Brooke Sweat, Jen Fopma win title match of USA Volleyball Beach International Development Qualifier
The semi final as well as the final matches of the USA Volleyball Beach International Development Qualifier (IDQ) tournament took place on Sunday, March 25.
The matches saw both the men’s as well as the women’s team making a show of their skills. The competition was being held in Chula Vista, California. The venue of the matches was the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
The final match of the women’s competition saw the duo of Brooke Sweat (Fort Myers, Fla.) and Jen Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) Compete with the pair of Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Christal Engle (Puyallup, Wash.). The duo of Sweat and Fopma have the top
rank while their counter parts are ranked at the third position.
It did not take too long for the match to reach its close as Sweat and Fopma handed out a defeat to Day and Engle in only 47 minutes. By the time that the title went to Sweat and Fopma, the scoreboard showed the following final set scores: 23-21, 14-21,
15-11.
Day and Engle were able to make it to the title match after handing out a defeat to Tealle Hunkus (Girard, Ohio) and Kristen Batt (Venice, Fla.). The duo of Hunkus and Batt hold the second seed in the competition. The defeat was handed out at 22-20, 21-16
with the victory achieved in 43 minutes.
On the other hand, the first position holders were able to defeat their rival pair of Sheila Shaw (Muskego, Wis.) and Kathryn Babcock (Kalamazoo, Mich.) who hold the fifth seed in the competition. The task was accomplished in 50 minutes with the scoreboard
showing the following final set scores: 21-19, 15-21 and 16-14.
The IDQ events present a unique opportunity to the participating teams as it lets them be the American representative for some of the international events of North and Central American and Caribbean (NORCECA).
The teams that qualify for this opportunity are those that are able to earn the first as well as the second positions in the IDQ events. These teams consequently become a part of the Beach Volleyball Tour of NORCECA.
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