DALLAS, N.C. – The Erskine College Women's Beach Volleyball team took part in three matches at the 2025 South Atlantic Conference Tournament, reaching the semifinal round of the event, held at Gaston College. Erskine lost to top-seeded Carson-Newman to begin pool play, but responded with a win over Catawba on Friday evening to advance to the semifinals on Saturday, where Erskine was beaten by Tusculum. 

THE MATCHES
Records: No. 5 seed Erskine (7-20, 3-7 SAC), No. 1 seed Carson-Newman (23-4, 12-0 SAC), No. 4 seed Catawba (12-10, 4-6 SAC), No. 2 seed Tusculum (11-13, 6-4 SAC)
Location: Gaston College
 
Match 1 Pool Play Results vs No. 1 seed Carson-Newman (L 0-5):
1. Jenny Ille/Paige Halcrow (C-N) def. MJ Cackett/Lillian Pragle (ERSK) 26-24, 16-21, 15- 10
2. Ava Fountain/Emerson Ahsmuhs (C-N) def. Abby Platt/Paige Knotts (ERSK) 21-18, 21- 16
3. Trinity Hafey/Kylee Oldenburger (C-N) def. Kat Diaz/Kianna Pierson (ERSK) 21-10, 21- 4
4. Camryn Ehlers/Morgan Foy (C-N) def. Abby Johnson/Logan Webster (ERSK) 21-15, 21- 15
5. Kat Nelson/Addie Smith (C-N) def. Elly Davis/Allysa Owens (ERSK) 21-12, 21-12

Match 2 Pool Play Results vs Catawba (W 4-1):
1. MJ Cackett / Lillian Pragle (EC) 2, Riannel Arevalo / Brooklyn Calkins (CAT) 0 (21-9, 21-18)
2. Christina Knotts / Morgan Childress (CAT) 2, Abby Platt / Paige Knotts (EC) 0 (21-19, 21-16)
3. Kat Diaz / Kianna Pierson (EC) 2, Kennedy Kimbro / K. Willingham (CAT) 0 (21-15, 21-13)
4. Abby Johnson / Logan Webster (EC) 2, S. Kettlekamp / Ragan Ball (CAT) 0 (21-18, 21-16)
5. Elly Davis / Allysa Owens (EC) 2, Lauren Bodell / Taylor Allison (CAT) 0 (22-20, 21-11)

Semifinal Results vs Tusculum (L 1-4):
1. Brynn Smith / Hannah Marsh (TU) 2, MJ Cackett / Lilian Pragle (EC) 0 (21-2, 21-15)
2. Abby Platt / Paige Knotts (EC) 2, Mia Johnson / Kassidy Mercado (TU) 0 (21-11, 21-15)
3. Ryann Gallagher / Morgan Willis (TU) 2, Kat Diaz / Kianna Pierson (EC) 0 (21-7, 22-20)
4. Kyla Opeenhuis / Landry Tea (TU) 2, Abby Johnson / Logan Webster (EC) 0 (21-14, 21-14)
5. Katie Murphy / Nyah Goss (TU) 2, Elly Davis / Allyssa Owens (EC) 0 (21-16, 21-15)

WHAT'S NEXT?
Up next for Erskine is the 2025 AVCA Small College Championship on April 17-19.

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