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! colspan="2" style="background-color: #0039A6; color: #FFFFFF; border:none" | Georgia State Panthers women's beach volleyball
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| style="font-size:9pt;border:none;font-weight:bold" | University || style="font-size:9pt;border:none" | [[Georgia State University]]
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| style="font-size:9pt;border:none;font-weight:bold" | Location || style="font-size:9pt;border:none" | [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
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| style="font-size:9pt;border:none;font-weight:bold" | Head Coach || style="font-size:9pt;border:none" | [[Beth Van Fleet]]
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| style="font-size:9pt;border:none;font-weight:bold" | Facility || style="font-size:9pt;border:none" | [[GSU Beach Volleyball Complex]]
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| style="font-size:9pt;border:none;font-weight:bold" | Nickname || style="font-size:9pt;border:none" | [[Georgia State Panthers|Panthers]]
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| style="font-size:9pt;border:none;font-weight:bold" | Colors || style="font-size:9pt;border:none" | Blue and White
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| style="font-size:9pt;border:none;font-weight:bold" | Conference || style="font-size:9pt;border:none" | [[Conference USA|C-USA]]
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| align="right" style="font-size:9pt;border:none;fonnt-weight:bold" | [[2018 Georgia State Panthers beach volleyball team|Current Season]] || style="font-size:9pt;border:none;font-weight:bold" |
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The '''Georgia State Panthers women's beach volleyball''' team represents [[Georgia State University]] in the sport of [[beach volleyball]].  [[Georgia State Panthers|The Panthers]] compete in [[NCAA Division I]] as a member of [[Conference USA]] (C-USA). The Panthers play their home matches at the GSU Sand Volleyball Complex on the university's [[Atlanta]] campus, and are currently led by head coach [[Beth Van Fleet]].
== History ==
With the emergence of [[American football|football]] at Georgia State University, due to [[Title IX]] scholarship restrictions, it was necessary for GSU to increase the number of women's scholarships available in their athletic program<ref>{{cite news|last=Roberson |first=Doub |title=Georgia State adding sand volleyball |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-state-sports/2011/09/27/georgia-state-adding-sand-volleyball/ |accessdate=13 March 2014 |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=11 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313213709/http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-state-sports/2011/09/27/georgia-state-adding-sand-volleyball/ |archivedate=13 March 2014 }}</ref>
The creation of beach volleyball at Georgia State was announced on September 27, 2011, by Georgia State Athletic Director Cheryl Levick.<ref name=media>{{cite web|title=Getting Started |url=http://www.georgiastatesports.com/fls/12700/2013_GSU_Sand_Volleyball_Guide/index.html?DB_OEM_ID=12700|work=Georgia State Sand Volleyball 2013 Media Guide|publisher=Georgia State Athletics|accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref>
Construction of the GSU Sand Volleyball Complex, a 340-seat, 3 tiered court set, began in April 2012, and was completed by September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sand Volleyball Complex Master Plan – Completed Sept. 2012|url=http://www.georgiastatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=205415149&DB_OEM_ID=12700|work=GeorgiaStateSports.com|publisher=Georgia State Athletics|accessdate=13 March 2014|archive-date=13 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313211819/http://www.georgiastatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=205415149&DB_OEM_ID=12700|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GSU Sand Volleyball Complex|url=http://www.georgiastatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12700&ATCLID=206473765 |work=GeorgiaStateSports.com|publisher=Georgia State Athletics|accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref> The site has unofficially been nicknamed "The Beach."<ref name="CBS">{{cite web|last1=Morgan|first1=Nick|title=GSU beach volleyball team is Atlanta's hidden sports gem|url=http://www.cbs46.com/story/31573102/gsu-beach-volleyball-team-is-atlantas-hidden-sports-gem#|website=CBS46.com|publisher=WGCL-TV Atlanta|accessdate=28 March 2016}}</ref>
