Fiesta on Siesta Key Wrap Up

[Thrill of the 'ville]

Collegiate Division
Senior Division Champions:
USF (Marcella Gurgel and Cynthia Danthon)* defeated SCAD (Zita Friedenfelde and Heather Friend)

*Note: Winner qualifies for CBS's Alt Games, and the winner of that qualifies for the AVP tournament at Huntington Beach.

Gold Division Champions:
State College of Florida (Aurora Newgard and Emily Strack) defeated Miami (Lane Carico and Alicia McGee)

Silver Division Champions:
UNF (Dagnija Medina and Jessica Catelano) defeated over SCAD (Courtney Shelton and Erin Niece)

Bronze Division Champions:
St. Pete College (Kristina Little and Alina Maur) defeated SCAD (Cari Taylor and Lauryn Reiners)

Collegiate Coaches Cup:
1st: UCF
2nd: USF

SEC Division
Gold Division Champions:
Florida (Kelly Murphy and Kristy Jaeckel) defeated Florida (Callie Rivers and Lauren Bledsoe)

Silver Division Champions:
South Carolina (Megan Laughlin and Taylor Bruns) defeated Florida (Cassandra Anderson and Erin Fleming)

Bronze Division Champions:
Georgia (Nicole Choi and Kathleen Luft) defeated ____________?

Collegiate Coaches Cup:
1st: LSU
2nd: Florida

[volleyballvoices]

ESPN college volleyball commentator Phil Bush blogged the entire event. You can read his play by play...http://blog.fiestaonsiestakey.com

[sunshinestate]

Did Tenn play in this event?

[Thrill of the 'ville]

Apr 18, 2010 19:15:19 GMT -5 sunshinestate said:

Did Tenn play in this event?

Yes, Tennessee had a few pairings. Fowler and Jeter were their best team and went undefeated in pool play. They lost to Alabama in the Gold Division Quarterfinal though.

[James]

Just got back a few hours ago. I'll have pictures (for the Tennessee fans at least!) up soon.

BTW - Anyone know why half the SEC schools stayed away this year? Some article said something about the "uncertainty" of the sport's future due to the recent vote. But that doesn't make much sense since those teams were there the past two years while things were even more up in the air.

[gamer]

Link finally posted on Gatorzone: www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=18018

Kristy and Kelly are quite the duo!

[Thrill of the 'ville]

Apr 18, 2010 22:37:34 GMT -5 James said:

Just got back a few hours ago. I'll have pictures (for the Tennessee fans at least!) up soon.

BTW - Anyone know why half the SEC schools stayed away this year? Some article said something about the "uncertainty" of the sport's future due to the recent vote. But that doesn't make much sense since those teams were there the past two years while things were even more up in the air.

I figured that was you. I was going to say hi but would have felt awkward had it been someone else.

[paloalto]

Someone asked the question of why college beach tournaments have such low participation this year. I would second that question. This tournament had a few top schools participate while the USAV Collegiate Challenge in Santa Monica was a total flop. The USAV tournament only had four teams in the doubles event (USC, Pepperdine, University of the Pacific, and Fresno State).

[James]

Apr 20, 2010 13:31:40 GMT -5 Thrill of the 'ville said:

I figured that was you. I was going to say hi but would have felt awkward had it been someone else.

I thought I recognized you too. Were you the guy near me when we were watching 3 simultaneous UT/UF matches in the first round of tournament play?

[Thrill of the 'ville]

Apr 20, 2010 18:29:01 GMT -5 James said:

Apr 20, 2010 13:31:40 GMT -5 Thrill of the 'ville said:

I figured that was you. I was going to say hi but would have felt awkward had it been someone else.

I thought I recognized you too. Were you the guy near me when we were watching 3 simultaneous UT/UF matches in the first round of tournament play?

Yeah, I was one of them (the one in the Jaeckel shirt)

[James]

I thought you looked familiar but shrugged it off since I didn't think I knew what any UF fans looked like. Later I remembered the infamous video and that's when it hit me!