Professional 2-person beach volleyball tournament.
The world's best male and female players from the AVP Tour will compete in a three-day tournament.
The Pier in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Six sand courts south of The Pier in Huntington Beach.
FRIDAY (QUALIFIER)
SATURDAY-SUNDAY (MAIN DRAW)
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FRIDAY - QUALIFIER
12 TEAMS QUALIFY FOR 2002 AVP TOUR MAIN DRAW SEASON OPENER
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. - The first of seven events on the 2002 Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Tour opened here Friday (May 24) at The Pier with eight men's and four women's teams qualifying for Saturday's Main Draw in the $125,000 tournament.
A total of 89 men's and 54 women teams entered the 19th season opener for the largest combined field in the history of the AVP Tour, which started in 1984. For the second-time in Huntington Beach, a pro beach tournament features both men and women competition with the first being in 1999 for a USA Volleyball-sanctioned stop.
The AVP Huntington Beach Open, presented by Michelob Light resumes Saturday at 9 a.m. (PDT) on 12 sand courts south of The Pier. Friday's Qualification Tournament determined the final eight berths in the 32-team men's Main Draw and the final four spots in the 24-team women's Main Draw.
A total of 96 Main Draw matches will be played Saturday. Sunday's competition starts at 8 a.m. The medal matches will begin approximately at 1 p.m. Sunday. Echo Entertainment of Studio City, Calif., will be taping the AVP Huntington Beach Open action for air on both FOX Sports Net (90-minute show) and Oxygen (60-minute program). Chris Marlowe and Heather Cox will provide commentary on the show produced by Phil Smith.
Earning berths Friday from the 65-team men's Qualification Tournament were the teams of Brandon Taliaferro/Andy Witt; Adam Roberts/Jim Walls, Skyler Dale Davis/Tim Wooliver, Chris Makos/Scott Wong, Matt Heath/Gaston Macau, Evan Silberstein/James VanZwieten and Chuck Moore/Ed Ratledge. Advancing from the 34-team women's Qualification Tournament were the tandems of Jeanette Simenson/Julie Sprague, Kerri Eich/Kelly Rowe, Tanya Fuamatu/Heidi Ilustre and Kimberly Coleman/Lu Freire.
The men's AVP Huntington Beach Open Main Draw field is headed by Stein Metzger and Kevin Wong, who won the final two AVP Tour team events in 2001 at Santa Barbara and Manhattan Beach. Wong also captured the 2001 season finale in Las Vegas where he was crowned King of the Beach at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Beach legends Karch Kiraly and Brian Lewis have also entered the AVP Huntington Beach Open. Kiraly, who played in only two of seven AVP Tour team events in 2001, will be teamed with Brent Doble, a two-time winner last season with Lee LeGrande. Kiraly won the USA Volleyball event at Huntington in 1999 with Adam Johnson.
Kiraly missed the first five events last season due to a left calf injury. He was also recovering from a dislocated right shoulder in his final 2000 start. Kiraly, the winningest player in pro beach history (142 wins and $2,976,768 in earnings), was hurt in Belgium where he and Johnson were seeking a berth in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Lewis, who sat out the 2001 season after winning over $960,000 and seven titles on the AVP in 12 pro beach seasons, will be teamed with Scott Ayakatubby for the 2002 opener. Lewis won the 2000 AVP Huntington Beach Open with Canyon Ceman by defeating Johnson and Kiraly in the final. Ayakatubby teamed with Eduardo Bacil to win the 2001 Huntington stop by defeating Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh in the finale 21-14, 16-21 and 17-15 in 62 minutes. Ceman and Whitmarsh, who captured the Silver Medal with Mike Dodd at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games when Kiraly won the Gold with Kent Steffes, are teamed together for the Huntington opener.
Ceman and Whitmarsh had five "final four" finishes together last season. Whitmarsh has won more than $1,527,000 in his career with 27 event titles.
Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs headline the women's Main Draw field, as the pair will play in their first pro beach team event together. McPeak has earned more money than any other woman on the beach ($805,529) with 56 titles. A two-time beach Olympian, McPeak won three-straight women's events at Huntington (1995-97).
A 1996 indoor Olympian, Youngs won more money than any United States player (men or women) on the sand in 2001 with $137,275. An Orange County native from El Toro, Youngs won the AVP's 2001 women's team finale with Barbra Fontana in Manhattan Beach. Youngs has 14 pro beach titles to her credit in five seasons of play.
Fontana, who placed fourth at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with Linda Hanley, teamed with Lisa Arce to win the 1999 USA Volleyball event at Huntington. Fontana will play with Dianne DeNecochea to start the 2002 season while Arce has been paired with Hanley. Arce has won her last four tournaments in Huntington, including the 1998 Queen of the Beach competition. Arce also won with McPeak in 1996 and 1997 at Huntington.
Hanley has won pro beach titles in the last four decades enroute to 46 pro career beach crowns. She ranks behind Karolyn Kirby (67), McPeak (56) and Liz Masakayan (47) on the all-time win list. Hanley teamed with Sarah Straton to win last year's AVP Muskegon stop.
The AVP Huntington Beach Open will also mark the return of Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan. Competing in their first event since placing fifth in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Davis and Johnson Jordan won six pro beach titles together in 1999 and 2000. Both women gave birth to their first child in 2001. Davis had her son in June and Johnson Jordan her daughter in October.
