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Today In Beach Volleyball History |
In 1997 Jose Loiola and Kent Steffes won the AVP Miller Lite Phoenix Open.
It was the 14th win for Jose Loiola, the 88th win for Kent Steffes, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2008 Harley Marques and Pedro Solberg won the FIVB Adelaide Australia Open.
It was the 7th win for Harley Marques, the 7th win for Pedro Solberg, and the 4th win for the team.
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In 2008 Juliana Felisberta and Larissa Maestrini won the FIVB Adelaide Australia Open.
It was the 22nd win for Juliana Felisberta, the 21st win for Larissa Maestrini, and the 21st win for the team.
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In 2009 Mike Bruning and Jason Wight won the NORCECA Cayman Island.
It was the 1st win for Mike Bruning, the 1st win for Jason Wight, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2009 Kirenia Ballar and Nirian Sinal won the NORCECA Cayman Island.
It was the 1st win for Kirenia Ballar, the 3rd win for Nirian Sinal, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2020 New dates are set for the beach volleyball competition at the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games, starting 52 weeks later from their original scheduled date, they will now be held from July 24-August 7, 2021
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3/30/2023 |
Kristen Nuss-Sara Hughes: Who is the all-time NCAA beach volleyball victories leader?
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HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. — Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth came on the podcast last month. In the accompanying write-up that goes with every episode of SANDCAST, I mentioned that Nuss is the winningest NCAA beach volleyball player of all time. A few days later, Jordan Cheng, a good friend of mine and the coach of Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng, asked how Nuss’ 139 wins could be more than Hughes’ 190. He is not the first to ask this question. |
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College beach volleyball: FSU ready for tough weekend at loaded East Meets West
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This week in college beach volleyball, the East Meets West Invitational is on fabled Manhattan Beach in a competition with undeniable postseason implications. In a wide-ranging interview, Brooke Niles, coach of No. 4 Florida State, talks about returning home to Southern California for the East-West, as well as the bigger picture of seeding for the NCAA Championships. We run down other action on a full weekend, and finish with an honor roll of conference pairs of the week. |
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Junior world champions among Saquarema Challenge women’s contenders
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The second stop of the 2023 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Brazil, the Saquarema Challenge will be held in the coastal city in the state of Rio de Janeiro from April 13-16. The venue set up at the Campo de Aviação will host matches from the 48 women’s teams that will compete in the tournament – 16 of these teams start directly in Friday’s main draw while the other 32 will begin on Thursday’s qualifier. |
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The Road to Paris: European men dominate the top of the Olympic Rankings
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Few things will be more important in international beach volleyball in the next 15 months than qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The race to be a part of sports’ greatest event is always fascinating and generates endless interesting storylines involving the top teams in the world. We will be following the Olympic qualification process throughout the entire period... |
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3/29/2023 |
Strong men’s field set for Saquarema Challenge
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The home of the Brazilian volleyball national teams, the city of Saquarema is set to host an international volleyball event for the first time and the men’s field of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Saquarema Challenge, which will be played from April 13-16, will be a strong one. The event, which will be played on the courts set up at the Campo de Aviação... |
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Sam Schachter, Dan Dearing: Canada’s top team looking “to do some damage” in 2023
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The term “baptism by fire” is derived from a verse in the book of Matthew, preached by John the Baptist. “But he that cometh after me is mightier than I,” he said, “whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.” The fire is a metaphor. Purely spiritual. And as far as metaphors and the spirit of an endeavor go... |
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3/28/2023 |
GCU, the ever-growing school in the desert, has volleyball programs on the rise
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When Tim Nollan left USC to be Grand Canyon’s women’s volleyball coach in 2016, the school’s sports programs still were in the transitional phase from Division II to Division I. He didn’t even have an office. The building that would house his and other athletic offices was still a dirt lot on the sprawling West Phoenix campus. |
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Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings No. 2 for the 2024 Paris Games
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The Olympic race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite 16. The final event is yet to be determined, but the qualification period will conclude on June 9, 2024. We’ll be providing these updates for the Beach Volleyball Olympic rankings throughout the next two years. We’re also including at the end of this story the SANDCAST video update. |
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Mariafe & Clancy up to number 2, Ahman & Hellvig up to number 3 in World Ranking
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With the second Elite16 tournament of the 2023 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season in Tepic having taking place over the weekend and the points from last year’s inaugural Elite16 event in Rosarito dropping out of consideration, some major changes in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking drew attention as the chart was updated on Monday. |
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Downtown Atlanta? No problem as Georgia State thrives in beach volleyball
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It seems illogical, but the hot, dry sand behind the Georgia State University Sports Center is an oasis. The GSU players consider those beach volleyball courts a sanctuary from stereotypes of what a Division I player should look like. The GSU sand, insist the team nicknamed the Sandy Panthers, is refuge from stressed coaches, not at their school, but at other schools. That sand is also a harbor from selfishness that can warp a college team. |
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Upcoming Tournaments |
Dates |
Tour |
Tournament |
Gender |
Purse |
Mar 29-Apr 2, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Coolangatta Beach, Australia |
M |
US$5,000 |
Mar 29-Apr 2, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Coolangatta Beach, Australia |
W |
US$5,000 |
Apr 4-8, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Tahiti, French Polynesia |
M |
US$5,000 |
Apr 6-9, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Itapema, Brazil |
M |
US$75,000 |
Apr 6-9, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Itapema, Brazil |
W |
US$75,000 |
Apr 13-16, 2023 |
AVP |
Pro Series New Orleans Open |
M&W |
$125,000 |
Apr 13-16, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Saquarema, Brazil |
M |
US$75,000 |
Apr 13-16, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Saquarema, Brazil |
W |
US$75,000 |
Apr 20-23, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Satun, Thailand |
M |
US$5,000 |
Apr 20-23, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Satun, Thailand |
W |
US$5,000 |
Apr 21-23, 2023 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Aquascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico |
M |
TBD |
Apr 21-23, 2023 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Aquascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico |
W |
TBD |
Apr 26-30, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite16 Uberlândia, Brazil |
M |
US$150,000 |
Apr 26-30, 2023 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite16 Uberlândia, Brazil |
W |
US$150,000 |
Apr 28-30, 2023 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman |
M&W |
TBD |
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