Sand Volleyball
    Burnham-Robinson Advance To Quarterfinals At Aruba NORCECA Tourney
    The Trojan duo fall to eventual gold medalists.
    Kirby Burnham in Aruba
    Kirby Burnham in Aruba

    Dec. 4, 2012

    USC women's sand volleyball players Kirby Burnham and Stevi Robinson advanced to the quarterfinals at the NORCECA Beach Circuit event in Aruba on Dec. 1.

    As USA's B team, Burnham and Robinson defeated the Puerto Rico B team of Dariam Acevedo and Tatiana Encarnación, 21-16, 21-16, in pool play, then swept a team from Dominica in the elimination round, 21-12, 21-14.

    Burnham-Robinson then fell in the quarters, 22-20, 21-12, to Tealle Hunkus and Summer Ross, the USA's A team that went on to win the tourney's gold medal. Burnham is a junior who last spring played in the No. 2 and No. 3 pairs spots on USC's inaugural sand volleyball team, while Robinson is a grad student who was a key member of Pepperdine's national championship team last season.