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Elgin Park grad earns NCAA beach-volleyball honours

Stetson University’s Darby Dunn named to all-tournament team
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Darby Dunn and Sammee Thomas earned all-tournament honours at NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships. (Stetson University photo)

Elgin Park Secondary grad Darby Dunn and her playing partner at Florida’s Stetson University were named this week to the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship all-tournament team.

At the NCAA beach championships, Dunn who, along with Sammee Thomas, is Stetson’s No. 2 pair, defeated the No. 2 team from the University of Southern California (21-19, 21-18) to help lead eighth-seeded Stetson to a win over No. 1-ranked USC.

It was Stetson’s first-ever win over a No. 1 ranked team in the country, and the first time a No. 8 seed had won a dual in NCAA Championship history, according to a news release issued May 6.

In the next round, Dunn and Thomas defeated their opponents from Louisiana State University Tigers, though the team, overall, lost 3-2 to the No. 5-ranked Tigers.

Thomas and Dunn are the first Stetson pair to earn NCAA Championship all-tournament team honors. They completed their season with a record of 32-7, tying the school record for most wins by a pair in a season.



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