Steve Kerr sees Lakers’ Austin Reaves as one of NBA’s ‘rising young players’

• July 8, 2023

LAS VEGAS — For Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors and Team USA head coach, the decision to add Lakers guard Austin Reaves to the 12-player roster for the upcoming FIBA World Cup was a simple one.

Kerr got a close-up look at Reaves’ impact during their second-round playoff series this spring when the Lakers eliminated the Warriors in six games.

“For me, after watching him kick our butt for six straight games in the Western Conference [semifinals], it was a pretty easy choice,” Kerr quipped during a Zoom call with reporters Friday.

The honor is the latest accomplishment during a meteoric rise for Reaves, who re-signed with the Lakers on Thursday on a four-year, $56 million contract.

“Austin is one of the rising young players in this league,” Kerr said. “What you look for in FIBA is versatility. You want size defensively, the ability to switch and guard multiple positions and you want playmaking. You want guys who can make shots but also put the ball on the floor and are good passers. Austin is just, to me, he’s a basketball player. He’s a guy who impacts winning at a really high level.”

Reaves is coming off a breakout season in which he averaged 13 points, 3.4 assists and 3 rebounds in 28.8 minutes (64 games with 22 starts).

He stepped up in the postseason as the team’s third-leading scorer, averaging 16.9 points, 4.6 assists and 4.4 rebounds in 36.2 minutes (16 games, all starts) during the Lakers’ run to the conference finals.

The 25-year-old, who went undrafted out of Oklahoma in 2021, originally signed a two-way contract with the Lakers in August 2021 before signing a standard two-year NBA deal the following month ahead of the 2021-22 season.

Two years later, he’ll represent the U.S. on one of the biggest stages for international basketball.

“When you look at his story and see how he has kind of busted down the door and created an opportunity for himself on the NBA stage, there’s a real toughness that goes with that feel, shooting, playmaking and everything Steve alluded to,” said Grant Hill, the managing director of Team USA. “That mental, physical toughness that he’s shown, in addition to everything else Steve said, will certainly be an added bonus. [He’s] unafraid, but also a guy who has an incredible IQ and feel for how to play. Looking forward to seeing him with the rest of the team.”

Team USA will open first-round play against New Zealand on Aug. 26, with matchups against Greece (Aug. 28) and Jordan (Aug. 30) to round out the first round of the group play phase. They’ll play all of their group games at Manila’s Mall of Asia Arena.

RUSSELL RE-SIGNS

The Lakers made their final known free agency move official on Friday, announcing the re-signing of guard D’Angelo Russell.

The team made most of their free agency moves official on Thursday, announcing the re-signing of guard Reaves and forward Rui Hachimura and the signings of guard Gabe Vincent, forwards Taurean Prince and Cam Reddish and center Jaxson Hayes.

While the Lakers didn’t reveal the terms of Russell’s contract, a source told the Southern California News Group last Saturday that Russell and the team agreed to terms on a two-year, $37 million deal.

Russell’s contract will have a player option for the 2024-25 season, a source added.

The Lakers acquired Russell from the Minnesota Timberwolves ahead of the Feb. 9 trade deadline. He averaged 17.4 points (48.4% shooting – 55.5% on 2-point attempts, 41.4% from 3-point range) and 6.1 assists in 17 regular-season games (all starts) for the Lakers.

He was the team’s starting point guard for 15 of their 16 playoff games, but his statistics dipped in the postseason when he averaged 13.3 points (42.6% shooting – 51.9% on 2-point attempts, 31% from 3-point range) and 4.6 assists. He struggled especially against the Denver Nuggets in the conference finals, averaging 6.8 points on 32.2% shooting in the series and losing his starting spot for the decisive Game 4.

Russell, who also played for the Lakers from 2015-17 after they selected him second overall in the 2015 draft, has career averages of 17.7 points (36.2% 3-point shooting on 6.9 attempts), 5.7 assists and 3.5 rebounds. He’s also played for the Brooklyn Nets (2017-19), Golden State Warriors (2019-20) and Timberwolves (2020-23).

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Sha’Carri Richardson wins U.S. 100-meter title 2 years after doping violation

• July 8, 2023

EUGENE, Ore. — Moments after she was introduced on the starting line, Sha’Carri Richardson reached to her head, pulled her trademark orange wig off and flung it onto the ground behind her.

