Deerfield Beach, Fla. - Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno used two scoring spurts in the championship match to propell the top-seeded team to a 15-8 win over Liz masakayan and Angela Rock to capture the $50,000 MCI Open at Deerfield Beach here Sunday.
The world's No. 1-ranked team, McPeak and Reno split the $10,875 first-place prize in capturing their second-straight title on the 1996 Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. Masakayan and Rock shared $8,175 for second.
The MCI Open at Deerfield Beach presented by Nissan was the first outdoor event of the 1996 season and third of 16 stops on the Evian Tour as the Women's Professional Volleyball Association opens its 10th season of operation.
Following two FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series events in mid-April in Brazil, the Evian Tour resumes competition April 27-28 in Carolina, Puerto Rico, for the $50,000 Coors Light Beach Volley '96.
Trailing 5-2 in the championship match, McPeak and Reno scored seven- straight points to take a 9-5 lead. The second-seeded Masakayan and Rock cut the margin to 10-8 before McPeak and Reno closed out the scoring with five straight points.
McPeak and Reno advanced to the championship match with a 15-11 win over sixth-seeded Elaine Roque and Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, while Masakayan and Rock scored a 15-8 semi-final win over seventh-seeded Lisa Arce and Patty Dodd.
Arce and Dodd, who upset fourth-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Christine Schaefer 17-15 Saturday to advance to Sunday's play, captured the $5,725 third-place prize with a 15-11 win over Roque and Shupryt-Knoop.
The Evian Tour event was also the first of five 1996 events to be covered by ABC Sports as the major network provided same-day coverage of the Deerfield Beach finale.
Here are Sunday's results from the MCI Open at Deerfield Beach presented by Nissan.
Olympic Crossing semi-finals - Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif./ Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill (No. 1 seeded) def. Elaine Roque, Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago, Ill. (6), 15-11; Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif./Angela Rock, Carlsbad, Calif. (2) def. Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif (7), 15-8.
Championship Match (winners place first, split $10,785; losers place second, split $8,175) - McPeak/Reno def. Masakayan/Rock, 15-8.
Consolation match (winners place third, split $5,725; losers place fourth, split $4,125) - Arce/Dodd def. Roque/Shupryt-Knoop, 15-11.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
TEAM (seed) W-L POINTS MONEY
1st Holly McPeak\Nancy Reno (1) 6-0 80 $10,875
2nd Liz Masakayan\Angela Rock (2) 5-1 72 $8,175
3rd Lisa Arce\Patty Dodd (7) 6-2 64 $5,725
4th Elaine Roque\Dennie Shupryt-Knoop (6) 6-3 56 $4,125
5th Barbra Fontana Harris\Linda Hanley (3) 3-2 48 $3,000
Karolyn Kirby\Christine Schaefer (4) 3-2 48 $3,000
7th Marla O'Hara\Ali Wood (8) 3-2 40 $2,375
Danalee Bragado\Karrie Poppinga (11) 3-2 40 $2,375
9th Gail Castro\Deb Richardson (5) 2-2 32 $1,575
Jackie Campbell\Leanne Schuster (13) 3-2 32 $1,575
Krista Blomquist\Wendy Fletcher (9) 3-2 32 $1,575
Janice Harrer\Gayle Stammer (10) 3-2 32 $1,575
13th Stephanie Nelson\Beth Schuler (19) 2-2 24 $1,013
Marsha Miller\Darina Staneva (28) 2-2 24 $1,013
Jennifer Meredith\Monique Oliver (16) 2-2 24 $1,013
Evelyn Conley\Erin Deiters (20) 2-2 24 $1,013
17th Mary Baily\Alissa Evans-Lund (17) 1-2 16
Sandra Burgess\Bonnie Levin (25) 1-2 16
Nancy Brookhart\Desiree Leipham (23) 1-2 16
Michal Clingman\Valinda Hilleary (15) 1-2 16
Beth Engman\Jen Wrightson (35) 1-2 16
Julia Celotto\Alicia Chung (22) 1-2 16
Marie Andersson\Pat Keller (12) 1-2 16
Jackie Auzias de Turenne\Michelle Morse (18) 1-2 16
