USAV Announces Teams Playing in NORCECA Event

B.J. Hoeptner Evans
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: (719) 228-6800
E-Mail: bj.evans@usav.org

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 24, 2010) – USA Volleyball has announced the teams that will compete this weekend at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event at the Olympic Training Center sand courts in Chula Vista, Calif.

The NORCECA beach volleyball circuit brings together teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. stop is the seventh on the 2010 calendar. Play will begin on Aug. 27, continue on Aug. 28 and conclude with the semifinals and medal matches on Aug. 29.

Four men’s and five women’s teams from the United States will compete along with teams from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Representing the United States on the women’s side will be the teams of Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.)/Michelle Moriarty (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), Summer Ross (Carlsbad, Calif.)/Tara Roenicke (Alta Loma, Calif.), Kelly Bruning (Mesa, Ariz.)/Lynne Galli (San Diego, Calif.), Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.)/Kaitlin Sather (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Tealle Hunkus (Girard, Ohio)/Heather Lowe (Cypress, Calif.)..

The men’s teams competing for the United States will be Avery Drost (Redlands, Calif.)/Mike Maghy (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.)/Evan Barry (San Diego, Calif.), Kevin Beukema (Redondo Beach, Calif.)/Kevin Gregan (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Andrew McGuire (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)/Seth Burnham (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

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