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Thursday, March 30, 2023
Database Statistics
  Men Women Total
Players: 12188 9332 21520
Tournaments: 2018 1587 3605
 
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Vicki Shea 60
Ulrike Schmidt 54
Paul Schroffenegger 50
Shannon Sauer 50
Patrick Cook 48
Ratko Peris 47
Jon Mesko 46
CJ Emanuelson 46
Mike Buob 46
Prisca Seerungen 45
Thakshila Gunasinghe 45
Summer Lochowicz 45
Briana Como 43
Joana Figueiras 41
Mustafa Kavaz 40
Dana DeMayo 40
Derek Olson 39
Gregoire Capitaine 39
Nemanja Vucic 39
Marne Mateya 36
Morgan Miller 36
Benjamin Gillie 35
Alexandru Mitransescu 35
Libor Leikep 35
Lucas Ormos 34
Flavia Santos 34
Breann Crowell 33
Steven VanderWerp 33
Kristopher Johnson 33
Mojca Bozic 31
Patrick Kavalo 31
Uros Pavlovic 31
Luis Del Valle 30
Kara Eugenio 29
Lisa Glor 29
Edoardo Serafino 29
Maria Eckelmann 28
Oliver Martin 28
Benedikt Jankowski 25
Tanner Woods 25
Kylie Deberg 24
Leonel Garza 22
Raitiavatea Herman 21
Isatu Bah 21
 
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Mar 29-Apr 2, 2023 FIVB BPT Futures Coolangatta Beach, Australia M US$5,000
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Apr 20-23, 2023 FIVB BPT Futures Satun, Thailand M US$5,000
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Apr 21-23, 2023 NORCECA NORCECA Aquascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico M TBD
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