Eight women’s and eight men’s pairs made it through the qualifier Thursday at the AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open.
It sets up Friday’s main draw that begins at 8 a.m. Pacific. The tournament can be seen on the AVP YouTube channel.
The women’s field includes a few current NCAA standouts who advanced, including Audrey and Nicole Nourse of national-champion USC and UCLA’s Abby Van Winkle, who is playing with 39-year-old Brazilian Maria Clara Salgado.
The men’s survivors include VolleyballMag.com beach editor Travis Mewhirter and partner John-Michael Plummer and current Stanford indoors standout Will Rottman, who is playing with 40-year-old Shane Cervantes. Shane’s younger brother, Ric, also made it through with former UC Santa Barbara indoors standout Jonah Self.
WOMEN
Terese Cannon/Sarah Sponcil (1) vs. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (32, Q27)
Jessica Gaffney/Megan Rice (17) vs. Aurora Davis/Teegan Van Gunst (16)
Corinne Quiggle/Sarah Schermerhorn (9) vs. Falyn Fonoimoana/Chelsea Rice (24)
Samantha Parrish/Madison Shields (25) vs. Larissa Maestrini/Liliane Maestrini (8)
Zana Muno/Brandie Wilkerson (5) vs. Cecilia Agraz/Tani Stephens (28, Q9)
Kylie Deberg/Kahlee York (21) vs. Carly Kan/Kaitlyn Malaney (12)
Megan Kraft/Emily Stockman (13) vs. Kimberly Hildreth/Karolina Marciniak (20, Q1)
Megan Gebhard/Kate Reilly (29, Q10) vs. Julia Scoles/Geena Urango (4)
Kelly Cheng/Betsi Flint (3) vs. Charlie Ekstrom/Skyler Germann (30)
Macy Jerger/Carly Skjodt (19) vs. Deahna Kraft/Allie Wheeler (14)
Lauren Fendrick/Hailey Harward (11) vs. Molly Turner/Torrey Van Winden (22, Q2)
Amy Ozee/Mariah Whalen (27) vs. Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss (6)
Sarah Pavan/Mackenzie Ponnet (7) vs. Katie Spieler/Carly Wopat (26, Q4)
Brook Bauer/Katie Horton (23, Q3) vs. Emily Day/Savvy Simo (10)
Katie Dickens/Jennifer Keddy (15) vs. Delaney Mewhirter/Kelly Reeves (18)
Maria Clara Salgado/Abby Van Winkle (31, Q21) vs. Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske (2)
MEN
Theo Brunner/Chaim Schalk (1) vs. Frank Field/Tal Shavit (32, Q47)
Tim Bomgren/Piotr Marciniak (17) vs. Cody Caldwell/Ed Ratledge (16)
Timothy Brewster/Kyle Friend (9) vs. Brian Miller/Raffe Paulis (24)
Peter Connole/Silila Tucker (25, Q4) vs. Evan Cory/Billy Kolinske (8)
Taylor Crabb/Taylor Sander (5) vs. Kevin Coyle/Alex Ukkelberg (28, Q21)
Marty Lorenz/Adam Roberts (21, Q1) vs. John Hyden/Logan Webber (12)
Skylar del Sol/Andrew Dentler (13) vs. Caleb…
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