HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— Colorado Mesa University beach volleyball duo Ellie Ask and Barett Nolan dropped two more matches and will play in the 61^st place bracket of the AVCA Beach National Championships on Sunday here at the John Hunt Park Sand Volleyball Complex.
 
The Maverick duo also went 0-2 in modified pool play on Friday and began Saturday's action in the 49^th place bracket and dropped a 21-16, 21-10 decision to Florida International's Aleksandra Chudzik and Arianna Franklin.  They then fell in the 57^th place bracket to North Florida's Cameron Humphries and Kenzie Murphy by a 21-16, 21-15 margin.
 
Ask, a freshman from Kasson, Minesota, who is competing in her first collegiate matches this weekend, and Nolan, a senior from Mission Viejo, California via Ventura College, will play Tennessee-Martin's Olivia O'Keefe and Riley Rushing in their first match on Sunday at 11 a.m. CST (10 a.m. Mountain).
 
The winners will play one more match for 61^st place at 1:30 p.m. CST (12:30 p.m. Mountain) while the losers will tie for 63^rd place.
 
The Maverick pair is one of just two from non-NCAA Division I institutions in the 3-day, 64-pair national championship event.  They were seeded 63^rd.