Following the Huntington Beach event, the AVP Tour will take a weekend off before staging California events in Hermosa Beach (June 7-9) and Santa Barbara (June 14-16). June's schedule concludes with a stop in Belmar,
N. J. (June 28-30).
Huntington Beach Volleyball - Past Champions
Men's Champions (four events)
1975 Greg Lee/Jim Menges
1999 Adam Johnson/Karch Kiraly
2000 Canyon Ceman/Brian Lewis
2001 Scott Ayakatubby/Eduard Bacil
Women's Champions (eight events)
1989 Patty Dodd/Jackie Silva
1989 Patty Dodd/Jackie Silva
1990 Karolyn Kirby/Patty Dodd
1995 Nancy Reno/Holly McPeak
1996 Holly McPeak/Lisa Arce
1997 Holly McPeak/Lisa Arce
1998 Lisa Arce
1999 Lisa Arce/Barbra Fontana
Women's Qualification Tournament Results (Revised 05/24/2002 3:57 PM)
First-round (losers eliminated, place 53rd)
o Angie Akers, Long Beach, Calif./Ashley Bowles, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (33) won by forfeit over Reta Dominguez, Albuquerque, N. M./Pia Salazar, Albuquerque, N. M. (32); o Kimberly Coleman, Corona del Mar, Calif./Lu Freire, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (31) def. Shawn Roscoe/Jodi Beaugrand (34), 21-17 and 21-15 (36 minutes).
Second-round (losers eliminated, place 37th)
o Kaili Kimura, Hawthorne, Calif./Sarah Schroeder, Van Nuys, Calif. (1) def. Akers/Bowles (33), 21-16, 19-21 and 25-23 (67);
o Barbara Birnbaum, La Jolla, Calif./Karen Helyer, San Diego, Calif. (17) def. Jessica Alvarado-Brannan, Fountain Valley, Calif./Danielle Shinn, Huntington Beach, Calif. (16), 21-17 and 21-13 (33);
o Kerri Eich, Santa Monica, Calif./Kelly Rowe, Los Angeles, Calif. (9) def. Katherine Fay, Grandville, Mich./Michelle Taulbee, Springlake, Mich. (24), 21-13 and 21-14 (33);
o Lori Albright, Chatsworth, Calif./Catie Fleisher, Los Angeles, Calif. (8) def. Heather Hafner, Redondo Beach, Calif./Jean Mathews, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (25), 17-21,21-17 and 15-10 (66);
o Jill Changaris, Woodland Hills, Calif./Lisa Marshall, Playa del Rey, Calif. (5) def. Gina Kirstein, Denver, Colo./Tanya Bond, Aurora, Colo. (28), 21-7 and 21-13 (31);
o Paula Roca, Tierra Verde, Fla./Lynda Street, Jupiter, Fla. (12) def. Valerie Duringer, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Shannon Sneed, Redondo Beach, Calif. (21), 20-22, 21-13 and 15-8 (65);
o Laura Higgins, San Diego, Calif./Caron Janc, San Diego, Calif. (20) def. Cherry Simkins, Torrance, Calif./Darina Staneva, Las Vegas, Nev. (13), 21-13 and 24-22 (46);
o Jeanette Simenson, Chicago, Ill./Julie Sprague, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (4) def. Alicia Polzin, San Diego, Calif./Saralyn Smith, San Diego, Calif. (29), 21-15, 17-21 and 15-9 (52);
o Anne McArthur, New Orleans, La./Sarah White, Venice, Calif. (3) def. Makalani Hovey, Redondo Beach, Calif./Suzanne McReynolds, Redondo Beach, Calif. (30), 22-20 and 21-7 (38);
o Tanya Fuamatu, Honolulu, Hi./Heidi Ilustre, Honolulu, Hi. (14) def. Lauren Nazari, Playa del Rey, Calif./Renee Smith, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (19), 21-7 and 21-6 (28);
o Sheri Leverrette, Tampa, Fla./Wendy Martin, Wesley Chapel, Fla. (22) def. Jen Hoft, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Susie Turner, San Francisco, Calif. (11), 21-15 and 21-14 (37);
o Nicole Audette, Valencia, Calif./Alicia Zamparelli, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (6) def. Patty Niemeyer, San Diego, Calif./Rene' Richey, San Diego, Calif. (27), 21-12 and 21-11 (35);
o Julie James, Houston, Tex./Sam Meador, Houston, Tex. (26) def. Josie Youngblood, Oceanside, Calif./Karen Reitz, San Diego, Calif. (7), 21-19 and 22-20 (49);
o Natacha Nelson, Redondo Beach, Calif./Maggie Philgence, Santa Monica, Calif. (10) def. Gi Gi Krueger, Los Angeles, Calif./Barbara Letts, Playa del Rey, Calif. (23), 21-16 and 21-16 (40);
o Jeannette Hecker, Capistrano Beach, Calif./Sharman Mitchell, San Diego, Calif. (18) def. April Chapple Zanella, Beverly Hills, Calif./Danielle Scott, Baton Rouge, La. (15), 21-12 and 21-13 (38);
o Coleman/Freire (31) def. Mary Baily, Calabasas, Calif./Helen Reale, Los Angeles, Calif. (2), 17-21, 21-16 and 17-15 (72)
Third-round (losers eliminated, place 29th)
o Kimura/Schroeder (1) def. Birnbaum/Helyer (17), 24-26, 23-21 and 15-11 (72); o Eich/Rowe (9) def. Albright/Fleisher (8), 21-16, 16-21 and 15-11 (55); o Roca/Street (12) def. Changaris/Marshall (5), 21-15 and 21-10 (42); o Simenson/Sprague (4) def. Higgins/Janc (20), 21-11 and 21-15 (41); o Fuamatu/Ilustre (14) def. McArthur/White (3), 21-12 and 21-16 (38); o Audette/Zamparelli (6) def. Leverrette/Martin (22), 25-23 and 23-21 (50); o Nelson/Philgence (10) def. James/Meador (26), 14-21, 21-13 and 15-11 (58); o Coleman/Freire (31) def. Hecker/Mitchell (18), 21-13 and 21-16 (43).
