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Release by USA Volleyball<\/span><\/p>\n The United States leads Brazil 10-6 after two rounds of pool play at the AVP World Challenge: USA vs. Brazil presented by Sanderson Ford in Glendale, Ariz. Back-to-back Olympic gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh remain undefeated in May-Treanor\u2019s return to professional beach volleyball after an absence of more than a year, while 2008 Olympic gold medalists Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) are the only team on the men\u2019s side of the competition to maintain a perfect 2-0 record. May-Treanor and Walsh started Friday with a 21-13, 17-21, 15-8 defeat of Brazilians Vanilda Leao and Angela Vieira, then went on to take down Shaylyn Bede and Ana Paula Connelly, 21-16, 21-14. \u201cIt\u2019s fun being back, and the Brazilians are always tough competition,\u201d May-Treanor said. \u201cKerri and I have good chemistry, but we need to tweak our game a little bit. I\u2019d put myself at 75 percent right now.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s poignant, playing together again,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cIt\u2019s appropriate that we\u2019re playing the Brazilians, we\u2019ve spent a lot of time playing against them over the years.\u201d Along with May-Treanor and Walsh, 2009 FIVB World Champions Jen Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) retained a 2-0 record through Friday\u2019s play. They first defeated Shaylyn and Ana Paula, 20-22, 21-14, 19-17, then Vanilda and Angela 23-21, 23-21. Also undefeated are Brazil\u2019s Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca, who first beat out Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Elaine Youngs (El Toro, Calif.), 21-11, 21-15, then Annett Davis (Long Beach, Calif.) and Jenny Johnson Jordan (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), 21-16, 21-16. On the men\u2019s side, Dalhausser and Rogers are the only team, American or Brazilian, to maintain an undefeated 2-0 record. They first defeated Joao \u201cBilly\u201d Maciel and Bruno Oscar Schmidt, 21-18, 17-21, 15-10, then Alison Cerutti and Harley Marques Silva, 23-21, 21-14.