{"id":255785,"date":"2026-05-02T20:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255785\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T20:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:32:18","slug":"2026-beach-volleyball-season-ends-in-gulf-shores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255785\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Beach Volleyball Season Ends in Gulf Shores"},"content":{"rendered":"

GULF SHORES, Ala.\u00a0–\u00a0No. 5 seed Florida State (35-3) split their final day of competition at the NCAA Championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama,\u00a0beating No. 4 USC 3-0\u00a0before\u00a0dropping the semifinal match to No. 1 Stanford (39-4)\u00a01-3.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Cardinal struck first, winning court four in straight sets 21-11, 21-16.\u00a0All-American court one duo Alexis Durish<\/a> and Audrey Koenig<\/a> tied it up after winning 21-17, 21-17.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maddie Trusty<\/a> and Gella Andrew<\/a> forced a third set on court two, but Stanford\u00a0clinched the match 29-27, 19-21, 15-10.\u00a0Court five was left unfinished in set three, with\u00a0Kyleene Filimaua<\/a> and\u00a0Saofe\u00a0Duval trailing 12-14.\u00a0

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#5 Florida\u00a0State\u00a01,\u00a0#1 Stanford\u00a03\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Alexis Durish<\/a>\/Audrey Koenig<\/a> (FSU) def.\u00a0Kelly Belardi\/Avery Jackson (STA)\u00a021-17,\u00a021-17\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Brooke Rockwell\/Ruby\u00a0Sorra\u00a0(STA)\u00a0def.\u00a0Gella Andrew<\/a>\/Maddie Trusty<\/a> (FSU)\u00a029-27, 19-21, 15-10\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Charlotta Bell\/Logan\u00a0Tusher\u00a0(STA)\u00a0def. Iane Henke<\/a>\/Kenzie Hultquist<\/a> (FSU)\u00a024-26, 21-19,\u00a015-12\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Indigo Clarke\/Clara Stowell (STA)\u00a0def.\u00a0Bailey Higgins<\/a>\/Myriah Massey<\/a> (FSU) 21-11,\u00a021-16\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Kyleene Filimaua<\/a>\/Saofe\u00a0Duval (FSU)\u00a0vs.\u00a0Elena Fisher\/Chloe Hoffman (STA)\u00a021-15,\u00a018-21,\u00a012-14 DNF\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":"GULF SHORES, Ala.\u00a0–\u00a0No. 5 seed Florida State (35-3) split their final day of competition at the NCAA Championship…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-255785","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\/255785","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=255785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}