“We get another shot.” Budinger-Evans move into Olympic beach playoffs vs. Norway

Less than a week prior to leaving for the Paris Olympic Games, Chase Budinger was laughing about the way the beach volleyball scheduling can tend to go. Occasionally, you’ll see the same team, over and over and over again, to a comical degree — see: seven matchups against Evandro Goncalves and Arthur Mariano since April of 2023.

And, occasionally, you will only see certain teams in the hotels and restaurants at many of the stops on the Beach Pro Tour, but never on the court.

“We’ve...