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Scenes from AVP Salt Lake City

Scenes from AVP Salt Lake City
Scenes from AVP Salt Lake City

Scenes from AVP Salt Lake City

Jake Gibb and Jeremy Casebeer (R) at the net. Casey Jennings looks on. Casebeer finished with 47 kills and a 9th place finish.

Jake Gibb (hitting) finished with 22 blocks, 6 aces, 9 digs, 68 kills and split $15,000 with partner Casey Patterson

Men's finaists: Casey Patterson (left), Jake Gibb blocking and Ryan Doherty hitting.

April Ross.

April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrate their victory.

Womens final contestants (left to right) Lauren Fendrick, April Ross on defense, Brooke Sweat hitting and Kerri Walsh Jennings blocking.

The crowd during the women's finals.

The crowd during the women's finals.

April Ross readies to serve en route to winning the tournament with Kerri Walsh Jennings. April led the tournament in serving aces.

Kendra Van Zwieten with one of her 48 spikes for the week.

Russ Marchewka spikes over a defender en route to a seventh-place finish with Jason Lochhead.

The fans cheer on the action.

Todd Rogers flat out for one of his tournament high 93 digs.

Casey and Jake Gibb.

Casey Patterson celebrates the win with his kids.

Champ Casey Patterson goes airborne for one of his 35 digs this one when he and Jake Gibb needed to rally in the finals.

Casey finished with 7 aces and 83 kills as well.

Nick Lucena lays out for one of his 80 digs for the week. He and partner Ryan Doherty finished second.

Nick Lucena lays out for one of his 80 digs for the week. He and partner Ryan Doherty finished second.

Ryan Doherty (L) and Jake Gibb joust during the final. Gibb finished with 22 blocks for the tournament. Doherty with 19.

Kerri Walsh Jennings goes all out for a driven ball. She had 39 digs for the week.

Kerri Walsh Jennings blocks Brooke Sweat during the finals. Kerri recorded 11 blocks over the weekend.

Kerri Walsh Jennings passes her way to her 69th avp title and third straight with partner April Ross.

Lauren Fendrick passes to teammate Brooke Sweat in the finals. Lauren Fendrick had a great tournament as she and teammate Brooke Sweat finished second.

Lauren Fendrick drives one past Kerri Walsh Jennings during the finals. Lauren led the women's side in blocks (25) and kills (95).

Casey Patterson (L) and Jake Gibb came from three down at match point to win the SLC Open.

Kerri Walsh Jennings has 120 beach tournament titles now.

Lauren Fendrick had a great tournament as she and teammate Brooke Sweat finished second.

Sarah Day's digging wasn't enough to get and partner Christal Engle past a tie for 13th.

Jake Gibb did not disappoint the hometown crowd either (he attended Utah). A big week for the state in beach volleyball!

Casey Patterson wowed the hometown crowd (he attended BYU) all weekend en route to going undefeated in the tournament with teammate Jake Gibb.

Big Brad Keenan pounds one past Casey Patterson. Keenan/John Mayer lost the quarterfinal match 21-18 and 28-26 to Patterson/Jake Gibb. Beach Volleyball: AVP Salt Lake City Open Tournament.

Big Brad Keenan pounds one past Casey Patterson. Keenan/John Mayer lost the quarterfinal match 21-18 and 28-26 to Patterson/Jake Gibb.

Emily Stockman spikes over Kerri Walsh Jennings in the quarter finals won by Ross/Walsh Jennings 21-18 and 21-16.

April Ross spikes over Traci Weamer in the quarter finals won by Ross/Walsh Jennings 21-18 and 21-16.

Matt Olson gives his daughter a mooch after a victory. Matt and teammate Kevin McColloch finished in a tie for 7th.

Jessica Gysin gives signals to teammate/server Morgan Miller. The team finished the tournament in the 15th spot.

Jessica Gysin dives to save a ball for teammate Morgan Miller in a contenders bracket loss

Heather Hughes (L) blocks one right back into the face of Summer Ross during their winners bracket match.

Summer Ross (L) and Whitney Pavlik duel at the net. The 3rd seeded team of Ross and Emily Day won the match in two --21-18 and 21-16.

Casey Patterson (L) and jeremy Casebeer joust at the net in the mens semis.

Casey Patterson celebrates a win in the semis.

Traci Weamer (L) and Emily Stockman celebrate moving into the semis.