Hong Kong Challeneger event
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With the championship portion of the FIVB beach volleyball schedule done for the year, one American team is looking to score some points on the Challenger circuit. Ashley Ivy and Janelle Ruen won both of their matches Wednesday at the Women’s FIVB Hong Kong Challenger and have advanced to the main draw, which begins Friday at Victoria Park.
Ivy and Ruen used a 21-18, 25-23 victory over fellow Americans Angie Akers and Chrissie Zartman in the first round and then downed the second seed of the qualifier, Manokharan Iswari and Luk Teng Kee of Malaysia, 21-13, 21-11, in a quick 25 minutes.
It’s the first appearance together for Ivy and Ruen. Ivy paired with Heather Lowe throughout the 2007 AVP Crocs Tour and played with Stacy Rouwenhorst earlier this summer in an FIVB Challenger event in Geroskipou, Cyprus.