25th Tammy Paiement\Lynda Street (37) 0-2 8
Stacy Kemmes\Amy Peistrup-Matthews (24) 0-2 8
Nancy Mason\Liz Pagano (21) 0-2 8
Rhonda Kottke\Veronica Sanchez (32) 0-2 8
Kengelin Gardiner\Dorothy Hert (14) 0-2 8
Lael Perlstrom\Kristen Schritter (270 0-2 8
Lisa Bettio\Karin Fischer (26) 0-2 8
Monica Holmes\Shannon Misek (34) 0-2 8
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Totals 62-62 864 $50,000
Qualifying Totals 9- 9 26 $ 0
QUALIFYING
TEAM (seed) W-L POINTS
Q Tammy Paiement\Lynda Streep (37) 2-0 0
Q Rhonda Kottke\Veronica Sanchez (32) 2-0 0
Q Monica Holmes\Shannon Misek (34) 2-0 0
Q Beth Engman\Jen Wrightson (35) 2-0 0
33rd Kristin Johnson\Samantha Meador (29) 0-1 4
33rd Connie Armstrong\Haylee Red (33) 1-1 4
33rd Connie Gibbon\Kathy Ross (31) 0-1 4
33rd Jeanette Kollasch\Laurie Ruser (30) 0-1 4
37th Kathleen Dedaminico\Shannon Williams (36) 0-1 2
37th Carolyn Eddy\Becky Montague (40) 0-1 2
37th Michelle Fenner\Jill Stephens (41) 0-1 2
37th Paula Butchko\Cathy Hughes (39) 0-1 2
37th Wendy Martin\Teri Van Dyke (38) 0-1
Feb. 3 at Fairfax Va. (Evian Indoor) ............. Kirby/Schaefer
Feb. 24 at New York, N.Y. (Evian Indoor) .......... McPeak/Reno
Apr. 5-7 at Deerfield Beach, Fla. .................. McPeak/Reno
Apr. 27-28 at Carolina, Puerto Rico
May 3-5 at Hermosa Beach, Cal. May 18-19 at San Diego, Cal. May 31 - June 2 at Austin, Tx. June 5-9 at Olympic Trials - Baltimore, MD (non-WPVA event) June 14-16 at Ocean City, MD (Evian U.S. Open) June 29-30 at Newport, R.I. July 13-14 at Chicago, Ill. July 20-21 at Long Beach, Cal. July 23-28 at The Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. (non-WPVA event) Aug. 8-11 at New York, N.Y. (The Evian, eight teams) Aug. 16-18 at Huntington Beach, Cal (Nationals) Aug. 24-25 at Portland, Ore. Sept. 13-15 at Hawaii (Best of the Beach III) Sept. 28-29 at San Francisco, Cal (Tournament of Champions)
Saturdays Results - 04/06/96
TOP SEEDS LEAD FINAL FOUR TEAMS IN EVIAN WOMEN'S BEACH TOUR
DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. - The top-seeded tandems of Holly McPeak/Nancy Reno and Liz Masakayan/Angela Rock scored "close" wins here Saturday to lead the final four teams into Sunday's final rounds of the MCI Open at Deerfield Beach.
Play concludes Sunday with four teams vying for the $10,875 first-place prize. The Olympic Crossing semi-finals will be played at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday. The MCI Open finals are at 1 p.m. followed by the third-place match.
The MCI Open at Deerfield Beach presented by Nissan is the first outdoor event of the 1996 season and third of 16 stops on the Evian Tour as the Women's Professional Volleyball Association opens its 10th season of operation.
The Evian Tour event will also be the first of five 1996 events covered by ABC Sports as the major network will provide same-day coverage of the Deerfield Beach finale from 3-4 p.m. (EST) Sunday. Mark Jones and Maria Barnes will provide the commentary.
McPeak and Reno, the world's No. 1-ranked team and the top-seeded tandem on the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour scored two wins Saturday, including a come-from-behind 15-12 win over fourth-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Christine Schaefer in the championship bracket's semi-finals.
Second-seeded Masakayan and Rock also scored two wins Saturday, including a 17-15 win over third-seeded Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley. In three meetings this season between the two teams, Masakayan and Rock have scored 16-14, 16-14 and 17-15 wins over Fontana Harris and Hanley.
McPeak and Reno face sixth-seeded Elaine Roque and Dennie Shupryt-Knoop in Sunday's first semi-final. Roque and Shupryt-Knoop had to win five matches Saturday, including a 16-14 upset win over Fontana Harris and Hanley.
