Ava Novello, Karis Gordon Earn AVCA Top Flight Award

CONWAY – The AVCA announced its 2026 Top Flight Award winners on Friday, with Coastal Carolina's pair of Ava Novello and Karis Gordon being among the 80 pairs representing 35 schools to take home the honors. The Top Flight program, now in its eighth year, recognizes beach pairs who compete in at least 15 matches together at a specific flight and win at least 75% of their matches. This year, 80 pairs representing 35 schools—from all three NCAA divisions, NAIA, and Two-Year Colleges—have earned Top Flight status Novello and Gordon finished with a 22-4 overall record across flights four and...