USC @ Long Beach State 1-25-19 MVB

 

This is Middle Blocker/Opposite for USC #13 Kyle Gear

 

The USC @ Long Beach State game is the first home game of their regular season

Dear Readers~


On January 25, 2019 USC traveled down the road to Long Beach so USC men's volleyball team could play the Long Beach State men's volleyball team there in Long Beach, California. The game was at 7 pm Pacific Time at the Walter Pyramid there in Long Beach. With Long Beach State being undefeated all season and USC coming off of their second win in a row, Long Beach State was trying to keep their streak alive and USC wanted a third win in a row. Keep reading to see which team won.

The game was close. The first set ended 25-17 with Long Beach State winning the first set. The second set ended 26-24 with  Long Beach State coming out with the second set win. At the start of the third set, USC knew that  if Long Beach State won the third set the game  would be over. At the end of the third set, the score was 25-19, with USC winning the set and causing a fourth set. The fourth set ended with a similar score at 25-17 with Long Beach State winning the set and the game 3 sets to 1.

Now time for the top athletes of the game. Leading in kills was USC's Ryan Moss, with 14, while TJ DeFalco led Long Beach State with 12 of his own. The leader in aces was Long Beach's Kyle Ensing, with 6 aces of his own. The leader for each team with blocks had a tie at 4. Those two athletes were USC's Sam Lewis and Long Beach State's Simon Andersen. The leader in assists was Long Beach State's Josh Tuaniga, with 35, and USC's Chris Hall, with 29. The athlete with the most digs was Long Beach State's Jordan Molina, with 11, while Matt Douglas led USC with 7.

Don't forget to check out USC's next game against Princeton at the Galen Center with USC as host. That game is on Thursday, January 31st at 7 pm Pacific Time. Long Beach State's next game is at Lindenwood in St. Charles, Missouri on Thursday, January 31st at 5 pm Pacific Time, so make sure to check those games out.

Just a little bonus fact about USC: For those that follow the AVP, you may know of an athlete named Geena Urango. That name may sound familiar because I mentioned her a lot during my blogs during the 2018 AVP season. She's also known for helping do a YouTube video titled "How to jump serve- Beach Volleyball Tutorial" with fellow AVP players Riley and Maddison Mckibbin, or the Mckibbin Brothers for short, so be sure to check that video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60SWAbKwCws. The point of the story is that Geena, Riley, and Maddison all went to USC.

Left to Right: Maddison McKibbin, Geena Urango, and Riley McKibbin

Just a little bonus fact about Long Beach State: For those that follow professional beach volleyball, either AVP, P1440, or internationally, you may know of an athlete named Taylor Crabb. That name may sound familiar because he was mentioned a lot during the 2018 P1440 Las Vegas and Huntington Beach events in late 2018. He's known for doing many videos with the Mckibbin Brothers. The one I'll be linking down below is the one titled "Beach Volleyball Hitting Footwork by Taylor Crabb" so click the link to check that one out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn8Bx6asNVY.  The point is that Taylor went to Long Beach State.

Left to Right: Maddison Mckibbin, Taylor Crabb, and Riley McKibbin

That concludes my latest blog post of the 2019 NCAA men's indoor volleyball season. Stay tuned for my next blog post and  don't forget to check out some of my other blogs like  NCAA men's indoor volleyball of UCLA @ UCSD or my beach volleyball blogs like The Hague with the results of Alix Klineman and April Ross, The results from the previously mentioned P1440 stops in Huntington Beach or Las Vegas, or my latest chapter of my mad up story. Make sure to mark your calendars for May 3-5, 2019 for the first stop of the 2019 AVP season and also the 2019 NCAA women's beach volleyball season that starts in late February that includes teams like LSU, TCU, FSU, and the 2018 national champs on the beach, UCLA.  Until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

UCLA @ UCSD 1-25-19 MVB

This is UCLA's Middle Blocker/ Opposite #2 Ryan Norris

Dear Readers~


On January 25, 2018 at the RIMAC Arena in La Jolla, California, just north of San Diego, people were crowding in for the 7 pm Pacific Time men's NCAA indoor volleyball game of the UCSD Tritons taking on the visiting UCLA Bruins. After UCLA lost at home against Long Beach State, they wanted revenge by beating UCSD and the same goes for UCSD after losing in 3 straight sets against Loyola-Chicago when UCSD traveled to Chicago to play them last weekend. with both teams coming off of a loss, the pressure was on for a win, especially with UCSD coming from 2 losses in a row and playing on home court.