Then, she took the next step on the long road to proving she’s the real deal.

America’s most colorful sprint star won the 100-meter title in 10.82 seconds at the U.S. championships on Friday night, marking a high point that comes two years after her national title was stripped because of a doping violation.

After her victory, she conceded in a TV interview that she wasn’t ready for the moment at the 2021 Olympic Trials, where, shortly after her victory, she tested positive for using marijuana.

“Now, I stand here with you again and I’m ready, mentally, physically and emotionally,” said the 23-year-old, who ran in her natural black braids with a star shaved into the right side of her hairdo. “I’m here to say, ‘I’m not back, I’m better …’”

She’ll have a chance to put a stamp on that next month at the world championships, which will mark her first major international meet. Earning America’s second and third spots in the event were Brittany Brown (10.90) and Tamari Davis (10.99).

Moments after Richardson’s win, Cravont Charleston pulled an upset in the men’s 100, finishing in 9.95 to edge 2019 world champion Christian Coleman by .01. It was the 25-year-old Charleston’s first final in a major meet and he made the best of it.

“To win,” Charleston said when asked what his goal is for his first world championships. “Of course, to win. That’s the goal. Always to win.”

Noah Lyles finished third, only four days after getting over a bout of COVID. He’ll go for a double at worlds, his spot in his signature event, the 200, already assured because he is the defending world champion.

“I had the dream I could make that double,” Lyles said.

He is one of 10 American athletes, including Fred Kerley (100), Athing Mu (800) and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (400 hurdles) who are defending world champions and have automatic bids into the meet in Budapest, Hungary, next month. On Friday, McLaughlin-Levrone ran 49.60 in the 400 flat to win the semifinal in that event by 1.4 seconds.

Among the summer’s biggest questions is what McLaughlin-Levrone will do come Budapest.

But this week has mostly been about Richardson, whose form has not looked this good since the 2021 Olympic Trials, when she routed the field, only to have the result vacated when her drug test came back positive. She admitted she used marijuana to relieve stress after learning her mother had died. That episode triggered a debate about whether marijuana should really be on the banned list.

Officials elected to leave it on the list because experts determined it was “against the spirit of sport.”

Richardson ran the best time of the year, 10.71, on Thursday in opening heats, but she’ll leave Eugene with only the world’s second-fastest 100 time of the week. A few hours before Richardson’s final, Shericka Jackson won Jamaica’s championships with a time of 10.65 seconds, setting up Jackson and Richardson as the fastest contenders at worlds.

Other winners Friday included Anna Hall in the heptathlon, Harrison Williams in the decathlon, Vashti Cunningham in the women’s high jump and Donald Scott in the men’s triple jump.

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Laguna Beach home of late Disney Imagineer Marty Sklar seeks $10.8 million

• July 8, 2023

The Laguna Beach home of Marty Sklar, the late Walt Disney Imagineering leader who helped bring Walt’s dreams to life, has hit the market for $10.75 million.

Records show Skylar, who died in July 2017 at 83, purchased the beachfront property in January 1990 for $1.125 million and is still owned by his family.

Spanning 2,069 square feet, the coastal blufftop home has an updated, all-white contemporary-style interior. It includes three bedrooms and bathrooms, an elevator and an open floor plan.

The kitchen boasts high-end appliances. Living and dining areas make up the great room with a built-in entertainment center.

Upstairs is a private ocean-facing balcony off the spacious primary suite, which includes a glass-enclosed shower and a separate tub in the bathroom and a walk-in closet.

Large windows on the entry-level frame the ocean views and open to a flagstone patio, one of two. It boasts a built-in barbecue kitchen and dining area. Further down the path is a built-in fire pit sitting area. A staircase leads to the shore.

Marcus Skenderian and Luke Sydnor of Coldwell Banker Realty share the listing.

Martin A. “Marty” Sklar served The Walt Disney Co. for over a half-century.

While attending UCLA, Walt Disney recruited Sklar to create The Disneyland News for the theme park in 1955. He wrote scripts, marketing materials and speeches for Disney. Later, he joined what became Disney Imagineering, the division that creates theme park attractions. Some of his contributions include the Enchanted Tiki Room and the 1964 New York World’s Fair attractions It’s a Small World, Magic Skyway and Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.

