Future of USC

[burbank55]

Saw that Bo Culo/Chulo and Mollie Ebertin are no longer listed on the 2022 roster.

Mollie still lists USC on her Instagram but not VB so maybe she decided to focus on her studies. Medical redshirt?
Bo’s Instagram shows her moving to DU in the UK. Durham University?

Best of luck to those ladies in their future endeavors.

Edit: Glad to see Mollie and Joy with the rest of the team showing off their championship rings at the football demolition by Stanford.

[burbank55]

AVCA posted their 2021 Beach High School All American List:

www.avca.org/awards/all-regional-all-america-awards/high-school-beach-allamerica.html

USC’s recruits did better than I expected.  UCLA got 5 and USC got 3.
Colby Bennett - First Team AA
Tatiana Rusich - Second Team AA
Ava Gallien - Honorable Mention AA


2021 AVCA JUNIOR BEACH FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS

Player High School / Club City, State College
Colby Bennett Mater Dei High School / MB Sand Tustin, CA USC
Camdyn Doucet 210 Beach New Braunfels, TX Stanford
Hailey Hamlett 210 Beach Bulverde, TX TCU
Katie Hashman Westlake High School / AJV Sand Austin, TX UCLA
Anna Long Notre Dame Academy / Ohio Valley Next Level Beach Lakeside Park, KY FSU
Jessie Smith Aliso Niguel High School / MB Sand Laguna Niguel, CA UCLA
Megan Widener San Marcos High School / Tamarack Beach Volleyball San Marcos, CA Hawai'i
Lauren Wilcock Sinjin Beach Volleyball Club Mendham, NJ South Carolina


2021 AVCA JUNIOR BEACH SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS

Player High School / Club City, State College
Madeline Bonanni Mira Costa High School / Elite Beach Volleyball Manhattan Beach, CA UCLA
Jaci Carpenter Elite-Ohio Valley Beach Columbus, OH FGCU
Piper Ferch Dakine Warriors Volleyball Beach Club Seattle, WA Cal Poly
Sophie Moore La Costa Canyon / WAVE Beach Volleyball Encinitas, CA UCLA
Emma Morris Sinjin Beach Volleyball Club Haymarket, VA Stanford
Natalie Myszkowski Mira Costa High School Manhattan Beach, CA UCLA
Tatiana Rusich Arnold O. Beckman High School / Laguna-Santa Monica Beach Volleyball Club Tustin, CA USC
Chase Teal Sinjin Beach Volleyball Club Creedmoor, NC South Carolina


2021 AVCA JUNIOR BEACH HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA

Player High School / Club City, State College
Jessica Drake Clovis North High School / RPM Sand (AZ) Fresno, CA Grand Canyon
Ava Gallien Mira Costa High School / Elite Beach Volleyball Manhattan Beach, CA USC
Kate McLaughlin New Smyrna Beach High School / Cape Coast Beach Volleyball Club New Smyrna Beach, FL FAU
Samaya Morin Dakine Warriors Volleyball Beach Club Seattle, WA Grand Canyon
Kelsie Roberts Lakewood Ranch High School Lakewood Ranch, FL FAU



COLBY BENNETT (MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL/MB SAND)

Hometown: Tustin, California
College Commitment: USC
Notable Tournament Finishes: 2019 BVCA Nationals (1st), 2021 BVCA Nationals (3rd), 2021 Ocean Park Open (3rd), 2019 Huntington Beach Open (3rd)

Captured gold at the 2019 BVCA nationals in 16U out of a field of 180 teams.
Earned AAA rating CBVA when she was 13 and has renewed it every year since.
Patty Dodd, MB Sand:
“Colby is a smart player, a risk-taker, and supportive partner. Her beautiful arm swing and consistency on offense and defense captured USC’s attention.”

