USD Volleyball 2007

TOREROS COMPETE AT BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS CSTV partnered with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and AVP to create the POWERade Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship, featuring the nation's top women's collegiate volleyball players, who competed for the title in San Diego on April 22, 2007 during The CSTV Collegiate Nationals.The CSTV Collegiate Nationals is a first-of-its kind event that crowns national champions in nine sports. The POWERade Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship featured eight, two-person teams selected from top Universi– ties and includes some of the nation's outstanding individual players and elite programs, such as NCAA Division IWomen's Volleyball Champion Nebraska and runner-up Stanford. The University of San Diego had a solid showing at the first POWERade Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championships as the tandem of Andrea Csaszi and Jaimarie Sutherland advanced all the way to the semi final round before falling to the eventual champion, Nebraska. The Toreros began the day in dominating fashion as they swept through their pool, posting a 3-0 record.The Toreros upset second-seeded Stanford 15-11 and 15-12 in an opening pool play match, then downed third-seeded Penn State (16-14 and 15-9) and the sixth-seeded University of Florida (15-11 and 15-13) to advance on to the semifinals.

In the semi final round, the Toreros squared off against the Cornhuskers tandem of NCAA Player of the Year Sarah Paven and Jordan Larson and fell in a hard fought match, 23-21 and 21-16.