‘Fairytale’ Ends in Gold for the A-Team
American beach pair Alix Klineman and April Ross claimed the Olympic gold medal with a 2-0 victory over Australians Mariafe Artacho del Solar/Taliqua Clancy, 21-15, 21-16. They lost just one set in their seven matches en route to Olympic glory.
2018 NORCECA Playoff #2
Women’s Results Round 1 K Reeves/B Howard def A Davis/J Pardon 21-16,21-16 B Flint/E Day def K Spieler/T Cannon 21-12,19-21,15-11 C Ledoux/N Branagh def K Smith/N Martin 21-16, 21-11 B Tiegs/K VanZwieten def A Dowdy/I Pollock 21-16, 21-15 Round 2 A Ross/A Klineman def K Reeves/B Howard, 20-22, 21-17, 15-9 L Fendrick/S Sponcil def E Day/B...
U.S. Women Hope to Put 2016 in Rear-View
It’s not a match that the U.S. Women’s National Team enjoys talking about, but they know it will be tough to avoid it. On Aug. 18, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, the U.S. Women lost to Serbia in the semifinals of the Olympic Games in a tough five-set match. The U.S. won the first set, but Serbia took the next two. The U.S. won the fourth set 25-16 and led the fifth set 11-8 before Serbia came back to win 15-13.
2018 FIVB Las Vegas 4-star
U.S. Competitors Men Crabb, Tr/Bourne Doherty/Allen Evans/Kolinske Rosenthal/Budinger Crabb, Ta/Gibb Drost/Zaun Patterson/Slick Priddy/Casebeer Women Howard/Branagh Stockman/Larsen Flint/Day Klineman/A. Ross Hughes/S. Ross Sponcil/Claes Sweat/Walsh Jennings News Crabb/Bourne Make End-of-Season Strides (10/21) Eleven Tips for Becoming a Pro Beach Volleyball Player (10/20) Day/Flint Find Chemistry Comes with Success (10/20) Doherty/Allen Partnership By the Book (10/18) Seven U.S....
Dominant Performance Powers A-Team into Gold Medal Match
Alix Klineman and April Ross dominated Switzerland’s Anouk Verge-Depre/Joana Heidrich for a 2-0 (21-12, 21-11) win Wednesday, clinching a spot in the Tokyo 2020 women's beach volleyball gold medal match.
2018 Men’s Pan American Cup
Results August 28 USA def. Peru, 25-21, 25-14, 26-24 August 29 Puerto Rico def. USA, 23-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-21 August 30 Argentina def. USA, 25-19, 25-21, 25-16 August 31 USA def. Dominican Republic, 25-19, 25-21, 25-16 (classification match) Sept. 1 USA def. Chile, 26-24, 25-18, 27-29, 25-22 (USA finishes 7th) News U.S. Men Close Pan...
A-Team Set for Semifinal Showdown Versus Swiss
Alix Klineman and April Ross will face Switzerland’s Anouk Verge-Depre/Joana Heidrich at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern on Wednesday, August 4 (9 am on August 5 local) for a spot in the gold medal match.
2018 FIVB Chetumal 3-Star
U.S. Competitors Women Dicello/Pollock Ledoux/Urango Smith/Pardon Sweat/Walsh Jennings Howard/Reeves Pool C Walsh Jennings/Sweat def. Huber/Hubscher (SUI), 21-8, 21-14 Walsh Jennings/Sweat def. Jupiter/Chamereau (FRA), 21-13, 21-13 Pool F Howard/Reeves def. Dicello/Pollock, 21-16, 21-16 Taina/Victoria (BRA) def. Howard/Reeves, 21-15, 21-17 Dicello/Pollock def. Gordon/Marcelle (CAN), 21-16, 12-21, 15-9 Pool G Bocharova/Voronina (RUS) def. Smith/Pardon, 14-21, 21-18, 15-6 Smith/Pardon...
Game Plan Comes Together in U.S. Quarterfinal Win
The U.S. Women’s National Team assured itself the chance to play for a medal with a 3-0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-19) quarterfinal sweep of the Dominican Republic at the Olympic Games on Wednesday in Tokyo.