FONTANA HARRIS/HANLEY SCORE TWO UPSET WINS ENROUTE TO EVIAN BEACH TITLE.
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF. - Fourth-seeded Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley scored two upset wins here Sunday (May 5) at The Pier to claim the $50,000 Evian Hermosa Beach Open.
Fontana Harris, who was playing in front of a home town crowd of 4,500, and Hanley downed top-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno 12-11 to claim the $11,000 first-place prize in a contest televised nationally by ABC Sports.
The win was Fontana Harris and Hanley's first domestic title on the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour as the pair had won last November together in Brazil on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series circuit.
Fontana Harris and Hanley advanced to the championship finals with a 14-9 win over third-seeded Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak while Kirby and Reno scored a 15-4 win over seventh-seeded Cammy Ciarelli and Patty Dodd. Kirby and Reno shared $8,100 for second-place.
The championship win was revenge for Fontana Harris and Hanley, who dropped an 18-16, 80-minute and 86 side-out decision to Kirby and Reno Saturday in the championship bracket semi-finals.
In the third-place match, Arce and McPeak downed Ciarelli and Dodd 15-4. Arce and McPeak shared $5,700 for third-place while Ciarelli and Dodd split $4,100.
The Evian Tour takes next week off before resuming competition at the San Diego Open May 18-19 at Mariner's Point. Here is Sunday's results from the Evian Hermosa Beach Open at The Pier. The event was the third of 14 outdoor events on the Evian Tour (seed).
Olympic Crossing semi-finals - Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass./Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill. (1) def. Cammy Ciarelli, Huntington Beach, Calif./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. (7), 15-4; Barbra Fontana Harris, Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (4) def. Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (3), 14-9 (time expired). Olympic Crossing consolation (winners place third, split $5,700; losers place fourth, split $4,100) - Arce/McPeak def. Ciarelli/Dodd, 15-4; Olympic Crossing championship (winners place first, split $11,000; losers place second, split $8,100) - Fontana Harris/Hanley def. Kirby/Reno, 12-11 (time expired).
Evian Hermosa Beach Open
May 3-5, 1996 at Pier, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
TEAM (seed) W-L POINTS
MONEY
1st Barbra Fontana Harris\Linda Hanley (4) 6-1 80 $11,000
2nd Karolyn Kirby\Nancy Reno (1) 5-1 72 $8,100
3rd Lisa Arce\Holly McPeak (3) 5-1 64 $5,700
4th Cammy Ciarelli\Paty Dodd (7) 6-3 56 $4,100
5th Liz Masakayan\Angela Rock (2) 3-2 48 $3,000
Gail Castro\Deb Richardson (6) 4-2 48 $3,000
7th Elaine Roque\Dennie Shupryt-Knoop (5) 3-2 40 $2,375
Marla O'Hara\Ali Wood (9) 4-2 40 $2,375
9th Janice Harrer\Gayle Stammer (11) 3-2 32 $1,575
Karrie Poppinga\Christine Schaefer (8) 2-2 32 $1,575
Krista Blomquist\Wendy Fletcher (10) 2-2 32 $1,575
Jackie Campbell\Leanne Schuster (13) 3-2 32 $1,575
13th Michal Clingman\Valinda Hilleary (14) 2-2 24 $1,013
Alissa Evans-Lund\Lynda Johnson (20) 2-2 24 $1,013
Katy Eldridge\Jenny Johnson (30) 2-2 24 $1,013
Marie Andersson\Pat Keller (12) 2-2 24 $1,013
17th Stephanie Nelson\Liz Pagano (17) 1-2 16
Marsha Miller\Darina Staneva (25) 1-2 16
Rhonda Kottke\Veronica Sanchez (28) 1-2 16
Danalee Bragado\Samantha Shaver (15) 1-2 16
Kengelin Gardiner\Dorothy Hert (16) 1-2 16
Kristi Atkinson\Jen Wrightson (22) 1-2 16
Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius\Kristen Schritter (26 1-2 16
Evelyn Conley\Erin Deiters (18) 1-2 16
