Carol Solberg Salgado

Top Five Seeds, Klineman/Ross, Larsen/Stockman Win Gstaad Pool Titles

Americans Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman won their fifth match in Gstaad to claim the Pool G title and a free pass to the second elimination round on Friday. April Ross/Alix Klineman and the top five seeds also claimed pool crowns.

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Clancy/Artacho del Solar Win Espinho Gold, Men’s Race Down to Four

Saturday was all seemingly about the men at the Espinho Four Star as the field was whittled from 32 to four. Meanwhile, the women’s podium was decided with the semifinal and medal matches.

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Hughes/Ross Among Espinho Semifinalists, Dalhausser/Lucena Win Pool

The women’s field was whittled down to four, while the men advanced to the first elimination round after pool play on Friday.

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Walsh Jennings/Branagh, Behlen/Schneider Among Espinho Pool Winners

While the men finished up qualifying action, the women got rolling in the main draw with 32 pool play matches, crowning eight champions, including German qualifiers Anna Behlen/Sarah Schneider and Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings/Nicole Branagh.

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Qualifiers Thole/Wickler Win Pool Title at Ostrava Four Star

Six of the eight men’s pool winners were crowned on Thursday before thunderstorm interrupted the action. Eight women’s pool winners punched their tickets to the second elimination round.

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Top Three Women’s Seeds Ousted Ahead of Itapema Quarterfinals

Fourth-seeded Czech pair Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova are the top remaining women’s duo heading into the Itapema quarterfinals after knocking out No. 1 Barbara/Fernanda of Brazil. On the men’s side, the top three seeds are in tact, led by Brazilians Evandro/Andre.

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Barbara/Fernanda, Brouwer/Meeuwsen Take Huntington Beach Gold

History was made on the men’s side of the Huntington Beach Four-Star as seventh-seeded Dutch duo Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands became the first European team in nearly 22 years to claim an FIVB event title on American soil. The last was Norway’s Jan Kvalhelm/Bjorn Masseide at the 196 U.S. Open in Hermosa Beach, California.

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WATCH LIVE: Huntington Beach Finals

FIVB Huntington Beach Open May 2-6, 2018 Huntington Beach Pier; Huntington Beach, California Schedule/Results Live Streams The Huntington Beach Open…

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Americans Miss Out On Huntington Beach Semis, Two Finish Fifth

Despite beginning the main draw with 41 combined men’s and women’s teams in action, the American pairs were blocked out of the semifinals with one men’s team (John Hyden/Theo Brunner) and one women’s team (Summer Ross/Sara Hughes) finishing in fifth place.

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#8 Seeds Barbara/Fernanda Upset on Day 1 of FIVB Beach Worlds

Brazil’s Fernanda and Barbara faced familiar foes in Friday’s opening match.

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