2018 NORCECA Dominican Republic – Beach

U.S. Competitors Men Eric Zaun/Avery Drost Branden Clemens/Ben Vaught Women Katie Spieler/Karissa Cook Falyn Fanoimoana/Molly Turner Results Quarterfinals-Women Sanchez/Hechavarria def. Spieler/Cook 17-21, 21-15, 15-13 Fonoimoana/Turner def. Regino/Bethancourt (Guatemala), 21-13, 21-15 Semifinal-Women Fonoimoana/Turner def. Revuelta/Orellana (MEX), 21-13, 21-16 Final-Women Fonoimoana/Turner def. McNamara/McNamara (24-22, 21-15) (Fonoimoana/Turner win gold) Quarterfinals-Men Gravobsky/Kazhamaiaka (CAN) def. Clemens/Vaught, 21-17, 21-19 Zaun/Drost def....

2018 USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Open

Results Thirteen beach teams with college players competed at the USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Open on June 18-19 in Manhattan Beach. In the women’s final, Torrey Van Winden and Emily Sonny of Cal Poly defeated Federica Frasca and Margherita Bianchin of Florida International, 21-19,  21-12. In the third-place match, Louisiana State’s Claire Coppola and Kristen...

2018 FIVB Men’s Volleyball Nations League – Hoffman Estates

U.S. Men’s Preliminary Roster 1. Matt Anderson (Opp, 6-9, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State) 2. Aaron Russell (OH, 6-9, Ellicott City, Md., Penn State) 3. Taylor Sander (OH, 6-4, Huntington Beach, Calif., BYU) 4. Jeff Jendryk (MB, 6-10, Wheaton, Ill., Loyola of Chicago) 5. James Shaw (S, 6-8, Woodside, Calif., Stanford) 6. Mitch Stahl (MB,...

2018 FIVB Beach U19 World Championships

Schedule Qualification Tournament July 10 Main Draw Tournament Preliminary Rounds: July 11-13 Quarterfinals: July 14 Semifinals: July 14 Finals and Awards: July 15 Men: Tim Brewster/John Schwengel, Jason Gibbs/Jacob Titus Women: Devon Newberry/Lindsey Sparks, Maya Harvey/Megan Kraft Results Brewster/Schwengel (did not advance from pool play) Pool C: Lost to Bello/Bello (ENG), 16-21, 21-19, 9-15; defeated...

2018 FIVB Gstaad Major

U.S. Competitors Men Budinger/Rosenthal Dalhausser/Lucena Kolinske/Evans Crabb TA/Gibb Hyden/Brunner Women Dowdy/Pollock Klineman/Ross Summer/Hughes Claes/Hochevar Fendrick/Day Larsen/Stockman U.S. Results Qualifying Round 1-Men Ermacora/Pristauz (AUT) def. Kolinske/Evans, 21-16, 21-19 Pool A-Men Budinger/Rosenthal def. Vitor Felipe/Evandro (BRA), 21-19, 22-20 Fijalek/Bryl (POL) def. Budinger/Rosenthal (CZE), 21-19, 25-23 Pool C-Men Varenhorst/Bouter (NED) def. Hyden/Brunner, 21-14, 19-21, 15-12 Hyden/Brunner def. Kissling...

2018 IOC Youth Olympic Games

U.S. Beach Competitors Women Devon Newberry/Lindsey Sparks Men Tim Brewster/John Schwengel Results Pool F-Men Bintagn/Danang (INA) def. Brewster/Schwengel (23-21, 21-18) Brewster/Schwengel def. Osorio/Gonzalez (VEN), 21-13, 21-18 Brewster/Schwengel def. Mercalina/Brokken (Aruba), 21-15, 21-13 Pool A-Women Newberry/Sparks def. Lauren/Tiaan (AUS), 21-9, 21-13) Newberry/Sparks def. Baumann/Betschart (SUI), 21-16, 21-12 Newberry/Sparks def. Churin/Villa (ARG), 21-8, 21-8 Round of 32-Men...

2018 FISU Beach Volleyball World University Championship

Team USA Qualifiers Men Jon Justice/Adam Wienckowski (Florida State) Brett Rosenmeier/Colton Cowell (Hawaii) Women Claire Coppola/Kristen Nuss (LSU) Katie Horton/Hailey Luke (Florida State) Results Rosenmeier/Cowell, 13th 13th-place match: Defeated Lysikowski/Paszkowski (POL), 21-18, 12-21, 15-12) Round 2: Lost to Burnett/Guehrer (AUS), 14-21, 12-21 Loser Semifinal for place 9-16: Defeated Prieto/Zavala (CHI) 15-21, 21-18, 22-20) Quarterfinals for place...