Dear Readers~
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
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