It’s two for two in 2012 for Santa Barbara's gold-medal pro beach volleyball team.Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are flying high at the start of the SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The local team won its second straight tournament title on Sunday, taking the Shanghai Grand Slam in China.In an all-American final, the defending Olympic champions defeated Sean Rosenthal and Jake Gibb 21-19, 22-24, 15-11. Two weeks ago at the season-opening Brasilia Open in Brazil, they defeated … [Read more...]
Dalhausser wins FIVB’s ‘best setter’ award
Sunday, November 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Phil Dalhausser has been named FIVB's top settter for 2011, an award the 6-foot-9 "Thin Beast" has now won three years consecutively.FIVB hands out seven postseason awards, with Brazilian World Champions Alison Cerrutti and Emanual Rego recognized as "Team of the Year".Dalhausser and partner Todd Rogers won four tournaments this year before a season-ending injury to Rogers in the ninth event ended their season.CLICK HERE for more information regarding FIVB's postseason awards. … [Read more...]
Caitlin Racich playing at FIVB Junior World Beach Championships
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
Caitlin Racich has taken her prowess in volleyball outdoors.The former Dos Pueblos High star has gone from being a member of Pepperdine's women's indoor team to becoming the school’s first female sand volleyball scholarship recipient.The school recently added women’s sand volleyball as a NCAA sport.Racich trained on the sand all summer and was selected to the U.S. Junior Beach Team for the FIVB Beach Junior World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which starts … [Read more...]
Video: Todd Rogers goes off on referee in Poland
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Anybody who knows pro beach volleyball player Todd Rogers knows he's very competitive and goes off on referees when he doesn't like a call.He did just that in a recent FIVB World Tour event in Poland. Here's a video clip of his tirade.Rogers later apologized to the referee. … [Read more...]
Rogers-Dalhausser win fourth FIVB title the hard way
Sunday, July 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
After backing themselves into a corner to start the tournament, Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser regrouped and finished as champions.The local pro beach volleyball team beat the top seeded team from Brazil in the semifinals and outlasted the hometown Polish team in the championship of the FIVB World Tour Grand Slam event in Stare Jablonki, Poland on Sunday.In the final, Rogers-Dalhausser beat Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Prudel of Poland, 21-15, 15-21, 15-13, in 53 minutes.It was … [Read more...]
Todd-Phil get back to a final, finish second in Gstaad
Sunday, July 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser found their way back to a final on the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour, but the local stars fell short of the gold medal as they lost against Brazil’s Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti, 22-20, 21-19, in Gstaad, Switzerland on Sunday.Rogers-Dalhausser were knocked out of the quarterfinals in the last three FIVB tournaments, starting with a Grand Slam event in Beijing, China, where Dalhausser suffered a sprained left ankle. The injury affected the team’s … [Read more...]
Rogers-Dalhausser look to get back on track in Gstaad
Friday, July 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser set the bar incredibly high after their record-setting FIVB season of 2010, when they won nine tournaments.The local beach volleyball professionals picked up where they left off at the start of this season’s international tour, winning the first two tournaments and reaching the final in the third.The team then got hit with a big injury, the 6-9 Dalhausser spraining his left ankle during a second-round match at the Beijing Grand Slam. He finished out the … [Read more...]
Todd-Phil get Rosie-Gibb in FIVB Worlds main draw
Thursday, June 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser completed pool play at the FIVB World Championships of beach volleyball with a straight sets win over France’s Andy Ces and Kevin Cés and drew fellow Americans and rivals Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal for their first match in the single-elimination playoffs in Rome.Rogers-Dalhausser will square off against Gibb-Rosenthal on Friday in the round of 32.They have faced each other 55 times previously, with Rogers and Dalhausser winning 43.Both teams finished … [Read more...]
Rogers-Dalhausser win all-American final in China; Hanson-Fendrick in women’s semis
Saturday, May 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
First Brazil, and now China.Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser made it two titles in row and remained undefeated to start the FIVB World Tour.The local pro beach volleyball stars won the Shanghai Jinshan Open early Saturday morning by defeating fellow Americans Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal 21-18, 24-22.“We did not expect to win back-to-back gold medals and it’s only the start of the season, so it’s a pretty good feeling,” Rogers told FIVB.org. “It was a pretty good match and … [Read more...]
Todd, Phil make history with 9th FIVB title
Sunday, August 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It won’t make big headlines in the papers and it probably won’t be the lead story on the all-sports networks, but the accomplishment by Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser is worth trumpeting because it’s a historic moment in their sport.The local pro beach volleyball stars on Sunday became the first team to win nine tournaments on the FIVB World Tour when they outlasted Brazil’s Marcio Araujo and Ricardo Santos in the final of the PAF Open in Alaand, Finland. The game scores were 24-22, … [Read more...]
Todd, Phil move closer to record-ninth title on FIVB tour
Saturday, August 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are two wins away from completing the winningest season in the history of the FIVB World Tour.The local pro beach volleyball stars, playing in their final event of the season, are vying to become the first team to win nine tournaments on the international circuit. They reached their 12th semifinal at the PAF Open in Aland, Finland on Saturday by routing China’s Xu Linyin and Wu Penggen 21-9, 21-15.Top-seeded Rogers-Dalhausser will take on Spain’s … [Read more...]
