mattoso<\/a> (TCU), 12-21, 9-15, unfinished
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\nMATCH TWO \u2013 No. 7 TCU 3, FGCU 0<\/p>\n
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\nThe points began at No. 1 for the Frogs, with Anhelina Khmil<\/a> and Stacy Reeves<\/a> making quick work, including a 21-6 result in the second set.
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\nThe success continued flowing at No. 3, as Elea Beutel<\/a> and Adriana Serrano Ferro<\/a> also made quick work to advance the score to 2-0.
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\nTo close out the speedy match, Anna Long<\/a> and Marcela Mattoso<\/a> clinched it for the Frogs at Flight 5, a victory that included a 21-9 advantage in set one.
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\nQUICK HITS<\/p>\n
\n\tTCU picked up its third consecutive sweep and fifth consecutive win.
\n\tThe Frogs improved to 6-1 all-time against Florida Gulf Coast.
\n\tFriday afternoon’s match marked the first time TCU had the same five pairs, albeit in a different order, in back-to-back matches.
\n\tTCU improved to 4-0 against unranked opponents this season.
\n\tAnna Long<\/a> and Marcela Mattoso<\/a> earned the first clinch point of their TCU careers.
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\nRESULTS
\nAnhelina Khmil<\/a> and Stacy Reeves<\/a> (TCU) def. Ava Lilliquist and Alexis Keeter (FGCU), 21-14, 21-6
\nNicole De Oliveria and Erin Miller (FGCU) vs. Natalie Glenn<\/a> and Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a> (TCU), 26-28, 12-9, unfinished
\nElea Beutel<\/a> and Adriana Serrano Ferro<\/a> (TCU) def. Andrew Dietz and Sydney Majick (FGCU), 21-12, 21-12
\nElaina Millaway and Emma Soncrant (FGCU) vs. Melina Mol<\/a> and Hannah Taylor<\/a> (TCU), 12-21, 20-17, unfinished
\nAnna Long<\/a> and Marcela Mattoso<\/a> (TCU) def. Kristina Gluc and Vanessa Moriarty (FGCU), 21-9, 21-18
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\nUP NEXT<\/p>\n