LAGRANGE, Ga. - After their historic first team win on Saturday (Feb. 8) against Georgia Highlands College, the Lady Panther's Beach Volleyball squad will look to take momentum into this weekend, the 2025 season and beyond. 

Spring 2024 Recap 
The Lady Panthers went 0-11 in the 2024 season. They were clean swept 10 of the 11 matches, taking a game off St. Andrews University. LC faced top competition throughout the season, including Tennessee Tech, Mercer University and Carson-Newman, which are all in the top flights of collegiate athletics. LaGrange Beach Volleyball carried a 53-game losing streak going into 2025. 

Spring 2025 Preview 
The new-look Panthers started off the season last weekend (Feb. 7&8) at Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, Ga. LC went 1-2, losing their first two matches against TMU and Mobile University, but won their first match in program history against Georgia Highlands College. "I couldn't be more excited for our first team win," said junior Meredith Orton, who won her match with Zentrina Choice to help score a clean sweep against the Chargers. "There's been a lot of hard work out in over the past years, so to see some positive results from it was a great feeling." The rest of LC's 2025 schedule features conference foes Huntingdon and Wesleyan College, historic rival Berry College and the aforementioned Truett McConnell Bears. The Panthers will have two home dates, a doubleheader against TMU on Feb. 15 and a tri-match against Emmanuel University and Wesleyan on Mar. 1-2. LaGrange will wrap up their season at the AVCA Small School Championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama, taking place on April 18-20. 

Panther to Watch
Choice, a Sumter, S.C. native, will look to power LaGrange in the 2025 season. During the fall indoor season, she led the team in points, kills and attack percentage (.204). The junior will look to carry the momentum from the fall season, as well as last weekend, into the rest of the Panther campaign.