25th Stacy Kemmes\Amy Peistrup-Matthews (32) 0-2 8
Nancy Brookhart\Desiree Leipham (24) 0-2 8
Jackie Auzias de Turenne\Mary Baily (21) 0-2 8
Wendy Stammer\Lisa Westlake (29) 0-2 8
Laura Martin\Beth Schuler (19) 0-2 8
Nancy Mason\Jen Murrell (27) 0-2 8
Elizabeth Chavez\Michelle Morse (23) 0-2 8
Alicia Chung\Shana Wilson (31) 0-2 8
Totals 62-62 864 $50,000
Qualifying Totals 10-10 28 $0
QUALIFYING
TEAM (seed) W-L POINTS
Q Stacey Kemmes\Amy Peistrup-Matthews (29) 1-0 0
Q Alicia Chung\Shana Wilson (32) 2-0 0
Q Wendy Stammer\Lisa Westlake (31) 2-0 0
Q Katy Eldridge\Jenny Johnson (35) 2-0 0
33rd Linda Moseley-Burton\Wendy Whiting (36) 0-0 4
33rd Patty Lake\Julie Sprague (40) 0-0 4
33rd Monica Holmes\Shannon Misek (34) 0-0 4
33rd Barbara Belding\Mindy Czuleger (30) 0-0 4
37th Kathy Ross\Chrissy Tenholsen (37) 0-0 2
37th Jeanette Kollasch\Laurie Ruser (33) 0-0 2
37th Marissa Hatchett\Missy Kurt (41) 0-0 2
37th Shaney Fink\Sharma Grant (42) 0-0 2
37th Kathleen Luciano\Sharon Rhodes (39) 0-0 2
37th Tami Chick\Gina Pillitiere (38) 0-0 2
CIARELLI/DODD SCORE EVIAN HERMOSA BEACH UPSET TO ADVANCE
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF. - Seventh-seeded Cammy Ciarelli and Patty Dodd scored five wins here Saturday (May 4) to advance to the final four of the $50,000 Evian Hermosa Beach Open.
Upset victims themselves Friday to drop into the contender's bracket, Ciarelli and Dodd scored a 15-8 win over second-seeded Liz Masakayan and Angela Rock to earn a berth in Sunday's first semi- final match against top-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno.
Sunday's play opens at 9 a.m. (PDT) with the Kirby/Reno versus Ciarelli/Dodd match followed by the second Olympic Crossing semi- final match pitting third-seeded Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak against fourth-seeded Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley.
The semi-final winners advance to the championship match at 12 p.m. as ABC Sports televises the final. Sunday's winners split the $11,000 first-place prize while the second-place shares $8,100.
Kirby and Reno scored two wins Saturday, including an 18-16, 80- minute and 86 side-out win over Fontana Harris and Hanley. Arce and McPeak also won twice Saturday with a 15-8 win over Masakayan and Rock to advance.
Fontana Harris and Hanley won Saturday's final match with a 15-8 win over sixth-seeded Gail Castro and Deb Richardson to advance to the semi-final meeting against Arce and McPeak, who won last weekend's Coors Light Beach Volley '96 in Puerto Rico.
Here is Satuday's results from the $50,000 Evian Hermosa Beach Open at The Pier. The event is the third of 14 outdoor events on the 1996 Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour (seed).
Championship bracket, quarter-finals - Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass./Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill. (1) def. Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi./Christine Schaefer, Florence, Ky. (8), 15-7; Barbra Fontana Harris, Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (4) def. Elaine Roque, Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago (5), 15-13; Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (3) vs. Gail Castro, Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn. (6), 15-8; Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif./Angela Rock, Carlsbad, Calif. (2) def. Krista Blomquist, Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (10), 15-9.
Championship Bracket, semi-finals (winner's advance to Sunday's Olympic Crossing semi-finals at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.) - Kirby/Reno def. Fontana Harris/Hanley, 18-16; Arce/McPeak def. Masakayan/Rock, 15-7.