Fourth-round (winners advance to Main Draw, losers eliminated, place 25th)
o Eich/Rowe (9) def. Kimura/Schroeder (1), 13-21, 22-20 and 15-13 (54);
o Simenson/Sprague (4) def. Roca/Street (12), 21-17 and 22-20 (45);
o Fuamatu/Ilustre (14) def. Audette/Zamparelli (6), 21-19, 18-21 and 15-13 (60);
o Coleman/Freire (31) def. Nelson/Philgence (10), 21-12 and 21-19 (36).
Association of Volleyball Professionals Huntington Beach
Men's Qualification Tournament Results (Revised 05/24/2002 6:26 PM)
First-round (losers eliminated, place 89th) o Jason Lee, Venice, Calif./Reid Priddy, Mech, Va. (No. 64-seeded Qualification Tournament Team) won by forfeit over Aaron Davis, Los Angeles, Calif./Tim Fuehrer, Los Angeles, Calif. (65).
Second-round (losers eliminated, place 57th) o Mark Kerins, Los Angeles, Calif./Eddie Stokes, Redondo Beach, Calif. (1) def. Lee/Priddy (64), 21-13 and 23-21 (43 minutes); o Richard Boldt/Pete Kucera, Skokie, Ill. (32) def. Kevin Dake, Irvine, Calif./Evan Hook, Huntington Beach, Calif. (33), 21-16 and 21-16 (50); o Myron Miller, Los Angeles, Calif./Thomas Mraz, Los Angeles, Calif. (48) def. Randall Koerv, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Rifat Agi, Los Angeles, Calif. (17), 0-21, 21-0 and 16-14 (29); o Matt Heath, Myrtle Beach, S. C./Gaston Macau, Miami Beach, Fla. (16) def. Ryan Fisher, Costa Mesa, Calif./Arqum Iqbal, Redondo Beach, Calif. (49), 21-13 and 21-13 (34); o Bivin Sadler, San Diego, Calif./Andy Shean, San Diego, Calif. (56) def. Tom Black, Reseda, Calif./Andrew Vazquez, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (9), 21-15 and 21-16 (33); o Chuck Moore, Huntington Beach, Calif./Ed Ratledge, Fountain Valley, Calif. (24) def. Jeremy Harvey, Alameda, Calif./Nathan Harvey, Loudon, Tenn. (41), 21-18 and 21-16 (41); o John Braunstein, Costa Mesa, Calif./Dane Pearson, Venice, Calif. (25) won by forfeit over William Johnson/Scot Stover (40); o Morgan Mainz, Santa Barbara, Calif./Anthony Medel, Carpenteria, Calif. (8) def. Torry Tukuafu, Honolulu, Hi./Justin Oleole, Pearl City, Hi. (57), 21-14 and 26-24 (50); o John Hyden, Los Angeles, Calif./Christian McCaw, Santa Monica, Calif. (5) def. Ralph Garcia, San Diego, Calif./Kyle Patton, Richardson, Tex. (60), 21-8 and 21-13 (34); o Mike Desjardins, San Diego, Calif./Levi Gundert, Long Beach, Calif. (28) won by forfeit over Colin Kaslow, Austin, Tex./Blake Newman, Yukon, Okla. (37); o Evan Silberstein, Tequesta, Fla./James VanZwieten, Pompano Beach, Calif. (21) def. Lucas Wisniakowski, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Lance Walker, Sherman Oaks, Calif. (44), 21-14 and 21-14 (41); o Sean Burke, Ocean Beach, Calif./Said Souikane, San Diego, Calif. (12) def. Robert Lorch, Los Angeles, Calif./Tony Pray, Simi Valley, Calif. (53), 21-13 and 21-12 (36); o Jack Quinn, Venice, Calif./Matthew Sokolowski, Redondo Beach, Calif. (13) def. Robson Ferro/Pete Guthy, Pompano Beach, Fla. (52), 21-15 and 21-17 (42); o Mike Scales, Newport Beach, Calif./Ty Loomis, Newport Beach, Calif. (20) def. Christopher Guigliano, Santa Barbara, Calif./Nathan Yuma, Summerland, Calif. (45), 21-17 and 21-17 (47); o Corey Glave, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Scott Kiedaisch, El Segundo, Calif. (29) def. Sam Haghighi, Los Angeles, Calif./Donald Suxho, Redondo Beach, Calif. (36), 21-0, 14-21 and 15-13 (48); o Skyler Dale Davis, Irving, Tex./Tim Wooliver, Austin, Tex. (4) def. Michael Doucette, San Diego, Calif./Jason King, San Diego, Calif. (61), 21-7 and 21-15 (32); o Adam Roberts, Murrells Inlet, S.C./Jim Walls, Cape May, N. J. (3) def. Jeremy Drescher, Redondo Beach, Calif./Daniel Skilins, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (62), 21-14 and 21-13 (45); o Jeff Murrell, Los Angeles, Calif./Eric Roberts, Santa Monica, Calif. (35) def. Jon Beerman, Los Angeles, Calif./Brett Scharf, Los Angeles, Calif. (30), 21-15, 15-21 and 15-9 (62); o Brett Becker, Sarasota, Fla./Anthony Mihalic, Los Angeles, Calif. (19) def. Joseph Boken, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Cody Cowell, Paia, Hi. (46), 24-22, 21-15 (41); o Scott Hill, Los Angeles, Calif./Tom Slauterbeck, Santa Monica, Calif. (14) def. Ayinde Alakoye, Los Angeles, Calif./Keith Levin, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (51), 21-18 and 21-8 (46; o Daniel Fisher, Goleta, Calif./Matt Riley, Santa