UM SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS | MOBILE, Ala. - The regular season portion of the 2024 schedule concluded on Tuesday, Apr. 2 for the University of Mobile Beach Volleyball team as the Rams hosted crosstown rival Spring Hill College (Ala.) in a non-divisional match. Mobile eventually fell 4-1 to the Badgers, seeing the overall record on the season drop to 7-10 ahead of the SUN Conference Beach Volleyball Championship Tournament scheduled for this upcoming weekend.
Prior to Tuesday's match with Spring Hill, the UM Beach Volleyball program celebrated five seniors graduating from the program at season's end, with those seniors being Amy Jernigan, Elizabeth Bedford, Jordan Wood, Veronica Makovey, and Brinkley Hearn. All five were presented with a gift and card from coaches and teammates.
After Senior Day festivities wrapped up, Spring Hill managed a straight-set sweep in the match's fifth flight of the lineup, later going up 2-0 with another sweep in the third-seeded matchup. Eventually, Spring Hill swept Mobile in three of the five matches played, while winning a three-set thriller against Mobile's top-seeded pair of Dazsha Dean and Lexi Gillette.
Mobile's lone win came from the second flight, with Aspen Adams and Layton Adams cruising to a 21-17, 21-13 win to help Mobile avoid the overall match shutout. Both Aspen Adams and Layton Adams were named as SUN Conference All-Conference selections following the conclusion of the regular season.
What's Ahead
Mobile earned the No. 7 seed in the upcoming conference tournament, with the SUN Conference Beach Volleyball Championship Tournament being held in Bradenton, Fla. on Apr. 5-7. The Rams will match up against Webber International (Fla.) on Friday, Apr. 5 for first round action, scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. CT.
This weekend's postseason tournament can be viewed live HERE.
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About the University of Mobile
The University of Mobile is a Christ-centered liberal arts and sciences institution with a vision of higher education for a higher purpose, founded to honor God by equipping students for their future professions through rigorous academic preparation and spiritual transformation. Core values are: Christ-Centered, Academically-Focused, Student-Devoted and Distinctively-Driven. The university offers on-campus and online bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in over 75 academic programs. Founded in 1961, the University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is located 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama on a campus of over 880 acres.
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