The first set was a tough one. That set ended 25-20 with UCSD taking the first set. UCLA got revenge by winning the second and third sets 25-17 and 25-15. Going into the fourth set, the pressure was on because UCLA knew that if they won that fourth set, the game would be over. Fortunately for UCLA, UCSD knew that as well and tried to reach 25 points before UCLA. In the end, the fourth set ended very close at 25-23. The winner was UCLA and they won not just the fourth set but also three sets in a row against the host, UCSD, and got their revenge after losing at home against Long Beach State last week.

Now to introduce the top athletes of the game. The athlete leading in kills was UCLA's Brandon Rattray, with 21, while Wyatt Harrison led UCSD with 13. The athlete leading in aces was actually a tie between Brandon Rattray and Micha Ma'a, of UCLA, because each athlete had 3 aces each, while Wyatt Harrison and Berkeley Misfeld led UCSD with 2 aces each. The leader in blocks was UCLA's Daenan Gyimah, with 4, while Xander Jimenez led UCSD with 3. The athlete with the most assists was UCLA's Micha Ma'a, with 47, while Connor Walbrecht led UCSD with 25 assists of his own. The leader of digs was a tie between both teams. UCLA's Austin Matautia and UCSD's Xander Jimenez each had 7 digs a piece.

The next game for UCLA is at Loyola Chicago, the same team that UCSD had previously played against while UCSD's next game is at home against Princeton. The UCLA @ Loyola Chicago game is on Thursday, January 31st at 5 pm Pacific Time at the Gentile Arena, there in Chicago while UCSD's game against Princeton is on Tuesday, January 29th at 6 pm Pacific Time at the RIMAC Arena, where this game against UCLA was played.

Just a little bonus fact about UCSD: For those that follow the AVP, you may know of a man named Chase Frishman. That name may sound familiar because I mentioned him in my P1440 Young Guns blog post. He's also known for helping do a YouTube video titled "How to Pass-Serve Receive Tutorial" with fellow AVP players Riley and Maddison Mckibbin, or the Mckibbin Brothers for short, so be sure to check that video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKEgVdhFhVI. The point of the story is that Chase went to UCSD.

This is from Chase's passing video so be sure to check that out with the link above

If you follow the AVP, you may also know who Jeremy Casebeer is. He attended UCLA and was in a different video by the Mckibbin Brothers called "What Happens in the Players Tent AVP Austin 2018" so be sure to check that video out as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK-VXftT074 The previously mentioned Chase Frishman is at the 6:50 mark while Jeremy is at the 7:40 mark, for those that want to watch just those two people. The pint of this one is Jeremy went to UCLA.

This is Chase's fun facts from the Austin vlog linked above (around 7:05 mark)

This is Jeremy's fun facts from the Austin vlog, also linked above (around 7:50 mark)

That concludes my latest blog post of the 2019 NCAA men's indoor volleyball season. Stay tuned for my next blog post and  don't forget to check out some of my other blogs like  NCAA men's indoor volleyball of Long Beach State @ UCLA or my beach volleyball blogs like The Hague with the results of Alix Klineman and April Ross, P1440 Young Guns results, or the P1440 Top Guns results. Make sure to mark your calendars for May 3-5, 2019 for the first stop of the 2019 AVP season and also the 2019 NCAA women's beach volleyball season that starts in late February that includes teams like LSU, TCU, FSU, and the 2018 national champs on the beach, UCLA.  Until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

USC vs UCI 1-23-19 MVB

Dear Readers~


On January 23, 2018 at 7 pm Pacific Time, the Galen Center in Los Angeles was full of people because it was time for USC to host UCI in a game of NCAA men's indoor volleyball. After USC coming off their 3-0 win against Lindenwood a few days before, they were hoping for back to back wins while UCI was coming off their 3-1 win against Stanford the previous week, both teams were trying to go two wins in a row, but only one team can do it. Keep reading to find out who won two in a row and who fell short.

The first set ended 25-19 with USC taking the first set. The second set ended closer at 25-21 with USC also taking that set. UCI knew that they had to do something to keep USC from winning the third set. At the end of the third set, the score was 25-21 with UCI winning that set and taking the third set, leading to a fourth set. USC didn't want a fifth set so play hard in the fourth. At the end of the fourth set, the score was 25-18 with USC winning the set and the game. USC beat UCI on home soil by winning 3 sets to 1 and winning their second game in a row. With UCI being ranked #3 and USC not being ranked at all, it was a big upset to see USC come out on top at the end of the night.