Barbara, Calif. (11) def. Craig Donen, Montecito, Calif./Bret Shellabarger, Carpenteria, Calif. (54), 21-10 and 21-11 (31); o Mark Reilly, Redondo Beach, Calif./Richard VanHuizen, Redondo, Beach, Calif. (43) def. Jeff Smith, San Diego, Calif./Mike Szymanski, Encinitas, Calif. (22), 21-9 and 21-19 (46); o William Donnie Harris, La Canada, Calif./Alika Williams, Hilo, Hi. (27) def. Jeff Alzina, Redondo Beach, Calif./Scott Herdman, Santa Monica, Calif. (38), 21-18, 19-21 and 15-5 (63); o Chris Makos, Claymont, Del./Scott Wong, Pearl City, Hi. (6) def. Mitch Painovich, Denver, Colo./Walter Sims, Denver, Colo. (59), 21-7 and 21-9 (28); o Eli Fairfield, San Diego, Calif./Juan Rodriquez, San Diego, Calif. (7) def. Erik Gomez, Canoga Park, Calif./Mark Lee, Valencia, Calif. (58), 21-18 and 21-15 (39); o Ryan Cronin, Los Angeles, Calif./Jason Greenlaw, Los Angeles, Calif. (26) def. Dan Mintz, Los Angeles, Calif./Dennis Marlow, Los Angeles, Calif. (39), 25-27, 27-25 and 15-9 (73); o Tom Barber, Redondo Beach, Calif./Brian Duff, Redondo Beach, Calif. (23) def. Dragan Ognjanovic, Encino, Calif./Michael Risley, Los Angeles, Calif. (42), 21-8 and 21-15 (37); o Pedro Leal, Venice, Calif./Yariv Lerner, Venice, Calif. (55) def. Brian MacDonald, Newport Beach, Calif./Dancer Styles, San Clemente, Calif. (10), 21-18 and 22-20 (44); o Jeff Hall, San Diego, Calif./Matt Olson, Cardiff, Calif. (15) def. Vincent Robbins, Aurora, Colo./Justin Hersey, Denver, Colo. (50), 21-16 and 21-15 (44); o Gary Barnes, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Ran Kumgisky, Santa Monica, Calif. (18) def. Jesse Webster, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Matt Wilkens, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (47), 21-12 and 21-15 (31); o Brian Chapman, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Craig Geibel, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (31) def. Jason Miller, Irving, Tex./Joe Stollings, Carrollton, Tex. (34), 21-15, 18-21 and 15-12 (55); o Brandon Taliaferro, San Clemente, Calif./Andy Witt, Santa Ynez, Calif. (2) def. Art Barron, Santa Clarita, Calif./Jesse Spring (63), 21-13 and 21-11 (36).
Third-round (losers eliminated, place 41st)
o Kerins/Stokes (1) def. Boldt/Kucera (32) 21-16 and 21-13 (39); o Heath/Macau (16) def. Miller/Mraz (48), 21-16 and 21-15 (53); o Moore/Ratledge (24) def. Sadler/Shean (56), 21-9 and 21-10 (30); o Braustein/Pearson (25) def. Mainz/Medel (8), 19-21, 21-18 and 15-11 (61); o Hyden/McCaw (5) def. Desjardins/Gundert (28), 21-16 and 21-17 (34); o Silberstein/VanZwieten (21) def. Burke/Souikane (12), 21-16 and 21-19 (52); o Loomis/Scales (20) def. Quinn/Sokolowski (13), 21-18 and 24-22 (52); o Davis/Wooliver (4) def. Glave/Kiedaisch (29), 21-18 and 21-15 (36); o Roberts/Walls (3) def. Murrell/Roberts (35), 21-19 and 21-12 (41); o Becker/Mihalic (19) def. Hill/Slauterbeck (14), 21-17 and 21-11 (34); o Reilly/VanHuizen (43) def. Fisher/Riley (11), 24-22 and 21-19 (59); o Makos/Wong (6) def. Harris/Williams (27), 31-29 and 21-18 (57); o Fairfield/Rodriquez (7) def. Cronin/Greenlaw (26), 21-15 and 21-17 (38); o Barber/Duff (23) def. Leal/Lerner (55), 21-12, 16-21 and 15-11 (51); o Hall/Olson (15) def. Barnes/Kumgisky (18), 21-13 and 21-13 (38); o Taliaferro/Witt (2) def. Chapman/Geibel (31), def. 21-16 and 21-15 (40).
Fourth-round (winners advance to Main Draw; losers eliminated, place 33rd)
o Heath/Macau (16) def. Kerins/Stokes (1), 21-17, 21-23 and 15-12 (80); o Moore/Ratledge (24) def. Braustein/Pearson (25), 21-18, 18-21 and 17-15 (64); o Silberstein/VanZwieten (21) def. Hyden/McCaw (5), 20-22, 21-19 and 16-14 (61); o Davis/Wooliver (4) def. Loomis/Scales (20), 19-21, 21-13 and 15-11 (54); o Roberts/Walls (3) def. Mihalic/Becker (19), 21-12 and 21-17 (33); o Makos/Wong (6) def. Reilly/VanHuizen (43), 21-16 and 21-19 (44); o Fairfield/Rodriquez (7) def. Barber/Duff (23), 21-16 and 21-18 (44); o Taliaferro/Witt (2) def. Hall/Olson (15), 21-11 and 21-16 (36).
SATURDAY
TOP SEEDS ADVANCE IN AVP TOUR MAIN DRAW SEASON OPENER
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. - The top-seeded teams of Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong and Holly McPeak/Elaine Youngs advanced as expected in their respective Main Draws here Saturday (May 25) in the $125,000 Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Tour event at The Pier.
