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2 U.S. women's teams to play for Olympic beach gold
Posted: 08.07.2012 at 7:24 PM
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LONDON (AP) -- It's an all-American final in the Olympic women's beach volleyball tournament.

Shortly after Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor reached their third consecutive gold medal game, the other U.S. women's team of April Ross and Jennifer Kessy reached the final by beating top-seeded and reigning world champion Brazil.

 Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor beat China 22-20, 22-20. Ross and Kessy beat Juliana and Larissa 15-21, 21-19, 15-12.

The final is Wednesday night.

The Chinese team of Xue Chen and Zhang Xi will play Brazil for the bronze medal.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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