BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic beach volleyball team continues fall play this weekend, heading to Tavares, Florida, to compete in the 2026 AVCA East Qualifier on Saturday, Oct. 24 and Sunday, Oct. 25 at Hickory Point Beach.
Fans can follow along with this weekend's competition on Volleyball Life
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FAU will have three pairs competing in the top gold division.
Denisse Morgenstern and
Ava Koehl are the Owls' top-seeded pair on the weekend, ranking as the No. 4-seed in the bracket. Denisse is the top-ranked individual player, while Koehl ranks as No. 6 individually.
Mia Scanlon and
Olivia Strandberg are the Sandy Owls' second highest seeded pair at No. 16, and Molly DeCasas and
Reese Edwards round out the gold pairs at No. 21.
In the silver division, the Owls will feature four pairs. The Sandy Owls' top silver division pair is the top-ranked team in the field, consisting of Alana Joiner,
Sophia Soderberg,
Kate Weitnauer, and
Shayna Wolf. Madison Dyer, Kenadie Greene,
Maddie Sides, and
Allison Spittal rank second for the Sandy Owls as the No. 5 pair.
Sofia Connor, Joiner, Elena Lam, and Spittal are seeded at No. 21, while Serena Kohler, Spittal, and Wolf round out the Sandy Owls' silver pairs as the No. 22 seed.
Rounding out the tournament field will be FAU's two pairs competing in the bronze division. The Owls' top-seeded bronze pair features Joiner, Lam, Sides, and
Bailey Thompson as the division's No. 2 seed. The Sandy Owls' second bronze pairing is seeded at No. 16 and features Dyer, Joiner, and Soderberg.
UP NEXT
Following this weekend's competition, the Sandy Owls will wrap up fall play at the 2026 AVCA Fall Pairs Championships on Friday, Nov. 6 through Sunday, Nov. 8 at the John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex in Huntsville, Ala.
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