Masakayan and Rock face seventh-seeded Lisa Arce and Patty Dodd in Sunday's other semi-final match. Arce and Dodd upset fourth-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Christine Schaefer 17-15 to advance.
Here are Saturday's results from the MCI Open at Deerfield Beach presented by Nissan. The event is the first of 14 outdoor events on the 1996 Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour.
Championship bracket, quarter-finals - Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Nancy Reno, Elmhurst, Ill. (1) def. Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood, Redondo Beach, Calif. (8), 15-2; Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass./Christine Schaefer, Florence, Ky. (4) def. Gail Castro, Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson, Santa Barbara, Calif. (5), 15-13; Barbra Fontana Harris, Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (3) def. Danalee Bragado, Honolulu, Hi./Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi. (11), 15-9; Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif./Angela Rock, Carlsbad, Calif. (2) def. Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. (7), 15-12.
Championship bracket, semi-finals (winners advance to Sunday's Olympic Crossing semi-finals at 10 a.m.) - Reno/McPeak def. Kirby/Schaefer, 15-12; Masakayan/Rock def. Fontana Harris, 17-15.
Contender's bracket, first-round (losers eliminated, place 25th) - Mary Baily, Calabasas, Calif./Alissa Lund, El Segundo, Calif. (17th-seeded) def. Tammy Paiement, Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Lynda Street, Jupiter, Fla. (37), 15- 2; Sandra Burgess, Pompano Beach, Fla./Bonnie Levin, Miami, Fla. (25) def. Stacy Kemmes, El Segundo, Calif./Amy Peistrup-Matthews, Gurnee, Ill. (24), 15-9; Marsha Miller, Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva, Redondo Beach, Calif. (28 def. Nancy Mason, Belleville, Ill./Liz Pagano, Seattle, Wash (21), 15- 9; Jackie Campbell, Santa Barbara, Calif./Leanne Schuster, Mesa, Ariz. (13) def. Rhonda Kottke, Minneapolis, Minn./Veronica Sanchez, Santa Monica, Calif. (32), 15-5; Beth Engman, Solana Beach, Calif./Jen Wrightson, San Diego, Calif. (35) def. Kengy Gardiner, North Kingstown, R. I./Dorothy Hert, Boston, Mass. (14), 15-10; Julia Celotto, Eureka, Calif./Alicia Chung, Capitola, Calif. (22) def. Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius, Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin Schritter, El Segundo, Calif. (27), 15-11; Janice Harrer, Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer, San Antonio, Tex. (10) def. Lisa Bettio, Columbia, S. C./Karin Fischer, Titusville, Fla. (26), 15-4; Jackie Auzias de Turenne, Raleigh, N. C./Michelle Morse, Fort Rucker, Ala. (18) def. Monica Holmes, Altadena, Calif./Shannon Misek, Littleton, Colo. (34), 15- 9.
Contender's bracket, second-round (losers eliminated, place 17th) - Stephanie Nelson, Monarch Beach, Calif./Beth Schuler, Raleigh, N. C. (19) def. Baily/Evans-Lund, 16-14; Elaine Roque, Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt- Knoop, Chicago, Ill. (6) def. Burgess/Levin, 15-6; Miller/Staneva def. Nancy Brookhart, Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham, Reardon, Wash. (23), 15- 4; Campbell/Schuster def. Michal Clingman, Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary, Littleton, Colo. (15), 15-5; Jennifer Meredith, Malibu, Calif./Monique Oliver, Santa Monica, Calif. (16) def. Engman/Wrightson, 15-13; Krista Blomquist, Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (9) def. Celotto/Chung, 15-3; Harrer/Stammer def. Marie Andersson, Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller, Sarasota, Fla. (12), 15-11; Evelyn Conley, South Pasadena, Calif./Erin Deiters, Green Bay, Wisc. (20) def. Auzias de Turenne/Morse, 15-9.
Contender's bracket, third-round (losers eliminated, place 13th, split $1,012.50) - Roque/Shupryt-Knoop def. Nelson/Schuler, 15-8; Campbell/Schuster def. Miller/Staneva, 15-8; Blomquist/Fletcher def. Meredith/Oliver, 15-12; Harrer/Stammer def. Conley/Deiters, 15-1.