Contender's Bracket, first-round (losers eliminated, place 25th) - Stephanie Nelson, Monarch Beach, Calif./Liz Pagano, Seattle, Wash. (17) def. Stacy Kemmes, El Segundo, Calif./Amy Peistrup-Matthews, Gurnee, Ill. (29), 15-2; Marsha Miller, Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva, Redondo Beach, Calif. (25) def. Nancy Brookhart, Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham, Reardon, Wash. (24), 15-10; Rhonda Kottke, Minneapolis, Minn./Veronica Sanchez, Santa Monica, Calif. (28) def. Jackie Auzias deTurenne, Raleigh, N. C./Mary Baily, Calabasas, Calif. (21), 15-13; Alissa Lund, El Segundo, Calif./Lynda Johnson, San Diego (20) def. Wendy Stammer, Portland, Ore./Lisa Westlake, Monterey, Calif. (31), 15-9; Katy Eldridge, Huntington Beach, Calif./Jenny Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif. (35) def. Laura Martin, San Diego/Beth Schuler, Raleigh, N. C. (19), 15- 3; Kristi Atkinson, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Jen Wrightson, San Diego, Calif. (22) def. Nancy Mason, Belleville, Ill./Jen Murrell, Redondo Beach, Calif. (27), 15-5; Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius, Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin Schritter, San Diego (26) def. Elizabeth Chavez, Playa del Rey, Calif./Michelle Morse, Fort Rucker, Ala. (23), 15-8; Evelyn Conley, South Pasadena, Calif./Erin Deiters, Green Bay, Wisc. (18) def. Alicia Chung, Capitola, Calif./Shana Wilson, Los Angeles, Calif. (32), 15-13.
Contender's Bracket, second-round (losers eliminated, place 17th) - Michal Clingman, Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary, Littleton, Colo. (14) def. Nelson/Pagano, 15-11; Janice Harrer, Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer, San Antonio, Tex. (11) def. Miller/Staneva, 15-4; Cammy Ciarelli, Huntington Beach, Calif./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. (7) def. Kottke/Sanchez, 15-7; Lund/L. Johnson def. Danalee Bragado, Honolulu, Hi./Samantha Shaver, Los Angeles, Calif. (15), 15-10; Eldridge/J. Johnson def. Kengy Gardiner, North Kingstown, R. I./Dorothy Hert, Wellesley, Mass. (16), 15-7; Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood, Redondo Beach, Calif. (9) def. Atkinson/Wrightson, 15-4; Marie Andersson, Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller, Sarasota, Fla. (12) def. Perlstrom-Fresenius/Schritter, 15- 4; Jackie Campbell, Santa Barbara, Calif./Leanne Schuster, Mesa, Ariz. (13) def. Conley/Deiters, 15-3.
Contender's Bracket, third-round (losers eliminated, place 13th, split $1,012.50) - Harrer/G. Stammer def. Clingman/Hilleary, 15-12; Ciarelli/Dodd def. Evans-Lund/L. Johnson, 15-13; O'Hara/Wood def. Eldridge/J. Johnson, 15-10; Campbell/Schuster def. Andersson/Keller, 15-9.
Contender's Bracket, fourth-round (losers eliminated, place ninth, split $1,575) - Roque/Shupryt-Knoop def. Harrer/Stammer, 20-18; Ciarelli/Dodd def. Poppinga/Schaefer, 15-13; O'Hara/Wood def. Blomquist/Fletcher, 15-10; Castro/Richardson def. Campbell/Schuster, 16-14.
Contender's Bracket, fifth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh, split $2,375) - Ciarelli/Dodd def. Roque/Shupryt-Knoop, 15-13; Castro/Richardson def. O'Hara/Wood, 15-5.
Contender's Bracket, quarter-finals (losers eliminated, place fifth, split $3,000) - Ciarelli/Dodd def. Masakayan/Rock, 15-8; Fontana Harris/Hanley def. Castro/Richardson, 15-8.
Olympic Crossing semi-finals (9 a.m. and 10 a.m., Sunday) - Kirby/Reno vs. Ciarelli/Dodd; Fontana Harris/Hanley vs. Arce/McPeak.
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF. - Tenth-seeded Krista Blomquist and Wendy Fletcher scored Friday's only upset win during of the first of three days of competition here this weekend in the $50,000 Evian Hermosa Beach Open at The Pier.
Blomquist and Fletcher, a former Manhattan Beach (Calif.) Mira Costa High School standout, downed seventh-seeded Patty Dodd and Cammy Ciarelli 15-7 to advance to Saturday's championship quarter- final match against second-seeded Liz Masakayan and Angela Rock.
Saturday's competition begins at 8 a.m. (PDT) with the first-round of the contender's bracket with the first of four quarter-final matches set at 10 a.m. when top-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno face the eighth-seeded tandem of Karrie Poppinga/Christine Schaefer.
