Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal quickly dispatched their first opponents in just 37 minutes, dropping the Dutch 21-16, 21-15.

In his blog, Gibb describes his opening ceremonies experience and a surprise meeting with Dubya on the court:

"He didn’t look like he had places to be, which he obviously did, but he stood and talked about how tough the sport of beach volleyball is and how hard it is to move in the sand for him."