The athlete with the most kills was USC's Jack Wyett, with 19, while UCI's Joel Schneidmiller had 12. The following athletes all had 2 aces per person. They are Gianlucca Grasso, Tyler Resnick, and Jack Wyett, for USC, along with Joel Schneidmiller and Karl Apfelbach, for UCI. The athlete with the most blocks was UCI's Scottt Stadick, with 7, while USC had 2 people with 3 blocks each. They were Tyler Resmick and Sam Lewis. The athlete with the most assists was USC's Chris Hall, with 47, while Dante Chakravorti lead UCI with 35. The athlete with the most digs was UCI's Aaron Koubi, with 11, while USC's leader was Jack Wyett, with 10.

I hope you enjoyed my latest summary of NCAA men's indoor volleyball for the 2019 season. USC's next game is at Long Beach State on Friday, January 25th at 7 pm Pacific Time and UCI's next game is at UCI against Concordia on Friday, January 25th at 7 pm Pacific Time, same day and time as the USC @ Long Beach State game. Only time will tell how the game will end since UCI gets home court advantage against Concordia while USC has to travel to Long Beach.

I hope you liked my latest blog on the 2019 NCAA men's volleyball season. Don't forget that late February starts the 2019 NCAA women's beach volleyball season for schools like UCLA, FSU, LSU, Hawaii, and Stanford. Don't forget to mark your calendars for May 3, 2019 when the AVP makes their first stop of the new season in Huntington Beach, California for the Huntington Beach Open for Cinco de Mayo weekend. Don't forget to check out some of my previous blogs like the ones over the NCAA women's indoor volleyball season, the P1440 stops in Huntington Beach or Las Vegas, or my made up story about the greatest athletes. Until Next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

Long Beach State @ UCLA 1-19-19 MVB

Dear Readers~


As many of you know, December 15, 2018 was the national finals at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the NCAA women's indoor volleyball and the first AVP event of 2019 doesn't start until May 3rd so you're probably wondering what I'll be blogging about now. Well I'm glad you asked because the spring has 2 types of NCAA volleyball going on. There's beach for the women, yes some NCAA women do both indoor in the fall and beach in the spring, and indoor for the men. The beach season doesn't start until February so today's blog is about men's indoor volleyball. The game I chose to talk about was Long Beach State taking on UCLA at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. You're probably wondering why I chose  this as the first game of the men's indoor season to blog about. That's because the last time Long Beach State took on UCLA in men's volleyball the pressure was high simply because it was the national finals, also held at Pauley Pavilion, with Long Beach State beating UCLA on home soil 3 sets to 2 to become national champions.

They had their rematch at the Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 7pm Pacific Time. First set was a close one, ending 29-27 with Long Beach State winning the first set to start the rematch. The second set wasn't as close because it ended 25-22 with Long Beach State winning that second set as well. UCLA knew that if they lost this third set, their rematch would be over and they'd lose in 3 straight sets. Both teams played really hard but in the end, the set ended 25-17 with Long Beach State winning the third and final set of the game.

Now time for the top athlete in each category during the game. The athlete with the most kills was Long Beach State's TJ DeFalco, with 13, followed shortly by UCLA's Brandon Rattray, with 10. The athlete with the most aces goes to UCLA's Micah Ma'a, with 4, while Long Beach State had a 3 way tie with Kyle Ensing, Josh Tuaniga, and TJ DeFalco each having 1 ace. The blocking category had a 3 way tie for each team. Long Beach State had 3 people with 5 blocks each and they include TJ DeFalco, Simon Andersen, and Nick Amado, while UCLA had 3 people with 1 block each and they include Micah Ma'a, Daenan Gyimah, and Austin Matautia. The athlete with the most digs was UCLA's Micah Ma'a, with 8, while Josh Tuaniga led Long Beach State with 6.

I hope you enjoyed my first summary of men's indoor volleyball with UCLA hosting Long Beach State. UCLA will next play UC San Diego in San Diego on Friday, January 25th at 7 PM Pacific Time while Long Beach State will play USC on Friday, January 25th at 7PM Pacific Time in Long Beach. Both games are at the same time and on the same day but only Long Beach State gets home court advantage while UCLA has to travel.