Contender's bracket, fourth-round (losers eliminated, place ninth, split $1,575) - Roque/Shupryt-Knoop def. Castro/Richardson, 15-9; O'Hara/Wood def. Campbell/Schuster, 15-10; Arce/Dodd def. Blomquist/Fletcher, 15-9; Bragado/Poppinga def. Harrer/Stammer, 15-10.
Contender's bracket, fifth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh, split $2,375) - Roque/Shupryt-Knoop def. O'Hara/Wood, 15-4; Arce/Dodd def. Bragado/Poppinga, 16-14.
Contender's bracket, quarter-finals (winners advance to Sunday's Olympic Crossing semi-finals at 10 a.m.; losers eliminated, place fifth, split $3,000) - Roque/Shupryt-Knoop def. Fontana Harris/Hanley, 16-14; Arce/Dodd def. Kirby/Masakayan, 17-15.
Olympic Crossing semi-finals pairings (Sunday at 10 a.m.) - McPeak/Reno vs. Roque/Shupryt-Knoop; Arce/Dodd vs. Masakayan/Rock.
Fridays Results - 04/05/96
BRAGADO\POPPINGA SCORE UPSET TO ADVANCE IN EVIAN WOMEN'S BEACH TOUR
DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. - Danalee Bragado and Karrie Poppinga scored Friday's biggest upset as the 11th-seeded women's beach volleyball team advanced to the championship quarter-finals of the MCI Open at Deerfield Beach.
Bragado and Poppinga scored nine-straight points to turn a 6-2 deficit into an 11-6 lead over sixth-seeded Elaine Roque and Dennie Shupryt-Knoop enroute to a 15-10 win.
Led by the world's No. 1-ranked women's beach team of Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno, seven of the top eight seeded teams advanced here Friday after the opening two rounds of the MCI Open at Deerfield Beach.
Play continues at 9 a.m. Saturday with four teams advancing to Olympic Crossing semi-finals Sunday. The semi-final matches will be played at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday with the finals at 1 p.m. followed by the third- place match.
McPeak and Reno, who won nine events on the 1995 Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, advanced to Saturday's quarter-finals with a 15-4 win over 32nd-seeded Tammy Paiement and Lynda Street and a 15-2 win over 16th- seeded Jennifer Meredith and Monique Oliver.
Seeded first in the MCI Open, McPeak and Reno face eighth-seeded Marla O'Hara and Ali Wood in Saturday's first quarter-final match. Fourth- seeded Karolyn Kirby and Christine Schaefer play fifth-seeded Gail Castro and Deb Richardson while Bragado and Poppinga challenge third-seeded Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley. Second-seeded Liz Masakayan and Angela Rock face seventh-seeded Lisa Arce and Patty Dodd in the final championship quarter-final match.
The MCI Open at Deerfield Beach presented by Nissan is the first outdoor event of the 1996 season and third of 16 stops on the Evian Tour as the Women's Professional Volleyball Association opens its 10th season of operation.
Five volleyball courts have been formed by the WPVA's Operations staff on the beach just north of the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier (NE 2nd St.). The Evian Tour event is being hosted by the City of Deerfield Beach (John Melnicoff, 305/480-4423).
The Evian Tour event will also be the first of five 1996 events covered by ABC Sports as the major network will provide same-day coverage of the Deerfield Beach finale from 3-4 p.m. (EST) Sunday. Mark Jones and Maria Barnes will provide the commentary.
TOP EIGHT SEEDS ADVANCE IN EVIAN WOMEN'S PRO BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOUR
Here are results from the MCI Open at Deerfield Beach presented by Nissan. The event is the first of 14 outdoor events on the 1996 Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour.
Qualifying, first-round (losers eliminated, place 37th) - Tammy Paiement, Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Lynda Street, Jupiter, Fla. (37th-seeded) def. Kathleen DiDaminico, Manhattan, N. Y,/Shannon Williams, Dallas, Tex. (36), 11-4 and 11-4; Connie Armstrong, Ormond Beach, Fla./Haylee Red, Tampa, Fla. (33) def. Carolyn Eddy, Pompano Beach, Fla./Becky Montague, Lake Worth, Fla. (40), 11-8 and 11-8; Rhonda Kottke, Minneapolis, Minn. /Veronica Sanchez, Santa Monica, Calif. (32) def. Michelle Fenner, Lakeland, Fla./Jill Stephens, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (41), 11-2 and 11-5; Monica Holmes, Altadena, Calif./Shannon Misek, Littleton, Colo. (34) def. Paula Butchko, Long Beach, N. Y./Cathy Hughes, Long Beach, Calif. (39), 11-7 and 11-3; Beth Engman, Solana Beach, Calif./Jen Wrightson, San Diego, Calif. (35) def. Wendy Martin, Antioch, Tenn./Teri Van Dyke, Nashville, Tenn. (38), 12-10 and 11-6.