Metzger (Honolulu, Hi.) and Wong (Pearl City, Hi.), who have won the last two AVP men's team events to end the 2001 season, won three matches Saturday as the men's No. 1-seeded team. Metzger and Wong, who also captured the 2001 AVP's King of the Beach competition, advanced to Sunday's final rounds with a 21-13 and 21-12 win over eighth-seeded Brent Doble and Karch Kiraly.
Metzger and Wong will also be seeking Sunday to become the first AVP team since August 1998 to win three straight titles when Karch Kiraly and Adam Johnson won events in Milwaukee, Atlanta and Hermosa Beach, Calif. Metzger and Wong ended the 2001 AVP season with wins at California events at Santa Barbara and Manhattan Beach before Wong won the King of the Beach title in Las Vegas, Nev.
McPeak (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Youngs (Durango, Colo.), who are playing in their first women's pro beach event together, won both of their matches as the top-seeded women's tandem Saturday. The pair scored a 21-12 and 21-12 win over eighth-seeded Danalee Bragado and Rachel Wacholder to advance to Sunday's action.
The top-seeded teams face a pair of fourth-seeded tandems in Sunday's opening winner's bracket matches. Metzger and Wong face Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh in their opening match Sunday while McPeak and Youngs meet Nancy Mason and Wendy Stammer.
The AVP Huntington Beach Open, presented by Michelob Light, concludes Sunday at 9 a.m. (PDT) on eight sand courts south of The Pier. The championship matches will begin approximately at 1 p.m. Sunday. Echo Entertainment of Studio City, Calif., will be taping the AVP Huntington Beach Open action for air on both FOX Sports Net (90-minute show) and Oxygen (60-minute program). Chris Marlowe and Heather Cox will provide commentary on the show produced by Phil Smith.
Sunday's opening men's winner's bracket match has third-seeded Eric Fonoimoana, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold Medallists with Dain Blanton, and Dax Holdren challenging second-seeded Todd Rogers and Sean Scott. Holdren and Rogers are playing with different partners on the AVP Tour for the first-time since 1999.
In Sunday's other opening women's winning bracket match, second-seeded Diane DeNecochea and Barbra Fontana face sixth-seeded Carrie Busch and Leanne Schuster, which upset third-seeded Lisa Arce and Linda Hanley 23-21 and 22-20. DeNecochea and Fontana are playing in their first pro beach event together after ending last season with Liz Masakayan and Youngs, respectively.
Despite having one loss, four other men's teams are still in contention for the $14,500 first-place prize and will play elimination matches Sunday. Fifth-seeded Albert Hannemann and Jeff Nygaard face Doble and LeGrande while 10th-seeded Mike Lambert and Lee LeGrande play 22nd-seeded Scott Ayakatubby and Brian Lewis.
Kiraly played in only two of seven AVP Tour team events in 2001 while Doble was a two-time winner last season with LeGrande. Kiraly won the USA Volleyball event at Huntington in 1999 with Adam Johnson. Lewis sat out the 2001 season after winning over $960,000 and seven titles on the AVP in 12 pro beach seasons. Lewis won the 2000 AVP Huntington Beach Open with Ceman by defeating Johnson and Kiraly in the final. Ayakatubby teamed with Eduardo Bacil to win the 2001 Huntington stop by defeating Ceman and Whitmarsh in the finale 21-14, 16-21 and 17-15.
Four other women's teams will face elimination matches starting Sunday after each dropping a match Saturday. Eighthh-seeded Danalee Bragado and Rachel Wacholder face 12th-seeded Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan with seventh-seeded Jen Pavley and Masakayan challenging Arce and Hanley.
The AVP Huntington Beach Open also marks the return of Davis and Johnson Jordan. Competing in their first event since placing fifth in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Davis and Johnson Jordan won six pro beach titles together in 1999 and 2000. Both women gave birth to their first child in 2001. Davis had her son in June and Johnson Jordan her daughter in October.
Following the Huntington Beach event, the AVP Tour will take a weekend off before staging California events in Hermosa Beach (June 7-9) and Santa Barbara (June 14-16). June's schedule concludes with a stop in Belmar,
N. J. (June 28-30).
Men
Association of Volleyball Professionals
Huntington Beach Main Draw Results - Saturday, May 25 (Revised 05/25/2002 7:52 PM)
Men Winner's Bracket, First-round
o Stein Metzger, Honolulu, Hi./Kevin Wong, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (No. 1-seeded Main Draw team) def. Chuck Moore, Huntington Beach, Calif./Ed Ratledge, Fountain Valley, Calif. (32, No. 24-seeded Qualification Tournament Team), 21-18 and 21-12 (33 minutes);
o Casey Jennings, Huntington Beach, Calif./Brad Torsone, Redondo Beach, Calif. (16) def. Nick Hannemann, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Mark Paaluhi, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (17), 21-16, 17-21 and 15-10 (57);
