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Women's Beach Volleyball J.T. Wilcox, Sports Information Director

FMU Wins First-Ever Sun Conference Beach Volleyball Conference Tournament

BABSON PARK, Fla. – Florida Memorial University's athletic tag line for the 2021 calendar year is "Leave A Legacy".

FMU's beach volleyball team forever etched their names in the record books as it became the first-ever winner of the Sun Conference Beach Volleyball Conference Tournament Championship, defeating host and tournament No. 1 seed Webber International University 3-1 to capture the title.
 
The Lady Lions, the No. 3 seed in the tourney, upended Ave Maria University 3-2 in the semifinals and convincingly took down the Warriors in the championship match.
 
Winning the beach conference tournament Saturday confirms the preseason vote that picked Florida Memorial as the No. 1 team and potential winner of the conference title.
 
Earning the beach volleyball conference crown also gives two conference titles to FMU head volleyball coach Marrita Crockett-Moulton in not even three full years of tenure. Crockett-Moulton, a former professional volleyball player and member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) All-Time Volleyball team, led FMU's indoor volleyball team to a Sun Conference Tournament title in 2019 – her first season.
 
In theory, Crockett-Moulton's teams (indoor and beach volleyball) have won the conference championship in each season that they completed from beginning to end. The 2020 beach volleyball season (spring) was canceled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while the Lady Lions opted not to continue its 2020 indoor season (fall) midway through due to health and safety amidst the pandemic.
 
Florida Memorial also adds to its legacy in that now it's not just the first and only historically Black college or university (HBCU) with a beach volleyball program, it is also the first and only one to win a conference championship.
 
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