Kirby and Reno won two matches Friday in the fifth of 16 stops on the 1996 Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. Kirby and Reno advanced to the quarters with a 15-10 win over 16th-seeded Kengy Gardiner and Dorothy Hert.
Fourth-seeded Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley, who advanced to the championship quarter-finals with a 15-0 win over 13th-seeded Jackie Campbell and Leanne Schuster, face fifth-seeded Elaine Roque and Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, who scored a 15-2 win over 12th-seeded Marie Andersson and Pat Keller to advance.
Third-seeded Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak, who won last weekend's Coors Light Beach Volley '96 in Puerto Rico, defeated 14th-seeded Michal Clingman and Valinda Hilleary to earn a quarter-final spot.
Sixth-seeded Gail Castro and Deb Richardson scored a 15-7 win over 11th-seeded Janice Harrer and Gayle Stammer to advance to a Saturday meeting against Arce and McPeak.
Masakayan, who missed last weekend's Puerto Rico event to rest her knees, and Rock scored a 15-6 win over 15th-seeded Danalee Bragado and Samantha Shaver. Here are Friday's results from the Evian Hermosa Beach Open (seed):
Qualifying, first-round (losers eliminated, place 37th) - Linda Burton, Laguna Beach, Calif./Wendy Whiting, Corona Del Mar, Calif. (35th-seeded team) def. Chrissy Tenholsen, San Diego/Kathy Ross, Carlsbad, Calif. (37), 11-4, 7-11 and 11-7; Patty Lake, Redondo Beach, Calif./Julie Sprague, Walnut Creek, Calif. (40) def. Jeanette Kollasch, Palatine, Ill./Laurie Ruser, San Diego (33), 4- 11, 11-5, 11-8; Alicia Chung, Capitola, Calif./Shana Wilson, Los Angeles, Calif. (32) def. Marissa Hatchett, Fullerton, Calif./Missy Kurt, Los Angeles, Calif. (41), 11-6 and 11-6; Wendy Stammer, Portland, Ore./Lisa Westlake, Monterey, Calif. (30) def. Shaney Fink, Northridge, Calif./Sharma Grant, Van Nuys, Calif. (42), 11-5 and 11-3; Monica Holmes, Altadena, Calif./Shannon Misek, Littleton, Colo. (34) def. Kathleen Luciano, Venice, Calif./Sharon Rhodes, Los Angeles, Calif. (39), 11-9, 6-11 and 11-7; Katy Eldridge, Huntington Beach, Calif./Jenny Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif. (35) def. Tami Chick, Seal Beach, Calif./Gina Pillitiere, Huntington Beach, Calif. (38), 11-4 and 11-6.
Qualifying, second-round (losers eliminated, place 33rd) - Stacy Kemmes, El Segundo, Calif./Amy Peistrup-Matthews, Gurnee, Ill. (29) def. Burton/Whiting, 11-7 and 11-9; Chung/Wilson def. Lake/Sprague, 11-1 and 14-12; W. Stammer/Westlake def. Holmes/Misek, 11-2 and 11- 5; Eldridge/J. Johnson def. Barbara Belding, San Francisco, Calif./Mindy Czuleger, Redondo Beach, Calif. (30), 11-3 and 11-5.
