Last weekend’s Miami AVP Open offered few surprises in the upper ranks. Team TerrorMisty May and Kerri Walsh reigned supreme. There were a couple of chinks in their lycra armor dropping one to EY and Nicole, but they held steady.
Rachel Wacholder and Tyra Turner got knocked out in the semifinals as did Team Crackpot (Jen Ross and April Boss formerly known as Team Spoiler ). It’s just the first tourney folks are still getting warm. This weekend in Dallas will be a much different story.
My master predictions of a Boss/Ross Olympicbid will come to fruition.They took Angie Akers and Holly McPeak to advance to the semifinals. Earlier on they also swiped one from May/Walsh. 1,2.3,4 just like they were ranked.
However in the lower ranks their were plenty of shakeups. Too many folks write off the AVP earlier rounds. That’s where the hot beach action really lives. However in the lower ranks their were plenty of shakeups. Too many folks write off the AVP earlier rounds. That’s where the hot beach action really lives.
Leilani Kamahoahoa (and I thought “Wacholder” would be hard stich onto the back of a bikini) and Catie Mintz managed to overcome a 22nd seeding to land in 13th. Being somewhat unknown is a real advantage to these two and look for another surprise in Texas this weekend.
The always over media-hyped 13 seed Team Gorgeousended up in 17th after they fell victim to the Under-hyped and mysterious Whitney Pavlick and Jennifer Snyder.
Initially seeded at 19 this somewhat unknown duo is the real Cinderella. Team Gorgeous needs to spend a little less time adjusting the makeup in the rear view and actually see who is in that mirror.
Don’t spend that $800 prize money in one mall, ladies. Perhaps I am just bitter because their team nickname is everything that the sport is not supposed to be.They really try and capitalize on the the “bim” stereotype of the sport.
Lame . Lame. Lame.
They could use a lesson or two from Team Lindquist, the hardest working short girls in the league. Team Lindquist ended in a deserved 9 seed, despite the fact that both of them are about half a foot shorter than Kerri Walsh. The two are the mad scrap dogs of the beach and it usually pays off for them. Will this finally be the year they break out of their 8 seed rut?
But the dig is in and I guarantee there will be more Shakeups in Dallas this weekend.