Hawaii beach volleyball teams start strong in AVCA nationals
Nov. 5—The University of Hawaii beach volleyball team was well-represented on Friday at the inaugural AVCA Fall Collegiate Beach Pairs Championship in Huntsville, Ala.
The University of Hawaii beach volleyball team was well-represented on Friday at the inaugural AVCA Fall Collegiate Beach Pairs Championship in Huntsville, Ala.
In pool play, the Hawaii duo of All-Americans Kaylee Glagau and Brooke Van Sickle went 2-1. The No. 33 seed also earned a major upset, knocking off the tournament's top seed of Paige Kalkhoff and Raelyn White of Florida State 21-14, 33-31. Hawaii's second duo of Kylin Loker and Jaime Santer, seeded 35th, went 3-0, notching wins over teams from Stetson, Cal and New Orleans.
Both teams advance to the single-elimination 48-team championship bracket today. Glagau and Van Sickle will take on Stanford's Xolani Hodel and Madeleine Kriz. Loker and Santer received a bye into the round of 32, and will face either Ella Reames and Kyra Thompson of the College of Charleston or Lucie Pokorna and Alice Pratesi of Florida International.
