Men's Beach Volleyball | 11/8/2026 6:05:00 PM

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Barry University men's beach volleyball team came up just short from becoming the 2026 AVCA National Champions after losing to Erskine College in the finals. Day one resulted in a split after they took on the one seed in Erskine and endured a loss but rallied back with a 4-1 win over Wingate to wrap up day one. Their attention was then focused on Hope International in the semifinal round and they came out triumphant with a 3-2 victory that advanced them into finals to square off against Erskine for the final time this season but In the end, the fleet proved to be too much for the Buccaneers.

Final: (G1) Erskine 4, Barry 1 | (G2) Wingate 1, Barry 4 | (G3) Hope International 0, Barry 3 |
(G4) Erskine 3, Barry2
Records: Barry 9-5, Wingate 4-17, Hope International 14-3, Erskine 25-0
All-Time Series: Erskine leads series 0-5, Barry leads series vs Wingate 4-0, Barry leads series vs Hope International 2-0

11/7
Match One vs Erskine
Engjell Allajbegu / Luke McCalep (BARRY) vs B. Harsum / T. Moore (EC)
L, 0-2: 19-21, 17-21
Marco Molinet / Gavin Patterson (BARRY) vs A. Acosta / B. Goodwin (EC)
L, 0-2: 22-24, 24-26
Nicolas Delgado-Gonzalez / Arturo Diaz-Dube (BARRY) vs E. Begic / O. Thompson (EC)
L, 0-2: 13-21, 15-21
Drake Price / Daniel Vasquez (BARRY) vs L. Arnold / L. Wells
W, 2-0: 21-19, 21-16
Matthew Fan / Jackson Shaw (BARRY) vs P. Brown / L. Ward (EC)
L, 1-2: 20-22, 21-19, 12-15

Match Two vs Wingate
Engjell Allajbegu / Luke McCalep (BARRY) vs J. Dubinsky / N. Williams (WU)
L, 0-2: 19-21, 19-21
Marco Molinet / Gavin Patterson (BARRY) vs G. Irvin / N. Romer (WU)
W, 2-0: 21-11, 21-13
Nicolas Delgado-Gonzalez / Arturo Diaz-Dube (BARRY) vs C. Kornegay / R. Luttrell (WU)
W, 2-0: 21-17, 21-14
Drake Price / Daniel Vasquez (BARRY) vs B. Heinbaugh / B. Reaves (WU)
W, 2-0: 21-16, 21-12
Matthew Fan / Jackson Shaw (BARRY) vs N. Pierce / G. Williams (WU)
W, 2-0: 21-17, 21-8

11/8
Match One vs Hope International
Engjell Allajbegu / Luke McCalep (BARRY) vs J. Rocker-Graham / C. Taylor (HIU)
L, 1-2: 17-21, 21-19, 5-6 (Unfinished)
Marco Molinet / Gavin Patterson (BARRY) vs T. Penasse / A. Spendolini (HIU)
W, 2-1: 10-21, 21-16, 15-10
Nicolas Delgado-Gonzalez / Arturo Diaz-Dube (BARRY) vs J. Mezera / J. Trautman (HIU)
L, 1-2: 19-21, 21-18, 7-8 (Unfinished)
Drake Price / Daniel Vasquez (BARRY) vs A. Graham / T. Southards (HIU)
W, 2-0: 21-9, 21-11
Matthew Fan / Jackson Shaw (BARRY) vs E. Davis / K. Desha (HIU)
W, 2-0: 21-13, 21-14
 
Match Two vs Erskine
Engjell Allajbegu / Luke McCalep (BARRY) vs B. Harsum / T. Moore (EC)
L, 0-2: 14-21, 16-21
Marco Molinet / Gavin Patterson (BARRY) vs A. Acosta / B. Goodwin (EC)
L, 1-2: 21-18, 17-21, 8-15
Nicolas Delgado-Gonzalez / Arturo Diaz-Dube (BARRY) vs E. Begic / O. Thompson (EC)
L, 0-2: 11-21, 11-21
Drake Price / Daniel Vasquez (BARRY) vs L. Arnold / L. Wells (EC)
W, 2-0: 21-14, 21-15
Matthew Fan / Jackson Shaw (BARRY) vs P. Brown / L. Ward (EC)
W, 2-0: 21-19, 21-18

 

• The Buccaneers finish the season with a record of 9-5.
• In the teams first appearance at the AVCA National Championship, the pairing of Price and Vasquez were the only two to go undefeated on the weekend at the tournament finishing 4-0.

This concludes the 2026 inaugural season for the men's beach volleyball team.