MANHATTAN BEACH — The women’s bracket at the AVP Tour’s Manhattan Beach Open experienced quite a youth movement on Friday.

Two of the eight teams that started 2-0 feature players still in college or just a few months out.

The 27th-seeded pair of Kelly Belardi and Natalie Myszkowski used their home-court knowledge to knock off sixth-seeded Kimberly Hildreth and Kelley Kolinske in three sets in the opening round.

The Manhattan Beach natives then swept 11th-seeded Madelyne Anderson and Brook Bauer to reach the third round of the winner’s bracket in their first main draw appearance at the Manhattan Beach Open.

“All my friends are here, and my family,” Belardi said. “Doing it on the court I grew up playing on is even cooler.”

Belardi went to Marymount High School in Los Angeles and will be

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