Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – The No. 12 FIU beach volleyball team (17-15, 1-2 CUSA) entered the Conference USA tournament as the No.1 seed and lost their first-round match against No. 4 seed UAB 3-2 on Thursday April 27 at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park.

The loss moves the Panthers over to the consolation bracket, but they still have a chance to make the championship round since the tournament is two-game elimination.

(4) UAB 3, (1) FIU 2 
P1 Arden Copping/Jasmine Haas (UAB) def. Lucie Pokorna/Milica Vukobrat (FIU) 21-18, 16-21, 15-11
P2 Brooke Pertuit/Mikayla Law-Heese (UAB) def. Rachele Mancinelli/Roberta Ribeiro (FIU) 21-18, 21-17
P3 Jessica Ennis/Adriana Pereira (UAB) def. Giada Bianchi/Lisa Luini (FIU) 21-19, 21-23, 15-10
P4 Zuza Bielak/Alice Pratesi (FIU) def. Emma Andraka/Ella Alexander (UAB) 21-16, 21-19
P5 Emily Meyer/Kendra Brown (FIU) def. Olivia Stant/Olivia Chychrun (UAB) 21-19, 21-13
Order of Finish 5, 4, 2, 1, 3
 
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The Panthers will play the No. 6 seed Jacksonville State University tomorrow at 9 a.m. and with a win, they will go on to play the winner between UTEP vs. No. 18 Tulane.  

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