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Blazers Pick Up Two Wins at the Tiger Beach Challenge
2/28/2026 7:43:00 PM | Women's Beach Volleyball
BATON ROUGE, La. - It was another strong day for the UAB Blazers beach volleyball team in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as the Blazers earned two victories at the Tiger Beach Challenge, defeating Tulane 3-2 and HCU 5-0.
The Blazers (6-3) opened the day against Conference USA foe Tulane (4-4). UAB received another strong performance from Jasmine Haas and Olivia Stant, who won in straight sets on Court 1. The victory moved Stant into sole possession of third place in program history for individual career wins with 59.
Claudia Stockard and Lauren Cairo improved to 6-2 on the season with a three-set victory over Sam O'Connor and Ali Amirah on Court 3. Continuing their strong start, Olivia Chychrun and Ava Grace Knott defeated Lauren Mann and Gabbi Kucinski 2-0 to clinch the dual. With the win, UAB has claimed three out of the last four meetings against the Green Wave.
In the afternoon finale, the Blazers swept HCU (1-7) 5-0. UAB did not drop a set across the five courts. Stockard and Cairo earned their seventh win of the season with a straight-set victory.
"Claudia and Cairo delivered two dual-clinching wins at the 3's," head coach Delaney Rose said. "That kind of grit instilled a new level of confidence and belief in ourselves."
The duo improved to 5-0 on Court 3 on the year.
"I'm so proud of our team's performance this weekend, but I'm even more impressed with how we responded when our backs were against the wall," Rose said. "We took what was ours and earned each win."
UAB travels to the West Coast next weekend to compete in the LBSU Invite in Long Beach, California.
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