LSU upsets TCU as NCAA beach volleyball quarterfinals set

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UCLA’s Peri Brennan goes all out against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi/Mark Rigney photo

The first 8 hours and 30 minutes of a morning-to-late-afternoon opening-day marathon in the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship had plodded along with precious few highlights, much less high drama.

Then, in the last of nine duals, LSU played TCU, and fans on the white sand in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and a national TV audience on ESPNU had something to get excited about.

The natural...