TATIANA RUSICH (ARNOLD O. BECKMAN HIGH SCHOOL/LAGUNA-SANTA MONICA BVC)

Hometown: Tustin, California
College Commitment: USC
Notable Tournament Finishes: 2021 California Regionals U18 (1st), 2021 CBVA Adult Women’s Open (3rd), 2021 CBVA Manhattan Beach Women’s Open (5th)

In addition to playing in many junior events, she has taken part in adult-classification tournaments with good success.
She has maintained the highest beach rating in the nation of AAA for many years.

[hbmb10k]

Picks are off again but than better previous years. I’d bump Doucet,Long,Wilcox down and promote Bonnani, Moore, and especially Myszkowski to 1st team.

Says something for how good UCLA faired with this class.

[volleyrate]

Sept 9, 2021 16:41:08 GMT -5 burbank55 said:

Ultimately, Dain’s responsibility this year is getting five pairs that will beat their counterparts at UCLA. Don’t think any other team comes close.

Moving UCLA’s returners up to fill vacancies, I posit this as their lineup:

1. Denaburg - Newberry
2. Monkhouse - Sparks
3. A VanWinkle - Powers
4. T Van Winkle - Whitmarsh
5. Smith/Myszkowski - Walters/Brennan

How does that match-up with USC’s possible lineups:

Based on last year’s pairings:
1. Graudina - Kraft
2. Scoles -Slater
3. Nourse - Nourse
4. Schafer - Villapando
5. Harward - Maple

Based on personal pairings::
1. Graudina - Slater
2. Scoles - Harward
3. Kraft - Maple
4. Nourse - Nourse
5. Schafer - Villapando

[volley2022]

USC Beach Volleyball Set For Women's Collegiate Fall Challenge

usctrojans.com/news/2021/10/28/womens-beach-volleyball-usc-beach-set-for-womens-collegiate-fall-challenge.aspx

The defending NCAA champion Women of Troy will get their first autumn action this weekend on Santa Monica sand

www.volleyballlife.com/tournament/3239/division/14694/round/19138/pools/24929

[houdini]

Too bad the link doesn't specify which athletes are playing on which court !?

[duffy1]

This USC bench. I'm sort of sympathetic for them having to endure all these transfers coming in, but it's not like any of these girls have played a single match of beach volleyball in years. Good grief. Go play a CBVA event.

[duffy1]

I'd pick USC again for the Championship, provided the team can mentally motivate themselves for the challenge. That's no sure bet. 

[volley2022]

USC vs. Cal

Graudina/Harward
Kraft/Slater
Scoles/Villapando
......
Hallgren/Bakos
.../Maple
Dreeuws/...

[vbgoldencoast]

Oct 30, 2021 14:27:13 GMT -5 volley2022 said:

USC vs. Cal

Graudina/Harward
Kraft/Slater
Scoles/Villapando
......
Hallgren/Bakos
.../Maple
Dreeuws/...

Interesting pairings...
Are the Nourses playing or injured?

[volley2022]

USC-Cal 5-0 

USC-LBSU 4-1 

USC-LMU 4-1

[burbank55]

From the posted link above, it looks like USC played 7 pairs. Given the team scores provided by volley2021 above, USC did not perform well at pairs 6 & 7.

Using this same reading of the scores, UCLA seems to have beaten Stanford 4-1 (with Stanford losing two matches in 3 sets), beaten Cal Poly 4-1, and beaten Pepperdine 5-0.

[houdini]

I hear the pairs changed for each dual competition. Anyone have the details? A few close three-setters for USC versus LMU.

[blackmambabeto]

Go Bruins! I believe Sparks is out this year for UCLA because of her injury.

[burbank55]

Oct 31, 2021 18:46:33 GMT -5 blackmambabeto said:

Go Bruins! I believe Sparks is out this year for UCLA because of her injury.

Tough loss for the Bruins as Sparks was their number 2 returning defender.  Looks like she had two surgeries this past summer and will be out until summer 2022.  Hope it wasn’t both knees.

247sports.com/college/ucla/board/103040/Contents/beachvb-lindsey-sparks-out-the-year-167685237/

Still, the Bruins have tremendous depth and someone of high quality will get to step up.  Hard to compare a multi-year veteran with a newbie, but the newbie will at least likely be a former high school All American.