I hope you liked my first blog of the 2019 men's indoor volleyball season. Remember that NCAA beach volleyball starts in February and the AVP's first stop of 2019 is Huntington Beach, California on May 3rd. Don't forget to check out some of my other blogs and until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

FIVB The Hague 2019: Klineman and Ross

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On January 2nd through to January 6th, the first FIVB event of 2019 was held at the Hague in the Netherlands. If you've read my last blog you'll know that I talked about how the new partnership of Rio 2016 Olympian Casey Patterson and former NBA player Chase Budinger did. Don't forget to follow those boys on Instagram @caseypatt for Casey and @budinger10 for Chase. Now it's time for the girls side of the tournament. The girls team I chose to cover was London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympian April Ross and former indoor volleyball player, where she was an outside hitter, Alix Klineman. If you follow the girls on Instagram (@aprilrossbeach and @aklineman10) then you'll know that the pair won the gold medal at that same event back in 2018 and were hoping to go back to back. The problem with being number 1 is that there's nowhere to go but down. Keep reading to see if the pair won gold for a second straight year or if they fell short.

Their first games were on January 3rd. The first game was against Piersma and Stubbe, of the Netherlands. April and Alix won first set 21-11 and the second set 25-23. Their next game was against Lunde and Veseth, from Norway. April and Alix won both sets 21-19 and 21-12 along with winning both games in their pool play.

Their next game was on the 4th against Schutzenhafer and Plesiutsching, from Austria, in round 2. April and Alix won that game 21-14 for the first set and 21-15 for the second set. That game against Austria was their only game on the 4th so they had a break until their next game.

Their next game was on the 5th against Behrens and Ittlinger, from Germany, in round 3. April and Alix had a tough start by losing the first set 18-21 to the Germans. They got their revenge in the second set by winning 21-18 and causing a third set to happen. The third set ended 15-4 with April and Alix winning and moving on to the semifinals.

The semifinals was later that day against Ana Patricia and Rebecca, from Brazil. The game was tough for April and Alix because the first set ended 21-17 and the second set ended 21-19, with April and Alix losing both sets and moving on to play for the bronze instead of gold.

The bronze medal game was the day on the 6th against Lahti and Parkkinen, of Finland. April and Alix won the first set 21-15f, but the Finnish team got their revenge by winning the second set 21-13 and causing a third set. The third set ended 15-6 with April and Alix taking home the fourth place finish.

The pair didn't get the finish they got the previous year but with this event being the third stop of the road to the Tokyo qualifying, pressure was on for all teams competing to do good.

That concludes the summary of Alix and April's first international performance of 2019. Make sure to mark your calendars for May 3, 2019 when the AVP kicks off their 2019 season with the Huntington Beach Open where not only April and Alix will be playing, but also other athletes like Chase plaing with Casey, who I talked about in my other blog, Jake Gibb playing with Taylor Crabb, and also Geena Urango playing with Caitlin Ledoux.

Also April has a blog of her own. In her most recent blog she explains the qualifiers for the Olympics. if you're interested, click the link below and give her a follow on Instagram.

https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Faprilrossvolley.wordpress.com%2F&e=ATNS5ffU77DL9fus4coOkhFA4KSppcXgTLEhtcZjw2VSA_iAAkLgrT5FHbdc_wpkE9q-CRsITBbdugWMqi1J0enUK-dMS7zi

Don't forget to check out some of my previous blogs and until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

FIVB The Hague 2019: Patterson and Budinger

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You've read the title and are thinking different questions. One might be: 'Who's Budinger?', 'Why does Patterson sound so familiar?', or 'Where is The Hague at?' Well allow me to explain.

From January 2nd to January 6th, The Hague held the first FIVB event of 2019. The Hague is an indoor beach volleyball facility located in a city called "The Hague" in the Netherlands. This blog I will cover the results of Patterson and Budinger and how well they did at their first tournament of 2019.

You may be asking yourself why the name Patterson sounds familiar. This could be because in 2016 at the Rio Olympics, he was partnered with Jake Gibb. The pair split up after the 2016 season when Gibb joined with Taylor Crabb, and are still together, while Patterson joined with Theo Brunner for the 2017 season, but split after the season ended.

The name Budinger may sound familiar because There are 2 people on the AVP named Budinger. There's Duncan, the older brother, and then there's Chase, the younger brother and partner to Patterson. The Hague was Patterson and Budinger's first tournament together because at the end of the 2018 season, Patterson split with Stafford Slick and Budinger split with Sean Rosenthal. The name Chase  Budinger may sound familiar to some NBA fans because form 2009-2012 Chase played for the Houston Rockets then from 2012-2015 he played for the Minnesota Timberwolves then in 2015-2016 he played for the Indiana Pacers and later the Phoenix Suns. But enough about the NBA, let's get to the results of Patterson and Budinger at the Hague.

