DALLAS – Florida Atlantic’s
Olivia Strandberg and
Ava Koehl were named the Conference USA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.
Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week
Olivia Strandberg, Florida Atlantic, Jr., Chelan, Wash.
Ava Koehl, Florida Atlantic, Fr., Baton Rouge, La.
Strandberg and Koehl had a career weekend during the Florida Atlantic Beach Invitational. The pair finished the weekend 3-1, earning career-best wins over No. 7 Florida State, No. 6 TCU and Tampa. Strandberg and Koehl opened the weekend with a straight-set win at the 2s against No. 7 Florida State, 22-20, 21-18. The duo then closed out Saturday play with the best win of their careers, sweeping reigning national champion and No. 6-ranked TCU’s 2s pair, 21-19, 21-16. On Sunday, the pair fell in two against No. 3 USC, before earning their third straight-set win of the weekend vs. Tampa, 21-18, 21-19.
2026 CUSA Pair of the Week
F24 Cornelia Crudu/Julia Panko, USF
M3 Lauren Cairo/Claudia Stockard, UAB
M10 Klaire VanDeusen/Mia Scanlon, Florida Atlantic
M17 Olivia Strandberg/Ava Koehl, Florida Atlantic