Pro beach volleyball From Las Vegas Sun Ignore the weekend forecast - the weather is going to be perfect for the AVP Hot Winter Nights finale Saturday at the Orleans. Thanks to more than 200 tons of sand and a crew of about a dozen, the AVP is turning the Orleans Arena into an indoor beach party for the final event of the Crocs Hot Winter Nights Indoor Beach Volleyball Tour. The Hot Winter Nights tour bills itself as the first indoor volleyball tour of its kind and already has traveled to 18 cities, including such decidedly...

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Pro beach spikers star in Marianas Cup exhibition games tonight From Marianas Variety FESTIVIES in the 16th Annual Marianas Cup Beach Volleyball Festival will start tonight with professional players from the U.S., Japan and Korea playing in exhibition games on PIC sandcourt in San Antonio. Beach volleyball fans' attention is expected to focus on AVP 2007 Most Valuable Player Phil Dalhausser, who is returning to Saipan this year after a fruitful season in the AVP Tour last year and after missing the 15th edition of the Marianas Cup. Han is only 23-years old and played in no...

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Volleyball: PLANS FOR INAUGURAL SUNSHINE STATE CONFERENCE BEACH ... From www.saintleolions.com/ This event will be the first-ever beach volleyball tournament held by an NCAA Division II conference. The tournament was conceived following the recent success of the CSTV Collegiate Beach Nationals, the first beach volleyball event ever offered for collegiate participants, which was introduced in 2007. "With the success of American beach teams at the Olympics and the pro beach tour (AVP), many casual sports fans are familiar with the game."

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Brazil's Adriana Behar-The next step From aprilsbeachvolleyballblog.typepad.com/aprils_beach_volleyball_b/ Rio de Janeiro, February 15, 2008 - Seven-time World Beach Volleyball Tour champion and Sydney and Athens Olympic silver medalist Adriana Behar has only just left the court for the final time but is already thinking about getting back into Volleyball. Viva V lei Solid rio is a social project, organized by the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation and Instituto Percep oes de Responsabilidade Social (The Institute of Perceptions and Social Responsibilities).

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Let's Hit The Beach From www.doubleazone.com/ Imagine Olympic gold medalists Misty May and Kerri Walsh not just playing beach volleyball professionally, but having an opportunity to compete for an NCAA championship as part of their university programs. On April 12, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Coaches Beach Volleyball Tournament will feature teams from Florida, Arkansas, LSU, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi and Mississippi State.

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