GULF SHORES, Ala. – McKendree's beach volleyball team wraps up the 2026 season at the AVCA Small College Championship. The Bearcats competed in Pool B, where they finished fifth, going 0-4. McKendree was placed in the consolation Pool E bracket on championship day, where the Bearcats went 2-0, ending the '26 season no better way than with back-to-back wins.
Results are as follows:
Pool B Day One (Apr. 17)
vs. Colorado Mesa (L, 3-0):
No. 1 | Ask/Spresser (Colo. Mesa) over
Brooke Junker|
Natalie Witt (McK) – 2-0 (21-13, 21-15)
No. 2 |
Audrey Bennett|
Amber Williams (McK) vs. Gacek/Swartzendruber (Colo. Mesa) – unfinished
No. 3 |
Samantha Coe|
Abby Hickman (McK) vs. Henderson/Ritterbush (Colo. Meda) – unfinished
No. 4 | Rohlwing/Rothley (Colo. Mesa) over
Megan Diercks|
Shannon Ferrell (McK) – 2-0 (21-14, 21-11)
No. 5 | Passi/Tadlock (Colo. Mesa) over
Addyson Mock|
Madi Stevens (McK) – 2-0 (21-11, 21-18)
vs. Erskine (L, 3-0):
No. 1 | Junker|Witt (McK) vs. Meilinger/Platt (Erskine) – unfinished
No. 2 | Dietrich/Vigneron (Erskine) over Bennett|Williams (McK) – 2-0 (27-25, 21-14).
No. 3 | Coe|Hickman (McK) vs. Fa'apouli-Egbert/Platt (Erskine) – unfinished
No. 4 | Davis/Owens (Erskine) over Diercks|Ferrell (McK) – 2-0 (21-11, 21-12)
No. 5 | Haselden/Roberts (Erskine) over Mock|Stevens (McK) – 2-0 (21-14, 21-12)
Pool B Day Two (Apr. 18)
vs. Saint Leo (L, 3-0):
No. 1 | Brossard/Laade (St. Leo) over Junker|Witt (McK) – 2-0 (21-8, 21-16)
No. 2 | Intagliata/Moore (St. Leo) over Bennett|Williams (McK) – 2-0 (21-7, 21-15)
No. 3 | Coe|Hickman (McK) vs. Johnson/Perez Rosales (St. Leo) – unfinished
No. 4 | Kemer/Muharemovic (St. Leo) over Diercks|Ferrell (McK) – 2-0 (21-7, 21-4)
No. 5 | Mock\Stevens (McK) vs. Reeves/VanBuskirk (St. Leo) – unfinished
vs. Wingate (L, 3-0):
No. 1 | Junker|Witt (McK) vs. Beezer/Thieme (Wingate) – unfinished
No. 2 | Harm/Hilliard (Wingate) over Bennett|Williams (McK) – 2-1 (21-13, 14-21, 15-10)
No. 3 | Moultrie/Talbott (Wingate) over Coe|Hickman (McK) – 2-0 (21-10, 21-18)
No. 4 | Buck/DeLamielleure (Wingate) over Diercks|Ferrell (McK) – 2-0 (21-17, 21-18)
No. 5 | Mock|Stevens (McK) vs. Ball/Benfield (Wingate) – unfinished
Consolation Pool E Bracket (Apr. 19)
vs. Southwest Baptist (W, 3-0):
No. 1 | Junker|Witt (McK) over Cox/Fanning (SBU) – 2-0 (21-12, 21-10)
No. 2 Bennett|Williams (McK) over Keller/Perez (SBU) – 2-1 (12-21, 21-18, 15-12)
No. 3 | Coe|Hickman (McK) vs. Garner/Hoerning (SBU) – unfinished
No. 4 | Diercks|Ferrell (McK) vs. Stanely/Younkin (SBU) – unfinished
No. 5 | Mock|Stevens (McK) over Chance/Kaminski (SBU) – 2-1 (21-16, 16-21, 16-14)
vs. Emmanuel (W, 3-1):
No. 1 | Junker|Witt (McK) over Barrow/Van Wyngarden (Emman.) – 2-0 (21-14, 21-13)
No. 2 | Bennett|Williams (McK) vs. Kelly/Lee (Emman.) – unfinished
No. 3 | Farrow/Morawietz (Emman.) over Coe|Hickman (McK) – 2-0 (21-6, 21-17)
No. 4 | Diercks|Ferrell (McK) over Banton/Kroening (Emman.) – 2-0 (21-15, 21-10)
No. 5 | Mock|Stevens (McK) over Hedden/Lobendahn (Emman.) – 2-0 (21-17, 21-14)
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