Qualifying, second-round (losers eliminated, place 33rd) - Paiement/Street def. Kristin Johnson, Lansing, Mich./Samatha Meador, Houston, Tex. (29), 6-11, 11-8 and 11-7; Kottke/Sanchez def. Armstrong/Red, 11-5 and 11-3; Holmes/Misek def. Connie Gibbon, Tucson, Ariz./Kathy Ross, San Diego, Calif. (31), 9-11, 11-5 and 11-5; Engman/Wrightson def. Jeanette Kollasch, Palatine, Ill./Laurie Ruser, San Diego (30), 11-3 and 11-7.
Championship bracket, first-round results - Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Nancy Reno, Elmhurst, Ill. (1) def. Paiement/Street, 15-4; Jennifer Meredith, Malibu, Calif./Monique Oliver, Santa Monica, Calif. (16) def. Mary Baily, Calabasas, Calif./Alissa Lund, El Segundo, Calif. (17), 15-8; Krista Blomquist, Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (9) def. Stacy Kemmes, El Segundo, Calif./Amy Peistrup- Matthews, Gurnee, Ill. (24), 15-5; Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood, Redondo Beach, Calif. (8) def. Sandra Burgess, Pompano Beach, Fla./Bonnie Levin, Miami, Fla. (25), 15-7; Gail Castro, Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn. (5) def. Marsha Miller, Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva, Redondo Beach, Calif. (28), 15-8; Marie Andersson, Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller, Sarasota, Calif. (12) def. Nancy Mason, Belleville, Ill./Liz Pagano, Seattle, Wash (21), 15-10; Evelyn Conley, South Pasadena, Calif./Erin Deiters, Green Bay, Wisc. (20) def. Jackie Campbell, Santa Barbara, Calif. /Leanne Schuster, Mesa, Ariz. (13), 15-13; Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass. /Christine Schaefer, Florence, Ky (4) def. Kottke/Sanchez, 15-6; Barbra Fontana Harris, Laguna Beach, Calif. /Linda Hanley , Pacific Palisades, Calif. (3) def. 15-1; Stephanie Nelson, Monarch Beach, Calif./Beth Schuler, Raleigh, N. C. (19) def. Kengy Gardiner, North Kingstown, R. I./Dorothy Hert, Boston, Mass. (14), 15-6; Danalee Bragado, Honoolulu, Hi./Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi. (11) def. Julia Celotto, Eureka, Calif./Alicia Chung, Capitola, Calif. (22), 15-6; Elaine Roque, Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago, Ill. (6) def. Lael Perlstrom- Fresenius, Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin Schritter, El Segundo, Calif. (27), 15-0; Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. (7) def. Lisa Bettio, Columbia, S. C./Fran Fischer, Columbia, S. C. (26), 15-1; Nancy Brookhart, Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham, Reardon, Wash. (23) def. Janice Harrer, Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer, San Antonio, Tex. (10), 15-11; Michal Clingman, Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary, Littleton, Colo. (15) def. Jackie Auzias deTurenne, Raleigh, N. C. /Michelle Morse, Fort Rucker, Ala. (18), 15-9; Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif./Angela Rock, Carlsbad, Calif. (2) def. Holmes/Misek, 15-1.
Championship bracket, second-round - McPeak/Reno def. Meredith/Oliver, 15- 2; O'Hara/Wood def. Blomquist/Fletcher, 15-10; Castro/Richardson vs. Andersson/Keller, 15-10; Kirby/Schaefer def. Conley/Deiters, 15-4; Fontana Harris/Hanley def. Nelson/Schuler, 15-8; Bragado/Poppinga def. Roque/Shupryt-Knoop, 15-10; Arce/Dodd def. Brookhart/Leipham, 15-7; Masakayan/Rock def. Clingman/Hilleary, 15-11.
