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Beach Volleyball AVP Kingston Cincinnati Open
Beach Volleyball AVP Kingston Cincinnati Open
John Mayer (left) sported a new do....Jeremy Casebeer did not. Less hair might have made a small difference....Mayer took a fifth while Casebeer finished ninth.
Casey Patterson went with the classic CaseyPatt do. He made it to the finals with Jake Gibb.
Caitlin Ledoux Readies herself for a match on Saturday.
Local qualifier LeAnn Starr digs a short shot.
Phil Dalhauser with another kill.
Alejandro Parra made the dig of the day (men's side) Friday.
Friday Night Lights....AVP style.
It POURED on Friday night. Ref Brant Lee didn't let it faze him.
Did we say it rained on Friday night?
Johnny Hyden with a kill in the dark.
Emily Stockman (pictured) and Ali McColloch battled through to the semis on Sunday.
Ryan Doherty is always a force at the net. This week he finished with 17 blocks.
Lauren Kendrick stretches all the way out for a ball.
Irene Pollock took a wicked kill off the chest on Saturday.
2015 AVP Kingston Cincinnati Open.
Jake Gibb skies for one of his 59 kills.
Irene Pollock with one of her 33 digs for the tournament.
Ed Ratledge with a giant kill.
Kristen Hildebrand sand crawling for the ball.
Phil Dalhausser (in hat) finished third and tallied 34 kills.
Lauren Kendrick hammers one for a point.
Eventual winners Betsi Metter Flint (left) and Kelley Larsen share a dig en route to the title.
Jessica Stubinski......concentration.
Jake Gibb (blue hat) blocks a shot by Nick Lucena.
Last week's winner, Nicole Branagh, finished fifth.
Ali Mcolloch celebrated a do or die win on Saturday night.
Kelley with a kill in the final. She had a whopping 100 for the weekend.
Betsi Metter Flint with one of her 54 digs.
Betsi Metter Flint with another of her 54 digs.
Betsi Metter Flint was a digging machine.
Geena Urango with a kill in the finals.
Angela Bensend with a kill in the women's final.
Geena Urango tries to slip a pokie past Kelley Larsen in the final.
Kelley Larsen, a 2014 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball All-America, won her first AVP tour tournament.
Kelley Larsen (left) and Betsi Metter Flint are the youngest AVP champs ever.
Johnny Hyden was all over the court.
John Hyden (left) and Tri Bourne split $15,000 for finishing first.
Tri Bourne set Hyden perfectly all day long.
Johnny Hyden came up with big plays all weekend. He became one of the oldest champions on the AVP tour. He will turn 43 in October.
Tri Bourne and John Hyden celebrated their first victory as teammates on the AVP tour.
