Americans Prevail Twice in Wet, Windy Day at the Beach
Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena and Alix Klineman/April Ross both posted wins despite battling wet and windy weather in their second pool play matches at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena and Alix Klineman/April Ross both posted wins despite battling wet and windy weather in their second pool play matches at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Typically, beach volleyball duos spend years perfecting their partnership and preparing for the Olympic Games. U.S. pair Jake Gibb and Tri Bourne? They had four days.
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USA Volleyball learned today that Taylor Crabb, a member of the U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Team, has been replaced in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 by Tri Bourne due to a positive COVID-19 test.
Three member pairs of the U.S. Beach National Team won tournaments Sunday. Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner and Crissy Jones/Susannah Muno won their first career titles, and Emily Day/Sara Hughes clinched their first title as a pair.
A significant portion of the U.S. Beach National Team will be competing in of three tournaments held in Europe and Africa this week.
The beach volleyball schedule for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was released Monday. Eight of 12 pool play matches for American pairs will be played during primetime on the east coast.
Claes/Sponcil led 10 American pairs at the Gstaad four-star FIVB World Tour event this weekend by reaching the Round of 16.
Pools for the beach volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 were announced Monday, and the four U.S. pairs participating learned their pool play opponents
Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil will get a final Olympic tune-up at the Gstaad four-star event this week. In all, 10 U.S. duos are competing in Switzerland.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 26, 2021) – Three U.S. volleyball players will be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) with the class of 2021. Three-time indoor Olympian and gold-medal winner Clay Stanley; four-time indoor Olympian and two-time silver-medal winner Logan Tom; and two-time beach Olympian and gold-medal winner Todd Rogers will be...
The eight members of the U.S. Beach Volleyball Roster for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 has been nominated to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil won the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open Sunday for their second consecutive FIVB Beach World Tour gold medal. The tournament also marked the end of Olympic qualification.
Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena mathematically clinched their berth to Tokyo 2020 Saturday. It'll be the pair's second consecutive Olympic appearance.
Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb have qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo later this summer. It is Gibb's fourth Olympics and Crabb's first. Gibb will become the oldest volleyball Olympian in history.
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil clinched an Olympic berth Wednesday. They will become the youngest beach duo to represent the United States at the Olympic Games.
Three berths to the Tokyo Olympic Games will be decided at the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open, a four-star tournament in Ostrava June 2-6.
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil claimed their first FIVB World Tour gold medal Saturday by winning the Sochi Four-star.
The 4-star tournament in Sochi offers Olympic Ranking Points to U.S. Beach National Team members as they try to clinch a berth to Tokyo.
Three USA Volleyball beach pairs will take part in the Sofia 1-Star tournament May 20-23.