Three USA teams top pool in Fuzhou

 Fuzhou, China, April 22, 2016 – USA’s Lane Carico and Summer Ross came up through qualification to top Pool F at the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Fuzhou Open.Carico/Ross posted their fifth win of the tournament to earn a position in the second round knockout phase. In their final pool match they played Venezuela’s Olaya Perez Pazo and Norisbeth Isais Agudo Gonzalez in a hard fought match that went into the tiebreak. The Venezuelans took the first set with powerful hitting from both Pazo and Agudo, but Carico/Summer yet again demonstrated their ability to turn around a match to win 2-1 (17-21, 21-16, 15-11).“We’re feeling a lot of adrenalin and intensity. I love my teammate,” said Summer“I’m feeling super happy, it was so much fun and my teammate is awesome,” said Carico. USA’s Summer Ross and Lane Carico against Venezuela’s Olaya Perez Pazo and Norisbeth Isais Agudo GonzalezAs the lower ranked USA team in Fuzhou, Carico/Summer fought their way through two qualification matches beating Greek veteran’s Vasiliki Arvaniti and Panagiota Karagkouni  2-0 (21-19, 21-15). “I’d say every match was a battle and we just got to work on stuff every time we were on the sand, so maybe we even had an advantage playing the qualifier,” said Carico. “I think we’ve been learning so much with each match, every time we play it’s an improvement and so I’m loving it and I can’t wait to play tomorrow,” said Summer. USA’s Lane Carico The pair then entered a challenging pool consisting of 2015 Fuzhou Open champions Jamie Lynn Broder and Kristina Valjas from Canada, strong German team Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler and the higher seeded Venezuelans. Carico/Summer lost the first set in every one of their pool matches, coming from behind to take the win each time. The USA team particularly enjoyed their match with Holtwick/Semmler which they won 2-1 (13-21, 21-15, 15-9).“It was intense at least on our side we were just bringing everything we had. I don’t know when that happens, other forces take over and it was just so fun,” said Carico.“Game three started out 0-3 down and coming back, it showed some passion,” said Summer.The team paired up half way through the 2015 season and made it to round two …

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