DALLAS – Florida Atlantic’s Denisse Morgenstern and Ava Koehl were named the Conference USA Beach Volleyball October Pair of the Month, the league announced Wednesday.

CUSA October Pair of the Month
Denisse Morgenstern, Florida Atlantic, Jr., Asunción, Paraguay
Ava Koehl, Florida Atlantic, So., Baton Rouge, La.
 
Morgenstern and Koehl finished a perfect 5-0 to claim the AVCA East Qualifier Championship, earning the Owls a second bid to the fall AVCA Beach National Championships. The duo opened the weekend on Saturday, Oct. 24 with three straight-set sweeps against Jacksonville (21-19, 21-19), FGCU (21-13, 21-15), and South Florida (21-14, 21-18). On Sunday, Oct. 25, the pair started the day with another straight-set sweep against Florida State, 21-18, 21-15, punching their ticket to the gold bracket championship. Morgenstern and Koehl then capped off the weekend with a straight-set sweep in the championship match (23-21, 21-13), defeating Florida State's top pair and the No. 1-seed in the tournament, Addison and Avery Junk.
 
2026 Beach Volleyball Pair of the Month
October               Denisse Morgenstern/Ava Koehl, Florida Atlantic