JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach began their weekend hot, securing wins against Erskine and LaGrange in day one of the Berry Beach Bash tournament. 

Neither Erskine nor LaGrange are strangers for the Eagles, with matches dating back to 2020. C-N is now 4-1 in the series with Erskine, and 5-0 against LaGrange. 

C-N is undefeated over Erskine since early March of the 2021 season, when the Fleet defeated Carson-Newman 4-1. 

In the Friday morning match with the Fleet, C-N took wins in seeds one, two, three, and four, dropping a match only in the fifth flight. 

All top three seeds kept their matches down to only two sets, with the highest win difference coming from the Jenny Ille and Ava Fountain at 21-8 in the second seed.

Flights four, five, and the exhibition match all went to three sets, with Erskine coming out on top in two of them. Camryn Ehlers and Morgan Foy in the fourth seed pulled out a 15-7 win in the third set to come out on top of the Flying Fleet. 

Match 1 v Erskine 4-1

1 Still/Hafey 31-16, 21-17 W

2 Ille/Fountain 24-22, 21-8 W

3 Hall/Halcrow 21-11, 21-14 W

4 Foy/Ehlers 21-18, 18-21, 15-7 W

5 Hafey/Nelson 21-19, 16-21, 13-15 L

Exhib Bussom/McCombs 19-21, 22-20, 15-13 L

Carson-Newman remains unefeated against LaGrange since their first meeting in 2020. Due to a lack of available players, LaGrange forfeited seeds three, four, and five, sacrificing the match to the Eagles. Sierra Still and Truth Hafey and Jenny Ille and Ava Fountain were the only pairs with viable opponents and rounded out the rest of the sweep over LaGrange.

Match 2 v LaGrange 5-0

1 Still/Hafey 21-11, 21-13 W

2 Ille/Fountain 21-15, 21-5 W

3 Forfeit W

4 Forfeit W

5 Forfeit W

Exhib Forfeit W

The Eagles continue play on Saturday at noon against Tennessee Tech and 4pm against Berry. For more updates on Carson-Newman's beach volleyball team, visit CNEagles.com or follow Carson-Newman Athletics on social media.