2019 FIVB Warsaw 4-star

U.S. Competitors Women Flint/Day Klineman/Ross Stockman/Larsen Hughes/Ross Sponcil/Claes Men Brunner/Priddy Lucena/Dalhausser Slick/Allen Crabb, Tr/Bourne Patterson/Budinger Results Men Country Quota Slick/Allen def. Patterson/Budinger, 21-15, 13-21, 15-12 Qualification Round 1 Slick/Allen def. Chiniewicz/Korycki (POL), 21-19, 24-22 Qualification Round 2 Betzien/Erdmann (GER) def. Slick/Allen, 21-16, 20-22, 15-11 Pool B Brunner/Priddy def. Plavins/Tocs (LAT), 19-21, 21-16, 15-9 Mol/Sorum (NOR)…

Both Women’s Pairs Advance at World Tour Finals

Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil and Alix Klineman/April Ross advanced to the FIVB World Tour Finals playoffs Friday. They’ll play each other in the quarterfinals Saturday, October 9.

Gibb’s Career Ends at World Tour Finals

Jake Gibb played the final match of his career as he and Taylor Crabb lost to Italy’s Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo Thursday at the FIVB World Tour Finals in Cagliari, Italy.

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…