By Robert Balajadia
Colonia, Yap – Guam’s Shintaro Okada and Ryan Eugenio secured a bronze medal with a victory over Yap in straight sets 21-18, 21-17 to conclude Guam’s beach volleyball run.
Team Guam’s duo of Tatiana Sablan and Kiara Rojas came out blazing in their semifinals match against RMI, taking the 1st set in dominant fashion 21-11. RMI would bounce back in the 2nd set before eventually dominating the 3rd, knocking Guam into the bronze medal match.
Guam would fall to RMI 2 for bronze 11-21, 21-19, 15-9.
Palau edges Guam
In the men’s semifinals, Team Palau replicated their success against Guam by knocking down the gold hopefuls into the bronze medal game. After dropping a convincing 1st set to Palau 21-8, Guam rebounded and took a lead 18-17 in the 2nd.
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Nadine Del Carmen graduated from Santa Clara University on June 11. She was named captain of the Santa Clara women’s tennis team in her senior year and she will be attending Georgetown University in the fall to pursue her masters and will be playing for the Hoyas women’s tennis team.
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After a star-studded collegiate career at UCLA, Bubba Nickles turns her focus on the Tokyo Olympics with Team USA after the Bruins were eliminated in the College World Series. Nickles endured a broken arm on April 7 and worked her way back into the Bruins lineup for the WCWS. She will go down as one of UCLA’s best softball players in its storied history.
