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Post by OOTCDUDE on Apr 22, 2012 19:14:53 GMT -5
The inaugural NCAA sand volleyball season ends with the AVCA Nat'l Championshisp in Gulf Shores, AL this coming weekend. As you see in this AVCA link ==> www.avca.org/articles/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=3704&menuID=1921Here's an overview: The four teams: Pepperdine, Long Beach State, Florida State, and the College of Charleston will be competing on Saturday, 4/28 - despite some controversy about the decision-making. The individual player championship tournament begins on Friday with pool play (4 pools of four). Six schools will have two teams competing, with four others just having one team compete. On Sunday, all sixteen teams will be seeded and compete in a single elimination event. (Picture shows UNF's Medina and Strack [foreground] - one of the 16 teams). More articles to follow through the weekend... Attachments:
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Post by beachvolleymike on Apr 22, 2012 19:29:51 GMT -5
Just to clarify some things...
The top two teams were automatically entered from each program selected for the team championships, and the remaining 8 slots were chosen by the committee.
The controversy: Some claim that an LBSU affiliate was on the small selection committee, which is a direct conflict of interest. USC has a better program in every way, but somehow LBSU was invited. Next year I don't see that happening again since it's an easy fix.
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Post by Surgg on Apr 23, 2012 15:44:44 GMT -5
Well if SC has a superior program, than they should've been able to beat LB on their last head to head meeting.... Fact is that the inferior team  WON!!!! & thats why they were selected!!!!!! geez give the Beach some credit. |
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Post by sandball on Apr 25, 2012 10:31:39 GMT -5
2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships Lexington, KY – The AVCA National Championship Selection Committee has announced that Pepperdine, Florida State University, Long Beach State University and College of Charleston have been selected to compete in the first Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship. The event will be held in Gulf Shores, Ala., on April 27-29 and will also feature a 16-team Pairs Championship. The Pairs competition includes the top doubles team from the University of Southern California, the University of Hawai’i, Florida Atlantic University, the University of Alabama-Birmingham, the University of North Florida and Stetson University, as well as the No. 1 and No. 2 duos from the schools in the team championship. Teams and pairs were selected based on results from the first collegiate season of competition, which began in March. TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP For the Team Championship on Saturday, April 28, each of the four schools will field five doubles teams, ranked in order. The schools will compete in dual matches in which the winner is the team capturing three of the five flights. Play will start at 11 a.m. CT on five championship courts that have been constructed specifically for this event. Teams will battle in a double-elimination format, with duels scheduled on the hour, and the final matchup scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. CT. PAIRS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The Pairs Championship will consist of 16 doubles teams engaged in pool play on Friday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT. The results of that play will determine the seeding of the 16 pairs into a single elimination tournament on Sunday, April 29. First-round matches will start at 8 a.m., with quarter finals scheduled for 9 a.m. Both semi-finals and the championship match will be held on center court, beginning at 11 a.m., and will be covered in depth by CBS Sports Network. www.gulfcoastvolleyball.org/index.asp |
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Post by sandball on Apr 25, 2012 10:34:55 GMT -5
2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THE SEEDING#1 seed Pepperdine #2 seed Florida St. #3 seed Long Beach St. #4 seed College of Charleston 1 plays 4, and 2 plays 3. Pepperdine and College of Charleston will play each other in the first round, and FSU and Long Beach will play next, with winners playing for National Championships. www.gulfcoastvolleyball.org/index.asp |
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Post by sandball on Apr 25, 2012 10:40:15 GMT -5
2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships
PAIRS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE SEEDING
Pool 1
#1 Aurora Newgard/Brittany Tiegs - Florida State University