On January 4, 2019 they played 2 games. Their first game was against Kolinske and Evans, of the USA. That entire game was insane. The first set ended 32-30, with Budinger and Patterson winning the first set. The second set ended 25-23 with Kolinske and Evans winning that set and causing a third. The third set ended 17-15 with Patterson and Budinger winning the set and the game.

Their second  game that day was against 2 athletes who played in Rio 2016 for the Netherlands, Brouwer and Meeuwsen. Sadly for Patterson and Budinger, they lost both sets 20-22 and 26-28 and leaving pool play with 1 win and 1 loss.

Their next 2 games were on January 5th for Round 1 and Round 2. In Round 1 they played against a different Dutch team, Lom and de Groot. Patterson and Budinger won both sets 21-17 and 21-14 to move on to Round 2. In Round 2 they played against Stoyanovskiy and Krasilnikov, from Russia. They lost the first set 16-21 but got their revenge in the second set by winning 28-26 and causing a third set. The third set ended with Patterson and Budinger losing 7-15.

That concludes the summary of Patterson and Budinger's performance at the Hague. Make sure to mark your calendars for May 3, 2019 when the AVP makes their first stop in Huntington Beach, California for the start of the 2019 AVP season where these two, and many more will be competing.

Don't forget to check out any of my previous blogs and until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

P1440: Huntington Beach Open Top Guns

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From November 30, 2018 until December 2, 2018 P1440 had their Top Guns tournament at their Huntington Beach event. The top guns went a little different compared to other tournaments I've done or other beach volleyball games you may have seen so I'll do my best to explain this.

The Young Guns tournament went like your regular tournament but the Top Guns tournament went a little differently. This one was split into 4 pools for each gender with each pool having 4 athletes. Each set went to 21 and each time a set ended, the winners each got points. The athletes with the most points at the end of each day advanced to the next day. The first day had 4 pools, the second day had 2 pools, and the final day had 1 pool along with the finals.

A few athletes that played in the female tournament on Day 1 were Kerri Walsh Jennings, in pool A, Emily Day and Kelly Larsen, in pool B, Kelly Claes and Betsi Flint, in pool C, and Brittany Howard, in pool D. Walsh and Day won all 3 of their games, Claes and Flint won 2 of their 3 games, and Larsen and Howard won 1 of their 3 games.

A few female athletes that made it to the next day were Walsh, Day, and Claes, from above, along with Nicole Branagh, Rebecca Cavalcanti, and Becchara Palmer. Claes won all 3 of her games, Walsh, Day, and Cavalcanti won 2 of their 3 games, Palmer won 1 of her 3 games, and Branagh lost all 3 of her games.

 The females competing on Day 3 were Claes, Palmer, Cavalcanti, and Walsh. Walsh, Cavalcanti, and Palmer won 2 of their 3 games while Claes lost all 3 of her games. Those four also competed in the finals with Claes and Palmer against Walsh and Cavalcanti. The thing that made this game different was that it was Palmer and Cavalcanti competing for the gold medal. At the end of the game, the winner  was Cavalcanti with Palmer taking silver.

Over on the men's side, the brackets went the same way. Day 1 had Miles Evans and Theo Brunner, in Pool A, Taylor Crabb and Casey Jennings, in Pool B, Sean Rosenthal in pool C, and Casey Patterson and Jeremy Casebeer, in Pool D. Jennings and Patterson won all 3 of their games, Evans won 2 of his 3, Crabb, Casebeer, and Rosenthal  won 1 of their 3 games, and Brunner lost all 3 of his games.

On Day 2 Jennings and Casebeer were in Pool A while Patterson was in Pool B. Other players include Aleksandrs Samoilovs, in Pool A, and Ricardo Santos, in Pool B. Casebeer and Patterson won all 3 of their games, and Jennings, Santos, and Samoilovs won 1 of their 3 games.

On the final day four athletes remained on the men's side. They were Casebeer, Santos, Samoilovs, and Patterson. Samoilovs won all 3 of his games while Santos, Casebeer, and Patterson won 1 of their 3 games. The men's finals were Samoilovs and Patterson taking on Santos and Crabb. The winner was Santos with Samoilovs getting Silver. Yes Ricardo Santos that won this tournament also won the gold medal at the Athens 2004, Silver at the Sydney 2000, and bronze at the Beijing 2008 Olympics for Brazil in beach volleyball if that name sounded familiar.

