COLLEGIATE SAND VOLLEYB ALL
Pairs to watch Players | School
Kelly Claes / Sara Hughes | Southern California Madison Witt / McKenna Witt | Arizona Sarah Sponcil / Savannah Slattery | Loyola Marymount Claire Coppola/ Kristen Nuss | LSU Madalyn Roh / Delaney Knudsen | Pepperdine Adora Anae / Dani Barton | Utah Morgan Martin / Mikayla Tucker | Hawaii Kamila Tan / Madi Yeomans | UCLA Kathryn Plummer / Jenna Gray | Stanford Emily Sonny / Hannah Hubbard | Cal Poly Amy Neal / Jaelyn Greene | TCU Leigh Andrew / Sierra Sanchez | Florida State Delaney Rohan / Chelsea Ross | Georgia State Vanessa Freire / Brooke Kuhlman | Florida State Payton Rund / Lindsey Knudsen | Saint Mary’s
Note: Foreign students ineligible to participate.
morning. Single-elimination bracket play will span Friday and into Saturday’s broad- casted finals. “The opportunity to partner with the
United States Olympic Committee to bridge the collegiate game to our National Teams is a fantastic initiative in continuing USA Volleyball’s international competitive excel- lence,” Davis added. “As volleyball’s National Governing Body, the winning athletes will be selected to play on one of our Collegiate Beach National Teams.”
The eight schools that qualify for the
NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships will earn one automatic berth for their top team, subject to the committee’s approval. The remaining women’s pairs and all eight men’s pairs will be chosen by the selection commit- tee based on merit from the 2017 season and USAV Beach Ranking. Up to two women’s wild card pairs may be given by USA Vol- leyball. Any unused wild card spots will be decided by the selection committee. The selection committee is made up of six NCAA representatives, three staff members from USA Volleyball, one AVCA representa- tive and two athlete representatives. The introduction of a major beach vol-
leyball event under the umbrella of Team USA and USA Volleyball comes on the heels of the successful showing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The 2017 Team USA Sum- mer Champions Series, presented by Com- cast, consists of events with three additional National Governing Bodies: diving, swim- ming, and track and field – which will air on NBCUniversal throughout the summer. Admission to the venue on Hermosa
Beach Pier will be free and open to the public.
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