WSOBV USA’s Ross/Walsh Jennings capture women’s gold medal on home sand

USA's Kerri Walsh Jennings, left, passes the Mikasa to April Ross as the Americans bring the crowd to their feet Sunday during their gold medal match victory over Brazil at the ASICS FIVB World Series of Beach Volleyball, a $1,000,000 FIVB Grand Slam.

Long Beach, USA, July 27, 2014 - Rarely able to enjoy the benefits of playing an international event on their home sand, USA’s top-seeded Olympians April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings made the most of it Sunday to defeat Brazil’s rapidly-improving fifth-seeded Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas 2-0 (21-17 and 21-17) to win the women’s gold medal match at the double-gender ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball, a US$1,000,000 FIVB Grand Slam.

After an absence of 10 years, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event was held for the second straight year in sunny Southern California in Long Beach, Calif. in the purpose-built site located on the sands of the Alamitos Beach adjacent to Marina Green Park.

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