Dear Readers~
My latest #TBT covers Day 3 of the 2018 AVP Manhattan Beach Open that took place in Manhattan Beach, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The teams that made it to Day 3 wereEmily Day/Betsi Flint, Alix Klineman/April Ross, and Jake Gibb/Taylor Crabb, who have been covered before. The rest of the teams that have not been covered are Kelly Claes/Britt Hochevar, Kelley Larson/Emily Stockman, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, and Jeremy Casebeer/Reed Priddy. A few of these athletes that were just listed may sound familiar such as Dalhausser/Lucena, who competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics together, as well as Dalhausser winning gold for beach volleyball in 2008 with retired beach volleyball player Todd Rogers, the pair also competed together in London in 2012, as well as Reid Priddy, who competed in the Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016 summer Olympics for beach volleyball. In 2008 Priddy won gold and later in 2016 won bronze, both for indoor volleyball. Now on to the results for Day 3 of the 2018 AVP Manhattan Beach Open.
The day started with Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb taking on Jeremy Casebeer/Reid Priddy at 8:15 to start the semifinals. The first set went in favor of Crabb/Gibb winning the first set 21-16 as well as the second set 21-16. Crabb and Gibb are now in the finals.
The second game was Theo Brunner/John Hyden taking on the 2017 Manhattan Beach Open champions, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena. Unfortunately I was unable to find the results of this game so I apologize. All that I know is that after Dalhausser/Lucena won the game, they'll be playing Crabb/Gibb in the men's finals.
The third game, as well as the first game for the girls semifinals was Larson/Stockman taking on Klineman/Ross. Klineman and Ross have won every set they played in Manhattan Beach. Their first set went in favor of Klineman/Ross at 21-18 while the second set ended 21-16 in favor of Klineman/Ross. That game ends with Klineman and Ross still undefeated as well as not losing a single set.
The second game, and the last semifinal game of the day was Day/Flint taking on Claes/Hochevar. That game was intense because Day and Hochevar won the 2016 and 2017 Manhattan Beach Open. Because of this, there was a big question on everyone's mind. That question was: Will Day or Hochevar become back to back to back Manhattan Beach Champions. The game ended 21-19 for the first set in favor of Claes/Hochevar. the second set ended 21-19 in favor of Claes/Hochevar again. Claes/Hochevar will end up playing Ross/Klineman for the women's final.
The first game for the finals is at 1:30 with the 2017 AVP Manhattan Beach Open winners, Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena taking on 2016 AVP Manhattan Beach Open winner, Jake Gibb and a man looking for his first AVP Manhattan Beach Open win, Taylor Crabb. The first set went to Crabb and Gibb, wining 21-12 but Dalhausser and Lucena got their revenge by winning the second set 22-20 so that means a third set was in order. that set ended 15-13 in favor of Dalhausser and Lucena.
The women's finals was at 3:00 with Kelly Claes and back to back Manhattan Beach Open winner, Brittany Hochevar against the A team, two time Manhattan Beach Open April Ross and her partner, looking for her first Manhattan Beach Open win, Alix Klineman. The first set was won by Klineman and Ross at 27-25, which was an intense game since the AVP only plays to 21. The second set ended in favor of Claes and Hochevar at 21-17, so a third set happened. That set ended in favor of Klineman and Ross winning 17-15. For those that don't know, in Beach Volleyball, the third set only goes to 15 but they were tied at 15 so they went for the two point advantage and as mentioned earlier, Klineman and Ross won it at 17-15 to become the 2018 AVP Manhattan Beach Open.
For those that don't know about the AVP Manhattan Beach Open, the winners get their names on the Manhattan Beach Pier next season when the AVP goes back to Manhattan Beach for the next AVP Manhattan Beach Open. I hope you enjoyed the latest #TBT covering Day 3 of the 2018 AVP Manhattan Beach Open.
~J. Miller
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