RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University beach volleyball team swept its final two home matches of the 2025 season, defeating Tusculum and Morehead State, 5-0 on Tuesday.
The Colonels were dominant across both matches winning all, but one set played.
"Happy to get a day to play, especially a day without any rain," said head coach Jeff Patton. "We are continuing to build as we progress towards the conference tournament. If we can continue to put good things together and learn from the bad, then we'll be in good shape moving forward."
The Colonels will next hit the sand this weekend at the Diggin' Duals hosted by Georgia State beginning on Friday, April 11.
Against the Pioneers
It was all EKU against Tusculum taking all 10 sets in the match.
At the 2's,
Rachel Mueller and
Gabriella Armitage made quick work of the Pioneers taking the match, 21-11, 21-6.
They were closely followed by
EK Lonergan and
Reagan Sandlin at the 4's who took their match, 21-17, 21-10.
It was more of the same in the odd flights as
Paityn Walker & Molly Showmock sealed the win for EKU at the 1's, 21-13, 21-12 with the other two pairs following suit sweeping their matches.
Against the Eagles
EKU avenged an early season, 3-2 loss to the Eagles with the 5-0 sweep, making the Colonels winners of six of the last seven meetings between the two schools.
At the 2's Mueller and Armitage once again made quick work of their opponents winning 21-14, 21-14.
Later,
Bella Williams and
Elpida Pitsigkoni sealed the win for EKU at the 5's, 21-10, 21-14.
At the 3's,
Madalyn Richardson and
Riley Cutler edged out the Eagles in the first set, 23-21, before dominating for most of the second set winning it, 21-14.
Walker and Showmock closed out the match in three sets, dropping the first set, 21-14 before answering in a big way taking the last two, 21-15, 15-6.
EKU 5, Tusculum 0
EKU 5, Morehead State 0
