Rainy Rally Drives A-Team to Olympic Pool Victory

Alix Klineman and April Ross won pool b with a 2-1 match win over the Netherlands Friday.

Americans Well-Positioned After Two Big Beach Wins

Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil and Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena picked up wins at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Thursday.

Gibb/Bourne Remain Undefeated in Tight Match versus Switzerland

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.

Olympic Qualification Ends with Another Claes/Sponcil Gold

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 Qualify for Tokyo

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 Clinch Olympic Berth

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.

Claes/Sponcil Clinch Olympic Berth

Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil clinched an Olympic berth Wednesday. They will become the youngest beach duo to represent the United States at the Olympic Games.

2018 FIVB Vaduz

U.S. Competitors  Women Wheeler/Dykstra Nourse A./Nourse N. Results Qualifications Round 1-Women Wheeler/Dykstra def. Ferraris/Michieletto (ITA), 13-21, 22-20, 15-13 Qualifications Round 2-Women Wheeler/Dykstra def. Huber/Greber (SUI), 21-14, 21-18 Pool C-Women Wheeler/Dykstra def. Starikov/Deev (ISR),  21-16, 21-16 Manavi/Tsopoulou (GRE) def. Wheeler/Dykstra, 21-16, 21-17 Round of 12-Women Wheeler/Dykstra def. LIndstrom/Malmstrom (SWE), 21-13, 21-11 Quarterfinals-Women Wheeler/Dykstra def. Klinger D./Klinger…

2018 FIVB Ljubljana

U.S. Teams Men Field/Roberts Women Fuller/Melville Results Pool B-Men Mozik/Kumer (SLO) def. Field/Roberts, 20-22, 21-19, 16-14 Weiss/Tichy (CZE) def. Field/Roberts, 21-14, 21-19 Qualifications-Women Lutter, E/Szombathelyi, S (HUN) def. Fuller/Melville, 22-20, 21-19

2018 FIVB Yangzhou 4-Star

U.S. Competitors Men Doherty/Allen Lee/Burik Evans/Kolinske Slick/Patterson Women Claes/Walsh Jennings Flint/Day Klineman/A. Ross Hughes/S. Ross Stockman/Larsen Results Qualification Round 1-Men Lee/Burik def. Nu/Yang (CHN), 21-16, 21-18 Qualification Round 2-Men Durant/Schumann (AUS) def. Lee/Burik,21-15, 21-11 Evans/Kolinske def. Shiratori/Koshikawa (JPN), 18-21, 21-16, 15-9 Pool A-Men Doherty/Allen def. Caminati/Rossi (ITA), 21-17, 21-16 Doherty/Allen def. Popov/Gordieiev (UKR), 13-7, default…