BATON ROUGE, La. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) beach volleyball team opened the 2017 Battle of the Bayou hosted by LSU at Mango's Beach Volleyball Club on Friday with a 5-0 victory over Texas A&M-Kingsville, but dropped a 4-1 decision to Georgia State University in the evening match.
 
Spring Hill College 5, Texas A&M-Kingsville
1. Madison Seuzeneau/Julie Vujnovich (SHC) def. Kelby Sprinkles/Lexi Wick (TAMK) 21-19, 21-10
2. Molly Griffin/Savannah Becnel (SHC) def. Gabby Atchley/Kyra Henderson (TAMK) 22-20, 21-18
3. Brittany Bilotti/Sarah Senft (SHC) def. Madsion Brabham/Morgan Broussard (TAMK) 21-18, 21-14
4. Caroline Herrera/Hannah Masoner (SHC) def. Kat Evans/Maslee Sowa (TAMK) 21-14, 17-21, 15-4
5. Taylor Hurst/Catherine Milwee (SHC) def. Haley Hutchinson/Kadi Shipman (TAMK) 13-21, 21-15, 16-14
Ext. Paige Lanam/Taliah Phipps (TAMK) def. Emily Greim/Payton Gidney (SHC) 24-22, 21-14
 
Spring Hill College 1, Georgia State University 4
1. Delaney Rohan/Chelsea Ross (GSU) def. Julie Vujnovich/Madison Seuzeneau (SHC) 21-18, 21-18
2. Haley Pa'akaula/Jessica Fourspring (GSU) def. Savannah Becnel/Molly Griffin (SHC) 17-21, 21-12, 15-11
3. Amie Held/Brooke Weiner (GSU) def. Brittany Bilotti/Sarah Senft (SHC) 15-21, 21-11, 15-8
4. Caroline Herrera/Hannah Masoner (SHC) def. Ashley McGinn/Kate Novack (GSU) 25-27, 21-18, 15-11
5. Georgia Johnson/Olivia Stasevich (GSU) def. Taylor Hurst/Catherine Milwee (SHC) 21-15, 21-16
Ext. Allie Elson/Maddie Gordon (GSU) def. Payton Gidney/Emily Greim (SHC) 23-21, 21-16
 
The Badgers (13-15) will next play the University of Louisiana Monroe at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Day 2 of the 2017 Battle of the Bayou.