{"id":200521,"date":"2026-03-21T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:11:07","slug":"dolphins-split-day-one-in-fort-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200521\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins Split Day One in Fort Myers"},"content":{"rendered":"


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FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville University beach volleyball split its two matches on Friday at The ROC, sweeping Palm Beach State, 5-0, before falling to Florida International, 5-0.<\/p>\n

Dolphins Sweep Palm Beach State<\/p>\n

Jacksonville opened the day with a dominant performance, winning all five scoring courts in a 5-0 victory over Palm Beach State.<\/p>\n

Claire Mrukowski<\/a> and Megan Hair<\/a> set the tone at the No. 1 flight with a straight-set win, 21-14, 21-12. At No. 2, Breanna McDonough<\/a> and Meredith Mrukowski<\/a> followed with a 21-10, 21-19 victory.<\/p>\n

Avery Kleithermes and Jamie Seward<\/a> secured the third point in a three-set battle, 21-14, 16-21, 15-11, before Morgan Perry<\/a> and Katie Taylor clinched the dual with a decisive 21-10, 21-9 win at the No. 4 spot.<\/p>\n

Katie Martinez<\/a> and Maddie Fielder completed the sweep at No. 5, rallying for a three-set victory, 16-21, 21-16, 15-9.<\/p>\n

FIU Tops Jacksonville in Second Match<\/p>\n

In the afternoon matchup, FIU claimed a 5-0 win over the Dolphins.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville battled in several tight contests, including a three-set match on court four, but the Panthers secured all five scoring courts to take the dual.<\/p>\n

Results

\nJacksonville 5, Palm Beach State 0

\nHair \/ C. Mrukowski (JU) def. Streli \/ Acedo Lapieza (PBSC) \u2013 21-14, 21-12

\nMcDonough \/ M. Mrukowski (JU) def. Brazai\u00afte \/ Sumich (PBSC) \u2013 21-10, 21-19

\nKleithermes \/ Seward (JU) def. Villegas Gonzalez \/ Villegas Gonzalez (PBSC) \u2013 21-14, 16-21, 15-11

\nPerry \/ Taylor (JU) def. Vanloo \/ Kucinskaite (PBSC) \u2013 21-10, 21-9

\nFielder \/ Martinez (JU) def. Roche \/ Hanagan (PBSC) \u2013 16-21, 21-16, 15-9<\/p>\n

FIU 5, Jacksonville 0

\nDrozd \/ Luoma (FIU) def. Hair \/ C. Mrukowski (JU) \u2013 21-15, 21-18

\nGubik \/ Robison (FIU) def. McDonough \/ M. Mrukowski (JU) \u2013 21-14, 26-24

\nPereira \/ Brown (FIU) def. Kleithermes \/ Seward (JU) \u2013 21-19, 21-19

\nLander \/ Coady (FIU) def. Perry \/ Taylor (JU) \u2013 21-18, 21-23, 15-13

\nWade \/ Prodan (FIU) def. Fielder \/ Martinez (JU) \u2013 21-16, 21-14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville University beach volleyball split its two matches on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-200521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200521","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=200521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}