o Eduardo Bacil, El Segundo, Calif./Frederico Souza, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (24) def. Adam Jewell, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Collin Smith, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (9), 21-18 and 21-18 (46);
o Brent Doble, Capistrano Beach, Calif./Karch Kiraly, San Clemente, Calif. (8) def. Michael Mattarocci, San Diego, Calif./David Swatik, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (25), 21-16 and 21-15 (44);
o Albert Hannemann, Torrance, Calif./Jeff Nygaard, Los Angeles, Calif. (5) def. Adam Roberts, Murrells Inlet, S.C./Jim Walls, Cape May, N. J. (28, 3), 20-22, 23-21 and 15-10 (68);
o Paul Baxter, Palm Springs, Calif./Jason Ring, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (12) def. Eli Fairfield, San Diego, Calif./Juan Rodriquez, San Diego, Calif. (21, 7), 21-15, 16-21 and 15-11 (55);
o Aaron Boss, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Scott Lane, Huntington Beach, Calif. (13) def. Leland Quinn, Huntington Beach, Calif./David Smith, Santa Monica, Calif. (20), 21-15 and 22-20 (46);
o Canyon Ceman, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mike Whitmarsh, San Diego, Calif. (4) def. Chris Makos, Claymont, Del./Scott Wong, Pearl City, Hi. (29, 6), 21-11 and 21-16 (32);
o Eric Fonoimoana, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Dax Holdren, Santa Barbara, Calif. (3) def. Evan Silberstein, Tequesta, Fla./James VanZwieten, Pompano Beach, Calif. (30, 21), 21-17 and 21-12 (34);
o Sean Rosenthal, Redondo Beach, Calif./Mark Williams, Santa Monica, Calif. (14) def. David Fischer, Santa Barbara, Calif./Jerry Graham, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (19), 21-17 and 21-18 (37);
o Scott Ayakatubby, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Brian Lewis, Corona del Mar, Calif. (22) def. Daniel Cardenas, Los Angeles, Calif./Pepe Delahoz, San Diego, Calif. (11), 25-27, 22-20 and 15-8 (61);
o Dain Blanton, Santa Monica, Calif./Carl Henkel, Redondo Beach, Calif. (6) def. Skyler Dale Davis, Irving, Tex./Tim Wooliver, Austin, Tex. (27, 4), 21-15 and 21-13 (40);
o Brandon Taliaferro, San Clemente, Calif./Andy Witt, Santa Ynez, Calif. (26, 2) def. Ian Clark, Pacific Palisades, Calif./Scott Davenport, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (7), 22-20, 16-21 and 15-9 (57);
o Mike Lambert, Honolulu, Hi./Lee LeGrande, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (10) def. John Anselmo, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Chad Mowrey, Redondo Beach, Calif. (23), 17-21, 23-21 and 18-16 (63);
o Jake Elliott, Isle of Palms, S. C./Brian Soldano, Isle of Palms, S.C. (15) def. Jim Nichols, Encinitas, Calif./Colin Wellman, Marina Del Rey, Calif. (18), 21-11 and 21-12 (34);
o Todd Rogers, Santa Barbara, Calif./Sean Scott, San Diego, Calif. (2) def. Matt Heath, Myrtle Beach, S.C./Gaston Macau, Miami Beach, Fla. (31, 16), 21-17 and 21-12 (27).
Winner's Bracket, Second-round
· Metzger/Wong (1) def. Jennings/Torsone (16), 21-18 and 21-17 (39);
· Doble/Kiraly (8) def. Bacil/Souza (24), 21-19 and 26-24 (72);
· A.Hannemann/Nygaard (5) def. Baxter/Ring (12), 17-21, 21-18 and 16-14 (60);
· Ceman/Whitmarsh (4) def. Boss/Lane (13), 19-21, 21-18 and 15-5 (54);
· Fonoimoana/Holdren (3) def. Rosenthal/Williams (14), 21-14 and 24-22 (45);
· Ayakatubby/Lewis (22) def. Blanton/Henkel (6), 21-18, 18-21 and 15-11 (65);
· Lambert/LeGrande (10) def. Taliaferro/A.Witt (26), 21-18 and 27-25 (55);
· Rogers/S.Scott (2) def. Elliot/Soldano (15), 21-15 and 21-13 (33).
Loser's Bracket, First-round (losers eliminated, place 25th, split $100)
· Moore/Ratledge (32) def. N.Hannemann/Paaluhi (17), 21-19, 20-22 and 15-12 (68); ·
Jewell/C.Smith (9) def. Mattarocci/Swatik (25), 19-21, 21-19 and 15-10 (60);
· Fairfield/Rodriguez (21) def. Roberts/Walls (28), 21-17 and 21-19 (41);
· Quinn/D.Smith (20) def. Makos/S.Wong (29), 21-18 and 21-15 (35);
· Fischer/Graham (19) def. Silberstein/VanZwieten (30), 21-13 and 21-17 (36);
· Cardenas/Delahoz (11) def. Davis/Wooliver (27), 21-11 and 21-16 (40);
· Clark/Davenport (7) def. Anselmo/Mowrey (23), 21-15, 19-21 and 15-10 (67);
· Nichols/Wellman (18) def. Heath/Macau (31), 21-18 and 30-28 (55).
Loser's Bracket, Second-round (losers eliminated, place 17th, split $500)
· Elliot/Soldano (15) def. Moore/Ratledge (32), 22-20 and 21-11 (46);
· Taliaferro/A. Witt (26) def, Jewell/C.Smith (9), 21-19 and 21-19 (46);
· Blanton/Henkel (6) def. Fairfield/Rodriguez (21), 19-21, 21-17 and 15-12 (51);
· Rosenthal/Williams (14) def. Quinn/D.Smith (20), 21-15 and 21-16 (41);
· Boss/Lane (13) def. Fischer/Graham (19), 23-21 and 21-19 (49);
· Baxter/Ring (12) def. Cardenas/Delahoz (11), 21-16, 14-21 and 18-16 (66);
· Bacil/Souza (24) def, Clark/Davenport (7), 21-16 and 21-13 (39);
· Jennings/Torsone (16) def. Nichols/Wellman (18), 21-15 and 21-15 (39).
Huntington Beach Main Draw Results - Saturday, May 25 (Revised 05/25/2002 7:52 PM)
Loser's Bracket, Third-round (losers eliminated, place 13th, split $1,050)
· Elliot/Soldano (15) def. Taliaferro/A. Witt (26), 21-19 and 22-20 (48)
· Rosenthal/Williams (14) def. Blanton/Henkel (6), 21-16 and 21-19 (39);
· Baxter/Ring (12) def. Boss/Lane (13), 21-17 and 21-19 (37);
· Bacil/Souza (24) def. Jennings/Torsone (16), 23-21 and 21-12 (30).
