{"id":237185,"date":"2026-04-18T19:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237185\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:05:08","slug":"no-5-beach-volleyball-finishes-gulf-front-invitational-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237185\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 5 Beach Volleyball Finishes Gulf Front Invitational 4-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE\u00a0\u2013\u00a0No. 5 Florida State beach volleyball\u00a0(29-2) took down\u00a0USF and\u00a0No.\u00a013 LSU\u00a0to close out the Gulf Front Invitational,\u00a0recording\u00a0a\u00a04-0 weekend in Clearwater.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Noles\u00a0defeated\u00a0South Florida\u00a05-0\u00a0to begin day two, marking the inaugural meeting between the programs. FSU\u00a0went up\u00a02-0 thanks to Iane Henke<\/a> and Kenzie Hultquist<\/a> on court two, who recorded the second point at 21-11, 21-9.\u00a0It was Gella Andrew<\/a> and Maddie Trusty<\/a> who secured the sweep at 21-19,\u00a021-18\u00a0on court three.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Day two ended with a ranked matchup against No. 13 LSU, who the Seminoles\u00a0beat 5-0 to record their 16th\u00a0complete dual sweep of 2026.\u00a0Audrey Koenig<\/a> and Alexis Durish<\/a>\u00a0made quick work\u00a0on court one\u00a0with a dual win\u00a0at 21-16, 21-10.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Next week, Florida State will compete at the Big 12 Conference Championships in Tucson, Arizona. Live stats and schedule updates\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0available\u00a0on Seminoles.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n

#5 Florida State\u00a05, USF 0\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Alexis Durish<\/a>\/Audrey Koenig<\/a> (FSU) def.\u00a0Julia Panko\/Cornelia Crudu (USF)\u00a021-19,\u00a021-16\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Iane Henke<\/a>\/Kenzie Hultquist<\/a> (FSU) def. Isabella Almedia\/Abigail Lagemann (USF)\u00a021-11, 21-9\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Gella Andrew<\/a>\/Maddie Trusty<\/a> (FSU) def.\u00a0Morgan Anderson\/Ryann Genest (USF)\u00a021-19,\u00a021-18\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Bailey Higgins<\/a>\/Myriah Massey<\/a> (FSU) def.\u00a0Ariana\u00a0Medchill\/Sasha Pasloski (USF)\u00a021-9, 21-10\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Kyleene Filimaua<\/a>\/Saofe\u00a0Duval (FSU) def.\u00a0Tereza\u00a0Lajkebova\/Kate Stewart (USF)\u00a021-12,\u00a021-16\u00a0<\/p>\n


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#5 Florida State\u00a05, #13 LSU 0\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Alexis Durish<\/a>\/Audrey Koenig<\/a> (FSU) def.\u00a0Julia Sprecher\/Kenzey\u00a0McGatlin\u00a0(LSU)\u00a021-16,\u00a021-10\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Iane Henke<\/a>\/Kenzie Hultquist<\/a> (FSU) def. Skylar Martin\/Tatum\u00a0Finlason\u00a0(LSU)\u00a021-13, 21-16\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Gella Andrew<\/a>\/Maddie Trusty<\/a> (FSU) def.\u00a0Aubrey O’Gorman\/Molly LaBreche (LSU)\u00a021-14,\u00a021-11\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Bailey Higgins<\/a>\/Myriah Massey<\/a> (FSU) def.\u00a0Zayna Meyer\/Bella Lagemann (LSU)\u00a023-21,\u00a021-13\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Kyleene Filimaua<\/a>\/Saofe\u00a0Duval (FSU) def.\u00a0Kate Baker\/Emily Hellmuth (LSU)\u00a021-15,\u00a021-13\u00a0<\/p>\n


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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\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE\u00a0\u2013\u00a0No. 5 Florida State beach volleyball\u00a0(29-2) took down\u00a0USF and\u00a0No.\u00a013 LSU\u00a0to close out the Gulf Front Invitational,\u00a0recording\u00a0a\u00a04-0 weekend in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-237185","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\/237185","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=237185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}