If you've seen my previous blogs covering the men's and women's brackets of the 2019 AVP New York City Open, you'll know that from June 7-9, 2019 the AVP had their third stop of the 2019 season. On the men's side of the bracket, I covered Sean Rosenthal with Ricardo Santos as well as Avery Drost with Eric Zaun. On the women's side of the bracket, I covered Brooke Sweat with Brandie Wilkerson as well as Irene Pollock with Terese Cannon. Now it's time to start with the women's semifinal in New York.
The first women's semifinal had #1 ranked Alix Klineman and April Ross taking on #3 ranked Kelley Larsen and Emily Stockman. The first set ended at 22-20 with Kelley and Emily taking that set. The second set ended at 21-17 with April and Alix taking that set and causing a third set to happen. The third set ended at 15-13 with April and Alix taking that set and advancing to the finals.
The second women's semifinal had #5 ranked Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil taking on #2 ranked Sara Hughes and Summer Ross. The first set ended 21-12 with Kelly and Sarah taking that set. The second set ended at 21-13 with Kelly and Sarah taking that set as well and advancing to the finals to take on April and Alix.
The first men's semifinal had #7 ranked Tim Bomgren and Troy Field taking on #12 ranked Sean Rosenthal and Ricardo Santos. The first set ened 21-19 with Bomgren and Field taking that set. The second set ended at 21-19 with Bomgren and Field taking that set as well and advancing to the finals.
The second men's semifinal had #1 ranked Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb take on #2 ranked Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena. The first set ended 25-23 with Taylor and Jake taking that set. The second set ended 21-16 with Nick and Phil taking that set and causing a third set. The third set ended at 18-16 with Phil and Nick taking that set and advancing to the finals to take on Bomgren and Field for the championship.
The women's semifinal had #1 taking on #5. The first set ended at 21-19 with April and Alix taking that set. The second set ended at 22-20 with April and Alix taking that set as well and becoming the 2019 AVP NYC Open champions on the women's side.
April (left) and Alix (right) are proud of their trophies from the stop in New York. Don't forget to follow them on Instagram to keep up with their 2019 season and beyond: @alixklineman and @aprilrossbeach (don't forget to follow their coach, Olympic Silver medalist Jennifer Kessy as well @jenniferkessy)
The men's final had #2 taking on #7. The first set ended at 21-14 with Phil and Nick taking that set. The second set ended at 21-16 with Phil and Nick taking that set as well. After only two sets, Phil and Nick became the 2019 AVP NYC Open champions.
Phil (right) and Nick (Left) smile big for the camera with their trophies from New York. Don't forget to follow them on Instagram: @phildalhausser and @njlucena as they keep traveling the world during their 2019 season
\That concludes the 2019 AVP NYC Open. Don't forget to mark your calendars for the next AVP event when it stops in Manhattan Beach, California August 16-18, 2019 for the 2019 AVP Manhattan Beach Open, as well as gold stop #2 since New York was stop #1. Until next time, Miller out
~J. Miller
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