Chiles Beach Volleyball Defeats Lincoln in Season Opener

On Feb. 26, the Chiles Timberwolves took on the Lincoln Trojans in beach volleyball for the first time this year at Tom Brown Park. Both programs start the season off with high hopes as they both acquired a new head coach for the 2024-2025 season.

High school beach volleyball matches contain 5 flights based on a best-of-three format (two sets to 21 and the third set to 15 if needed). The team that wins the majority of the flights (3/5 or better), wins the match.

Chiles started the match with a win at the No. 2 position in a close match against Lincoln players Leah Meehan and Kenzie Poppell. Natalie Gibson and Gaby Harnden secured the Timberwolves’ first points with set scores of 21-14 and 21-19.

The Timberwolves clinched the win after adding two more points at the No. 5 and No. 4 positions. Bella Stewart and Eva Goodson beat Morgan McGrady and London Dickey with set scores of 21-4 and 21-12. At the No. 4 position, Linsday Smith and Sterling Carlisle of Chiles beat Katelyn Irwin and Jordyn Russell of Lincoln with set scores of 21-15 and 21-9.

The last two flights of the match included battles between the No. 3 and No. 1 positions. Loganne Abernathy and Aubrey Justin of Chiles won at the No. 3 position against Olivia Hendershot and Emma Cornelius of Lincoln with set scores of 21-10 and 21-11. In the last flight of the day, Chiles’ Kate Stewart and Meg Hearn won at the No. 1 position against Lincoln’s Riley Perezluha and Bella Dougherty with set scores of 21-2 and 21-3, resulting in a 5-0 win for the Timberwolves.