{"id":38145,"date":"2019-04-13T15:01:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T15:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=38145"},"modified":"2019-04-13T15:01:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T15:01:30","slug":"dykstra-and-house-clinch-semi-final-spot-at-langkawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/dykstra-and-house-clinch-semi-final-spot-at-langkawi\/","title":{"rendered":"DYKSTRA AND HOUSE CLINCH SEMI-FINAL SPOT AT LANGKAWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Langkawi, Malaysia, April 13, 2019 \u2013 The United States\u2019 Lara Dykstra and Cassie House secured their spot in the semifinals with a straight-set win over their compatriots Audrey and Nicole Nourse in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Langkawi 1-star.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38147\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-23.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-23-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-23-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-23-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-23-600x439.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/>Dykstra and House will face their Battambang 1-star finale rivals Konstantina Tsopoulou and Dimitra Manavi of Greece in the semifinals of the Langkawi 1-star after beating the Nourse twins 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) in the 35-minute encounter.<\/p>\n<p>The Greeks, on the other hand, earned their spot in the final four with their 2-1 (15-21, 21-17, 15-12) triumph over New Zealand\u2019s Francesca Kirwan and Olivia MacDonald.<\/p>\n<p>In the other matches, Japan\u2019s Mayu Sawame and Yurika Sakaguchi and Ukraine\u2019s Diana Lunina and Maryna Samoday earned their final four spots after clearing their respective round of 12 and quarterfinal matches.<\/p>\n<p>Sawame and Sakaguchi beat Malaysia\u2019s Chou Hwa Chia and Jessie Lai 2-0 (21-5, 21-16) in the round of 12 and Romania\u2019s Beata Vaida and Ioana-Alexandra Ordean 2-0 (21-9, 21-13) in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>The second-seeded Ukrainians first defeated Annemieke Driessen and Ilke Meertens 2-0 (21-17, 23-21) then prevailed in the tiebreaker against Japan\u2019s Satono Ishitsubo and Asami Shiba (21-16, 19-21, 15-12).<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Langkawi, Malaysia, April 13, 2019 \u2013 The United States\u2019 Lara Dykstra and Cassie House secured their spot in the semifinals with a straight-set win over their compatriots Audrey and Nicole&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":38146,"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-38145","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 - 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