“He embodied the very best of Disney, from his bold originality to his joyful optimism and relentless drive for excellence,” Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger said on the official Disney Parks blog at the time of Sklar’s death.

Sklar’s retirement in 2009 coincided with Disneyland’s 54th birthday and the park honored him with a window on Main Street, U.S.A. In 2013, he released his autobiography “Dream It! Do It!: My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms” followed two years later by “One Little Spark! Mickey’s Ten Commandments and the Road to Imagineering.” The book “Travels with Figment: On the Road In Search of Disney Dreams” was posthumously released in 2019.

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Woman arrested on suspicion of abusing pets while working at Anaheim Hills dog daycare

• July 8, 2023

A 24-year-old Fountain Valley woman was arrested Thursday, July 5, on suspicion of committing felony animal abuse while working at an Anaheim Hills dog daycare and boarding facility, the Anaheim Police Department said.

The woman,  who has since been released from jail on $20,000 bail, is accused of abusing dogs at the facility on the 4500 block of East Eisenhower Circle, according to Sgt. Jonathan McClintock. He said it wasn’t immediately clear how many dogs were affected or what was done to them.

The facility, Dogtopia, has been in business for about seven years, one of its owners, Larry Hartjoy, said in a videotaped interview with a photojournalist Friday.

“After learning about animal abuse by an employee at our Anaheim Hills location, the owners of this center, including myself and my wife, contacted Orange County Animal Care,” Hartjoy told Brentt Sporn, the videographer. “We are devastated by these events … the employee was terminated.” The tape did not detail the alleged abuse.

Dogtopia is conducting an internal investigation, Hartjoy said, adding that “the dogs involved are doing well.”

“We thank and support the staff member at this location that reported this behavior to help ensure justice is served,” Hartjoy said. “Our thoughts are with the (dogs’) families at this time.”

Investigators were still working to put together a timeline of the alleged abuse as of Friday, McClintock said.

There may be additional dogs affected, McClintock said, urging pet owners with any relevant information to contact the Anaheim Police Department at 714-328-8153.

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Alexander: How will sports fans navigate social media going forward?

• July 8, 2023

The world according to Jim:

• Twitter vs. Threads: Who ya got? …

• The Great Social Media Conflict of 2023, which might be either the prelim to the supposed cage match for charity between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg or the main event, gathered steam when Zuckerberg’s Meta unveiled its Threads app this week. It’s suspiciously similar to Twitter aside from a couple of key flaws, which we’ll get into. …

• Why does it matter in this corner of the information galaxy? Because until Musk damaged the Twitter brand with his impetuous decisions and dismantled much of the staff that made the platform work, Sports Twitter was not just a subset of the site but an integral part of the experience. You could say it was this society’s first virtual sports bar, BYO beer and wings. …

• It was where we argued about teams and players and shared jokes and memes, information and rumors and trash talk. And it was where we turned first to learn who was being signed or traded or released. Would TV reporters like Adrian Wojnarowski, Adam Schefter or Jeff Passan have as much breaking news impact without this platform on which to instantaneously break news? …

• It was also where fans gathered, not only during a big event but on spur-of-the-moment occasions such as a West Coast extra-inning game during baseball season, or a multi-overtime Stanley Cup playoff game. We watched, we live-tweeted, and we shared a communal experience. …

• I’m using the past tense consciously but hesitantly. Musk has burned a lot of bridges, and while sports fan users, in particular, seem to have stayed on despite it all, the limits on viewed tweets imposed last weekend – do those still exist, by the way? – and the public unveiling of Zuckerberg’s site Wednesday had lots of folks hedging their bets.

