Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 7/27/23 - Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth AVP Beach Volleyball Returns to Atlanta

Great to be joined leading into the weekend by AVP Beach Volleyball pros, Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth.

It's also the 40th year of the AVP.

Rick is joined here by Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth.
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Link: www.AVP.com

Tournament name is AVP Gold Series Atlanta Open

Tournament dates/hours:
Friday, August 4 – 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturday, August 5 – Noon-10 p.m.
Sunday, August 6 – 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

This is the third straight year that the AVP has come to Atlanta and played at Atlantic Station

Tickets are available here: https://avp.lyte.com/3706973/party/tickets/5770

Note that general admission starts at $25 and there are a number of upgraded options available, as well as package deals for multiple days.

The field of expected players is here, with a tab for women and a tab for men: https://avp.com/event/gold-series-atlanta-open/2023-atlanta-gold-series/

16 women’s teams and 16 men’s teams playing for a purse of $300,000 total

Taryn and Kristen are expected to be the second seeds in the women’s bracket

The first seeds will be Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes. Third will be Terese Cannon and Sarah Sponcil. All three are battling for two spots in the Olympics next year. (To be clear, AVP events don’t count toward Olympic qualification, but they still battle each other and learn about each others’ games so when they face each other in international events, it helps them).

We talk about the Olympic qualifying process.

Taryn and Kristen are 2021 LSU graduates and were standouts on the Tigers’ beach volleyball team. Taryn was also a highly successful indoor player at Creighton.

They won the 2021 Atlanta Open in their first tournament on the AVP, beating Kelly Cheng and Sarah Sponcil (who had just played together in the Olympics) in the women’s final.

Last year, they won three of the seven tournaments they played on the AVP – Austin, Chicago and Phoenix

This year, they have played in two AVP events and reached the semifinals in both.

On the international tour, they won twice last year and have won twice so far this year.