FRISCO, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Millie Olsson and Maria Dude Fernades De Melo have won Southland Conference Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week, announced Tuesday by the conference office.
Pair of the Week: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi - Millie Olsson and Maria Duda Fernandes De Melo
Olsson and Fernandes de Melo capped a perfect 6-0 conference season as a pair at Flight Two following a 5-0 SLC Midseason weekend, winning every SLC dual this year in straight sets. The pair helped the Islanders to a perfect team 6-0 conference record to secure the program's third regular season championship in four years and helped the team lock up the No. 1 seed for the SLC Tournament
2026 Southland Beach Volleyball Pairs of the Week
| DATE |
INSTITUTION |
PLAYER |
PLAYER |
| Feb. 24 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Madison Morrow |
Kristin Bobay |
| March 3 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Millie Olsson |
Maria Duda Fernandes de Melo |
| March 10 |
McNeese |
Rylee Lansing |
Victoria Simmang |
| March 17 |
Southeastern |
Makayla Hicks |
Cadie Kusy |
| March 24 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Millie Olsson |
Maria Dude Fernandes de Melo |
Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.