Threads picked up 30 million users in less than 24 hours, many because of the site’s linkage to Instagram, and as of 2 p.m. Friday had 75 million, according to a tracker from Quiver Quantitative. …

• That said, let’s not declare Threads the new virtual sports bar just yet. Those flaws we discussed earlier? They’re significant. …

• First, the algorithm is in charge, a large concern for those of us who would rather have control over what we see. The initial Threads experience feels like a firehose coming at you full blast, and while it is possible to set limits (go to Settings/Notifications/Threads & Replies), I’ve still spent an inordinate amount of time muting people. On Twitter, I can at least use the “Following” feed rather than “For You.” …

• Second, posts are not chronological, and who knows how the order is determined. That pretty much eliminates live-posting anything, be it a game or a news conference or any other developing story. If that changes, it becomes a lot more sports user-friendly. …

• Bottom line: Either the search for a sports social media gathering place will continue, one of these two platforms will win out, or we’ll all go back to calling our friends and yelling into the phone, “Did you see that?” …

• It is also worth noting that Zuckerberg’s Facebook, as well as Google, are not exactly friends of independent news sources these days, blustering in response to a bill in the California legislature that would force them to compensate publishers for the use of their product. That bill, AB 886, passed the Assembly but is now on hold in the state Senate until 2024.

Yes, I’m biased in this case. But paying for the content you use seems fair. We don’t do this for free. …

• Elsewhere, the Dodgers-Angels series this weekend should be commemorated with a reprise of the Spirit of ’76 painting. You know: One man with a fife, one with a drum, one carrying a flag, each bandaged and/or limping. As of Friday afternoon, each team had 11 players on the injured list, and it’s reached a point where you hold your breath each day for roster updates. …

• Best underplayed news of the week: Anze Kopitar’s two-year extension with the Kings, keeping him in their uniform through 2026. He doesn’t get nearly as much attention as he deserves nationally, but this should keep him in a Kings uniform for the rest of his career – though as Jonathan Quick would remind us, there are no guarantees. …

• And when he’s done, Kopitar has a good case for the Hockey Hall of Fame. Can you name the Kings and Ducks players currently enshrined, plus one who played for both teams? (Answer below.) …

• One issue I’ve always had with the NBA’s free agency period: We learn almost instantaneously that deals are made, but teams can’t announce them for a week. Why? Teams aren’t allowed to share the good news but agents are under no such restriction, so the actual team announcements – like the Lakers’ rash of contract confirmations at the end of this week – are an anticlimax.

The league manipulates the process in so many other ways to dominate the news cycle in the weeks following the Finals, but this embargo seems anachronistic and silly. …

• Quiz answer: Kings players in the Hockey Hall of Fame are Rogie Vachon (inducted in 2016), Rob Blake (’14), Luc Robitaille (’09), Larry Murphy (’04), Paul Coffey (’04), Wayne Gretzky (’99, of course), Larry Robinson (’95), Marcel Dionne (’92), Harry Howell (’79), Terry Sawchuk (’71). Also, GM Jake Milford (’84) went in as a builder, coaches Bob Pulford (’91) and Red Kelly (’69) were inducted as players for other teams, and women’s hockey pioneer Cammi Granato (’10) was the radio color analyst alongside Nick Nickson in 1998-99.

Ducks inductees: Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya (both ’17), Chris Pronger (’15) and Scott Niedermayer (’13). And the one inductee who played for both teams: Jari Kurri (’01).

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Aviation: A look at flying car technology and other new aircraft

• July 8, 2023

Drive and fly

Flying cars are not just something you see in “Star Wars” anymore. There are several in development, but it may be years before you see them regularly in the sky.

Flying Car Terrafugia Transition video:

Flying car market

There are many companies with prototypes ready. Here are a just a few of the players:

Jaoby Aviation’s Air Taxi (backed by Toyota and Intel).

DeLorean Aerospace: Yes, Delorean of “Back to the Future” fame. John DeLorean’s nephew Paul is working on the DR-7, an autonomous electric propelled flying car.

PAL-V Liberty: In production in the Netherlands, it looks like a foldable helicopter you can drive.

Uberair: A project in development since 2016. Uber invested about $125 million in Joby Aviation Inc. to build vertical takeoff taxis.

Sources: NASA, Interesting Engineering, Alef, Samson Sky, Terrafugia, Lockhead Martin

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Angels’ Brandon Drury goes for MRI to check still-ailing shoulder

• July 8, 2023

LOS ANGELES — Brandon Drury’s time on the injured list might not be ending as soon as the Angels had hoped.

When the team placed the second baseman on the injured list with a left shoulder contusion last week, the expectation was that he would use the All-Star break to get healthy and be ready to go immediately afterward.

