{"id":139766,"date":"2025-05-06T05:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=139766"},"modified":"2025-05-06T05:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:49:13","slug":"back-to-back-golds-for-macdonald-polley-on-the-world-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/back-to-back-golds-for-macdonald-polley-on-the-world-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"BACK TO BACK GOLDS FOR MACDONALD &#038; POLLEY ON THE WORLD STAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p data-reader-unique-id=\"1\"><strong>Information and photo courtesy of volleyballnz.org.nz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"1\"><span data-reader-unique-id=\"2\">Just over a week after claiming gold in Vietnam, New Zealand\u2019s beach volleyball duo Liv MacDonald and Shaunna Polley have done it again\u2026 this time winning the World Beach Pro Tour Nuvali Futures event in the Philippines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"3\">In sweltering heat and unpredictable weather, the pair remained composed and dominant, winning both their semi-final against Romania and final against Japan in straight sets (2-0). Their consistent form had fans back home glued to the livestream and cheering every point.<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"4\">Last week\u2019s Player of the Tournament, Shaunna Polley, reflected on the team\u2019s campaign so far:<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"5\">\u201cWe are super proud of our consistent performances over the last 4 weeks and are excited to bring the same energy to China next week. It\u2019s been invaluable having access to Jason, Antonia and Craig at all of these events and we are so grateful to have them on our team. Thanks to all the continued support back home!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"6\">This international campaign is more than just podium finishes. It\u2019s laying a strong foundation toward World Championships qualification and future Olympic dreams.<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"7\">follow along on their journey on our social platforms&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"8\">instagram &#8211; @volleyballnewzealand<\/p>\n<p>QUICK LINKS<\/p>\n<p>AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mikasa Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikasasports_official\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikasasports_official<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n<p>AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"9\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information and photo courtesy of volleyballnz.org.nz Just over a week after claiming gold in Vietnam, New Zealand\u2019s beach volleyball duo Liv MacDonald and Shaunna Polley have done it again\u2026 this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":139767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-volleyball-news","category-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BACK TO BACK GOLDS FOR MACDONALD &amp; 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