#8 Jane Croson/Ashley Lee - University of Hawai'i
# 9 Haleigh Hampton/Libby Fontanilla - Long Beach State University
#16 Emily Shelton/Kelly Kolich - College of Charleston
Pool 2
#2 Caitlin Racich/Summer Ross - Pepperdine
#7 Kirby Burnham/Kelly Irvin - University of Southern California
#10 Joanne Tate/Alessia Pizzocheri - Florida Atlantic University
#15 Kirsten Gallagher/Heather Thomas - University of Alabama-Birmingham
Pool 3
#3 Caitlin Ledoux/Tara Roenicke - Long Beach State University
#6 Lilla Frederick/Kim Hill - Pepperdine
#11 Elyse Chubb/Lizzie Theesfeld - College of Charleston
#14 Kaley Melville/Julie Bassett - Stetson University
Pool 4
#4 Geena Urango/Sara Shaw - University of Southern California
#5 Jace Pardon/Jekaterina Stepanova - Florida State University
#12 Liz Stoltzman/Emily Hartong - University of Hawai'i
#13 Dagnija Medina/Emily Strack - University of North Florida
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Post by sandball on Apr 25, 2012 10:42:44 GMT -5
2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships
"Fans who have not yet seen any collegiate sand matches this year are going to be impressed with the level of play; especially from the top eight pairs," said USA Volleyball director of beach programs Ali Wood Lamberson (usavolleyball.org).
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Post by bigfan on Apr 25, 2012 11:15:46 GMT -5
USC has a better program in every way, but somehow LBSU was invited. Next year I don't see that happening again since it's an easy fix. I am a fan of Southern Cal and LBSU is the better program this year. GO BEACH! ;D |
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Post by tinman2 on Apr 25, 2012 19:02:36 GMT -5
I'm not sure how impressive the level of play will be...from what I saw it was lower level open play in Florida.
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Post by beachvolleymike on Apr 25, 2012 21:36:13 GMT -5
Just to clarify some things... The top two teams were automatically entered from each program selected for the team championships, and the remaining 8 slots were chosen by the committee. The controversy: Some claim that an LBSU affiliate was on the small selection committee, which is a direct conflict of interest. USC has a better program in every way, but somehow LBSU was invited. Next year I don't see that happening again since it's an easy fix. Once again, this is the view some have. I think the season was so short and lbsu improved so much in a very short amount of time that they could very well be the better team now. Sent from my MB860 using ProBoards |
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Post by gr8ful on Apr 25, 2012 21:55:55 GMT -5
Sand making his appearance strong on this thread with 100% of his total posts contained to the now 10 posts of this riveting topic....tin you are being kind on your description from what I have been told...but I personally did not witness it first hand so I will refrain from further comment....college beach volley talk....(are the Hawaii Rainbow Wahines playing?)
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Post by sandball on Apr 26, 2012 4:36:11 GMT -5
2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships PAIRS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS #8 seed - Jane Croson/Ashley Lee - University of Hawai'i   True Hawaiians  "Croson and Lee went 17-5 on the year while playing the majority of their matches at the No. 1 flight during dual matches. The highlight of the season so far came when they captured the gold division of the North Florida Tournament, emerging from a total of 35 pairs. Croson and Lee took down Florida State's top duo of Aurora Newgard and Brittany Tiegs for that title and will meet again this week at the nationals as the teams are slotted together in pool play." www.hawaiiathletics.com/news/2012/4/23/WSVB_0423121738.aspx?path=wsvb |
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Post by sandball on Apr 26, 2012 4:51:11 GMT -5
2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships PAIRS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS #7 seed - Kirby Burnham/Kelly Irvin - University of Southern California   True Blondes "Burnham-Irvin began 2012 playing in USC's No. 3 slot, but moved up to No. 2 by mid-season. The duo has a 19-12 record." www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-svolley/spec-rel/041612aaa.html |
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Post by sandball on Apr 26, 2012 5:12:37 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on Apr 26, 2012 5:43:24 GMT -5
Sand making his appearance strong on this thread... Thanks!  |
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WON!!!! & thats why they were selected!!!!!! geez give the Beach some credit.
