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US Beach
Update: Teams Finished In China
NORCECA play underway in
Guatemala
From
Press Services
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 3,
2014) – U.S. beach volleyball teams are leaving
Shanghai without a medal from the FIVB Grand Slam, but got some good
performances.
Kerri Walsh Jennings (Saratoga, Calif.) and April
Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.), who won the FIVB Fuzhou Open last weekend,
had the best finish for the women’s teams as they lost in the third
round on Saturday and finished tied for fifth. The fell to Brazil’s
Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas De Freitas, 21-19, 21-17
in 38 minutes.
The U.S. women’s beach teams of Emily
Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Summer Ross (Carlsbad, Calif.), seeded No.
12, and also No. 13 Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Brooke Sweat
(Fort Meyers, Fla.) both lost in the second round on Saturday and
finished tied for ninth. On the men’s side, top-seeded of Phil
Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach,
Calif.) and also defending Shanghai champions Jake Gibb (Bountiful,
Utah) and Casey Patterson (Van Nuys, Calif.), seeded No. 8 both lost in
the third round on Friday and finished tied for fifth.
Dalhausser and Rosenthal fell to
Italy’s No. 7 Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo (15-21, 21-18, 15-11 in 48
minutes), who went on to win the tournament for their second straight
FIVB victory. Gibb and Patterson lost to Brazil’s No. 4 Pedro Solberg
Salgado and Emanuel Rego (19-21, 21-15, 15-9 in 53 minutes). John Hyden
(Pensacola, Fla.) and Tri Bourne (Aiea, Hawaii), who lost in the
qualification bracket but advanced with a “lucky loser” ticket into the
main draw, lost in the second round and finished tied for ninth. Ryan
Doherty (Toms River, N.J.) and Nick Lucena (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), who
also emerged from the qualifier and were seeded 25th, lost in the first
round of single elimination and finished tied for 17th.
The next event on the FIVB World Tour
is the Puerto Vallarta Open on May 6-11. The following teams are
registered to compete:
Jennifer Fopma (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach,
Calif.)
Brittany Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.) and Lane Carico (Manhattan Beach,
Calif.)
Christal Engle (Pallyup, Wash.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.)
John Hyden (Pensacola, Fla.) and Tri Bourne (Aiea Hawaii)
Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara,
Calif.)
Brad Keenan (Westminster, Calif.) and John Mayer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Stafford Slick (Andover,
Minn.)
NORCECA Tour in Guatemala
U.S. beach teams had a very successful
first day at the NORCECA Tour event in Guatemala on Friday.
The women’s teams of Tealle Hunkus
(Girard, Ohio) and Kim (McGiven) Dicello (San Diego) and also Christal
Engle (Pallyup, Wash.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), who
finished first and second respectively last weekend in Cayman Islands,
are each 2-0 in pool play.
The men’s team of Will Montgomery
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Stafford Slick (Andover, Minn.), who placed
second in Cayman Islands, is 1-0 in pool play while Derek Olson
(Eugene, Ore.) and Kevin McColloch (Solano Beach, Calif.) are 2-0.
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