Evan Engle, Stafford Slick top USA Volleyball Beach International Development Qualifier
The final day of the USA Volleyball Beach International Development Qualifier (IDQ) tournament took place on Sunday, March 25.
The Californian city of Chula Vista played host to the event. The venue of the competition was the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
The tournament featured both the men’s as well as the women’s teams which played their title matches on Sunday. On the women’s side, the duo that was able to reach the top was that of Brooke Sweat (Fort Myers, Fla.) and Jen Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.). The
win was achieved in 47 minutes.
On the other hand, the two pairs that were competing for the title on the men’s side were Evan Engle (Cedarville, Mich.) and Stafford Slick (Andover, Minn.) as well as the duo of David Smith (Denver, Colo.) and Skylar Delsol (Denver, Colo.). Both Engle and
Slick enjoy the top rank while their rivals are placed on the third seed.
The title match between the two sides took 51 minutes to reach its close and despite the fact that both Smith and Delsol tried hard in the first set by putting up an impressive challenge, Engle and Slick were still successful in securing the match by making
a clean sweep on their opponents. The scoreboard showed the following final set scores at the end of the day: 29-27 and 21-17.
Engle and Sick were able to make it to the title match of the tournament by handed out a defeat to Nils Nielson (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Adam Cabbage (Rio Rancho, N.M.).
Both Nielson and Cabbage have the second seed in the rankings. The semi-final match between the duo of Engle and Slick as well as Nielson and Cabbage took 57 minutes to reach its close with the final set scores as follows: 21-17, 13-21 and 15-9.
The upcoming 2012 IDQ of the USA Volleyball is scheduled to be held on June 16-17. The matches will be hosted in Los Angeles County. The venue of the event had been decided but the announcement will be made at some time in the near future. The top two teams
of the IDQ are able to take part in the international matches of the NORCECA.
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