Dear Readers~
My latest #TBT blog covers Day 2 of the 2018 AVP Hawaii Open. Now it's time to cover the event. I know what you're thinking for those that have seen previous AVP blogs: Why does this have finals in the title if the finals are on Day 3? Well you just asked a very good question person reading this. It is because of what happened at the 2018 AVP Hawaii Open on September 14, 2018. That day held the first ever King of the Court as well as the first ever Queen of the Court. Because of this and having so little teams, the regular games of double elimination were on the 15th while the semifinals and finals were on the 16th. so without further interruption, let the blog begin.
On September 16, 2018 was the semifinals and finals for the Men and Women competing at the 2018 AVP Hawaii Open. If you read my last blog post about Day 1 you'll know that I talked about Americans Taylor Crabb, Jake Gibb, Alix Klineman, and April Ross, Dutch players Alexander Brouwer with Robert Meeusen, and Brazilians Agatha Bednarczuk with Duda Santos Lisboa. Sadly Crabb and Gibb were eliminated on the first day of play and didn't make it to the semifinals but the other 3 teams made it to the finals and played some good volleyball.
Klineman and Ross played in the semifinals against Kelly Claes and Brittany Hochevar, of the United States. The game ended with Klineman and Ross winning back to back sets with 21-17 and 21-16. The pair moved on to the finals to play at 1:30.
Agatha and Duda were in the other semifinals against Sara Hughes and Summer Ross. Agatha and Duda won the first set 25-23 but Ross and Hughes got revenge by winning the second set 21-17 and winning the third set 15-12. That sent Ross and Klineman playing Hughes and the other Ross at 1:30 into the finals.
If you saw my blog post about the finals of the 2018 AVP Chicago Open, you'll know that that game was a rematch so Hughes and Ross wanted redemption. They got redemption on the first set with 21-18 but Klineman and Ross won the second 21-19 and later the third at 15-10 to become the 2018 AVP Hawaii Open Champions, as well as the first ever AVP Hawaii Open.
On the men's side, the first semifinals was Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena against Trevor Crabb and Tri Borne. If Crabb sounds familiar, that's because Trevor is Taylor's older brother. I've mentioned Taylor multiple times before. Dalhausser and Lucena won in back to back sets 21-13 and 21-18 to move on to the finals.
The other semifinals was Brouwer and Meeusen against Brazil's Gustavo Albrecht and Saymon Santos. Bouwer and Meeusen won that game in back to back sets 21-18 and 21-19. The pair would move on to play Dalhausser and Lucena at 3:15.
The finals came and were intense. The first set ended 21-16 in favor of Dalhausser and Lucena, but the second set was the one to watch. that set ended 27-25, remember that they only polay to 21 unless the teams can't get more than 2 points apart. That second set would later go in favor of Dalhausser and Lucena, naming them the winners and being the first AVP champions of the first ever Hawaii Open.
That concludes pretty much the whole 2018 AVP season so stay tuned for what I decide to post next. I plan to have it come out on Monday September 24th so make sure to tune in on that day to find out what my next sports choice is. Until then, I hope you've enjoyed my summary of the last few AVP stops and tune in next season on Amazon Prime for the 2019 AVP season. Remember that you can still watch the semifinals, finals, and a summary of every day of every stop on the tour. Stops from Austin in May to New York and Seattle in June to San Fran and Hermosa in July to MBO and Chicago in August to the final stop in Hawaii in September. I hope you've enjoyed reading my summaries of the last half of the season as I have had writing and watching them. Until next time, check out some of my other blog posts and share with friends.
~J. Miller
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