Olympic Rankings Shaken Up as Claes/Sponcil Take Gold in Sochi
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil claimed their first FIVB World Tour gold medal Saturday by winning the Sochi Four-star.
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As we enter the new month, each tournament is critical for pairs in the race to earn more Olympic points. With the top two spots well defined for the women, the men’s rankings will likely get extra attention this week at BPT Elite 16 Brasilia.
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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.
Several current and former members of the U.S. Beach National Team have connections to the eight college teams that will compete in the NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship May 7-9 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena and Alix Klineman/April Ross each earned a bronze medal as Tournament 3 of the Cancun Hub wrapped up Sunday.
Eleven U.S. Beach National Team duos will wrap up their time in Cancun with Tournament 3 of the Cancun Hub. It is one of three remaining Olympic Qualification tournaments left on the FIVB World Tour.
April Ross and Alix Klineman sweep the Netherlands for the pair's second podium finish in three tournaments this year.
Several pairs of the U.S. Beach National Team continue qualifying during Tournament 2 of the Cancun hub. The tournament runs April 22-26, 2021, with country quota matches taking place April 21.
Five U.S. beach teams tied for ninth place at the first tournament held at the FIVB's Cancun hub over the weekend. The second tournament begins Thursday, April 22, with country quotas taking place one day earlier.
The next three weeks will be critical for the U.S. Beach National Team as the first of three Olympic Qualification tournaments kicks off Friday, April 16, in Cancun, Mexico.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 14, 2021) – The U.S. beach team of Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb will begin the FIVB World Tour four-star event in Cancun in the qualifier bracket rather than in the country quota. The change comes because the U.S. team of Chase Budinger/Casey Patterson dropped out of the event. With 2,000...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 14, 2021) – After a one-year delay of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, what is another 100 days? USA Volleyball’s national teams will be more than ready to compete when the Games begin on July 23 this year. We are still waiting to find out which beach teams will qualify and...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 25, 2021) – The 2021 race for beach volleyball slots at the Tokyo Olympic Games got off to a good start at the FIVB World Tour four-star event on March 8-12 in Doha, Qatar. USA Volleyball placed two teams each in the women’s and the men’s medal matches and came away...
Alix Klineman and April Ross won gold at the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup Friday, and Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb won bronze. In all four American duos reached the semifinal round, the first time in 10 years two men's and two women's pairs reached the semis at the same tournament.
Eight U.S. Beach National Team pairs will compete at the Katara Cup, a four-star tournament in Doha, Qatar, as the race for an Olympic berth reignites.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 18, 2021) – Two U.S. men’s beach volleyball teams and one women’s team have qualified for the Katara Cup, an FIVB four-star event on March 8-12 in Doha, Qatar. USA Volleyball held a country quota qualifier for the event on Thursday at Huntington Beach, Calif. Four men’s teams competed for two...
Dalhausser and Avery Drost beat Crabb brothers for the men's title. Mewhirter and Kelly Claes take women's title
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