No. 14 LBSU Returns to Action with Duals against Pepperdine, Southern Miss

Thursday, March 17

Malibu, Calif.

12 P.M.

Long Beach State University

Pepperdine

Photo by: John Fajardo

No. 14 LBSU Returns to Action with Duals against Pepperdine, Southern Miss

3/16/2022 10:12:00 AM | Women's Beach Volleyball

After a week off, the Beach returns to the courts with a tri-dual in Malibu, Calif.

By: Collin Robinson, Associate Athletics Communications Director

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Long Beach State returns to action after a week off as they head to Malibu, Calif. for a tri-dual against No. 18 Pepperdine and Southern Miss on Thursday afternoon.

The Beach will take on the Waves at 12:00 p.m. and close out the day against the Golden Eagles at 2:00 p.m. Live stats will be available at beachlivestats.com

ABOUT THE BEACH

Long Beach State remains at No. 14 in the AVCA Coaches Poll.
The Beach are off to a 1-7 start to their 2022 campaign coming off an idle week.
Their last duals came on March 5 and 6 when they faced four top 11 teams, falling 0-4 at the Battle for LA.
The duos of Skyler Germann/Alice Pratesi and Emily Mattoon/Jillian Rodriguez lead the way for the Beach with each posting 3-3 records so far this season. Last time out, Germann and Pratesi were in flight one while Mattoon and Rodriguez were in flight four.

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS

Long Beach State continues their string of facing top 20 teams with No. 18 Pepperdine in the first of their two duals. They will play back-to-back matches with the second against Southern Miss.
The Waves enter the week 7-2 on the season with both losses coming this past weekend at the Gamecock Grand Slam in South Carolina. Their two wins came against ULM and Mercer while they fell 4-1 to both South Carolina and LSU.
Pepperdine leads the all-time series against the Beach, 23-3, and have won the last two meetings. Long Beach State's last win over the Waves came on March 7, 2020.
Southern Miss is 3-10 on the year coming off a 2-2 week at the Tulane Invitational. Their three wins this season have come against Texas A&M – Kingsville, Houston Baptist, and Nicholls College.
This will be the first time the Beach and Golden Eagles in program history.

FOR THE FANS

Fans are welcome at Pepperdine for the matches on Thursday. Tickets are available at pepperdinewaves.com/tickets. Fans are welcome to bring their own food and/or non-alcoholic beverages.