Misty May Treanor and Nicole Branagh Win AVP NIVEA Tour Long Beach Open
Monday, July 26th, 2010Misty May-Treanor and Nicole Branagh
Celebrate Win in May-Treanors Home Turf
Misti May Treanor send a spike over in Hermosa Beach
The womens AVP team of Misti May-Treanor and Nicole
Branagh bounced back from being knocked out in the semi
final round in Hermosa Beach the week before.
The pair secured a win over Annett Davis and Jenny
Johnson Jordan who are ranked third on the womens tour.
Nicole Branagh sends a shot across the net in Hermosa
May-Treanor, who won the NCAA volleyball championship
with Long Beach State in 1998, and Branagh earned their
second tour win of the season. May-Treanor is no stranger
to winning professionally in Long Beach, having won the
Long Beach Open in 2007 and 2008 with partner Kerri Walsh.
Misti May Treanor back on track with partner Nicole Branagh
May-Treanor and Branagh have been working on some
adjustments to their game, and they seemed to pay off this
weekend. May-Treanor moved to the left side, with Branagh
going to the right.
“It feels good. It puts a smile on our faces,” May-Treanor said.
“I went to school here and have a house in the city. I love this
city, the people, the fans. I love playing in front of a home crowd.”
On the mens side Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers continued
to dominate the 2010 AVP Mens Tour with a win over Sean Scott
and John Hyden. The 2 volleyball “Super hero’s” lost their first
game and then came back to win the second two 21-17, 15-6.
The Olympic gold medal champs remain unbeaten on the 2010 tour
aside from a tie coming due to weather in Florida at the beginning of
the season.
Check out the AVP website for upcoming tour dates around the
USA including Chicago 8/14-8/15 and the highlight tournament of
the year in Manhattan Beach 8/19-8/22 at www.AVP.com
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