{"id":209274,"date":"2026-03-28T04:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209274\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T04:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:38:08","slug":"dolphins-open-river-city-invitational-2-0-on-senior-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209274\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins Open River City Invitational 2-0 on Senior Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville University beach volleyball opened the River City Invitational with a pair of wins Friday at Dolphin Beach, sweeping Wingate, 5-0, before defeating Palm Beach Atlantic, 4-1 on Senior Weekend.<\/p>\n

Dolphins Sweep Wingate<\/p>\n

Jacksonville opened the day with a dominant 5-0 victory over Wingate, winning all five scoring courts in straight sets.<\/p>\n

Claire Mrukowski<\/a> and Megan Hair<\/a> set the tone at the No. 1 flight with a 21-10, 21-12 win, while Meredith Mrukowski<\/a> and Avery Kleithermes followed with a decisive 21-11, 21-7 victory at No. 2.<\/p>\n

Jamie Seward<\/a> and Hayden Garnett<\/a> added another straight-set win at No. 3, 21-9, 21-11, before Morgan Perry<\/a> and Kate Taylor<\/a> secured the fourth point at No. 4, 21-13, 21-18.<\/p>\n

Katie Martinez<\/a> and Kye Swink completed the sweep with a 21-8, 21-9 victory at the No. 5 flight.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Tops Palm Beach Atlantic<\/p>\n

In the afternoon match, the Dolphins earned a 4-1 win over Palm Beach Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Mrukowski and Hair picked up their second win of the day at No. 1, battling to a three-set victory, 21-9, 17-21, 15-9. Meredith Mrukowski<\/a> and Kleithermes followed with a straight-set win at No. 2, 21-18, 21-18.<\/p>\n

Perry and Taylor added another point at No. 3, rallying for a three-set victory, 15-21, 21-19, 15-12, before Martinez and Maddie Fielder secured the fourth point with a 21-12, 21-11 win at the No. 5 position.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville will conclude the River City Invitational on Saturday against Florida Southern at 8 a.m. and Palm Beach Atlantic at 2:30 p.m. Senior Day festivities start at 1:30.<\/p>\n

Results
Jacksonville 5, Wingate 0
C. Mrukowski \/ Hair (JU) def. Thieme \/ Beezar (WU) \u2013 21-10, 21-12
M. Mrukowski \/ Kleithermes (JU) def. Harm \/ Hilliard (WU) \u2013 21-11, 21-7
Seward \/ Garnett (JU) def. Talbott \/ Moultrie (WU) \u2013 21-9, 21-11
Perry \/ Taylor (JU) def. DeLamielleure \/ Buck (WU) \u2013 21-13, 21-18
Martinez \/ Swink (JU) def. Ball \/ Benfield (WU) \u2013 21-8, 21-9<\/p>\n

Exhibition
Lemieux \/ Kitchen (JU) def. Key \/ Valan (WU) \u2013 21-6, 21-17<\/p>\n

Jacksonville 4, Palm Beach Atlantic 1
C. Mrukowski \/ Hair (JU) def. Goggin \/ Galligan (PBA) \u2013 21-9, 17-21, 15-9
M. Mrukowski \/ Kleithermes (JU) def. Kremer \/ Rogers (PBA) \u2013 21-18, 21-18
Perry \/ Taylor (JU) def. Corbett \/ Nadeau (PBA) \u2013 15-21, 21-19, 15-12
Cox \/ Caroline (PBA) def. Swink \/ Garnett (JU) \u2013 21-17, 23-21
Martinez \/ Fielder (JU) def. Bard \/ Ring (PBA) \u2013 21-12, 21-11<\/p>\n

Exhibition
McDonough \/ Seward (JU) def. Huhtamaki \/ Reynolds (PBA) \u2013 21-12, 21-16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville University beach volleyball opened the River City Invitational with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-209274","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\/209274","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=209274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}