and new partner Nicole Branagh are in the field for the world beach volleyball championships in Vienna, Austria, that start July 28.
Walsh Jennings and Branagh, who last played together in 2012, earned the fourth and final U.S. women’s spot for worlds. They had a low number of combined ranking points due mainly to Branagh’s absence from international play the last two years.
The top three U.S. pairs in FIVB rankings received direct entry — Brooke Sweat and Summer Ross, April Ross (Walsh Jennings’ former partner) and Lauren Fendrick and Emily Claes and Sara Hughes.