Friday, April 15
Fort Worth, Texas
10:00 A.M.
Missouri State University
at
TCU
Beach Bears Conclude Regular-Season Slate in Texas
April 13, 2022 | Beach Volleyball
SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri State beach volleyball team concludes its regular-season slate when it travels to Fort Worth, Texas to compete in the TCU Invitational, April 15-16.
The Bears open play Friday (April 15) squaring off against No. 2 TCU at 10 a.m. and No. 16 Pepperdine at 4 p.m., before concluding play with No. 9 Stanford at 9:30 a.m. and Houston Baptist at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Last Time Out
Missouri State picked up a pair of dominant wins last weekend as the Bears defeated Hendrix (3-2) and swept Ottawa (5-0). The Bears picked up wins in both matches at the No. 2, 4 and 5 flights. The No. 2 duo of Grace Cook and Chloe Tome made history, becoming the first pair in program history to reach 20 wins.
Scouting the Bears
Head Coach Gretchen Hand has made an immediate impact at the helm as Missouri State is 12-10 this season. Missouri State has swept Missouri Baptist, Huntingdon, Arizona Christian, Abilene Christian and Ottawa twice.
Cook and Tome lead the Bears with a 20-2 mark in the No. 2 spot. The duo's 31-5 career record is the best mark all-time among Missouri State pairs. Cook and Tome also held a program-best 14-match win streak.
The No. 5 pair of McAllen and Rattler hold a 17-5 record this season. All but one of their wins have come courtesy of sweeps. The pair's 17 victories in a single season rank second all-time. Freshman Becca Bach also has made a significant impact in her debut with the Bears, posting an 11-10 individual record while playing in the No. 3 and 4 positions.
The Bears have won 123 of their 222 sets played and have a 64-47 combined pairs record. This season, coach Gretchen Hand has tried out 15 pair combinations in the lineup, while 13 Bears have competed officially.
Hand at the Helm
Gretchen Hand was named the third head coach in Missouri State Beach Volleyball on July 2, 2021, by Athletic Director Kyle Moats. Hand comes to Missouri State after spending the last two-and-a-half years as director of volleyball at Webber International University in Babson Park, Fla. During her tenure with the Warriors, she worked with the men's and women's indoor programs in addition to the beach team and contributed to the beach team's conference title and NAIA national fourth-place finish in 2019. As a player, Hand competed professionally from 2001-2015. She had main-draw finishes in the AVP (American Volleyball Professionals), the NVL (National Volleyball League), Corona Wide Open, the EVP (Extreme Volleyball Professionals) and the FIVB, competing across the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Ireland and Thailand.
On Jan. 2, 2022, Hand announced the addition of assistant coach Carol Welcher, who comes to Missouri State with nearly 20 years of coaching and playing experience at the national, collegiate, club, and high school levels. She was the assistant coach for UCSD's women's volleyball team for the 2016-2017 season. Before UCSD, Welcher was also the head coach and director of the girl's varsity volleyball program at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista and coached for La Jolla Volleyball Club and Beach Dig, both located in San Diego. Welcher competed in four years of professional indoor volleyball as a player in Finland, France, Germany, and Switzerland. She also spent seven years on the AVP's beach tour.
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Up Next
The Bears will compete at the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association Tournament in Huntsville, Ala., April 28-30 when they will vie for the six-team conference crown.
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The Bears open play Friday (April 15) squaring off against No. 2 TCU at 10 a.m. and No. 16 Pepperdine at 4 p.m., before concluding play with No. 9 Stanford at 9:30 a.m. and Houston Baptist at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Last Time Out
Missouri State picked up a pair of dominant wins last weekend as the Bears defeated Hendrix (3-2) and swept Ottawa (5-0). The Bears picked up wins in both matches at the No. 2, 4 and 5 flights. The No. 2 duo of Grace Cook and Chloe Tome made history, becoming the first pair in program history to reach 20 wins.
Scouting the Bears
Head Coach Gretchen Hand has made an immediate impact at the helm as Missouri State is 12-10 this season. Missouri State has swept Missouri Baptist, Huntingdon, Arizona Christian, Abilene Christian and Ottawa twice.
Cook and Tome lead the Bears with a 20-2 mark in the No. 2 spot. The duo's 31-5 career record is the best mark all-time among Missouri State pairs. Cook and Tome also held a program-best 14-match win streak.
The No. 5 pair of McAllen and Rattler hold a 17-5 record this season. All but one of their wins have come courtesy of sweeps. The pair's 17 victories in a single season rank second all-time. Freshman Becca Bach also has made a significant impact in her debut with the Bears, posting an 11-10 individual record while playing in the No. 3 and 4 positions.
The Bears have won 123 of their 222 sets played and have a 64-47 combined pairs record. This season, coach Gretchen Hand has tried out 15 pair combinations in the lineup, while 13 Bears have competed officially.
Hand at the Helm
Gretchen Hand was named the third head coach in Missouri State Beach Volleyball on July 2, 2021, by Athletic Director Kyle Moats. Hand comes to Missouri State after spending the last two-and-a-half years as director of volleyball at Webber International University in Babson Park, Fla. During her tenure with the Warriors, she worked with the men's and women's indoor programs in addition to the beach team and contributed to the beach team's conference title and NAIA national fourth-place finish in 2019. As a player, Hand competed professionally from 2001-2015. She had main-draw finishes in the AVP (American Volleyball Professionals), the NVL (National Volleyball League), Corona Wide Open, the EVP (Extreme Volleyball Professionals) and the FIVB, competing across the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Ireland and Thailand.
On Jan. 2, 2022, Hand announced the addition of assistant coach Carol Welcher, who comes to Missouri State with nearly 20 years of coaching and playing experience at the national, collegiate, club, and high school levels. She was the assistant coach for UCSD's women's volleyball team for the 2016-2017 season. Before UCSD, Welcher was also the head coach and director of the girl's varsity volleyball program at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista and coached for La Jolla Volleyball Club and Beach Dig, both located in San Diego. Welcher competed in four years of professional indoor volleyball as a player in Finland, France, Germany, and Switzerland. She also spent seven years on the AVP's beach tour.
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Up Next
The Bears will compete at the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association Tournament in Huntsville, Ala., April 28-30 when they will vie for the six-team conference crown.
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