Posted: Friday, July 25, 2014 9:30 am | Updated: 9:38 am, Fri Jul 25, 2014.
Long Beach State All-American Brittany Hochevar and South Bay native Lane Carico were eliminated after pool play on Thursday when the Mexican qualifiers Bibiana Candelas and Martha Revuelta beat them, 21-14, 17-21, 15-10.
The Americans took a 5-2 lead in the first set but Revuelta led the comeback and her back-to-back kills retook the lead for good as she and Candelas ended the set on a 13-6 run. Again Hochevar and Carico jumped out to a lead, 8-3, and this time they were able to keep it with strong swings through the big block of Candelas.
The third set was defined by one point after a Carico kill made it 3-4 Mexico. The rally was by far the longest of the match and maybe the longest of the day. The Americans continued to pepper their opponents with big swings but Revuelta came up with a handful of incredible digs and Candelas, a USC grad, put it away for the two point as they won going away.
"We've still got a long way to go," said Hochevar of making an Olympic run in 2015.
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