What you need to know:

* Georgia State defeated Mercer 5-0 Wednesday afternoon at the GSU Beach Volleyball Complex.

* GSU improves to 3-1 on the season and 7-0 all-time vs. the Bears.

* GSU hits the road to compete at the LSU Invitational in Baton Rouge, La.

ATLANTA – Georgia State's tenth-ranked beach volleyball team recorded a decisive 5-0 win over in-state rival Mercer Wednesday afternoon at the GSU Beach Volleyball Complex to improve to 3-1 on the season.

With sunny skies, 75-degree weather and a rowdy home crowd, GSU tallied its second 5-0 sweep of the young season. The Panthers are now 7-0 all-time against the Bears. In Wednesday's contest, GSU won all but one flight in two sets, going to a third in the fifth flight. Head coach Beth Van Fleet said she was pleased to see her squad get better.

“Mercer is a team that has improved tremendously each season. It's a good feeling to be able to defend our home court,” Van Fleet said. “We talked a lot about executing this week and that we have a strategy and are implementing it. I saw that across the board tonight.”

No. 10 Georgia State 5, Mercer 0

1.     Interwies/Rawls (GSU) defeated S. Peel/E. Peel (MU) 21-18, 22-20

2.     Button/Olivova (GSU) defeated Krogman/Penrod (MU) 21-15, 21-19

3.     Weiner/Wilson (GSU) defeated Faust/Waliczek (MU) 21-18, 21-8

4.     Pickering/Rohan (GSU) defeated Kerr/James (MU) 21-12, 21-8

5.     Fourspring/Elmurr (GSU) defeated Otten/Johnson (MU) 20-22, 21-10, 17-15

Next up for the No. 10 Panthers is a trip to conference-foe LSU to compete in the LSU Invitational in Baton Rouge, La.

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