• France’s Joly beats Kennelly in round 1 • Coaches vote BYU down to No. 3 France’s Joly beats Kennelly in round 1 Megan Abubo of Hawai‘i won the opening heat of round one against fellow Hawaiian Rochelle Ballard and
• France’s Joly beats Kennelly in round 1
• Coaches vote BYU down to No. 3
France’s Joly beats Kennelly in round 1
Megan Abubo of Hawai‘i won the opening heat of round one against fellow Hawaiian Rochelle Ballard and Chelsea Georgeson of Australia at the Roxy Pro France meet, the natural footer selecting a couple of clean right-handers and executing her trademark forehand snaps for the scores.
“I was pretty lucky to find some waves and do a couple of good turns,” Abubo said. “Good to see some surf finally, so we can get into rhythm.”
In heat three, Keala Kennelly of Kaua‘i fell to Emmanuelle Joly of France, 9.17 points to 10.1 points.
Joly, the 32-year-old mother of two took the Roxy Pro Trials before besting Kennelly.
In the Quiksilver Pro France, Australians dominated the first six heats in the men’s $250,000 World Championship Tournament (WCT).
Hawai‘i’s Andy Irons is yet to see action, seated in Heat 8 along with Australia’s Jake Paterson and France’s Frederick Robin.
Coaches vote BYU down to No. 3
Laie, HI – Despite winning both matches played this past week in three-game sweeps, the Brigham Young University-Hawai‘i women’s volleyball team slipped from No. 2 to the No. 3 position in the American Volleyball Coaches Association national poll released Tuesday.
The Seasiders dropped from 818 points in the poll to 789 despite receiving eight first place votes, five more than last week.
Cal State – San Bernardino vaulted from the No. 3 position last week to the top spot by virtue of a narrow 3 – 2 win at home over previous number one UC – San Diego, the Coyotes receiving 23 first place votes and 858 points to take over from the Tritons.