Winner's Bracket, Third-round
· Metzger/Wong (1) def. Doble/Kiraly (8), 21-13 and 21-12 (65);
· Ceman/Whitmarsh (4) def. A.Hannemann/Nygaard (5), 21-18 and 21-18 (45);
· Fonoimoana/Holdren (3) def. Ayakatubby/Lewis (22), 21-15 and 21-14 (39);
· Rogers/S. Scott (2) def. Lambert/LeGrande (10), 21-18 and 21-19 (42).
Loser's Bracket, Third-round (losers eliminated, place ninth, split $1,600)
· A.Hannemann/Nygaard (5) def. Elliot/Soldano (15), 14-21, 21-16 and 15-8;
· Doble/Kiraly (8) def. Rosenthal/Williams (14), 21-15 and 21-10 (30);
· Lambert/LeGrande (10) def. Baxter/Ring (12), 21-19 and 21-18 (41);
· Ayakatubby/Lewis (22) def. Bacil/Souza (24), 15-21, 21-18 and 15-10 (58).
Men's Main Draw Sunday Schedule (starting at 9 a.m., PDT)
Men
Loser's Bracket, Fourth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh, split $2,500)
· Brent Doble, Capistrano Beach, Calif./Karch Kiraly, San Clemente, Calif. (No. 8- seeded Main Draw team) def. Albert Hannemann, Torrance, Calif./Jeff Nygaard, Los Angeles, Calif. (No. 5-seeded Main Draw team), 21-19, 18-21 and 15-13 (63 minutes);
· Scott Ayakatubby, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Brian Lewis, Corona del Mar, Calif. (22) def. Mike Lambert, Honolulu, Hi./Lee LeGrande, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (10), 21-16 and 21-18 (45)
Winner's Bracket, Fourth-round (winners advance to semifinals)
· Canyon Ceman, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mike Whitmarsh, San Diego, Calif. (No. 4-seeded Main Draw team) def. Stein Metzger, Honolulu, Hi./Kevin Wong, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (1), 21-16 and 21-13 (33)
· Eric Fonoimoana, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Dax Holdren, Santa Barbara, Calif. (3) def. Todd Rogers, Santa Barbara, Calif./Sean Scott, San Diego, Calif. (2), 21-18 and 23-21 (43).
Loser's Bracket, Fifth-round (winners advance to semifinals, losers eliminated, place fifth, split $3,500) · Doble/Kiraly (8) def. Rogers/S.Scott (2), 18-21,26-24 and 15-6 (58);
· Metzger/Wong (1) def. Ayakatubby/Lewis (22), 21-18 and 21-16 (52).
Semifinals (losers eliminated, place third, split $5,825)
· Ceman/Whitmarsh (4) def. Doble/Kiraly (8), 21-8, 21-23 and 15-13 (56);
· Fonoimoana/Holdren (3) def. Metzger/Wong (1), 21-17, 19-21 and 15-11 (60).
Championship Match (winners place first, split $14,500; losers place second, split $9,750)
· Fonoimoana/Holdren (3) def. Ceman/Whitmarsh (4), 21-18 and 21-14 (49).
TOURNAMENT LEADERS
Aces - Brian Lewis 11, Casey Jennings 7, Brent Doble 7, Sean Rosenthal 6, four players with 5 each.
Blocks -Kevin Wong 27, Mike Whitmarsh 24, Brent Doble 19, Fred Souza 18, Scott Ayakatubby 16.
Women
Association of Volleyball Professionals Huntington Beach
Main Draw Results - Saturday, May 25 (Revised 05/25/2002 9:27 AM)
Winner's Bracket, First-round
· Rhonda Kottke, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Marsha Miller, Santa Monica, Calif. (No. 16-seeded Main Draw Team) def. Daven Casad-Allison, Santa Barbara, Calif./Kim Zuffelato, Santa Barbara, Calif. (17), 21-16 and 21-17 (38 minutes);
· Cary Wendell, San Clemente, Calif./Ali Wood, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (9) def. Kimberly Coleman, Corona del Mar, Calif./Lu Freire, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (24, No. 31-seeded Qualification Tournament Team), 21-14 and 21-17 (47);
· Annett Davis, Tarzana, Calif./Jennifer Johnson Jordan, Tarzana, Calif. (12) def. Jeanette Simenson, Chicago, Ill./Julie Sprague, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (21, 4), 21-14 and 21-7 (34);
· Valinda Hilleary, Costa Mesa, Calif./Pat Keller, Lake Forest, Calif. (13) def. Erin Galli, San Diego, Calif./Barbara Nyland, San Diego, Calif. (20) 21-17 and 24-22 (40);
· Katie Lindquist, Fountain Valley, Calif./Tracy Lindquist, Fountain Valley, Calif. (14) def. Stephanie Cox, Mission Viejo, Calif./Jen Holdren, Santa Barbara, Calif. (19), 21-14 and 21-17 (49);
· Gracie Santana-Baeni, Basel, Switzerland/Lia Young, Honolulu, Hi. (11) def. Kerri Eich, Santa Monica, Calif./Kelly Rowe, Los Angeles, Calif. (22, 9), 21-14 and 21-19 (45);
· Tanya Fuamatu, Honolulu, Hi./Heidi Ilustre, Honolulu, Hi. (23, 13) def. Jen Kessy, San Diego, Calif./Heather Lowe, Redondo Beach, Calif. (10), 21-15 and 21-19 (33);
· Michelle Morse, Redondo Beach, Calif./Liz Pagano, San Diego, Calif. (18) def. Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif./Kristen Schritter, San Diego, Calif. (15), 15-21, 21-18 and 15-12 (57).
