Two-time defending champions Taryn Brasher and Kristen Cruz made AVP history Sunday by three-peating at the AVP Manhattan Beach Open.

The 2024 U.S. Olympians and top-ranked women’s pro beach volleyball team in the world became the first duo to capture three consecutive AVP Manhattan Beach Opens since Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings accomplished the feat by winning four straight from 2005-08.

Brasher and Cruz dominated the competition, sweeping all six of their opponents. They won each of the 12 sets by an average of 4.7 points.

The duo from Louisiana State University opened Sunday by defeating Maddie Anderson and Alaina Chacon 21-18 and 21-15 in the semis. They then capped the monumental weekend with victory over Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft 21-18 and 21-16.

On the men's side, Andy Benesh and Taylor Crabb came out on top with a 21-14 21-13 victory over Gage Basey and Thomas Hurst. This was Taylor Crabb's second Manhattan Beach Open victory and Andy Benesh's first. 

(Benesh/Crabb vs. Basey/Hurst. Photo credit: Evelyn Schmitt)

The Benesh/Crabb team was ranked #2 in the tournament; the #1 seed of Chase Budinger and Trevor Crabb had fallen behind with a loss on Saturday. Basey and Hurst, who had come into the tournament ranked 12th, had worked their way up to the finals with a Sunday morning victory over Paul Lotman and Miles Partain, 22-20, 15-21, 15-13. 

The two winning teams earn $30,000 each. The total prize money for the tournament is $300,000, divided equally between genders. 

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