Championship bracket, first-round - Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass./Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill. (1) def. Kemmes/Peistrup- Matthews, 15-4; Kengy Gardiner, North Kingstown, R. I./Dorothy Hert, Wellesly, Mass. (16) def. Stephanie Nelson, Monarch Beach, Calif./Liz Pagano, Seattle, Wash. (17), 15-6; Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood, Redondo Beach, Calif. (9) def. Nancy Brookhart, Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham, Reardon, Wash. (24), 15-6; Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi./Christine Schaefer, Florence, Ky. (8) def. Marsha Miller, Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva, Redondo Beach, Calif. (25), 15-10; Elaine Roque, Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago (5) def. Rhonda Kottke, Minneapolis, Minn./Veronica Sanchez, Santa Monica, Calif. (28), 15- 6; Marie Andersson, Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller, Sarasota, Fla. (12) def. Jackie Auzias deTurenne, Raleigh, N. C./Mary Baily, Calabasas, Calif. (21), 15-4; Jackie Campbell, Santa Barbara, Calif./Leanne Schuster, Mesa, Ariz. (13) def. Alissa Lund, El Segundo, Calif./Lynda Johnson, San Diego (20), 15-6; Barbra Fontana Harris, Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (4) vs. W. Stammer/Westlake, 15-3; Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (3) def. Eldridge/J. Johnson, 15-2; Michal Clingman, Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary, Littleton, Colo. (14) def. Laura Martin, San Diego/Beth Schuler, Raleigh, N. C. (19), 15-5; Janice Harrer, Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer, San Antonio, Tex. (11) def. Kristi Atkinson, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Jen Wrightson, San Diego, Calif. (22), 15- 0; Gail Castro, Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn. (6) def. Nancy Mason, Belleville, Ill./Jen Murrell, Redondo Beach, Calif. (27), 15-8; Cammy Ciarelli, Huntington Beach, Calif./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. (7) def. Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius, Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin Schritter, San Diego (26), 15-11; Krista Blomquist, Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (10) def. Elizabeth Chavez, Playa del Rey, Calif./Michelle Morse, Fort Rucker, Ala. (23), 15-7; Danalee Bragado (30th), Honolulu, Hi./Samantha Shaver, Los Angeles, Calif. def. Evelyn Conley, South Pasadena, Calif./Erin Deiters, Green Bay, Wisc. (18), 16-14; Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif./Angela Rock, Carlsbad, Calif. (2) def. Chung/Wilson, 15-9.
Championship bracket, second-round - Kirby/Reno def. Gardiner/Hert, 15-10; Poppinga/Schaefer def. O'Hara/Wood, 15-9; Roque/Shupryt- Knoop def. Andersson/Keller, 15-2; Fontana Harris/Hanley def. Campbell/Schuster, 15-0; Arce/McPeak def. Clingman/Hilleary, 15-6; Castro/Richardson def. Harrer/Stammer, 15-7; Blomquist/Fletcher def. Ciarelli/Dodd, 15-7; Masakayan/Rock def. Bragado/Shaver, 15-6.
Contender's bracket, first-round (8 a.m., Saturday, losers eliminated, place 25th) - Kemmes/Peistrup-Matthews vs. Nelson/Pagano; Brookhart/Leipham vs. Miller/Staneva; Kottke/Sanchez vs. Auzias de Turenne/Baily; Lund/L. Johnson vs. Stammer/Westlake; Eldridge/J. Johnson vs. Martin/Schuler; Atkinson/Wrightson vs. Mason/Murrell; Perlstrom-Fresenius/Schritter vs. Chavez/Morse; Conley/Deiters vs. Chung/Wilson.
Championship bracket, quarter-finals (10 a.m., Saturday) - Kirby/Reno vs. Poppinga/Schaefer; Roque/Shupryt-Knoop vs. Fontana Harris/Hanley; Arce/McPeak vs. Castro/Richardson; Blomquist/Fletcher vs. Masakayan/Rock.
42 TEAMS ENTER EVIAN HERMOSA BEACH OPEN AS MASAKAYAN RETURNS
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF. - With the return of Liz Masakayan to competition, the seedings at the top for this weekend's $50,000 Evian Hermosa Beach Open change slightly when 42 teams begin competition here Friday (May 3) at The Pier.
The most popular site on the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Hermosa Beach will be hosting an event for the 10th-straight year at The Pier with ABC Sports providing same-day coverage of Sunday's (May 5) championship match.
The Evian Hermosa Beach Open is the fifth of 16 dates on the 1996 Evian Tour, including the third of 14 outdoor events, as the Women's Professional Volleyball Association starts its 10th-season of operation.
The three-day Evian Hermosa Beach Open is a "modified" double- elimination event. A 10-match, 14-team qualifying session is set for 9 a.m. (PDT) Friday (May 3) at The Pier to determine the final four seeds in the 32-team main draw.
Championship competition starts at 1 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday (May 4). Four teams will advance to the Olympic Crossing semi-finals at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday (May 5). The championship match is set for 12 p.m. followed by the third-place match.
Masakayan, who missed last weekend's Coors Light Beach Volley '96 in Puerto Rico to rest her knees, returns to form the second-seeded team this weekend with Angela Rock behind Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno.
Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak, who won the Coors Light Beach Volley '96 by defeating Patty Dodd and Rock 15-10 in the Puerto Rico finale, drop to third in the seedings followed by Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley.
