USD Volleyball 2009

TOREROS COMPETE WELL ATBEACH NATIONALS CSTV partnered with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and AVP to create the Collegiate Beach Vol– leyball Championship, featuring the nation's top women's collegiate volleyball players. The Collegiate Nationals is a first-of-its kind event that crowns national champions in nine sports. Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship features eight, two-person teams selected from top Universities and in– cludes some of the nation's outstanding individual players and elite programs, such as Nebraska, Stanford, Hawaii, Texas, San Diego, North Carolina and several others. The University of San Diego had a solid showing at the first Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championships in 2007, 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 si xth-seeded University of Florida (15-11 and 15-13) to advance on to the semifinals. In 2008, the Toreros finished in second place in the Collegiate Beach Nationals, falling just three points behind the Uni– versity ofTexas for first place.The Toreros did have two teams win their brackets in the second annual event at Mission Beach on Sunday afternoon. The tandem of Jaimarie Sutherland and Jessica Nyrop won Flight B by first defeating Nebraska's Lindsey Licht and Rachel Schwartz in two games, 15-7 and 15-13. In the quarterfinal round, Sutherland and Nyrop downed USC's Geena Uranga and Mychaela Miller 21-16 and 21-17. In the semifinal round, USD cruised past Wisconsin's team of Nicole Klingsporn and Brittany Dolgner, 21-19 and 21-14. In the championship match, USD down the Texas tandem of Michelle Moriarty and Chelsey Klein in three games, 18-21, 21-16 and 15-6. The Toreros'team of Ali Troost and Kayleen Webster also took a championship in the Flight C pool. Webster and Troost first cruised their way to a 15-8, 15-7 win over Nebraska's Kori Cooper and Amanda Gates. In the quarterfinal round, USC's Alli Hillgren and Lauren Williams were no match for USD's duo, as Troost and Webster claimed a 21-19, 21-9 win to advance on to the semifinals. In the semifinal round, Troost and Webster rung up a 21-12, 21-9 win over Wisconsin's Caity Dupont and Katherine Dykstra. In the championship match, the San Diego duo then won a hard fought match over the Texas tandem of Jennifer Doris and Heather Kisner, 17-21, 21-18, 21-19. In the semi final round,the Toreros squared off against the Corn huskers tandem of NCAA Player of the Year Sarah Paven and Jordan Larson and fell in a hard fought match, 23-21 and 21 -16.

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In 2009, USD again had a strong presence in this event, as they placed fifth in the overall standings.