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PRIME PODIUM POSITION: Americans from left, Nick Lucena, Matt Fuerbringer, Todd Rogers, Phil Dalhausser, Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal were serenaded by the United States national anthem after sweeping the medals at the FIVB event in Quebec, Canada, in July. (Photo: FIVB)
American medal sweep at the FIVB Quebec Open M
att Fuerbringer has been a veteran of the international and domestic beach tours for more than 10 years and has played in nearly 200 professional tournaments. The 37-year-old Stanford graduate called his silver medal at the FIVB Quebec Open in Canada in late July one of his most gratify- ing accomplishments in beach volleyball. Fuerbringer and partner Nick Lucena fi nished second to fellow Americans Todd Rogers and
Phil Dalhausser and six inches higher on the podium than bronze medalists Sean Rosenthal and Jake Gibb. It was the fi rst time the United States men’s beach teams had swept the po- dium in the 23-year history of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour.
“It was just a tremendous feeling of pride to be up there with my friend and countrymen,” Fuerbringer said. “There was a sense of accom- plishment knowing that it had never been done
before in 23 years, but it was also inspiring. It makes you want it to happen again in a Grand Slam event and I think we can do it.” Fuerbringer-Lucena dropped a close 23- 21, 21-19 gold-medal match to Rogers and Dalhausser, who regained their form in July be earning fi ve consecutive podium fi nishes. The defending Olympic beach volleyball gold medalists also earned a gold medal the week after the Quebec event in Poland.
USA Volleyball announces beach travel teams for U21 Championships U
SA Volleyball has announced its beach travel teams that will compete at the
2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch U21 Junior World Championships in Halifax, Canada from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4. The athletes were selected from various
USAV Beach High Performance tryouts across the country. Tara Roenicke (Alta Loma, Calif.) and Rebecca Strehlow (Long Beach, Calif.) will team up as the women’s USA-1 team. Roenicke and former partner Summer Ross (Carlsbad, Calif.) made history at the 2010 edition of the World Championships by cap- turing the gold medal and becoming the fi rst
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U.S. team of either gender to medal at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Junior World Championships. Caitlin Racich (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Sara Hughes (Costa Mesa, Calif.) will pair to form the USA-2 team. Racich will be a junior outside hitter
2011 USA Volleyball Beach Junior National Teams Men
USA-1 Parker Kalmbach / Vaun Lennon USA-2 Ian Satterfi eld / Chris Austin Women
USA-1 Tara Roenicke / Rebecca Strehlow USA-2 Caitlin Racich / Sara Hughes
at Pepperdine University in the fall. Hughes most recently competed in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch Youth World Champi- onships Umag, Croatia 2011 (U-19) with Justine Wong-Orantes (Cypress, Calif.).
Parker Kalmbach (Coto De Caza, Calif.) will join forces with Vaun Lennon (West- chester, Calif.) as the USA-1 men’s team. Kalmbach was a mem- ber of the 2009 USA Beach (U-19) National Team that placed 17th
in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth World Championships. Ian Satterfi eld (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Chris Austin (Henderson, Nev.) join forces as the men’s USA-2 team.
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