On Friday night, Drury conceded that he is still having enough discomfort that he went for an MRI exam.

“I’m just gonna wait and see what it says to have more of a plan of attacking it,” Drury said. “I thought I just jammed it really bad and needed some time, but we got a look at it today, so we’ll see what’s going on.”

Manager Phil Nevin said Drury still hasn’t done any baseball activity since he was hurt. He said they expect to “have some answers for you on that soon.”

The Angels are currently without center fielder Mike Trout, third baseman Anthony Rendon, shortstop Zach Neto, infielder Gio Urshela, catcher Logan O’Hoppe and Drury. Urshela is out for the season. Trout and O’Hoppe could be back sometime in August.

Drury, who is hitting .277 with 14 home runs and an .822 OPS, has been one of their most productive offensive players since mid-April.

At this point, it looks like the next player to come back will be either Rendon or Neto.

Rendon, who fouled a ball off his shin on Tuesday, was not even placed on the injured list because the Angels held out some hope that he would be able to play this weekend against the Dodgers.

Nevin said Rendon “is still pretty sore,” on Friday.

The Angels could have placed Rendon on the injured list retroactive to Wednesday and he would have been eligible to play a week from Saturday, the second game out of the break.

When asked why the Angels didn’t do that, Nevin said: “It’s an opportunity for other guys and we just don’t really feel like we need the extra player right now.”

The news on Neto is better.

Neto, who is out with a strained oblique, has been doing defensive work and hitting off the high-velocity pitching machines. He could face live pitching as soon as Saturday.

It’s possible that he could be activated for the first game after the break, next Friday.

“It’s just a matter of how he feels,” Nevin said. “He’s been out a little bit of time. As you know, hitting is a timing thing. How he feels coming out of this week, we’ll certainly have some better answers in the next few days.”

ALL-STAR ESTEVEZ

Closer Carlos Estévez was named to the All-Star team as a replacement for Cleveland Guardians right-hander Emmanuel Clase, who is missing the game because of the impending birth of his child.

Estévez got the news when Nevin surprised him by announcing it during a team meeting before Friday’s game.

“It feels amazing,” Estévez said. “I’m really excited. I’ve lost words for the feeling. It’s really amazing.”

Estévez, who is in the first year of a two-year, $13.5 million contract with the Angels, has converted 21 saves without a blown save. He has a 1.85 ERA.

Asked the difference between this year and the rest of his career, when he posted a 4.59 ERA in six seasons with the Colorado Rockies, Estévez said: “Finally got a lot more consistent with my slider and honestly, sea level man. It’s really rough to pitch up there in Colorado and now that I’m away from Coors, I see it even more. Because I don’t have to do the adjustment every seven days, every time we go out on the road, and that’s a big, big key and a big jump for me.”

NOTES

Trout rejoined the team with his left hand in a cast after undergoing surgery to have his fractured hamate bone removed on Wednesday. Trout said “it feels good.” He also said he decided not to attend next week’s All-Star Game. He’s been selected for the All-Star Game 11 times, but this will be the fourth time that an injury prevents him from playing. He last played in 2019. …

Left-handed reliever Matt Moore (strained oblique) is scheduled to face hitters on Saturday. If all goes well, the Angels could get Moore back next Friday. …

The Angels used a non-traditional lineup on Friday, with Shohei Ohtani in the leadoff spot. Nevin said he realizes that Ohtani might not see as many strikes without Trout protecting him. “We’ve seen him walk a lot lately,” Nevin said. “If that’s going to happen, you might as well have him on base to get it going.”

UP NEXT

Angels (LHP Reid Detmers, 2-5, 3.72 ERA) at Dodgers (TBD), Saturday, 6:10 p.m., Bally Sports West, 830 AM

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Top seeds face different paths at AVP Tour’s Hermosa Beach Open

• July 8, 2023

HERMOSA BEACH — The stakes are as high as ever going into the AVP Hermosa Beach Pro Open this weekend, and no one knows that better than the tournament’s top seeds.

Upsets are always part of the double-elimination tournament, something this year’s top-seeded women’s team learned on Friday afternoon.

