POWERADE® Collegiate Beach Volleyball

[huskervbfan]

Schedule reminder:

The POWERADE® Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship hits the CSTV airwaves this Sunday, May 6 at 5:30 ET!! A complete broadcast schedule of the POWERADE® Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship can be found below, or can be found on the Collegiate Nationals Web site (www.thecollegiatenationals.com) or the AVCA Web site (www.avca.org). All times listed are Eastern Time.


Sunday, May 6 – 5:30 p.m.
Collegiate Nationals Preview Show - including Beach Volleyball



Saturday, May 12 – 9:00 p.m.
Collegiate Nationals – including Premier of Beach Volleyball Pool Play



Friday, May 18 – 9:00 p.m.
Collegiate Nationals – including Premier of Beach Volleyball Semifinal #1



Saturday, May 19 – 9:00 p.m.
Collegiate Nationals – including Premier of Beach Volleyball Semifinal #2



Sunday, May 20 – 9:00 p.m.
Collegiate Nationals – including Premier of Beach Volleyball Finals


Also, volleyball fans should also go to www.thecollegiatenationals.com and check out the video section of the beach volleyball menu to watch features and see behind-the-scenes footage of the event.

(To get CSTV, contact your local cable provider or tune to DIRECTV channel 610)

[abcd098]

Is there any way to watch this if we do not have CSTV?

[dishdaball]

Saw the preview last night. It was a nice preview for the Nebraska girls...talked about how they spent their spring break in San Diego to get a feel for the venue....spent a lot of time training on their sand court....show them doing some drills on the court, etc. They clearly were the only team that really trained hard for this and it definitely paid off for them.

[volleysean27]

iam glad they won. I think more players should play in the beach from the midwest. I saw Jenny Kropp play this weekend. And she looked good. I asked her ow she likes playing in sand and she smiled and I could tell she loves it

[UJ]

I think Kehoe is a fairly accomplished player on the beach... considering Stanford had match point in the finals... She's obviously not the tallest player on the court but she plays much bigger and moves well. She blocks big for her height and she's from the midwest and.., LOL.., played on the "beaches" of the Ohio River... It appears that Larson/Pavan put in a lot more time practicing on the indoor sand than Barbosa/Kehoe did.?... That might have been a contributing factor in their win.., but from the looks of the final score, it could have gone either way.

[huskervbfan]

yappachooka said:

Is there any way to watch this if we do not have CSTV?

It will be on just a bit later tonight but I'll bet that several of the clips that will be shown can be seen right here:

www.cstv.com/cgi-bin/csvideo.cgi?schools=&sport=VOLLEYBALL+-+WOMEN%27S

[huskervbfan]

CSTV just showed the Texas clip on the preview show tonight. Sounds like they had a good competition between themselves just to see who would have the opportunity to represent Texas.

Look at the link above to watch Stanford, Cal Poly and Florida clips.

[el fagel]

dishdaball said:

the Nebraska girls... clearly were the only team that really trained hard for this and it definitely paid off for them.

Could you tell us exactly how you know this to be true, because you say it is "clear" (no room for ambiguity?). Do you have a source you're not sharing. Or could it be that your favs didn't win, so you're trying to diminish the losing by depreciating a victory by someone else.

It brings to mind Barbosa's comments following the national championship game. Classy lady, she was very complimentary to Nebraska and said the best team that night won.

First, we hear they played in a cat box. "Anyone can play there".

Next, they were "clearly" the "only" ones who "really trained hard". Although I'm not sure who is insulted here. It strains credulity to think that some of the most competitive players in the country knew they were going to play on national television in a bikini and wouldn't take it seriously. I don't know that every player did, but I'll bet the one's who consider themselves winners did.

And lastly, you say they barely won. True enough. But I'll bet most players who come in second would trade a slew of 2nd places for a national championship.