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In the latest beach update, a gold medal for Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner at Challenge Guadalajara vaults them into the top spot for the U.S. men’s provisional Olympic rankings. We now look towards the next Elite16 event in Tepic, Mexico happening this week with all the top U.S. teams in the Olympic rankings. We also recap last week’s events that included a medal haul for the U.S. at all three BPT tournaments.
The second-seeded U.S. beach team of Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss ended the 2023 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour La Paz Challenge with the gold medals after beating the U.S. team of Savvy Simo/Toni Rodriguez in the final
Five women’s U.S. beach teams and two men’s begin play Friday in the main draw of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge event in La Paz, Mexico
Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes got into the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Finals on a wild card, but ended up winning the trophy and a $150,000 prize.
The U.S. teams of Kristen Nuss/Taryn Kloth and Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes are competing this week in the World Tour Finals in Doha, Qatar.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2022) – The U.S. beach team of Betsi Flint/Julia Scoles won the gold medal while the men’s team of Theo Brunner/Chaim Schalk took bronze at the 2022 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour Finals on Sunday in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. In the women’s gold medal match, Flint/Scoles beat Allanis Navas/María González...
The U.S. women’s beach team of Sara Hughes/Kelly Cheng won its second-straight gold medal on the Beach Pro Tour on Saturday, beating Betsi Flint/Julia Scoles, 2-0 (21-17, 21-11) in the Elite 16 event in Torquay, Australia
The reunited U.S. women’s beach team of Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes got its 2024 Olympic run off to a good start by winning gold at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour challenge event in Torquay, Australia
U.S. beach pairs won two medals this week at the Beach Pro Tour Dubai Challenge No. 1, including the first gold medal in a top-tier FIVB event since 2019.
Chase Budinger and Troy Field captured their second Beach Pro Tour medal at the Maldives Challenge over the weekend, winning silver after a 21-17, 21-18 loss to Qatar's Ahmed Tijan Janko and Cherif Younousse (No. 7 in the world).
Twelve U.S. beach pairs (four men, eight women) are in the Maldives this week for an FIVB Beach Pro Tour Challenge event.
Tim Brewster and Kyle Friend will compete for a second straight gold medal this weekend at the NORCECA Managua beach event in Nicaragua.
Five U.S. beach pairs are competing in France this week for the Elite 16 in Paris. It's the first Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event in over a month; the top pairs last battled it out in Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 10-14.
Two-time Olympian and 20-year beach volleyball veteran Nick Lucena retired from the sport earlier this month to take a coaching job at Florida State University.
Two U.S. Beach National Team pairs - Tri Bourne/Trevor Crabb and Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske - won the AVP's Manhattan Beach Open last Sunday.
Three USA Volleyball athletes are finalists for the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 2022 Sportswoman of the Year award.
Kelly Cheng and Betsi Flint won the Hamburg Elite 16 Sunday, claiming the United States' first medal of any color at an Elite 16 event on the Beach Pro Tour.
Betsi Flint/Kelly Cheng and Zana Muno/Lauren Fendrick will compete at the Hamburg Elite 16 while Melissa Fuchs Powell/Tiffany Creamer play at the Cortegaca Futures this weekend.
USA Volleyball is holding a Beach ParaVolley camp this weekend Hickory Point Beach in Tavares, Florida.
Iya Lindahl and Lydia Smith are competing in the Ljubjana (Slovenia) Futures this week. They'll begin in the qualifier on Thursday, July 28.
Maddie Anderson/Molly Turner won the Ciro Marina Futures and Sarah Schermerhorn/Corinne Quiggle took silver at the Espinho Challenge Sunday.
