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…

Olympic Qualifying to Conclude in Ostrava

Three berths to the Tokyo Olympic Games will be decided at the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open, a four-star tournament in Ostrava June 2-6.

2018 FIVB Qinzhou

U.S. Competitors Men Patterson/Slick Bourne/Crabb, TR Women Flint/Day Sponcil/Claes Dowdy/Pollock Reeves/Howard Pool Play-Men Pool F Patterson/Slick def. Nishimura/Koshikawa (JPN), 21-16, 21-19 Patterson/Slick, def. I. Nuttanon/P. Sedtawat (THA), 28-26, 21-15 Pool H Bourne/Crabb, TR, def. Li Zhuoxin/Ch. W. Zhou (CHN), 21-9, 21-10 Myskiv/Samoday (RUS) def. Bourne/Crabb TR, 21-17, 21-17 Round 1-Men Bourne/Crabb, TR def. Bercik/Dumek (CZE),…

2018 NORCECA Dominican Republic – Beach

U.S. Competitors Men Eric Zaun/Avery Drost Branden Clemens/Ben Vaught Women Katie Spieler/Karissa Cook Falyn Fanoimoana/Molly Turner Results Quarterfinals-Women Sanchez/Hechavarria def. Spieler/Cook 17-21, 21-15, 15-13 Fonoimoana/Turner def. Regino/Bethancourt (Guatemala), 21-13, 21-15 Semifinal-Women Fonoimoana/Turner def. Revuelta/Orellana (MEX), 21-13, 21-16 Final-Women Fonoimoana/Turner def. McNamara/McNamara (24-22, 21-15) (Fonoimoana/Turner win gold) Quarterfinals-Men Gravobsky/Kazhamaiaka (CAN) def. Clemens/Vaught, 21-17, 21-19 Zaun/Drost def….

Olympic Rankings Shaken Up as Claes/Sponcil Take Gold in Sochi

Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil claimed their first FIVB World Tour gold medal Saturday by winning the Sochi Four-star.

2018 FIVB Gstaad Major

U.S. Competitors Men Budinger/Rosenthal Dalhausser/Lucena Kolinske/Evans Crabb TA/Gibb Hyden/Brunner Women Dowdy/Pollock Klineman/Ross Summer/Hughes Claes/Hochevar Fendrick/Day Larsen/Stockman U.S. Results Qualifying Round 1-Men Ermacora/Pristauz (AUT) def. Kolinske/Evans, 21-16, 21-19 Pool A-Men Budinger/Rosenthal def. Vitor Felipe/Evandro (BRA), 21-19, 22-20 Fijalek/Bryl (POL) def. Budinger/Rosenthal (CZE), 21-19, 25-23 Pool C-Men Varenhorst/Bouter (NED) def. Hyden/Brunner, 21-14, 19-21, 15-12 Hyden/Brunner def. Kissling…

2018 FISU Beach Volleyball World University Championship

Team USA Qualifiers Men Jon Justice/Adam Wienckowski (Florida State) Brett Rosenmeier/Colton Cowell (Hawaii) Women Claire Coppola/Kristen Nuss (LSU) Katie Horton/Hailey Luke (Florida State) Results Rosenmeier/Cowell, 13th 13th-place match: Defeated Lysikowski/Paszkowski (POL), 21-18, 12-21, 15-12) Round 2: Lost to Burnett/Guehrer (AUS), 14-21, 12-21 Loser Semifinal for place 9-16: Defeated Prieto/Zavala (CHI) 15-21, 21-18, 22-20) Quarterfinals for place…

Key Olympic Qualifier Begins in Russia

The 4-star tournament in Sochi offers Olympic Ranking Points to U.S. Beach National Team members as they try to clinch a berth to Tokyo.