Dear Readers~
I know it says 'Pool Play' in the title, but please keep reading. On September 18, 2018 P1440 had the pool play for the 2018 FIVB Las Vegas Open. You may be asking why the P1440 is involved. That's because it's for the FIVB, since Olympic qualifying points are up for grabs, but is presented by P1440. I decided to cover the pool play because this stop was for Olympic qualifying points to try to make it to Tokyo in 2020. The four teams I'll be covering are 2 AVP teams and 2 international teams. The American teams are Emily Day with Betsi Flint for the women and Jake Gibb with Taylor Crabb for the men. The international teams I decided to cover were Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes, of Canada, for the women, and Anders Mol with Christian Sorum, of Norway, for the men. For those who don't know: Mol and Sorum have a vlogging YouTube channel called "Beach Volley Vikings" if you're interested in some behind the scenes footage of their competitions. Now it's time to introduce the results of the teams. All of the teams played two games in the pool play before they could move on.
The first team is Americans Emily and Betsi Flint. They played their first game against Liliana and Else. Day and Flint won the first set 21-16 but came up short on the second set, losing 15-21, so a third set happened. Day and Flint won the third set 15-10. Their second game was against Pavan and Humana-Paredes. Day and Flint lost the first set 10-21 but the second set was closer. Day and Flint lost the second set 23-21, since you need a 2 point advantage in order to win. Day and Flint lost both sets and the game. That has them leaving the pool play with 1 win and 1 loss.
The second team is Americans Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb. Their first game in the pool play was against Krov and Rowlandson. Crabb and Gibb won the first set 21-15 but came up short on the second set 12-21. The third set ended 15-13 in favor of Crabb and Gibb. Their second game was against Ricardo and Alvaro Rilho. Crabb and Gibb won the first set 21-16 and also winning the second set 26-24. By winning both of those games, Crabb and Gibb leave the pool play undefeated by winning both of their games.
The third team is the international women's team I chose from Canada, Pavan and Humana-Paredes. Their first game of pool play was against Day and Flint, who I mentioned above. Because I have previously listed the scores, I won't be listing them again. Their second game was against Suzuki and Murakami. Pavan and Humana-Paredes won both sets 21-14. By winning both of their games, they also get to move out of the pool play being undefeated.
The final team is the international men's team I chose from Norway, Sorum and Mol. Their first game was against Priddy and Casebeer, of the AVP. Mol and Sorum won both sets 21-12. Their second game against Bouter and Verenhorst. Mol and Sorum came up short by losing the first set 18-21 but were able to save it by winning the second set 21-18 and the third set 15-9 to win the game. Mol and Sorum move out of the pool play being undefeated.
That concludes my summary of the pool play for the 2018 FIVB Las Vegas Open presented by P1440. Stay tuned for Day 1 of the main draw where Day and Flint take on Kerri Walsh Jennings and Brooke Sweat, Crabb and Gibb take on Perusic and Schweiner, Pavan and Humana-Paredes take on Kolosinka and Kociolek, and Mol and Sorum take on Plains and Tocs.
Feel free to check out any of my previous blogs. There are things like AVP stops in MBO, Hawaii, and the championships to updates on my "DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME" story to a summary of the UCLA at USC women's volleyball game. I hope you can check some of those out if you haven't already. Stay tuned for Monday, October 29th for my next blog post. Until next time, Miller out
~J. Miller
No comments:
Post a Comment