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LSU' beach volleyball head coach Russell Brock during his team's match against Nicholls State on Friday, April 14, 2023 at LSU Beach Volleyball Stadium.

LSU beach volleyball

ousted in NCAA semis

The No. 11 LSU beach volleyball team defeated No. 3 Stanford, 3-2, in a quarterfinal at the NCAA beach volleyball championship Saturday afternoon in Gulf Shores, Alabama, but the Tigers fell to No. 2 UCLA in the semifinals later in the day.

LSU beat Stanford on courts 2, 3 and 5 to send the Tigers to the semifinals. Aubrey O’Gorman and Ella Larkin started off the winning streak with a 21-18, 16-21, 16-14 win. Emily Meyer and Yali Ashush followed in their footsteps, winning 21-14, 17-21, 15-13. To clinch the upset, Reilly Allred and Parker Bracken earned an 18-21, 22-20, 24-22 win.

After a short break, LSU lost to UCLA, 3-1. The last time the Tigers were in the semifinals was 2021.