Contender's bracket, first-round pairings (9 a.m., Saturday) - Paiement/Street vs. Baily/Evans-Lund; Kemmes\Peistrup-Matthews vs. Burgess/Levin; Miller/Staneva vs. Mason/Pagano; Campbell/Schuster vs. Kottke/Sanchez; Engman/Wrightson vs. Gardiner/Hert; Celotto/Chung vs. Perlstrom/Schritter; Bettio/Fischer vs. Harrer/Stammer; Auzias de Turenne/Morse vs. Holmes/Misek. Contender's bracket, second-round pairings (11 a.m., Saturday) - Paiement/Street vs. Baily/Evans-Lund winner vs. Nelson/Schuler; Kemmes\Peistrup-Matthews vs. Burgess/Levin winner vs. Bragado/Poppinga; Miller/Staneva vs. Mason/Pagano winner vs. Brokhart/Stammer; Campbell/Schuster vs. Kottke/Sanchez winner vs. Clingman/Hilleary; Engman/Wrightson vs. Gardiner/Hert winner vs. Meredith/Oliver; Celotto/Chung vs. Perlstrom/Schritter winner vs. Blomquist/Fletcher; Bettio/Fischer vs. Harrer/Stammer winner vs. Andersson/Keller; Auzias de Turenne/Morse vs. Holmes/Misek winner vs. Conley/Deiters.
Championship bracket, quarter-final pairings (approximately 12 p.m., Saturday) - McPeak/Reno vs. O'Hara/Wood; Castro/Richardson vs. Kirby/Schaefer; Fontana Harris/Hanley vs. Roque/Shupryt-Knoop; Arce/Dodd vs. Masakayan/Rock.
Pre-Tournament Press Release
41 EVIAN TOUR TANDEMS ENTER MCI OPEN AT DEERFIELD BEACH
DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. - Led by top-seeded Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno, 41 teams have entered this weekend's $50,000 MCI Open at Deerfield Beach as the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour returns to the Gold Coast for the third-straight season.
The event will be the first outdoor event of the 1996 season and third of 16 stops on the Evian Tour as the Women's Professional Volleyball Association opens its 10th season of operation.
Five volleyball courts have been formed by the WPVA's Operations staff on the beach just north of the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier (NE 2nd St.). The Evian Tour event is being held in conjunction with the City of Deerfield Beach (John Melnicoff, 305/480-4423).
The Evian Tour event will also be the first of five 1996 events covered by ABC Sports as the major network will provide same-day coverage of the Deerfield Beach finale from 3-4 p.m. (EST) Sunday. Mark Jones and Maria Barnes will provide the commentary.
The three-day double-elimination tournament features a 32-team main draw with a 13-team, nine-match qualifier starting at 9 a.m. Friday. Four tandems will qualify as the final four seeds in the main draw. The first-two rounds of the championship bracket will be played Friday starting at 1 p.m.
Play continues at 9 a.m. Saturday with four teams advancing to the Olympic Crossing semi-finals Sunday. The semi-final matches will be played at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday 7 with the finals at 1 p.m. followed by the third-place match. Sunday's winner's will split $10,875 while the second-place finishers will share $8,175.
Presented by Nissan, the MCI Open at Deerfield Beach will be the first of five-straight events for the top players on the Evian Tour. The "string" includes three domestic tournaments and two international stops as the WPVA players prepare for June's United States Olympic Trials.
Sixteen teams will vie in the inaugural beach volleyball "gold medal" competition at the Atlanta Olympic Games as Evian Tour tandems will fill three spots in the olympic field. McPeak and Reno are currently ranked as the No. 1 team on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series circuit and have qualified as the top United States olympic beach team.
Two more teams to be determined at the United States Olympic Trials June 4-9 at the Harborview Complex in Baltimore, Md. The 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games' beach volleyball competition with be July 23-28 at Atlanta Beach in Clayton County, Ga.
Following this weekend's MCI Open at Deerfield Beach event, McPeak and Reno will be joined by other top Evian Tour teams for international stops in Brazil (Apr. 12-14 in Maceio and Apr. 19-21 in Recife).