Hailey Harward and Kelley Kolinske were upset by ninth-seeded Brook Bauer and Katie Horton in the second round, 19-21, 21-15, 15-11. Harward and Kolinske can still play their way into Sunday’s semifinals, but instead of needing to win one quarterfinal on Saturday to secure a final four berth, they now need to win three contenders’ bracket elimination matches (two Saturday and one Sunday) to get there.

Bauer and Horton next face the 13th-seeded duo of Megan Rice and Savannah Simo, who outlasted 12th-seeded Macy Jerger and Megan Rice, 18-21, 21-16, 15-11, in their second-round match.

The other women’s teams to start 2-0 were second-seeded Megan Kraft and Emily Stockman and sixth-seeded Corinne Quiggle and Sarah Schermerhorn, who defeated third-seeded Deahna Kraft and Zana Muno, 21-19, 21-17.

The top-seeded men’s duo of Chaim Schalk and Tri Bourne avoided any missteps and advanced to Saturday’s quarterfinals with a pair of 2-0 victories. They next face 12th-seeded Billy Allen and Alison Cerutti, who took down fourth-seeded Chase Budinger and Miles Evans in their second-round match, 21-17, 27-25.

Second-seeded Theo Brunner and Trevor Crabb and the third-seeded team of Taylor Crabb and Taylor Sander also started 2-0 and will square off in the other winner’s bracket quarterfinal.

Schalk was happy to start strong Friday, but his goals are much bigger.

“I love playing in Hermosa. Obviously, I live right here and we train here all the time. If I was able to repeat, that’d be incredible, so that’s the goal,” said Schalk, who teamed with Brunner to win the 2022 Hermosa title. “Obviously it’s a long ways away still, but we just gotta keep going one match at a time.”

Schalk is an accomplished volleyball player no matter the setting.

He won two indoor national championships at Red Deer College in Alberta, Canada before transitioning to beach volleyball full-time in 2010. Schalk participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he finished ninth with partner Ben Saxton.

Schalk’s partner has Olympic experience as well. Bourne, a former USC indoor standout, teamed with four-time Olympian Jake Gibb to finish ninth at the 2020 Tokyo Games (delayed until 2021 because of the pandemic).

“(Tri Bourne) is super. He’s very motivated and takes care of himself really well,” Schalk said. “It’s nice to be playing with someone who just checks all those boxes.”

Schalk and Bourne breezed through their first-round matchup against former Penn State volleyball player Spencer Sauter and Dylan Maarek, 21-10, 21-17, then survived a tight battle with ninth-seeded Chase Frishman and Bill Kolinske, 29-17, 21-19.

Schalk said his experience winning the Hermosa Open last year is helpful, but this year’s tournament brings new challenges and adjustments.

“I feel confident playing here personally. But obviously, it’s a new team this year though, so everything’s kind of a little bit different,” Schalk said. “But I think since it’s a whole new team dynamic. It’s all about just building and trying to figure it out. Our goal is to win.”

The tournament is a homecoming for Harward and Kolinske. Harward earned All-American honors while playing for USC’s dominant beach volleyball program from 2017-2022.

Kolinske (formerly Larsen) was an accomplished indoor and beach player while at Pepperdine, helping the Waves win a pair of AVCA national championships in 2012 and 2014 before it was an NCAA-sanctioned sport. Kolinske is also the winningest player in Pepperdine beach volleyball history.

“It’s so much fun just to have a lot of family members, friends, just bike down here and not have to hop off a plane,” Kolinske said. “It’s just so awesome playing in your hometown and just having this atmosphere, nothing beats it.”

Harward and Kolinske leaned on their experience to survive a gritty first-round match against the UCLA duo of Devon Newberry and Jaden Whitmarsh, the daughter of late beach volleyball legend Mike Whitmarsh. The Bruins won the first set, 21-19, but the experience of Harward and Kolinske proved to be the difference-maker as they won the final two sets, 21-16 and 15-8.

Before their second-round loss, Kolinske said the pressure of being a top seed can be beneficial.

“It’s a good pressure because I believe in our team and we want that pressure. We welcome that pressure. So we know every match out here is gonna be a fight. Doesn’t really matter what the seeds are. Everyone at this level is super competitive,” Kolinske said.

Saturday’s men’s and women’s quarterfinal losers will still have a chance to reach the semifinals via the contenders’ bracket as well. Both finals are scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

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