Georgia State University Athletics

ATHLETIC HONORS:
2023 Sun Belt Conference Championship Pair of the Tournament
CCSA Preseason Watch List 

ACADEMIC HONORS: 
Athletic Director's Honor Roll- Spring 2024
Fall 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
Spring 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
Spring 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll 
Fall 2020 Dean's List 
Spring 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll 
Fall 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll 

AT GEORGIA STATE: Five-year letter winner at Georgia State… 68 wins in career at Georgia State… Has defeated 16 ranked opponents throughout career at GSU… Two-time Conference Championship Pair of the Tournament, 2023 was paired with Kelly Dorn, and in 2024 was paired with Aliisa Vuorinen… Helped the Panthers to three consecutive conference championship victories (two Sun Belt, one Conference USA) … Was part of three NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship appearances, including a win over #7 Grand Canyon and #2 TCU in the 2022 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship…

2024: Saga finished the 2024 spring season with a 20-16 record with appearances at the third fourth, and fifth flights... Elise was paired most with Ayla Johnson, the pair won 10 matches a majority of them coming from the third flight… Downed four ranked opponents throughout the season… Finished Sun Belt play with a perfect record of 12-0 in conference… Went a perfect 4-0 in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament while paired with Aliisa Vuorinen… Was named 2024 Sun Belt’s Pair of the Tournament… Was named to the 2024 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team… Helped the Sandy Panthers to a second consecutive Sun Belt Conference Championship Title... Helped GSU to a third consecutive NCAA Championship berth in a season that saw the team ranked top-16 or better nationally for every week 

2023: Saga ended the 2023 spring campaign posting a 16-19 overall final mark with appearances at the first, second and third flights... Paired with teammate Kelly Dorn for every outing and notched a 9-6 record at the third flight and a 7-11 record at the second flight... Downed five nationally-ranked foes for the season... Was named Sun Belt Conference Championship Pair of the Tournament alongside Dorn after securing three straight-set victories for dual match tournament play... Helped lead the Sandy Panthers to a Sun Belt Conference Championship Title in the league's inaugural season of beach volleyball... Helped lead GSU to a second consecutive NCAA Championship berth in a season that saw the team ranked top-14 or better nationally for every week  

2022: Charted a 18-20 overall record for the spring competing at the top flight in all but one match... Paired with Kelly Dorn in 37 of 38 matches on the season... Partnered with teammate Dorn at the No. 1 flight for 36 matches, and once at the No. 2 flight in the Sandy Panthers' season-opening tournament in New Orleans on Feb. 25...  Paired once with Tyler Lindgren at the top flight facing College of Charleston on April 15... Downed nationally ranked opponents five times including No. 5 ranked LSU and host No. 20 Tulane at the team's opener in New Orleans... Downed nationally ranked opponent South Carolina twice in regular season play... Collected a victory over ranked Stetson on March 4... Helped lead the Sandy Panthers to a historic 2022 season and NCAA Tournament run highlighted by the first-ever C-USA Beach Volleyball Championship and an upset over second-seeded TCU to advance to the NCAA round of six... The win over TCU notched a school-record 28th victory for the Sandy Panthers and marked the largest upset in NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship history, the first time GSU has secured a second victory in NCAA Tournament play throughout the history of GSU athletics across all sports and tied the school record for highest-ranking victory in GSU athletics history... The team's No. 7 ranking for the final AVCA Coaches Poll marked the highest finish in a Division I Collegiate Poll for any team in GSU sports history

2021: Accumulated an 8-7 record ... Went 2-4 record in CCSA action ... Partnered with Bella Ferary, Bekah Brodbeck, Becky Tresham, and Meagan McCall ... Went 2-2 with Ferary including a win over CCSA opponent Southern Miss … Defeated Chattanooga with Brodbeck on March 10 at the Day of Duals home event ... Finished 5-4 with Tresham including wins over No. 20 Tulane and No. 19 Stetson ... Competed in exhibition play several times with Tresham and Brodbeck.

2020: Recorded a 6-1 record in her first season of play … Split time with partners Cara Guthrie and Meagan McCall in the fifth flight ... Defeated pair from No. 15 TCU 21-11, 21-19 at the GSU Day of Duals ... Earned an additional conference victory with a win over College of Charleston on March 8 ... Split results in exhibition play ... Season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Topp Volley Norge High School in Norway under head coach Loes Torfs ... Played for the Junior National Indoor and Beach Volleyball teams ... Represented Norway in the U20 European Championships in 2017 and 2018.  

PERSONAL: Full name is Karen Elise Lund Saga ... Born November 22, 1999 in Aamli, Norway ... Plans to major in Public Health.