{"id":217933,"date":"2026-04-03T21:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217933\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:01:08","slug":"no-5-beach-volleyball-splits-day-one-of-fsu-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217933\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 5 Beach Volleyball Splits Day One of FSU Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE\u00a0\u2013\u00a0No. 5 Florida State began their final weekend at home with\u00a0a complete match sweep versus Jacksonville,\u00a0followed by a\u00a02-3 loss to\u00a0last year&#8217;s national runner-up\u00a0No. 8 Loyola Marymount.<\/p>\n<p>To open the FSU Challenge, the Seminoles took JU in only two sets per court. <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/iane-henke\/8450\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8450\" target=\"_blank\">Iane Henke<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/kenzie-hultquist\/7650\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7650\" target=\"_blank\">Kenzie Hultquist<\/a>\u00a0managed sets at 21-9 and 21-2, outscoring the Dolphins by 31 points\u00a0on court five.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/audrey-rothman\/7656\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7656\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Rothman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/jordan-boulware\/7645\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7645\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Boulware<\/a> completed the dual sweep on court three, defeating Jacksonville 21-19, 21-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In their second match of the day, FSU dropped three sets to LMU. <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/audrey-koenig\/7652\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7652\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Koenig<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/alexis-durish\/7647\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7647\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis Durish<\/a> took two sets at 21-13 on court one, following <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/bailey-higgins\/7701\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7701\" target=\"_blank\">Bailey Higgins<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/myriah-massey\/7654\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7654\" target=\"_blank\">Myriah Massey<\/a> scoring the first dual point on court five (21-13, 21-15).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FSU Challenge\u00a0continues\u00a0Saturday\u00a0with a match versus Southern Miss at 10 am and\u00a0another\u00a0faceoff against No. 8 LMU at 1:45 pm. Live stats are available on Seminoles.com.<\/p>\n<p>#5 Florida State 5, Jacksonville 0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/alexis-durish\/7647\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7647\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis Durish<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/audrey-koenig\/7652\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7652\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Koenig<\/a> (FSU) def. Megan Hair\/Claire\u00a0Mrukowski\u00a0(JU) 21-15, 21-16&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/gella-andrew\/7697\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7697\" target=\"_blank\">Gella Andrew<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/maddie-trusty\/7658\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7658\" target=\"_blank\">Maddie Trusty<\/a> (FSU) def. Jamie Seward\/Bre McDonough (JU) 21-10, 21-14&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/audrey-rothman\/7656\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7656\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Rothman<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/jordan-boulware\/7645\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7645\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Boulware<\/a> (FSU) def. Meredith\u00a0Mrukowski\/Avery Kliethermes (JU) 21-19, 21-10&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/kyleene-filimaua\/7648\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7648\" target=\"_blank\">Kyleene Filimaua<\/a>\/Saofe\u00a0Duval (FSU) def. Morgan Perry\/Kate Taylor (JU) 21-17, 21-13&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/kenzie-hultquist\/7650\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7650\" target=\"_blank\">Kenzie Hultquist<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/iane-henke\/8450\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8450\" target=\"_blank\">Iane Henke<\/a> (FSU) def. Katie Martinez\/Maddie Fielder (JU) 21-9, 21-2&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0#5 Florida State\u00a02, #8 LMU\u00a03<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/alexis-durish\/7647\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7647\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis Durish<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/audrey-koenig\/7652\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7652\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Koenig<\/a> (FSU)\u00a0def.\u00a0Tanon Rosenthal\/Anna\u00a0Pellola\u00a0(LMU) 21-13, 21-13&#13;<br \/>\n\tChloe Hooker\/Ines Piret (LMU) def.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/gella-andrew\/7697\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7697\" target=\"_blank\">Gella Andrew<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/maddie-trusty\/7658\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7658\" target=\"_blank\">Maddie Trusty<\/a> (FSU)\u00a021-17, 21-18&#13;<br \/>\n\tMaggy\u00a0Rabbitsch\/Jaeya Brach (LMU) def.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/kyleene-filimaua\/7648\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7648\" target=\"_blank\">Kyleene Filimaua<\/a>\/Saofe\u00a0Duval (FSU)\u00a021-15, 21-15&#13;<br \/>\n\tFine\u00a0Schackel\/Maja Kruczek (LMU) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/iane-henke\/8450\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8450\" target=\"_blank\">Iane Henke<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/kenzie-hultquist\/7650\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7650\" target=\"_blank\">Kenzie Hultquist<\/a> (FSU)\u00a022-20, 21-15&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/bailey-higgins\/7701\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7701\" target=\"_blank\">Bailey Higgins<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/myriah-massey\/7654\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7654\" target=\"_blank\">Myriah Massey<\/a> (FSU) def.\u00a0Ellie Davis\/Katie McAllister (LMU) 21-13, 21-13&#13;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Florida State beach volleyball program, check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at\u00a0fsubeachvolleyball\u00a0(IG) and @FSU_BeachVB (X).\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE\u00a0\u2013\u00a0No. 5 Florida State began their final weekend at home with\u00a0a complete match sweep versus Jacksonville,\u00a0followed by a\u00a02-3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-217933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217933","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=217933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}