With Rock joining forces with Masakayan, Dodd will play with Cammy Ciarelli as the seventh-seeded team behind the tandems of Elaine Roque/Dennie Shupryt-Knoop and Gail Castro/Deb Richardson.
Kirby and Reno, who finished fourth in Puerto Rico by losing 15-12 to Fontana Harris and Hanley in the Olympic Crossing consolation match, are the top-rated Evian Tour team for the second-straight event.
Reno, the Evian Tour's top hitter and blocker in 1995, joins forces with Kirby for their 11th career event together, including their seventh domestic stop.
Reno and Kirby have combined to win six of 10 overall pro beach events to share $114,876. Kirby and Reno, who played together in the final five Evian Tour events in 1992, have won three domestic titles enroute to a 24-6 match mark together while sharing $68,876.
The Kirby/Reno tandem won three of four international stops, including last November's FIVB Beach stop on Carolina Beach in Puerto Rico. The pair also won the first-ever international stops in Almeria, Spain (Aug. 16, 1992) and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Feb. 14, 1993).
When Reno split with McPeak for last week's event, the change of the No. 1-seeded team marked only the third-time in the 10-season history of the WPVA that the top-seeded tandem has changed during the season.
Despite the change, McPeak and Reno will still compete together in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games as the top team for the United States after finishing second on the 1995-96 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series tour.
Honored as the Evian Tour's top rookie in 1994 and most improved player in 1995, Arce won her first event title in Puerto Rico as she and McPeak were playing their first beach event together.
Former indoor teammates, Arce and McPeak are 1987 graduates of Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. The pair also played collegiately together at Cal-Berkeley before McPeak finished her career at UCLA.
The Evian Hermosa Beach Open winning team will split $11,000 for first-place with the second-place finishers sharing $8,100. The third-place team will share $5,700 while fourth-place finishers split $4,100.
The Evian Tour opened the outdoor season with the MCI Open at Deerfield Beach (Fla.) when top-seeded McPeak and Reno scored a 15- 8 win over second-seeded Masakayan and Rock in the championship match Apr. 7.
Kirby, the winningest women's player in pro beach volleyball history (62 domestic and international event titles and $559,649.13), and Christine Schaefer won the indoor opener in Fairfax Feb. 3.
McPeak and Reno captured the New York indoor event Feb. 24 to split the biggest paycheck ($31,500) in women's beach history as the pair downed Masakayan and Rock 15-13.
The Evian Hermosa Beach Open is the final event before 24 Evian Tour players have to decide entries for the United States Olympic Trials (June 4-9 in Baltimore, Md.). Entries are due to USA Volleyball Monday (May 6).
Evian Tour tandems will fill three of the 16 Atlanta Olympic Games beach spots. The 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games' is July 23-28 at Atlanta Beach in Clayton County, Ga.
Evian Hermosa Beach Open May 3-5, 1996 at The Pier, Hermosa Beach, Calif. Official Seedings - May 1, 1996
SEED TEAM
1. Karolyn Kirby (112th Evian Tour event), Brookline, Mass./Nancy
Reno (59th), Elmhurst, Ill. (6th Evian Tour event together,
three Evian Tour titles together, 24-6 Evian Tour match mark
together).
2. Liz Masakayan (85th), San Diego, Calif./Angela Rock (79th),
Carlsbad, Calif. (16th, 39-26).
3. Lisa Arce (30th), Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak (58th),
Manhattan Beach, Calif. (2nd, one title, 5-0).
4. Barbra Fontana Harris (79th), Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda
Hanley (49th), Pacific Palisades, Calif. (5th, 8-6).
5. Elaine Roque (127th), Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop
(109th), Chicago (5th, 13-9).
6. Gail Castro (127th), Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson (101st),
Minneapolis, Minn. (3rd, 6-4).
7. Cammy Ciarelli (46th), Huntington Beach, Calif./Patty Dodd
(93rd), El Segundo, Calif. (6th, 17-10).
8. Karrie Poppinga (18th), Mililani, Hi./Christine Schaefer
(43rd), Florence, Ky. (second, 5-2).
9. Marla O'Hara (99th), Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood (61st),
Redondo Beach, Calif. (16th, 40-29).
