If you've seen my previous blog covering the men's side of the bracket, you'll know that from June 20-23, 2019 the AVP had their 4th stop of the 2019 season in Seattle, Washington. In my last blog I covered the men's teams of Chase Budinger with Casey Patterson as well as Chase Frishman with Piotr Marciniak. In this blog I'll be covering the women's side of the tournament. The two teams I chose were #9 ranked Amanda Dowdy with Corinne Quiggle and #10 ranked Kim DiCello with Kelly Reeves.
Up first is Corinne and Amada as the #9 ranked team on the women's side. Their first match was against the #8 ranked team of Caitlin Ledoux and Geena Urango. The first set ended 21-17 with Ledoux and Urango taking that set. The second set ended at 21-18 with Corinne and Amanda taking that set and causing a third set. The third set ended at 15-13 with Ledoux and Urango taking that set and knocking Amanda and Corinne into the contender's bracket. Their first game in the contender's bracket was against #16 ranked Piper Monk-Heidrich and Abby Van Winkle. The first set ended 21-16 with Amanda and Corinne taking that set The second set ended 21-12 with Amanda and Corinne taking that set as well and knocking Piper and Abby out of the tournament. Their next game was against #6 ranked Brittany Howard and Katie Spieler. The first set ended at 21-15 with Amanda and Corinne taking that set. The second set ended at 21-14 with Amanda and Corinne taking that set as well and knocking another team out of the tournament. Their next game was against the #5 ranked team of Irene Pollock and Terese Cannon. The first set ended at 21-15 in favor of Amanda and Corinne. The second set ended at 21-16, also in favor of Amanda and Corinne. The pair has just knocked another team out of the tournament and are ready to take on the #1 ranked team of Kelly Claes and Sara Sponcil. The first set ended at 21-17 with Claes and Sponcil taking that set. The second set ended at 21-19 with Amanda and Corinne taking that set and causing a third set to happen. The third set ended at 16-11 with Claes and Sponcil taking that set and knocking Amanda and Corinne out of the tournament. The pair would leave Seattle with a 5th place finish.
Corinne is ready to bump set the ball with Amanda ready for the kill. Don't forget to follow them on Instagram as their 2019 season progresses: @corinnequiggle and @adowdy11
The other team I'll be covering is Kim DiCello with Kelly Reeves. Their first game was against #7 ranked Brittany Hochevar and Carly Wopat. The first set ended at 21-19 with Kelly and Kim taking that set. The second set ended with a similar score of 21-17 with Kelly and Kim taking that set as well and knocking Wopat and Hochevar into the contender's bracket. Their next match was against #2 ranked Emily Stockman and Kelly Larsen. The first set ended at 21-13 with Larsen and stockman taking that set. The second set wasn't much better as it ended at 21-9, in favor of Larsen and Stockman. That knocked Kim and Kelly into the contender's bracket where they played the #5 ranked team of Terese Cannon and Irene Pollock next. The first set ended at 21-14 with Kim and Kelly taking that set. The second set ended at 21-19 with Cannon and Pollock taking that set and causing a third set. The third set ended at 17-15 with Cannon and Pollock taking that set and knocking Kim and Kelly out of the tournament.
Kelly is back to serve with Kim ready at the net. Don't forget to follow them on Instagram as they progress on their 2019 AVP season: @kellyreeves02 and @kimdicello
That concludes the women's side of the bracket from the 2019 AVP Seattle Open. Don't forget to tune in on Amazon Prim Video from August 16-18, 2019 or go to Manhattan Beach, California for the 2019 AVP Manhattan Beach Open for stop #2 of the Gold Series as well as stop #6 of the 2019 AVP season. Until next time, Miller out.
~J. Miller
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