Huntington Beach was the last P1440 event of 2018 so get ready for the 2019 AVP season when their first stop is Huntington Beach, California on Friday, May 3, 2018 for a joint AVP and FIVB tournament.

For those who don't know, the 2019 AVP tournament came out the day this blog goes up. The 2019 season will take place in Huntington Beach, Austin, NYC, Seattle, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Chicago, and Hawaii. I hope you enjoyed the summary of the 2018 P1440 Huntington Beach Top Guns competition. Don't forget to check out my other blog posts and mark your calendars for the 2019 AVP season. Visit  https://avp.com/ for more information on the upcoming season. Until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

P1440: Huntington Beach Open Young Guns

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On November 30, 2018- December 2, 2018 P1440 had their last stop of the 2018 season at Huntington Beach, California for the Huntington Beach Open. The event had 2 types of competitions. One type was called Young Guns and goes just like a normal tournament of beach volleyball while the other was called Top Guns and played King of the Court style. This blog will talk about Young Guns. The two female teams I chose was Katie Spieler with Allie Wheeler and Sheila Shaw with Kenzie Ponnet. The two male teams i chose were Troy Field with Kyle Friend and Chase Frishman with Piotr Marcimiak.

Shaw and Ponnet played 2 games on Friday and 1 game on Saturday. Their Friday games were at 10 AM and 2 PM. The 10 AM game was on court 8 against Schuh and Bush. Shaw and Ponnet won that game 2 sets 1. Their game at 2 PM was on court 7 against Galindo and Galindo. Shaw and Ponnet won that game 2 sets to none. On Saturday the pair played a game at 11 AM on court 6 against Karelov and Deturk. Shaw and Ponnet lost both sets and were out of the tournament.

Wheeler and Spieler had better luck than Shaw and Ponnet. Wheeler and Spieler had 2 games on Friday, one at 9 AM and the other at 12 PM. The 9 AM game was on court 7 against Zeppia and Blocksom. Wheeler and Spieler won both sets. The 12 PM game was on court 7 against Gallay and Preyra. Wheeler and Spieler won that game 2 sets to 1. Wheeler and Spieler had 2 games on Saturday. The first game was at 12 PM and the other game was at 3 PM. The game at 12 was on court 3 against Strange and Neweberry. Wheeler and Spieler won 2 sets to 1. Later on Saturday they had their second game at 3 PM on court 3 against Quiggle and Wopat. Wheeler and Spieler came out victorious winning 2 sets to 1 and moving on to the semifinals Sunday morning.

Both men's teams each had 2 games on Friday and 1 game on Saturday. Field and Friend played at 12 and 3:50 PM on Friday and 10 AM on Saturday. Their 12 PM game on Friday was on court 4 against Austin and Johnson. Field and Friend won both sets. Their 3:50 PM game on court 3 against Walkenhorst and Fliho wasn't as easy. Field and Friend lost both sets. On Saturday they played Frishmen and Marciniak. Field and Friend lost the third set and ended their time in the tournament.

Frishman and Marcimiak played their 2 Friday games at 11 AM and 3 PM, both on court 3. Their 11 AM game against Mallin and Doubravsky ended with Frishman and Marcimiak winning both sets. their 3 PM game against Burrik and Webber wasn't the same. Frishman and Marcimiak lost the third set. Their next game was on Saturday against Field and Friend, since that's posted above I won't put it in again. after Frishman and Marcimiak won, they played at 2 PM on court 6 on Saturday against Ontlveros and Rubio. Frishman and Marcimiak lost in the third set and ended their time at the tournament. This means that Wheeler and Spieler was the only team I covered that made it to the semifinals.

In the women's semifinals, Wheeler and Spieler played on court 6 at 10 AM against Turner and Fonoimoana. Wheeler and Spieler came out victorious by winning 2 sets to 1 and making it to the finals. They played aginst Hogan and Matic on stadium court at 12 PM for the finals. That game was Wheeler and Spieler's only loss of the tournament after losing both sets and getting 2nd place.

Stay tuned for my next blog when I cover the top guns and athletes like Kerri Walsh Jennings, Kelly Claes, Rebecca Cavalcanti, Casey Jennings, Taylor Crabb, and Ricardo Santos. Until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller