About this episode

The episode previews the Beach Volleyball World Gstaad Elite, highlighting the American contingent and notable player debuts and absences.

Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter and, far more important, welcome to the Beach Volleyball World Gstaad Elite!! Greatest place on planet Earth, it's worth every single penny, y'all. On this episode, I'm chatting: - The USA Volleyball contingent who has descended upon Gstaad in record-breaking force, with six American women straight into the main draw, and another seven potentially coming out of Wednesday's qualifier. - The "real" debut of Chase Budinger and Trevor Crabb - Anders Mol and Christian Sorum missing another tournament, and Anastasija Samoiloiva skipping to attend a friend's wedding, leaving Tina Graudina to pick up young Liv Ebere, an 18-year-old future star at USC - Ondrej Perusic's retirement tour continues! He's picking up Matyas Dzavoronok for this one And much more. We'll have TONS of coverage from Gstaad, so stay tuned! SHOOTS!

People in this episode

Hosts: Tri Bourne, Travis Mewhirter

Topics covered

• Beach Volleyball
• Gstaad Elite
• USA Volleyball
• Tournament Preview
• Athlete Debuts
• Retirement Tour

Keywords

• Gstaad
• Beach Volleyball
• USA Volleyball
• Chase Budinger
• Trevor Crabb
• Anders Mol
• Christian Sorum
• Ondrej Perusic
• Matyas Dzavoronok

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Gstaad, USA

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