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Post by sandball on Apr 26, 2012 5:43:46 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on Apr 26, 2012 5:44:19 GMT -5
2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships PAIRS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS #4 seed - Geena Urango/Sara Shaw - University of Southern California "Shaw-Urango has posted a 17-14 record this season while playing as USC's No. 1 pairs team. The duo advanced to the semifinals of Sunday's (April 15) pairs tourney at the USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge." www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-svolley/spec-rel/041612aaa.html
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Post by sandball on Apr 26, 2012 5:53:38 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on Apr 26, 2012 6:11:06 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on Apr 26, 2012 6:28:56 GMT -5
2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships PAIRS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS #1 seed - Aurora Newgard/Brittany Tiegs - Florida State University "Newgard and Tiegs captured the No. 1 seed in the pairs championship pool play portion of the tournament on Friday. The pair has won three of the five tournaments it has played in this season. In addition to taking down the Pepperdine’s top pair at USC competition, the top Seminoles’ duo won the Fiest at Siesta Key on April 14 and the Seminole Sand Invitational on March 25, while taking second at the UNF Sand Invite on April 1 and at the Clash of the Collegians on March 9. The pair has a 45- 6-1 record this season and will have the opportunity to avenge its UNF finals loss to Hawaii’s Jane Croson and Ashley Lee early at the tournament, as the Hawaii’s Rainbow Wahine team is in the same pool as the weekend’s top seed." www.seminoles.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/fsu/sports/w-svolley/auto_pdf/2011-12/release/release_20120425aaa
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Post by kolohekeiki on Apr 26, 2012 8:59:22 GMT -5
Hawaii, Florida State pairs highly familiar
By Cindy Luis
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 26, 2012 LAST UPDATED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 26, 2012
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One flew five time zones, crossing one ocean.
One had a 4-hour drive, crossing one state line.
Friday, they collide at the same intersection, the sand courts at Gulf Shores, Ala. Hawaii and Florida State each have two pairs vying for the doubles title at the inaugural AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships, with the Rainbow Wahine teams of Jane Croson-Ashley Lee (17-5) seeded No. 8 and Emily Hartong-Elizabeth Ka‘aihue Stoltzman (21-7) No. 12.
The 16 pairs are divided into four pools, each playing three matches Friday. The teams will be reseeded based on pool-play results for Sunday's single-elimination bracket play.
Croson and Lee are in the same pool as the top seed, Florida State's Aurora Newgard and Brittany Tiegs, which has FSU coach Danalee Bragado Corso more concerned than her counterpart, Hawaii's Scott Wong. Croson and Lee have two wins over Newgard and Tiegs this season, one for the title of the North Florida Tournament in Jacksonville four weeks ago.
"We do have the No. 1 seed, but we weren't too thrilled to see Jane and Ashley in the same pool," said Corso, a Punahou product and the only full-time collegiate sand coach in the country. "I am kind of surprised that we have done as well as we have this year and I'm very pleased with our progress.
"I thought we'd been competitive, but I didn't think we'd be above USC or Hawaii. We were not expecting to play for the national championship."
Florida State is one of four schools competing for the inaugural team title Saturday. The others are Pepperdine and Long Beach State from the West and, as mandated by the selection committee, a second team from the East — College of Charleston.
That Florida State is playing for both the team title and has two doubles teams playing for the pairs championship is a mixed blessing, Wong said.
"For us, we'll be able to go hard Friday, rest, relax and watch Saturday, then go hard Sunday," Wong said. "Physically, Florida State shouldn't be as fresh Sunday but, at the same time, they're going to be getting extra touches Saturday that we won't.
"You can look at it both ways, but I'm liking our situation. All the pools are going to be tough, you have 16 good teams. No matter what, the reality is you have to be good on Friday and be great on Sunday."
Unlike the challenging windy and cold conditions two weekends ago in Hermosa Beach, Calif., Wong said the weather was supposed to be ideal this week.
"The venue's perfect," he said. "Great sand, great weather."
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Post by sirtrojan on Apr 26, 2012 10:36:50 GMT -5
Nice job sand. I hope you continue to post information during the tournament play. It would be nice if there was some type of video for some of the matches but I guess that is for future years.
To completely change the subject. In a Volleyball Magazine article I like the quote from Summer who said as a 17 year old kid from SoCal the rain at the University of Washington would be "exciting". Now says "It wasn't quite what I thought".
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Post by bigfan on Apr 26, 2012 12:30:24 GMT -5
Sand making his appearance strong on this thread Sand is really bringing it with good information.
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Post by tinman2 on Apr 26, 2012 15:55:36 GMT -5
Gr8...you are right. I took my dad who is 79 to FSU vs Stetson, since he doesn't get out much, but still likes to see pretty young ladies... After a few points he turned and said, "I thought the level of play would be higher than this."
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Post by sandball on Apr 27, 2012 6:04:35 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on Apr 27, 2012 7:32:11 GMT -5
2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships
PAIRS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
WORLD CHAMPIONS
2010 U21 - Summer Ross - Pepperdine 2010 U21 - Tara Roenicke - Long Beach State University 2010 U19 - Jane Croson - University of Hawai'i 2010 U19 - Summer Ross - Pepperdine
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Post by sirtrojan on Apr 27, 2012 15:54:45 GMT -5
If Ledoux and Roenicke don't win the pairs championship I think as a consolation prize they should get the big hair award. Once again thanks to sand for all the info on the championships.
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Post by sirtrojan on Apr 27, 2012 15:56:14 GMT -5
Hey, is this being televised live on CBS sports?
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Post by volleyvolleyfan on Apr 27, 2012 16:33:04 GMT -5
FSU is winning big in pool play...
POOL A update: #1 seed of Aurora Neugard and Brittney Tiegs have beat # 3 seed USC and # 4 seed in pool A and are now playing # 2 seed from Hawaii right now. It is tied 16-16 in set 1
POOL D: Just Finished #2 seeded FSU team of Jace Pardon and Kate Stepanova finished #1 in POOL D beating the #1 seed from USC in 2 sets...thery also beat the#3 seed in a tie breaker and the # 4 seed in 2 sets...
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Post by volleyvolleyfan on Apr 27, 2012 16:36:04 GMT -5
FSU update
POOL A ...Newgard and Tiegs just won set 1 from #2 seed Hawaii....21-18
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