Greeneville, Tenn. —- The Catawba College Beach Volleyball team earned a split on Friday over the first South Atlantic Conference Weekend hosted by Tusculum University, falling to the reigning conference champion Carson-Newman Eagles before besting Emmanuel for its first league win of the year.
 
MATCH ONE | Carson-Newman 5, Catawba 0
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Catawba suffered five sweeps in the opening match to the reigning SAC champion Eagles
- Lauren Bodell and Peyton Fendley were closest to taking a set at 15-21, 18-21
 
MATCH TWO | Catawba 4, Emmanuel 1
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sidney Kettelkamp and Emily Dudley earned a win in the second-ranked pair, 21-11, 21-11
- Bodell and Fendley turned a strong effort in game one to a win in match two, defeating the Lions' third-ranked pair 21-16, 21-16
- Lily Landis and Eliza Liva picked up a 21-16, 21-16 win over Emmanuel's 4th-ranked squad
- Sydney Wattles and Kellyann Ellis battled for a three-set win over EC's #5s, 21-16, 16-21, 15-7
 
UP NEXT
- Catawba looks to make a winning weekend of the first of two Conference Weekends with a pair of matches tomorrow; they take on Erskine at 11:30 a.m. and host Tusculum at 2:30 p.m.