Mixed Results on Day One of World Tour Finals

Three American teams combined for a 2-3 record on day one of the FIVB World Tour Finals Wednesday. Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil went 1-0 and are second in their pool, while Jake Gibb and Taylor Crabb went 1-1.

Three U.S. Pairs Take on Stacked World Tour Finals Field

Three U.S. Beach National Team pairs – Klineman/Ross, Claes/Sponcil and Gibb/Crabb – will compete at the FIVB World Tour Finals October 6-10 in Cagliari, Italy. It will be Gibb’s final international tournament.

Beach Notebook: First-Time Winners in the Netherlands

Four U.S. beach volleyball athletes recently won their first international beach tournaments as both Terese Cannon/Delaney Mewhirter and Miles Evans/Troy Field took gold at the Nijmegen 1-star event on the FIVB World Tour Sept. 19.

2019 NORCECA Cuba

U.S. Competitors Women Fonoimoana/Martin Ledoux/Urango Men Zaun/Satterfield Field/Loomis Results Women Pool B Ledoux/Urango def. MQE, 21-15, 21-3 CUB 2 def. Ledoux/Urango 21-16, 21-19z Ledoux/Urango def. TTO, 21-17, 21-10 Pool C Fonoimoana/Martin def. NCA, 21-8, 21-10 Fonoimoana/Martin def. CRC, 21-14, 21-8 Fonoimoana/Martin def. CAN 1, 21-13, 21-15 Quarterfinals CUB 1 def. Ledoux/Urango, 21-17, 21-14 Fonoimoana/Martin def….

2019 NORCECA Aguascalientes

U.S. Competitors Men Stafford Slick/Billy Allen Trevor Crabb/Tri Bourne Women Falyn Fonoimoana/Nicolette Martin Amanda Dowdy/Corinne Quiggle Results Men Pool B Crabb/Bourne def. Sarabia/Stephens (MEX), 21-11, 22-20 Crabb/Bourne def. Hodge/Seabrookes (SKN), 21-8, 21-10 Crabb/Bourne def. Hoey/MacNeil (CAN), 14-21, 23-21, 15-11 Pool C Slick/Allen def. Pippen/Field (ISV), 21-14, 21-11 Slick/Allen def. Santamaria/Parham (CAY), 21-7, 21-7 GUA def….

2019 NORCECA Beach Tour – Cayman Islands

U.S. Competitors Women Falyn Fonoimoana/Nicolette Martin Carly Wopat/Brittany Hochevar Men Ben Vaught/Spencer Sauter Results Women Pool A Wopat/Hochevar def. Bennett/Dietrich (ISV), 21-11, 21-10 Wopat/Hochevar def. Wofenden/Gandolfi (CAY), 21-18, 21-12 Wopat/Hochevar def. CAN-B, 21-16, 21-15 Pool D Fonoimoana/Martin def. CAY-A, 21-9, 21-14 Fonoimoana/Martin def. CAN-A, 21-12, 21-10 Fonoimoana/Martin def. Mendoza/Machado (NCA), 21-13, 21-13 Quarterfinals Wopat/Hochevar def….

2019 NORCECA Qualifier

Competitors Men Ian Satterfield/Mark Burik Ben Vaught/Spencer Sauter Reid Priddy/Theo Brunner Logan Webber/Christian Honer Bill Kolinske/Miles Evans Tim Brewster/Marshall Brock Ty Loomis/Troy Field Travis Mewhirter/Eric Buranek Tri Bourne/Trevor Crabb Chase Budinger/Casey Patterson Ryan Doherty/John Hyden Billy Allen/Stafford Slick Women Kim DiCello/Katie Spieler Traci Callahan/Jace Pardon Kim Smith/Allie Wheeler Cassie House/Lara Dykstra Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse Falyn…

2019 FIVB Baden 1-star

U.S. Competitors Women Melville/Fuller Results Qualifying Round 1 Cools/Vd Vonder (BEL) def. Melville/Fuller, 22-20, 21-17

2019 FIVB Rome 5-star (World Tour Finals)

U.S. Competitors Men Crabb, Ta/Gibb Dalhausser/Lucena Priddy/Brunner Slick/Allen Crabb, Tr/Bourne Women Klineman/Ross Sweat/Walsh Jennings Sponcil/Claes Flint/Day Larsen/Stockman Results Men Country Quota Slick/Allen def. Priddy/Brunner, 6-21, 23-21, 15-13 Qualifying Round 1 Slick/Allen def. Marchetto/Di Silvestre (ITA), 24-22, 21-14 Pool A Crabb, Ta/Gibb def. Ehlers/Fluggen (GER), 21-17, 21-16 Crabb, Ta/Gibb def. Nicolai/Lupo (ITA), 23-21, 17-21, 15-8 Pool…

2019 FIVB Moscow 4-star

U.S. Competitors Men Slick/Allen Gibb/Crabb, Ta. Women Klineman/Ross Sweat/Walsh Jennings Claes/Sponcil Larsen/Stockman Results Men Pool C Heidrich/Gorson (SUI) def. Slick/Allen, 21-11, 21-15 Evandro/Bruno Schmidt (BRA) def. Slick/Allen, 21-19, 21-16 Pool F Gibb/Crabb, Ta def. Doppler/Horst (AUT), 21-19, 25-23 Gibb/Crabb, Ta def. Thole/Wickler (GER), 17-21, 21-18, 15-13 Round 2 Nicolai/Lupo (ITA) def. Gibb/Crabb, Ta, 19-21, 21-19,…