MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- The LMU beach volleyball team opened their first day of competition with a pair of 5-0 losses to College of Charleston and Mercer Saturday at the Creekside Tennis and Swim Club.

MATCH ONE VS. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
The Lady Railsplitters dropped the program opener to tournament host College of Charleston (4-4) by a 5-0 margin. 

The match at the No. 4 position went to three sets as the duo of Jordan Green (Hazel Green, Ala.) and Fernanda Miaci (São José dos Campos, Brazil) won the first set 21-12 but dropped the second one 21-13 and narrowly lost the tiebreaker set 15-12.

The other four matches were straight set victories by the Cougars, though the duo of Jamie Jehne (Hollywood, Fla.) and Bristol Snider (Chattanooga, Tenn.) played a hard fought match at the No. 2 position, falling 21-19 and 21-11.

College of Charleston 5, Lincoln Memorial 0
1. Melissa Morello/Kayla Tronick (COFC) def. Abby Cash/Brooke Fleeman (LMU) 21-11, 21-10
2. Krissy Mummey/Katja Ehlers (COFC) def. Jamie Jehne/Bristol Snider (LMU) 21-19, 21-11
3. Maddie Hills/McKala Rhodes (COFC) def. Samantha Cash/Erica Whiteaker (LMU) 21-7, 21-13
4. Kennedy Madison/Lauren Hollman (COFC) def. Jordan Green/Fernanda Miaci (LMU) 12-21, 21-13, 15-12
5. Devon Rachel/Allison Beckman (COFC) def. Kiera Holland/Peyton McDaniel (LMU) 21-14, 21-10

Match Notes
First Beach Volleyball match in LMU history.

MATCH TWO VS. MERCER
Mercer (6-4), the Atlantic Sun Conference runner-up last season, swept the Lady Railsplitters to pick up the victory. Four of the five matches were in straight sets.

The duo of Green and Miaci narrowly lost their first set 21-19 at the No. 3 position before falling 21-11 in the second set. Samantha Cash (New Carlisle, Ohio) and Kiera Holland (Columbia, S.C.) had a hard fought match at the No. 6 position, falling 21-13 and 21-11.

Mercer 5, Lincoln Memorial 0
1. Tori Penrod/Emily Krogman (MER) def. Abby Cash/Brooke Fleeman (LMU) 21-10, 21-6
2. Emma Peel/Sophie Peel (MER) def. Jamie Jehne/Bristol Snider (LMU) 21-12, 21-6
3. Jessica Johnson/Gretja Otten (MER) def. Jordan Green/Fernanda Miaci (LMU) 21-19, 21-11
4. Danielle Faust/Claire Waliczek (MER) def. Samantha Cash/Kiera Holland (LMU) 21-13, 21-11
5. Demi-Shay Watchorn/Ellie James (MER) def. Erica Whiteaker/Peyton McDaniel (LMU), by forfeit

Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (5,4,1,2,3)

UP NEXT
LMU will close out play in the College of Charleston Beach Invitational tomorrow as they face Alabama-Birmingham at Noon and eighth-ranked Georgia State at 1:30 p.m.