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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...]
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...]
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 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...]
Todd Rogers called it “mind boggling.”Winning eight international beach volleyball tournaments in a five-month span is an amazing achievement.Rogers and Phil Dalhausser became the first men’s team to accomplish the feat Sunday when they defeated Brazil’s Harley Marques and Pedro Salgado, 21-18, 21-12, in the gold-medal match at the Swatch-FIVB World Tour’s Otero Open in Kristiansand, Norway.It was the fourth straight World Tour championship for the No. 1-ranked team in the … [Read more...]
What a weekend for local pro beach volleyball stars Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser.The No. 1 team in the world wrote more pages to their incredible history together as a team by winning the Swatch-FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Tournament in Stare Jablonki, Poland on Sunday.They defeated reigning world champions Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann of Germany for the gold medal, 21-19, 21-19, for their seventh international title this year. That equals the FIVB men’s record for most titles … [Read more...]
What a week for local pro beach volleyball stars Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser.The No. 1 team in the world wrote more pages to their incredible history together as a team by winning the Swatch-FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Tournament in Stare Jablonki, Poland on Sunday.They defeated reigning world champions Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann of Germany for the gold medal, 21-19, 21-19, for their seventh international title this year. That equals the FIVB men’s record for most titles in a … [Read more...]
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser finally got to play Nick Lucena and Matt Fuerbringer in the final of a beach volleyball tournament.Rained out in their only other title-match showdown on the domestic AVP Tour back in April in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the American teams met up in Klagenfurt, Austria in the final of the $600,000 Swatch-FIVB World Tour’s A1 Grand Slam.Rogers-Dalhausser pulled out a tough 21-18, 21-19 victory for their fourth tournament title in a row, sixth FIVB crown and … [Read more...]
Local beach volleyball stars Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser medaled for the sixth time in seven events on the Swatch-FIVB World Tour on Sunday, taking the bronze at the $600,000 Conoco Phillips Grand Slam in Stavenger, Norway.Roger-Dalhausser, who have won four gold medals on the international tour this season, defeated Spain’s Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera 21-17, 21-16 in 40 minutes to earn a split of $23,000.The No. 1-ranked team in the world was knocked into the third-place match … [Read more...]
It’s not uncommon for Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser to roll through pro beach volleyball tournaments without losing a match.This weekend they took a more circuitous route to a championship. The local team rebounded from a second-round defeat and won five elimination matches to reach the top of the podium at the $190,000 Patria Direct Open in Prague, Czech Republic.Top-seeded Rogers-Dalhausser defeated No. 2 Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego of Brazil in the final, 21-15, 14-21, 15-11, … [Read more...]
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser had their title streak snapped Monday as the local pro beach volleyball stars lost in the championship match against a team from China at the $600,000 Swatch-FIVB Moscow Grand Slam.Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu outlasted the 2008 Olympic champions, 21-17, 17-21, 17-15, to post the first title of their careers and the first gold medal for their country in the 24-year history of the international tour. China’s victory ended a streak of three straight … [Read more...]
