Nicolette Martin: Just keep playing
It’s just after 6 a.m. on June 23, and Nicolette Martin leans into her seat at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, a massive cup of coffee in hand, exhausted from both an early morning travel-day wake up and ...
27 Jun 20181h 10min
Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan, the No. 1 team in the world with an even higher ceiling
The pause, so slight, so innocuous, but present nonetheless, said more than words could. And, to be fair, Melissa Humana-Paredes did put a nice verbal spin on her and Sarah Pavan’s quarterfinal loss a...
20 Jun 20181h 5min
Sarah Sponcil, Pac-12 Champ, National Champ, AVP finalist
It may seem difficult to imagine at first, what with a Pac-12 title, an NCAA Championship and an AVP final under her belt in the span of just a few weeks, but yes, Sarah Sponcil does struggle from tim...
13 Jun 20181h 3min
Taylor Crabb just keeps playing -- and just keeps winning
There stood Taylor Crabb, arms raised, trophy in hand, smiling for cameras. A familiar pose that’s becoming quite regular for Crabb. It doesn’t matter if he’s on the left side or the right, with Jake ...
6 Jun 20181h 12min
Patty Dodd: Manhattan Champ, National Champ, and more importantly, Coach
Patricia Orozco knew Mike Dodd was serious the day he picked her up at UCLA in 1985. She knew he was serious because, after taking her to Marine Street for a crash course in beach volleyball, he took ...
30 Mai 20181h 6min
Mailbag No. 2: Who's the best U.S. player not named Phil?
The mailbag is back! On the second SANDCAST mailbag, Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, alongside Podcast Mama Gabby Bourne, answer a wide variety of questions from you, the listeners. Before we get in...
29 Mai 201832min
Tim Bomgren, from Minnesota to the finals of AVP Austin
One day. That’s it. That’s all Tim Bomgren and Taylor Crabb had for practice prior to AVP Austin. Crabb needed an emergency fill-in after Jake Gibb broke his toe. To the lefty from Minnesota he turned...
23 Mai 201852min
Adam Johnson: The Hall of Famer hiding in plain sight
Adam Johnson couldn’t believe it. He’d had some rough losses in his day, narrow losses with a lot on the line. Twice he had been the first team out of the Olympics, and twice it was because of a rando...
16 Mai 20181h 8min
