2016 Georgia State Panthers beach volleyball team

2016 Georgia State Beach Volleyball season

Conference	Coastal Collegiate Sports Association
2016 Record	25-7 (6-4)
Head Coach	Beth Van Fleet
Facility	GSU Sand Volleyball Complex
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The 2016 Georgia State beach volleyball team represented Georgia State University during the college beach volleyball season of 2016. The team's head coach was Beth Van Fleet in her third season at GSU.^[1] The Panthers played their home games at the GSU Beach Volleyball Complex and competed in the Division I Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. The 2015 season was the first as an official NCAA sport, the designation being coordinated with a name change from sand volleyball to beach volleyball.^[2]^[3] The season was also the Panthers first in the CCSA, finishing in second place.^[4] The Panthers were ranked in the official top 10 during the entire season, earning a spot as the 7th seed in the NCAA Tournament.^[5]

2015 Roster

#	Name	Height	Year	Hometown
1	Jessie Swaney	5 ft 7in	Sophomore	McDonough, GA
2	Nina Interwies	5 ft 6in	Redshirt Junior	Gammelby, Germany
3	Janson Button	5 ft 7in	Senior	Menifee, CA
4	Ashley McGinn	5 ft 9in	Freshman	Sewell, NJ
5	Chloe Cook	5 ft 10in	Sophomore	Marietta, GA
10	Alexis Townsend	5 ft 7in	Senior	Houston, TX
11	Milani Pickering	5 ft 8in	Senior	Mesa, AZ
12	Brooke Weiner	5 ft 12in	Freshman	Ventura, CA
13	Sarah Agnew	5 ft 8in	Junior	Coppell, TX
14	Katelyn Rawls	5 ft 11in	Senior	Wellington, FL
15	Delaney Rohan	5 ft 10in	Junior	Brooklyn Park, MN
20	Jessica Fourspring	5 ft 11in	Junior	Greer, SC
21	Alexis Elmurr	5 ft 6in	Senior	Lewis Center, OH
22	Sara Olivova	5 ft 11in	Senior	Franklin, MN\|
23	Natalie Wilson	5 ft 10in	Junior	Plymouth, MN
24	Allie Elson	5 ft 6in	Sophomore	Woodstock, GA

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Schedule

2016 Georgia State Panthers Sand Volleyball Game Log

Date	Opponent	GSU Rank	Opponent Rank	Location	Time	Result	Record
March 5	North Florida	8	-	Boca Raton, FL	9:00 PM	W 4-1	1-0 (0-0)
March 5	Webber	8	-	Boca Raton, FL	11:00 AM	W 5-1	2-0 (0-0)
March 5	Florida Atlantic*	8	-	Boca Raton, FL	3:00 PM	L 2-3	2-1 (0-1)
March 9	Mercer	10	-	GSU Beach Volleyball Complex	5:00 PM	W 5-0	3-1 (0-1)
March 12	Stetson	10	-	Baton Rouge, LA	2:00 PM	W 3-2	4-1 (0-1)
March 12	Florida International*	10	9	Baton Rouge, LA	4:00 PM	W 4-1	5-1 (1-1)
March 12	New Orleans	10	-	Baton Rouge, LA	6:00 PM	W 5-0	6-1 (1-1)
March 13	ULM	10	-	Baton Rouge, LA	11:00 AM	W 5-0	7-1 (1-1)
March 13	LSU*	10	-	Baton Rouge, LA	1:00 PM	W 3-2	8-1 (2-1)
March 21	Pepperdine	8	1	Charleston, SC	11:00 AM	L 1-4	8-2 (2-1)
March 21	Lincoln Memorial	8	-	Charleston, SC	1:30 PM	W 5-0	9-2 (2-1)
March 22	UNC Wilmington	8	-	Charleston, SC	3:00 PM	W 5-0	10-2 (2-1)
March 25	Eckerd	8	-	GSU Beach Volleyball Complex	1:00 PM	W 5-0	11-2 (2-1)
March 25	Lincoln Memorial	8	-	GSU Beach Volleyball Complex	5:00 PM	W 4-1	12-2 (2-1)
March 26	UNC Wilmington	8	-	GSU Beach Volleyball Complex	1:00 PM	W 5-0	13-2 (2-1)
March 26	ULM	8	-	GSU Beach Volleyball Complex	5:00 PM	W 5-0	14-2 (2-1)
March 29	Mercer	8	-	Macon, GA	4:00 PM	W 4-1	15-2 (2-1)
April 1	South Carolina*	8	-	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	9:00 AM	W 5-0	16-2 (3-1)
April 1	USC	8	2	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	12:00 PM	L 1-4	16-3 (3-1)
April 2	Florida Atlantic*	8	-	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	12:00 PM	W 4-1	17-3 (4-1)
April 2	Florida International*	8	10	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	4:00 PM	L 2-3	17-4 (4-2)
April 8	Houston Baptist	9	-	New Orleans, LA	10:20 PM	W 5-0	18-4 (4-2)
April 8	Arizona	9	7	New Orleans, LA	3:45 PM	L 2-3	18-5 (4-2)
April 9	Tulane*	9	-	New Orleans, LA	11:40 AM	L 2-3	18-6 (4-3)
April 9	LSU*	9	-	New Orleans	2:20 PM	W 4-1	19-6 (5-3)
April 15	College of Charleston	9	-	Tallahassee, FL	3:30 PM	W 5-0	20-6 (5-3)
April 15	Florida State*	9	3	Tallahassee, FL	6:30 PM	L 2-3	20-7 (5-4)
April 16	North Florida	9	-	Tallahassee, FL	1:00 PM	W 2-3	21-7 (5-4)
April 16	UAB*	9	-	Tallahassee, FL	4:00 PM	W 4-1	22-7 (5-4)
April 22	Florida International (CCSA Championship)	9	10	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	9:30 AM	W 3-2	23-7 (1-0 Tournament)
April 22	Florida Atlantic (CCSA Championship)	9	-	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	2:30 PM	W 3-2	24-7 (2-0 Tournament)
April 23	Tulane (CCSA Championship)	9	-	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	9:00 AM	W 5-0	25-7 (3-0 Tournament)
April 24	LSU (CCSA Championship Semifinal)	9	-	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	9:30 AM	W 3-2	26-7 (4-0 Tournament)
April 24	Florida State (CCSA Championship Final)	9	3	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	1:00 PM	L 0-3	26-8 (4-1 Tournament)
May 6	USC Trojans (NCAA First Round)	7	2	Gulf Shores, AL	12:00 PM	L 0-3	26-9 (0-1 Tournament)
May 6	Arizona (NCAA First Round Elimination Bracket)	7	6	Gulf Shores, AL	3:00 PM	L 2-3	26-10 (0-2 Tournament)

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Conference Games

References

↑ "Beth Van Fleet". GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
↑ Golen, Jimmy. "Beach volleyball goes to college for 1st NCAA championship". The Washington Post. The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
↑ Johnson, Greg. "NCAA's newest championship will be called beach volleyball". NCAA. NCAA. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
↑ Owens, Will. "Panthers Finish Second at Inaugural CCSA Championships". GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
↑ Tracy, Marc. "Beach Volleyball Rises in Shifting Sands of College Sports". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
↑ "Sand Volleyball - 2016 Roster". GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ "Sand Volleyball - 2015 Schedule". Georgia State University Athletics. Retrieved 2015-03-24.

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