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In this week’s beach update, we recap how the U.S. came away with two medals from BPT Challenge Haikou after starting in the qualification rounds. Plus, we look ahead to BPT Challenge Chennai this week in India, with only two weeks to go until the last pro tour events of the year.
Two U.S. beach volleyball pairs lost in three sets Sunday as Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil fell to a team from Canada and Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena pushed top-ranked Qatar to the brink.
The U.S. Olympic beach volleyball squad of Jake Gibb and Tri Bourne hung tough during a 2-0 (21-18, 21-17) loss to Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan of Qatar Friday night in a match that decided the Pool C title.
Alix Klineman and April Ross won pool b with a 2-1 match win over the Netherlands Friday.
Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil and Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena picked up wins at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Thursday.
The newly-formed U.S. Olympic beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb and Tri Bourne got another chance to improve on their budding chemistry Wednesday while beating Switzerland’s Adrian Heidrich/Mirco Gerson 2-0 (21-19, 23-21) at Shiokaze Park.
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.
In a match between four Olympic veterans, U.S. Olympic beach volleyball squad Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena came up shy in a 2-0 (21-17, 21-18) loss to Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands Saturday.
A balance of youth and experience combine to form the U.S. Olympic beach volleyball team for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Four pairs – two women’s, two men’s – will represent the U.S. at the beach volleyball event taking place at Shiokaze Park.
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.