Winner's Bracket, Second-round
· Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Elaine Youngs, Durango, Colo. (1) def. Kottke/Miller (16), 21-10 and 21-12 (28) ;
· Danalee Bragado, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Rachel Wacholder, El Segundo, Calif. (8) def. Wendell/Wood (9), 21-9 and 26-24 (34);
· Davis/JohnsonJordan (12) def. Katy Eldridge, Los Gatos, Calif./Jennifer Meredith, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (5), 16-21, 21-19 and 15-12 (57);
· Nancy Mason, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Wendy Stammer, Portland, Ore. (4) def. Hilleary/Keller (13), 21-19, 19-21 and 15-13 (63);
· Lisa Arce, Redondo Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (3) def. K. Lindquist/T Lindquist (14), 21-16 and 21-11 (35);
· Carrie Busch, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Leanne Schuster, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (6) def. Santana-Baeni/Young (11), 28-30, 21-13, 15-9 (77);
· Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif./Jen Pavley, Redondo Beach, Calif. (7) def. Fuamatu/Ilustre (23, 13), 114-21, 21-17 and 15-9 (51);
· Dianne DeNecochea, San Diego, Calif./Barbra Fontana, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (2) def. Morse/Pagano (18), 21-8 and 21-15 (30).
Loser's Bracket, First-round (losers eliminated, place 17th, split $500)
· Casad/Zuffelato (17) def. Morse/Pagano (18), 12-21, 23-21 and 15-19 (49);
· Fuamatu/Ilustre (23, 13) def. Coleman/Freire (24), 21-19 and 21-15 (37);
· Santana-Baeni/Young (11) def. Simenson/Sprague (21), 21-12 and 21-18 (36);
· K. Lindquist/T. Lindquist (14) def. Galli/Nyland (20), 21-11 and 21-19 (34);
· Cox/Holdren (19) def. Hilleary/Keller (13), 21-19 and 22-20 (46);
· Eldridge/Meredith ((5) def. Eich/Rowe (22), 21-14 and 21-15 (35);
· Kessy/Lowe (10) def. Wendell/Wood (9), 20-22, 21-15 and 17-15 (49);
· Kotke/Miller (16) def. O'Hara/Schritter (15), 11-21, 21-15 and 15-10 (49).
Loser's Bracket, Second-round (losers eliminated, place 13th, split $1,050)
· Fuamatu/Ilustre (23, 13) def. Casad/Zuffelato (17), 21-17 and 21-16 (34);
· Santana-Baeni/Young (11) def. K. Lindquist/T. Lindquist (14), 22-20 and 21-15 (35);
· Cox/Holdren (19) def. Eldridge/Meredith (5), 9-21, 26-24 and 16-14 (56);
· Kotke/Miller (16).def. Kessy/Lowe (10), 21-16 and 21-19 (29).
Winner's Bracket, Third-round
· McPeak/Youngs (1) def. Bragado/Wacholder (8), 21-12 and 21-12 (35);
· Mason/Stammer (4) def. Davis/Johnson Jordan (12), 21-14 and 21-19 (41)
· Busch/Schuster (6) def. Arce/Hanley (3), 23-21 and 22-20 (45);
· DeNecochea/Fontana (2) def. Masakayan/Pavley (7), 21-14 and 21-15 (41).
Loser's Bracket, Third-round (losers eliminated, place ninth, split $1,600)
· Davis/Johnson Jordan (12) def. Fuamatu/Ilustre (23, 13), 21-15 and 21-10 (29);
· Bragado/Wacholder (8) def. Santana-Baeni/Young (11), 21-15 and 21-14 (33);
· Masakayan/Pavley (7) def. Cox/Holdren (19), 21-16 and 21-14 (37);
· Arce/Hanley (3) def. Kottke/Miller (16), 21-13 and 21-17 (33).
Sunday Schedule (starting at 9 a.m., PDT)
Loser's Bracket, Fourth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh, split $2,500
· Annett Davis, Tarzana, Calif./Jennifer Johnson Jordan, Tarzana, Calif. (12) def. Danalee Bragado, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Rachel Wacholder, El Segundo, Calif (8), 21-15 and 21-18 (39);
· Lisa Arce, Redondo Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif (3) def. Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif./Jen Pavley, Redondo Beach, Calif. (7), 21-12 and 25-23 (41).
Winner's Bracket, Fourth-round (winners advance to semifinals)
· Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Elaine Youngs, Durango, Colo. (1) def. Nancy Mason, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Wendy Stammer, Portland, Ore (4), 26-24 and 22-20 (45);
· Dianne DeNecochea, San Diego, Calif./Barbra Fontana, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (2) def. Carrie Busch, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Leanne Schuster, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (6), 17-21, 21-17 and 15-10 (59).
Loser's Bracket, Fifth-round (winners advance to semifinals, losers eliminated, place fifth, split $3,500) · Davis/Johnson Jordan (12) def. Busch/Schuster (6), 21-19 and 21-19 (39);
· Arce/Hanley (3) def. Mason/Stammer (4), 17-21, 21-15 and 15-5 (52).
Semifinals (losers eliminated, place third, split $5,825)
· McPeak/Youngs (1) def. Davis/Johnson Jordan (12), 21-18 and 21-10 (34);
· DeNecochea/Fontana (2) def. Arce/Hanley (3), 21-17 and 21-17 (38).
Championship Match (winners place first, split $14,500; losers place second, split $9,750)
· McPeak/Youngs (1) def. DeNecochea/Fontana (2), 21-18, 20-22 and 15-9 (69).
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT LEADERS
Aces - Nancy Mason 9, Leanne Schuster 9, Lisa Arce 9, Dianne DeNecochea 8, Linda Hanley 8.
Blocks - Elaine Youngs 21, Dianne DeNecochea 13, Lisa Arce 10, Annett Davis 10, Danalee Bragado 7.·
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