DALLAS – USF’s Cornelia Crudu and Julia Panko were named the Conference USA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.

Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week
Cornelia Crudu, USF, Sr., Wroclaw, Poland  
Julia Panko, USF, R-Fr., Montreal, Québec, Canada 
 
Crudu and Panko went 4–0 at Pair 2 during USF’s inaugural weekend at the Green Wave Invitational, earning a point in all three team victories. The duo clinched four team points in USF’s 3–1 weekend record and went undefeated across four duals. The pair had a phenomenal weekend defeating ranked opponents No. 12 LSU and No. 20 Tulane, including a straight-set win over Tulane (21-18, 21-16). Crudu and Panko helped secure USF Beach Volleyball’s first ranked win and first conference victory in program history (vs. Tulane 3-2).
 
2026 CUSA Pair of the Week
F24     Cornelia Crudu/Julia Panko, USF