Originally named as head coach of beach volleyball, head coach Tami Audia was elevated to Director of Volleyball, being replaced by assistant coach Beth Van Fleet in July 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tami Audia|url=http://www.georgiastatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=61026&SPID=5654&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=12700&ATCLID=204928427&Q_SEASON=2012 |work=GeorgiaStateSports.com|publisher=Georgia State Athletics|accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref>
On October 20, 2015, Georgia State joined the [[Coastal Collegiate Sports Association]] (CCSA) as a beach volleyball member, coinciding with the NCAA's decision to sponsor it and provide a championship, as well as the addition of beach volleyball as an official CCSA sport (which led to that conference changing its name from the original Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weaver|first1=Richie|title=Tulane accepts invitation to join CCSA Beach Volleyball Conference|url=http://sportsnola.com/tulane-accepts-invitation-to-join-ccsa-beach-volleyball-conference/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412010930/http://sportsnola.com/tulane-accepts-invitation-to-join-ccsa-beach-volleyball-conference/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 12, 2016|website=Sports NOLA|publisher=[[Lester Sumrall|LeSEA Broadcasting]]|accessdate=28 March 2016}}</ref> This also coincided with the NCAA changing the name of the sport from "sand" to "beach" volleyball.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Greg|title=NCAA’s newest championship will be called beach volleyball|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/beach-volleyball/article/2015-06-30/ncaas-newest-championship-will-be-called-beach-volleyball|website=NCAA.com|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref>
During the 2020–21 school year, the CCSA entered into a formal beach volleyball partnership with [[Conference USA]] (C-USA) that saw the 2021 CCSA tournament split into two divisions, with GSU joining fellow Sun Belt member [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks|Louisiana–Monroe]] and full C-USA members [[Florida Atlantic Owls|Florida Atlantic]], [[FIU Panthers|FIU]], [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles|Southern Miss]], and [[UAB Blazers|UAB]] in one of the divisions. After that season, the CCSA and C-USA agreed to split their beach volleyball membership, with the six aforementioned schools and another full Sun Belt member, [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Coastal Carolina]], forming the new C-USA beach volleyball league.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://theccsa.com/sports/beachvball/2021-22/releases/20210709gx0wyg |title=CCSA Announces Beach Volleyball Membership Split With Conference USA; 2022 Championship Dates Set |publisher=Coastal Collegiate Sports Association |date=September 28, 2021 |accessdate=October 9, 2021}}</ref>
== Year-by-year results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Georgia State Panthers|Year|Head Coach|Overall|Conference|Standing|Division|Postseason}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name       = Georgia State Panthers
|conference = Independent
|startyear  = 2013
|endyear    = present
|}}
|-
| 2013
| Tami Audia
| 8–9
| –
| –
| –
| –
|-
| 2014
| Beth Van Fleet
| 14–5
| –
| –
| –
| –
|-
| 2015
| Beth Van Fleet
| 18–3
| –
| –
| –
| 0–2
|-
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name       = Georgia State Panthers
|conference = [[Coastal Collegiate Sports Association|CCSA]]
|startyear  = 2016
|endyear = 2021
|}}
|-
| 2016
| Beth Van Fleet
| 25–7
| 6–4
| 3rd
| –
| 0–2
|-
| 2017
| Beth Van Fleet
| 21–14
| 6–5
| 7th
| –
| –
|-
| 2018
| Beth Van Fleet
| 24–12
| 9–9
| 6th
| –
| –
|-
|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
| '''Total'''
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| '''110–50'''
| 21–18
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| –
| 0–4
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==Home Court/Practice and Training facilities==
The '''[[GSU Beach Volleyball Complex]]''' is the home court and practice facility for the women's beach volleyball team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgiastatesports.com/galleries/ath/gsu-beach-volleyball-complex/6|title=GSU Beach Volleyball Complex|website=georgiastatesports.com|accessdate=November 29, 2019}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Georgia State Panthers]]
* [[List of NCAA women's beach volleyball programs]]
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|1=http://www.georgiastatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12700&SPID=97897&SPSID=643449&DB_OEM_ID=12700}}
{{Georgia State University}}
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