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2019. The USC Trojans women's beach volleyball team is coached by Olympic gold medalist Dain Blanton and competes in the Pac-12 Conference. [1] The team is the most successful college beach volleyball program with 6 NCAA national championships. [2]
Dain Blanton (born November 28, 1971) [1] is an American former beach volleyball player who won the gold medal in beach volleyball in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney with partner Eric Fonoimoana. He returned to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens with partner Jeff Nygaard , becoming the first two-time U.S. male beach volleyball Olympian.
Kelly Marie Cheng (née Claes, born September 18, 1995) is an American beach volleyball player. She and her partner Sara Hughes won the bronze medal at the 2013 U19 World Championships, the silver medal at the 2014 U21 World Championships, the gold medal at the 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2016 and 2017.
But instead of enjoying competition against the world’s best, the U.S. beach volleyball star felt dread. “Every match, every point, every contact on the ball felt like life or death,” she said.
The beach volleyball duo went into the Olympics as the No. 2 ranked team in the world. Their goal is to “rewrite the script” of beach volleyball to prove you can succeed in the sport even if ...
The 2024 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship is a 17-team tournament that was held from May 3 to 5, 2024. The tournament began on Friday, May 3, with a play-in dual between the two lowest seeded teams. The 16-team single-elimination main bracket also began on Friday, May 3, with the winning teams advancing to the quarterfinals and semifinals on ...
The duo competed in and won their second pool play match on Monday, defeating Australia in a sweep 21-16, 21-16. Kloth scored 12 attack points against the Aussies to help the U.S. earn their ...
USC Women of Troy Volleyball team. USC Volleyball has won 6 national championships, 3 in NCAA (1981, 2002, 2003) and 3 before the NCAA sponsored women's Volleyball Championships the first 4 under coach Chuck Erbe. Erbe, who dominated the sport during his 12-year USC coaching tenure which began in 1976, posted a career record of 310-121-3 (.718).