The Evian Tour resumes competition in Carolina, Puerto Rico Apr. 27-28 and Hermosa Beach, Calif. May 3-5 before taking a weekend off. Following the Hermosa Beach event, the top Evian Tour must finalize their Olympic Trials partnerships May 6 to USA Volleyball. Since April, 1995, McPeak and Reno dominated both domestic and international competition by winning 15 of 24 events to share $229,080 in earnings. McPeak and Reno, who finished third in the 1995 MCI Open at Deerfield Beach, also posted five seconds, three thirds and a fourth. The McPeak/Reno tandem has won 88.2 percent of their matches in 1995 (127-17). In 16 Evian Tour events, McPeak and Reno shared $155,080 with nine firsts, five seconds and two thirds with a 76-11 match mark.
The 1996 Evian Tour season opened with February indoor events in Fairfax, Va., and New York. Karolyn Kirby and Christine Schaefer scored upset wins over McPeak and Reno (15-13) and Liz Masakayan and Angela Rock (15-4) to win the Fairfax event.
McPeak and Reno rebounded in New York by defeating Kirby and Schaefer (15-8) before capturing the record $31,500 first-place prize by downing Masakayan and Rock 15-13 in the finals.
Led Kirby, nine players are starting their 10th-season on the Evian Tour. Kirby is the winningest player with 56 career titles enroute to 511 career match wins and $375,329.13 in earnings.
Other 10-season veterans opening play in Deerfield Beach are Jackie Campbell, Gail Castro (three event titles, $178,493.63), Lori Forsythe (seven titles, $188,599.88), Lucy Han, Janice Harrer (12 titles, $168,470.25), Charlotte Roach, Elaine Roque (three titles, $201,342.21) and Gayle Stammer (one title).
Forsythe, who won last year's MCI Open at Deerfield Beach with Fontana Harris, will miss most of the 1996 season as she is expecting her first child this summer. The 1995 MCI Open winners had two win five matches on the final day to capture the title as Fontana Harris and Forsythe defeated Hanley and Rock 15-13 in the championship match. Deerfield Beach will be the eighth WPVA event in Florida. Here are final four results from the past Florida stops:
1989 (Evian Tour Event No. 26, July 1-2 at Miami) - 1, Patty Dodd/Jackie Silva; 2, Nina Matthies/Elaine Roque, 3, Mary Jo Pepper/Dennie Shupryt-Knoop; 4, Gail Castro/Lori Forsythe.
1991 (No. 52, Apr. 13-14 at Daytona Beach) - 1, Karolyn Kirby/Angela Rock; 2, Castro/Forsythe; 3, Janice Harrer/Roque; 4, Lisa Strand- Ma'a/Kelly VanWinden. 1991 (No. 53, Apr. 20-21 at Clearwater) - 1, Linda Chisholm/Matthies; 2, Harrer/Roque; 3, Kirby/Rock; 4, Castro/Forsythe.
1992 (No. 69, Apr. 18-19 at Fort Myers Beach) - 1, Kirby/Rock; 2, Harrer/Roque; 3, Cammy Ciarelli/Nancy Reno; 4, Castro/Forsythe.
1993 (No. 89, May 29-30 at Jacksonville Beach) - 1, Kirby/Masakayan; 2, Fontana Harris/Forsythe; 3, Harrer/Deb Richardson; 4, Alison Johnson/Shupryt-Knoop.
1994 (No. 99, Apr. 23-25 at Fort Lauderdale) - 1, Kirby/Masakayan; 2, Castro/Roque; 3 (tie), Fontana Harris/Forsythe; Wendy Fletcher/Marla O'Hara.
1995 (No. 113, Apr. 8-9 at Deerfield Beach) - 1, Fontana Harris/Forsythe; 2, Linda Hanley/Rock; 3, Holly McPeak/Reno; 4, Ciarelli/Dodd.
MCI Open at Deerfield Beach presented by Nissan
Apr. 5-7 at The International Fishing Pier, Deerfield Beach, Fla.
1. Holly McPeak (56th Evian Tour event), Manhattan Beach, Calif./Nancy Reno (57th), Elmhurst, Ill. (17th Evian Tour event, nine Evian Tour titles, 76-11 Evian Tour match mark).
2. Liz Masakayan (84th), San Diego/Angela Rock (77th), Carlsbad, Calif. (15th, 34-25).
3. Barbra Fontana Harris (77th), Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley (47th), Pacific Palisades, Calif. (3rd, 0-2).