10. Krista Blomquist (44th), Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher
(70th), Manhattan Beach, Calif. (7th, 13-12).
11. Janice Harrer (121st), Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer (109th),
San Antonio, Tex. (3rd, 6-4).
12. Marie Andersson (79th), Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller (56th),
Sarasota, Calif. (5th, 7-8).
13. Jackie Campbell (102nd), Santa Barbara, Calif./Leanne Schuster
(14th), Mesa, Ariz. (3rd, 5-4).
14. Michal Clingman (38th), Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary
(39th), Littleton, Colo. (4th, 5-6).
15. Danalee Bragado (30th), Honolulu, Hi./Samantha Shaver (14th),
Los Angeles, Calif. (first).
16. Kengy Gardiner (28th), North Kingstown, R. I./Dorothy Hert
(3rd), Wellesly, Mass. (3rd, 1-4).
17. Stephanie Nelson (29th), Monarch Beach, Calif./Liz Pagano
(24th), Seattle, Wash. (7th, 6-12).
18. Evelyn Conley (76th), South Pasadena, Calif./Erin Deiters
(46th), Green Bay, Wisc. (9th, 11-16).
19. Laura Martin (26th), San Diego/Beth Schuler (21st), Raleigh,
N. C. (2nd, 0-2).
20. Alissa Lund (16th), El Segundo, Calif./Lynda Johnson (5th),
San Diego (second, 2-2).
21. Jackie Auzias deTurenne (21st), Raleigh, N. C./Mary Baily
(34th), Calabasas, Calif. (1st).
22. Kristi Atkinson (48th), San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Jen
Wrightson (3rd), San Diego, Calif. (1st).
23. Elizabeth Chavez (53rd), Playa del Rey, Calif./Michelle Morse
(16th), Fort Rucker, Ala. (1st).
24. Nancy Brookhart (15th), Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham
(10th), Reardon, Wash. (3rd, 1-4).
25. Marsha Miller (6th), Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva, Redondo
Beach, Calif. (second, 2-2).
26. Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius (7th), Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin
Schritter (4th), San Diego (3rd, 1-4).
27. Nancy Mason (9th), Belleville, Ill./Jen Murrell (2nd), Redondo
Beach, Calif. (second, 1-2).
28. Rhonda Kottke (9th), Minneapolis, Minn./Veronica Sanchez
(15th), Santa Monica, Calif. (3rd, 1-4).
29. Stacy Kemmes (3rd), El Segundo, Calif./Amy Peistrup-Matthews
(7th), Gurnee, Ill. (3rd, 0-4).
30. Barbara Belding (20th), San Francisco, Calif./Mindy Czuleger
(10th), Redondo Beach, Calif. (3rd, 1-4).
31. Wendy Stammer (2nd), Portland, Ore./Lisa Westlake (5th),
Monterey, Calif. (first).
32. Alicia Chung (5th), Capitola, Calif./Shana Wilson (3rd), Los
Angeles, Calif. (1st)
33. Jeanette Kollasch (5th), Palatine, Ill./Laurie Ruser (2nd),
San Diego (1st).
34. Monica Holmes (2nd), Altadena, Calif./Shannon Misek (3rd),
Littleton, Colo. (2nd, 0-2).
35. Ashley Wacholder (2nd), Laguna Beach, Calif./Wendy Whiting
(2nd), Corona Del Mar, Calif. (2nd, 0-2).
36. Katy Eldridge (4th), Huntington Beach, Calif./Jenny Johnson
(1st), Los Angeles, Calif. (1st).
37. Chrissy Chenholsen (1st), San Diego/Kathy Ross (3rd),
Carlsbad, Calif. (1st).
38. Tami Chick (1st), Seal Beach, Calif./Gina Pillitiere (8th),
Huntington Beach, Calif. (1st).
39. Kathleen Luciano (45th), Venice, Calif./Sharon Rhodes (1st),
Los Angeles, Calif. (1st).
40. Patty Lake (2nd), Redondo Beach, Calif./Julie Sprague (2nd),
Walnut Creek, Calif. (1st).
41. Marissa Hatchett (1st), Fullerton, Calif./Missy Kurt (5th),
Los Angeles, Calif. (1st).
42. Shaney Fink (1st), Northridge, Calif./Sharma Grant (1st), Van
Nuys, Calif. (1st).
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