HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Wednesday’s qualifying play is finished as the FIVB Huntington Beach moves into Thursday’s main draw.
The USA added six women’s and three men’s teams into Thursday’s 48-team double-elimination main draw. In total, 22 women’s and 19 men’s teams will compete for their share of the $300,000 total purse.
Falyn Fonoimoana and Alexa Strange, Katie Jameson and Tracy Jones, McKenna Thibodeau and Madison Witt, Briana Hinga and Bre Moreland, Avery Bush and Christina Matthews, Summer Nash and Megan Wheeler fought their way through the qualifier on the women’s side.
For the men, David Vander Meer and Logan Webber, Jonathan Drake and Chris Luers, and Kacey Losik and Garrett Wilson broke through to Thursday’s double elimination tournament.
McKenna Thibodeau makes a hustle play/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
France and Poland also had teams get through the two-day women’s qualifier, Aline Chamereau and Lezana Placette of France and Agnieszka Pregowska and Aleksandra Wachowicz of Poland.
Brazil and Canada claimed the remaining men’s berths. Brazil filled three berths as Gustavo Carvalhaes and Vitor Felipe, Saymon Barbosa and Alvaro Filho, and Oscar Brandao and Ricardo Santos won through. For the Canadians, Aaron Nusbaum and Michael Plantinga and Sergiy Grabovskyy and Fiodar Kazhamiaka won all three of their qualifying matches.
Click here for Thursday’s men’s schedule, which includes top-seeded Americans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena.
The three-day double elimination format is a departure from the modified pool play with playoffs commonly used in FIVB competition. This format will reward the teams that can advance through the winners bracket, punishing those who fall into the losers bracket. Conditioning could be a factor in the losers bracket, with teams forced to play more than their normal twice per day.
Thursday’s results below, but first, a photo gallery:
Kerri Schuh makes a defensive save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Logan Webber celebrates after a block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Brazil’s Alvaro Filho finds some angle/Michael Gomez photography
VBM contributor Travis Mewhirter passes in a spray of sand/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Alvaro Filho drives through the sand/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
American Travis Schoonover supports his partner’s block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
the USA’s Troy Field picks up a shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Dillon Lesniak digs for the U.S. Virgin Islands/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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