Beach Notebook: Two Silvers for BNT in NORCECA Tour Opener
The U.S. Beach National Team will compete in two international tournaments this weekend while many others begin the domestic season in Austin, Texas.
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The U.S. Beach National Team will compete in two international tournaments this weekend while many others begin the domestic season in Austin, Texas.
Longtime Beach National Team contractor coach Jose Loiola has formally joined the USA Volleyball staff as Development Coach for the U.S. Beach National Team
Sara Hughes and Kelley Kolinske won the Itapema Challenge last weekend while Andy Benesh and Miles Evans took second at the Songkhla Futures as the U.S. Beach National Team won two Beach Pro Tour medals.
Members of the U.S. Beach National Team will compete in three different tournaments across the world this week. Most will play in the Beach World Tour’s Challenge event in Itapema, Brazil.
Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss won the Coolangatta Futures tournament Sunday for the pair’s first international win. Zana Muno and Toni Rodriguez claimed bronze.
The first Futures tournament of the Beach Pro Tour runs March 30-April 3 in Coolangatta, Australia, and U.S. Beach National Team athletes Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss will make their international debuts.
Kelly Cheng and Betsi Flint took fourth at the Rosarito Elite 16 Sunday, one of five U.S. pairs finishing the tournament in the top 10.
Kelly Cheng and Betsi Flint will play for bronze at the Beach Pro Tour Rosarito Elite 16 Sunday. The pair went 1-1 Saturday, beating Canada in the quarterfinals before falling to Netherlands in the semis.
Emily Day/April Ross, Betsi Flint/Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske each advanced to the quarterfinals at the Rosarito Elite 16 in Rosarito, Mexico, Friday.