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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2013 Tarleton State Beach Volleyball emerged victorious in its rematch with ULM to highlight its four-match weekend at the Islander Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday-Saturday.
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\nThe Texans (6-16) went 1-3 at the event, with a 3-2 win over ULM, a 3-2 loss against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, a 5-0 loss against Pepperdine, then a 3-2 loss against Cal State Bakersfield.
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\nTarleton State opened its run with the victory against the Warhawks. Those teams first squared off on March 14 in Monroe, Louisiana, with ULM winning 3-2. Like the first meeting, Tarleton State’s pairs of Allison Bryant<\/a> with Candace Ceballos<\/a>, and Camilla Chun<\/a> with Emily Vickers<\/a>, won their matches against the Warhawks. The difference this time was Salome Galvez Lira<\/a> and Taylor Orris<\/a> winning, pushing the Texans ahead in the team score 3-2. Bryant and Ceballos defeated Abby Ryno and Claire Williamson on Court 1 22-20 21-19. Chun and Vickers defeated Paige Ingersoll and Avery Hunter 13-21 21-18 15-11 on Court 2. Galvez Lira and Orris defeated Izabela Zukowska and Samantha Rodriguez on Court 4 21-16 21-19.
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\nThe Texans played the same five pairs on the same courts all weekend long, with Bella Parayno<\/a> and Christian Mitchell<\/a> on Court 3, and Angelina Linke<\/a> and Sofia Bendele<\/a> on Court 5.
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\nBryant and Ceballos powered the Texans, going 3-1 together on the top court. Besides their win over ULM, they also defeated Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s Madison Morrow and Kristin Bobay 21-16 21-19, then Cal State Bakersfield’s Olivia Silacci-Jensen and Emma Neville 22-20 21-18. Bryant and Ceballos now have the most wins and the best winning percentage on the team, going 11-11 together, 7-10 on Court 1 and 4-1 on Court 2.
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\nBesides Bryant and Ceballos, each other Texan pair won a match on the weekend, each finishing 1-3. Against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Parayno and Mitchell defeated Bryce Ranney and Mil Maxwell Berthou 21-17 21-8 on Court 3. Against Cal State Bakersfield, Linke and Bendele defeated Havi Montano and Katey Milne 23-21 15-21 15-13.
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\nBendele and Linke now have the tied-second most wins as a pair on the Texans with seven (7-12), all on Court 5.
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\nThese were Tarleton State’s final regular season road matches. The Texans will play four home matches to wrap up their 2026 regular season, a doubleheader against Howard Payne on Thursday with matches at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., then a pair of Friday matches at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., first against Mary Hardin-Baylor and closing against East Texas Baptist. All matches will be free for fans to attend at the Tarleton State Beach Volleyball Courts in Stephenville, Texas.
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