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Armed Forces Beach and Indoor Volleyball Championship Results
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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point - Men and women from every United States branch of service came to Cherry Point for the 2010 men and women's Armed Forces Volleyball Championship, May 3-11. The championship consisted of beach volleyball and indoor volleyball. This was the inaugural Armed Forces beach volleyball championship, but it didn't seem to affect the players as they competed for the gold. The men and women started the competition in the sand where the Navy women's team took the gold and silver and the Navy #1 men's team took control and beat the Air Force #1 men's for the gold. "It is very different and kind of difficult to go from playing in the sand then going to the hard wood," said Christine "Rusty" Rostowfske, a striker for the Navy women's team. "Indoor competition has more variables. You go from a two-person team to a six-person team." During the indoor championship the results were reversed from the beach volleyball tournament. The Air Force's men and women took the gold, and the Navy's men and women took the silver. "Indoor volleyball is a faster-paced game," said Haley Arnest, a middle hitter for the Marine Corps women's team. "The greatest part of indoor, as compared to beach, is you have a lot of shoulders to lean on in an indoor match." Prior to the final day of indoor competition the Service Representatives and coaches sat down and selected the Armed Forces Men's National and 2010 Armed Forces CISM Women's teams. "Over the last week we have been very privileged here at Cherry Point to see some great volleyball matches," said Col. Douglas A. Denn, the air station commanding officer. "It all started in the sand and ended with some amazing fast-paced action on the court." |