BATON ROUGE, LA. (March 12, 2016) – The ninth-ranked, FIU beach volleyball team (3-2, 0-2 in CCSA) swept New Orleans, 5-0, but fell to conference rival, Georgia State, 4-1, in Day One of the Tiger Beach Challenge at LSU. Both of the Panthers' losses have come against conference opponents.
The Panthers kicked the day off, sweeping the Privateers. The team was led by the number one pair of junior, Aren Cupp and graduate student, Martyna Gluchowicz with a dominant 21-12, 21-11 victory. At the five slot, senior Gloria Levorin and freshman Katie Friesen made their collegiate beach volleyball debuts, defeating the Privateers, 2-0 (21-13, 21-12).