MILWAUKEE (AUGUST 2, 1998) - The No. 1 seeded team of Karch Kiraly and Adam Johnson took home their fourth victory of the season together on the Miller Lite/AVP Tour as they defeated the No. 2 seeded tandem of Brian Lewis and David Swatik 13-9 to win $50,000 Miller Lite Open at Milwaukee.
Kiraly and Johnson were able to bounce back from an 13-11 loss in their semifinal match against Lewis & Swatik earlier in the day to capture another tour victory. After a strong start in the final with a 7-4 advantage Kiraly and Johnson saw Lewis and Swatik turn up the heat in Milwaukee by climbing back to within two points (11-9) before shutting them down for the remainder of the contest.
The semifinal match in the loser's bracket saw Kiraly and Johnson pull-out a close victory over Franco Neto and Roberto Lopes defeating them 13-11 to advance to the finals for their match against Lewis and Swatik. Neto and Lopes lost their second match of the tournament and fought their way back through the loser's bracket by winning six matches to take home a third place finish after losing the semifinal match.
Lewis and Swatik were handed their first lost of the tournament in the final match after a strong showing in Milwaukee. In the quarterfinal match, Lewis and Swatik pulled out a win by defeating last weeks winners in Minneapolis Dax Holdren and Todd Rogers 12-9 to advance to the semifinal match. Holdren and Rogers were unsuccessful against Neto and lopes in the loser's bracket being defeating 15-6, giving them a fourth place at the Miller Lite Open at Milwaukee.
The Miller Lite/AVP Tour resumes play next weekend as the tour returns to Atlanta for the $50,00 Miller Lite Beach Challenge at Atlanta. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at (404) 249-6400.
1st- Adam Johnson/Karch Kiraly (1) $10,416 2nd- Brian Lewis/David Swatik (2) $ 5,937 3rd- Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto (4) $ 4,703 4th- Dax Holdren/Todd Rogers (3) $ 3,714 5th- Bill Boullianne/Ian Clark (5) $ 2,969 5th- Aaron Boss/Albert Hannemann (9) $ 2,969 7th- Canyon Ceman/Mark Kerins (6) $ 2,229 7th- Aaron Smith/David Smith (18) $ 2,229 9th- Eduardo Garrido/Wayne Seligson (10) $ 1,609 9th- Brent Frohoff/ Rob Heidger (11) $ 1,609 9th- Dan Castillo/Brent Doble (13) $ 1,609 9th- Matt Lyles/Scott Friederichsen (15) $ 1,609 13th- Henry Russell/Troy Tanner (7) $ 1,109 13th- Eduardo Bacil/Stein Metzger (8) $ 1,109 13th- Nick Hannemann/Matt Unger (12) $ 1,109 13th- Bryan Ivie/Raul Papaleo (14) $ 1,109 17th- Scott Davenport/Mark Paaluhi (16) $ 495 17th- Paul Baxter/ Nate Heidger (17) $ 495 17th- Rifat Agi/John Anselmo (19) $ 495 17th- Carlos Machado/Curtis Rollins (22) $ 495 17th- Marcos Macau/Jim Vanzwieten (24) $ 495 17th- Dana Camacho/Adam Roberts (26) $ 495 17th- Mike Connaughton/Tim Jaymes (28) $ 495 17th- Chris Makos/Andrew Vazquez (29) $ 495 25th- Jeff Bellandi/Pete Gray (20) $ 0 25th- David Fischer/John Hribar (21) $ 0 25th- Carlos Cartaya/Chad Convis (23) $ 0 25th- Brett Bumgarner/Dave Roberson (25) $ 0 25th- Craig Geibel/Randall Peterson (27) $ 0 25th- Matt Johnson/Eric Lazowski (30) $ 0 25th- Gaston Macau/Mike Folstein (31) $ 0 25th- Matt Lauer/Brian Marshall (32) $ 0 NOTE: Number in brackets "(#)" indicates team seeding
1. Adam Johnson/Karch Kiraly (150.932) 2. Brian Lewis/David Swatik (116.867) 3. Dax Holdren/Todd Rogers (115.611) 4. Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto (101.410) 5. Bill Boullianne/Ian Clark (91.848) 6. Canyon Ceman/Mark Kerins (90.207) 7. Henry Russell/Troy Tanner (80.721) 8. Eduardo Bacil/Stein Metzger (62.580) 9. Aaron Boss/Albert Hannemann (57.735) 10. Eduardo Garrido/Wayne Seligson (56.073) 11. Brent Frohoff/ Rob Heidger (52.557) 12. Nick Hannemann/Matt Unger (47.046) 13. Dan Castillo/Brent Doble (43.721) 14. Bryan Ivie/Raul Papaleo (41.968) 15. Matt Lyles/Scott Friederichsen (38.871) 16. Scott Davenport/Mark Paaluhi (37.853) 17. Paul Baxter/ Nate Heidger (24.414) 18. Aaron Smith/David Smith (22.675) 19. Rifat Agi/John Anselmo (20.778) 20. Jeff Bellandi/Pete Gray (14.069) 21. David Fischer/John Hribar (13.880) 22. Carlos Machado/Curtis Rollins (11.451) 23. Carlos Cartaya/Chad Convis (6.242) 24. Marcos Macau/Jim Vanzwieten (4.845) 25. Brett Bumgarner/Dave Robertson (4.068) 26. Dana Camacho/Adam Roberts (3.822) 27. Craig Geibel/Randall Petersen (3.198) 28. Mike Connaughton/Tim Jaymes (1.713) 29. Chris Makos/Andrew Vazquez (1.295) 30. Matt Johnson/Eric Lazowski (1.154) 31. Mike Fosltein/Gaston Macau (.577)