4. Karolyn Kirby (110th), Brookline, Mass./Christine Schaefer (41st), Florence, Ky. (3rd, 2-1).
5. Gail Castro (125th), Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson (99th), Minneapolis, Minn. (1st).
6. Elaine Roque (125th), Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop (107th), Chicago (3rd, 4-4).
7. Lisa Arce (28th), Manhattan Beach, Calif./Patty Dodd (91st), El Segundo, Calif. (3rd, 7-6).
8. Marla O'Hara (97th), Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood (59th), Redondo Beach, Calif. (14th, 34-25).
9. Krista Blomquist (42nd), Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher (68th), Manhattan Beach, Calif. (5th, 8-8).
10. Janice Harrer (119th), Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer (107th), San Antonio, Tex. (1st).
11. Danalee Bragado (28th), Honoolulu, Hi./Karrie Poppinga (16th), Mililani, Hi. (2nd, 3-3).
12. Marie Andersson (77th), Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller (54th), Sarasota, Calif. (3rd, 3-4).
13. Jackie Campbell (100th), Santa Barbara, Calif./Leanne Schuster (12th), Mesa, Ariz. (1st).
14. Kengy Gardiner (26th), North Kingstown, R. I./Helen Hert (1st), Stockton, Calif. (1st).
15. Michal Clingman (36th), Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary (37th), Littleton, Colo. (2nd, 1-2).
16. Jennifer Meredith (3rd), Malibu, Calif./Monique Oliver (81st), Santa Monica, Calif. (1st).
17. Mary Baily (32nd), Calabasas, Calif./Alissa Lund (14th), El Segundo, Calif. (1st).
18. Mary Holland (36th), San Diego, Calif./Laura Martin (26th), San Diego (1st).
19. Jackie Auzias deTurenne (19th), Raleigh, N. C./Michelle Morse (14th), Fort Rucker, Ala. (1st).
20. Stephanie Nelson (28th), Monarch Beach, Calif./Beth Schuler (19th), Raleigh, N. C. (1st).
21. Evelyn Conley (75th), South Pasadena, Calif./Erin Deiters (45th), Green Bay, Wisc. (8th, 10-14).
22. Nancy Mason (7th), Belleville, Ill./Liz Pagano (22nd), Seattle, Wash. (1st).
23. Julia Celotto (21st), Eureka, Calif./Alicia Chung (4th), Capitola, Calif. (1st).
24. Nancy Brookhart (13th), Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham (8th), Reardon, Wash. (1st).
25. Stacy Kemmes (1st), El Segundo, Calif./Amy Peistrup-Matthews (5th), Gurnee, Ill. (1st).
26. Sandra Burgess (2nd), Pompano Beach, Fla./Bonnie Levin (9th), Miami, Fla. (1st).
27. Lisa Bettio (8th), Columbia, S. C./Fran Fischer (1st), Columbia, S. C. (1st).
28. Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius (5th), Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin Schritter (2nd), El Segundo, Calif. (1st).
29. Marsha Miller (4th), Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva (7th), Redondo Beach, Calif. (1st).
30. Kristin Johnson (2nd), Lansing, Mich./Wendy McCann (1st), Lansing, Mich. (1st).
31. Jeanette Kollasch (5th), Palatine, Ill./Laurie Ruser (2nd), San Diego (1st).
32. Connie Gibbon (38th), Tucson, Ariz./Kathy Ross (2nd), San Diego (2nd, 0-2).
33. Rhonda Kottke (7th), Minneapolis, Minn./Veronica Sanchez (13th), Santa Monica, Calif. (1st).
34. Connie Armstrong (5th), Ormond Beach, Fla./Haylee Red (1st), Ormond Beach, Fla. (1st).
35. Beth Engman (46th), Solana Beach, Calif./Jen Wrightsen (2nd), San Diego (1st).
36. Kathleen Dedeminico (1st), Manhattan, N. Y./Shannon Williams (16th), Dallas, Tex. (1st).
37. Tammy Paiement (6th), Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Linda Street (1st), Jupiter, Fla. (1st).
38. Wendy Martin (1st), El Segundo, Calif./Teri Van Dyke (1st), El Segundo, Caif. (1st).
39. Paula Butchko (1st), El Segundo, Calif./Cathy Hughes (1st), El Segundo, Calif. (1st).
40. Carolyn Eddy (1st), Deerfield Beach, Fla./Becky Montague (1st), Lake Worth, Fla. (1st).
41. Michelle Fenner (1st), Lakeland, Fla./Jill Stephens (1st), Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (1st).
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