Articles by Jared Anderson

Plaisted’s Dozen Kills Powers Loyola Past Ball State

Match Stats #10 Loyola defeats #11 Ball State 3-0 (25-22, 25-11, 25-23) Loyola improves to 9-4 Ball State drops to…

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Again Without Grasso, USC Wins 2nd Straight Upset, Beating Pepperdine

The unranked USC Trojans pulled off a second-straight upset of a top-10 program, hanging on to beat #9 Pepperdine in five sets.

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2 of 4 Brazilian Teams Move to Women’s Semis, Walsh/Ross Knocked Out

Brazil’s Agatha/Eduarda came back from an 0-1 deficit to beat Americans Walsh/Ross in the quarterfinals of the Fort Lauderdale Major.

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Alvaro/Barbosa Trounce Evandro/Loyola For Fort Lauderdale Major Title

An all-Brazil gold medal final saw Saymon Barbosa and Magliano Alvaro pick up the win at the Fort Lauderdale Major in a 2-0 sweep of Evandro/Loyola.

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Brazil Tops USA Twice To Set-Up Same Nation Medal Final in FTL

Both Brazilian teams beat their home-crowd United States opponents to move on to the gold medal round at the Fort Lauderdale Major.

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#2 Long Beach State Hits .469 To Crush #7 UC Irvine On Road

Match Stats #2 Long Beach State defeats #7 UC Irvine 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-16) Long Beach State improves to 10-2…

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Gianluca Grasso Sits Out USC Loss With Ankle Sprain

Junior college addition Gianluca Grasso missed USC’s Friday night loss to BYU after spraining his ankle earlier in the week.

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Walsh/Ross Win 3-Set Comeback To Earn Bye in Round of 24

Americans Walsh and Ross went down 0-1 to Brazil’s Seixas/Alves and were on the outside looking in for a first-round bye, but a huge comeback earned them the Pool A title in a hard-fought match.

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FTL: Spain Wins Marathon 3-Setter To Highlight Men’s Round of 24

Spain’s Herrera/Gavira won a third set that ran an entire 48 points to move on from the men’s round of 24, one of four three-set matches in the opening round. The Spanish pair won the first set but dropped set #2 19-21 to force the third. That set rolled all the way to 24-23 before the Spanish finally put the nail in the coffin of Americans Trevor Crabb/Rosenthal.

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USA Men Earn 3 of 8 Pool Titles As Ft. Lauderdale Moves To Round of 24

The men’s pool play continued Thursday at the opener of the Swatch Major Series in Fort Lauderdale, with the qualifiers for the elimination matches locking in after the early session. The winners of each of the 8 pools moved on to the tournament with first-round byes. The second and third-place finishers in each pool earned spots in the round of 24, which took place later on Thursday. The fourth-place team from each pool was eliminated entirely.

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