POMPANO BEACH, Fla. \u2013 To open up its run at the Florida Atlantic Beach Invitational, the sixth-ranked TCU beach volleyball team took down No. 13 Florida Atlantic before sweeping Tampa on Saturday at Pompano Beach Pier.
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\nThe win over Tampa marked the 250th win in program history. TCU improved to 12-1 on the season with the two victories.
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\nMATCH ONE \u2013 No. 6 TCU 3, No. 13 Florida Atlantic 2<\/p>\n
The day opened up with TCU taking on host and 13th-ranked Florida Atlantic (10-4) in the second match of the tournament.<\/p>\n
TCU opened up a lead early, with Deniela Konstantinova<\/a> and Melina Mol<\/a> earning a sweep to get the Frogs rolling.
\u00a0 TCU closed out the day with a sweep over Tampa (7-6) on Saturday afternoon at Pompano Beach Pier.
\u00a0 TCU’s run at the Florida Atlantic Beach Invitational continues on Sunday when the Frogs face No. 7 Florida State and No. 3 USC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"POMPANO BEACH, Fla. \u2013 To open up its run at the Florida Atlantic Beach Invitational, the sixth-ranked TCU…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-191947","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\/191947","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=191947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThe Frogs would then face a setback, as Natalie Glenn<\/a> and Anhelina Khmil<\/a> got swept at No. 1.
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\nIn a third set, Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a> and Marcela Mattoso<\/a> faced a 10-14 deficit, but fought back to win 20-18 to give TCU a crucial point.
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\nAfter falling at No. 2, it would come down to Hannah Taylor<\/a> and Stacy Reeves<\/a>, who earned a sweep to clinch the narrow victory for the Horned Frogs.
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\nFROG FACTS
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\n\tTCU won its 11th straight match.
\n\tThe Horned Frogs have won six straight true-road matchups against ranked opponents.
\n\tTCU leads the series with FAU 9-4.
\n\tAll-time, TCU is 10-0 against the 13th ranked team in the country. TCU is 2-0 this season.
\n\tSecond time this season TCU has fallen on No. 1 and No. 2, the other being during the win against No. 6 Florida State.
\n\tAlso the second time this season the match has been clinched at No. 4.
\n\tFirst start and win together for Marcela Mattoso<\/a> and Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a>, Stacy Reeves<\/a> and Hannah Taylor<\/a> and Deniela Konstantinova<\/a> and Melina Mol<\/a>.
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\nRESULTS
\nDenisse Morgenstern and Shantel Starling (FAU) def. Anhelina Khmil<\/a> and Natalie Glenn<\/a> (TCU), 21-19, 22-20
\nOlivia Strandberg and Ava Koehl (FAU) def. Elea Beutel<\/a> and Adriana Serrano Ferro<\/a> (TCU), 21-19, 21-16
\nMarcela Mattoso<\/a> and Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a> (TCU) def. Klaire VanDeusen and Mia Scanlon (FAU), 21-18, 14-21, 20-18
\nStacy Reeves<\/a> and Hannah Taylor<\/a> (TCU) def. Reese Edwards and Kendall Mignerey (FAU), 21-15, 21-16
\nDeniela Konstantinova<\/a> and Melina Mol<\/a> (TCU) def. Cameron Knifton and Allison Spittal (FAU), 21-16, 21-17
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\nMATCH TWO \u2013 No. 6 TCU 5, Tampa 0<\/p>\n
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\nThe wins opened up at No. 1, with Anhelina Khmil<\/a> and Natalie Glenn<\/a> taking the victory.
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\nSuccess continued almost simultaneously, with Hannah Taylor<\/a> and Melina Mol<\/a> joining Marcela Mattoso<\/a> and Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a> in the win column.
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\nDuring the second set of pairs, Deniela Konstantinova<\/a> and Stacy Reeves<\/a> earned a point, as did Elea Beutel<\/a> and Adriana Serrano Ferro<\/a>.
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\nFROG FACTS<\/p>\n
\n\tTCU earned the 250th victory in program history on Saturday.
\n\tThe Horned Frogs improved to 5-0 all time against Tampa.
\n\tTCU is also 2-0 this season against Tampa, and 3-0 overall in rematches.
\n\tTCU won its 12th straight match.
\n\tThird match this season where TCU has swept every court.
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\nRESULTS
\nNatalie Glenn<\/a> and Anhelina Khmil<\/a> (TCU) def. Tess Schrenger and Angel Williams (UT), 21-13, 21-12
\nElea Beutel<\/a> and Adriana Serrano Ferro<\/a> (TCU) def. Hailey Wolfe and Nevaeh Wolfe (UT). 21-12, 21-19
\nSofia Izuzquiza<\/a> and Marcela Mattoso<\/a> (TCU) def. Ka Fredette-Huffman and Hailey Peterson (UT), 21-12, 21-17
\nDeniela Konstantinova<\/a> and Stacy Reeves<\/a> (TCU) def. Anna Bayes and Lauren Duke (UT), 21-13, 21-19
\nMelina Mol<\/a> and Hannah Taylor<\/a> (TCU) def. Taylor Bedinghaus and Sammie Ostrander (UT), 21-15, 21-13
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\nUP NEXT<\/p>\n