Americans Frendrick & Hughes victorious in Siem Reap
SIEM REAP, Cambodia, February 9, 2020 - With the United States
guaranteed the top two spots on the US$25,000 Anchor Beach
Volleyball Carnival podium here Sunday, Lauren Fendrick and Sara
Hughes validated their top seeding by winning the gold medal in
their second-ever FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event
together.
Competing together for the first time since February 2017,
Fendrick and Hughes posted a 2-0 (21-13, 21-6) gold medal win in
36 minutes over 15th-seeded Terese Cannon/Kelly Reeves in the
23rd all-American women's finale on the FIVB World Tour since
the start of sanctioned events in August 1992.
With their fifth straight victory after dropping their opening
pool play match Friday to 24th-seeded qualifiers Traci Callahan
and Crissy Jones of the United States, Fendrick and Hughes
shared the $4,000 first-place prize while Cannon and Reeves
split $3,000 for placing second in their first FIVB World Tour
start together.
In the bronze medal match, fourth-seeded Yurika Sakaguchi and
Chiyo Suzuki of Japan scored a 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) win in 38
minutes over 16th-seeded Sofia Bisgaard and Cecilie Olsen of
Denmark. The victors shared $2,000 for placing third as
Sakaguchi and Suzuki have now won six World Tour medals in 15
FIVB starts together.
The next World Tour event for women is March 5-8 in Guam (March
5-8) followed by stops in Malaysia (March 12-15 at Langkawi),
Australia (March 18-22 at Coolangatta) and Mexico (March 25-29
at Cancun). |