AVCA Collegiate Beach National Championships
11/9/2026 8:00:00 AM | Beach Volleyball
HUNSTVILLE, Ala. — Cal Poly’s Erin Inskeep and Logan Walter had a strong showing at the AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championships in Huntsville, Alabama, over the weekend, capturing fourth while battling the nation’s top pairs.
The three-day tournament held at the John Hunt Park Sand Volleyball Complex this Friday through Sunday featured 64 of the best pairs in collegiate beach volleyball.
A pair of returning All-Americans for the Mustangs, Inskeep and Walter teamed up and tore through the 64-team bracket early. The pairing opened the event with four straight sweeps, defeating a pairing from Lindenwood 21-10, 21-8 and a tandem from Boise State 21-15, 21-14 on Friday to advance to the Round of 16. Then on Saturday, Inskeep and Walter rolled to victories over a duo from Grand Canyon 21-11, 21-18, and a pairing from Florida State 21-9, 21-12, to secure a spot in the semifinals.
On Saturday night while facing Lia Berger and Devin Kahahawai from Texas, the Mustangs’ top pair went to a decisive third set while fighting for a spot in the championship match, but came up just short, 15-11.
In the third-place match on Sunday morning, Inskeep and Walter got into an epic battle with Brecht Piersma and Esmee Radstake from Texas for the bronze medal. Each pair won a set 21-16 to set up a winner-take-all third set that saw Cal Poly stave off four match points before the Longhorns’ top pair was able to secure a thrilling 19-17 third-set victory.
Inskeep and Walter finished 4-2 at the tournament.
Quinn Perry and Elise Lenahan also took part in the event for the Mustangs, reaching the Round of 32 with a sweep over a pairing from Texas-A&M Corpus-Christi before dropping back-to-back matches to tandems from LMU and Tulane. Perry and Lenahan ended the tournament with sweeps over pairs from UCLA (21-19, 21-17) and Tulane (21-13, 21-15) to finish with a 3-2 record in their first appearance at the AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championships.
