Dunks of the Day: Sweat, Cooney, Mazziotta

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1: Former Florida Gulf Coast volleyball star Brooke Sweat made a great run in the AVP St. Petersburg Open this weekend. As a four seed, Sweat and her partner Lauren Fendrick breezed through the first two rounds and then took down number one seeded Emily Day and Summer Ross, 21-14, 17-21, 15-10, in the quarterfinals. After their semifinal opponents forfeited due to injury, Sweat/Fendrick were pitted against US Olympians April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings. After Brooke and Fendrick took the first set 21-19, they dropped the next two, 15-21 and 11-15. However, this is a promising start to the 2014 season for Sweat, who is tied for fifth in the USA Beach Volleyball player rankings. Next up on the AVP Tour is the Milwaukee Open from July 3 through July 6.

3: The first of six FGCU players selected in the 2013 MLB Draft, Harrison Cooney (Burlington Bees) put together his most impressive performance of the 2014 season, on Friday. The righty tossed a complete game shutout, striking out eight batters while only giving up six hits. With a 2.05 ERA, he is now 4-3 with the Class A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.

4: Daniel Mazziotta is looking to qualify for the US Open on Monday. The former FGCU golf standout will be competing in a sectional qualifier at the Colonial Country Club in Memphis, Tenn. Over 36 holes, 145 golfers will compete for only 13 available spots. Mazziotta has been competing in the PGA Latin America Tour, and in just his fourth start, he won the Mundo Maya Open. Live scoring for the qualifier can be found here.

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