KIRBY/RENO CAPTURE SAN DIEGO OPEN BEACH EVENT AS OLYMPIC TRIALS LOOM
SAN DIEGO - Top-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno scored three- straight wins here Sunday (May 19) to capture the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour event at Mariner's Point.
The San Diego Open winners split the $9,400 first-place prize as Kirby and Reno defeated fourth-seeded Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley 15-9 in the title match.
The win was the second Sunday over the Fontana Harris/Hanley tandem as Kirby and Reno downed their rivals 15-4 in the championship bracket semi-finals.
Kirby and Reno, who captured their fourth Evian Tour title together, avenged a heart-breaking 12-11 loss to Fontana Harris and Hanley in the Olympic Crossing finals of the Evian Hermosa Beach Open May 5.
Fontana Harris and Hanley, who shared $7,000 for third-place, advanced to the title match with a pair of Sunday wins over third- seeded Liz Masakayan and Angela Rock (15-3) and second-seeded Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak (15-9).
Arce and McPeak, who won last month's event in Puerto Rico, captured third for the second-straight event with their 15-10 triumph over sixth-seeded Elaine Roque and Dennie Shupryt-Knoop. The third-place finishers shared $5,000.
Kirby, who has now won a record 57 Evian Tour titles, also captured her fifth San Diego Open title after capturing the 1991 and 1992 crowns with Rock and the 1993 and 1994 titles with Masakayan.
Combined with her third-place finish in the 1990 San Diego event with Patty Dodd, Kirby has won 38 of 42 matches in San Diego, including 26-straight from 1991 through three matches in 1995
Reno, who captured her 15 Evian Tour title, teamed with McPeak to win the 1995 San Diego Open by defeating Hanley and Rock 15-10 in the finals. Kirby finished third last season with Masakayan.
The San Diego Open, the fourth of 14 outdoor stops on the 1996 Evian Tour, was the final event used in determining the seedings for the United States Olympic Beach Volleyball Trials. Seedings for the June 4-9 Olympic Trials in Baltimore, Md., will be announced Tuesday by USA Volleyball.
Led by Fontana Harris and Hanley, 11 teams from the Evian Tour will vie for the remaining two spots on the 1996 United States Olympic Beach Volleyball Team.
McPeak and Reno have earned a spot in the 18-team 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games women's beach field by finishing as the top-rated United States tandem on the 1995-96 FIVB circuit by winning six of eight events.
The second berth on the United States Olympic Beach Volleyball Team will be determined June 7 in a 4:30 p.m. (EDT) match at the Harborview Complex in Baltimore. The third spot will be determined June 9 in a 12 p.m. match.
Fontana Harris and Hanley earned an automatic spot in the Olympic Trials Final Four June 7-9 by finishing as the second-ranked United States team on the 1995-96 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series circuit.
The other 10 teams will compete June 4-5 for the other three spots in the Olympic Trials' final four. The preliminary rounds will feature a double-elimination format with two teams from the winner's bracket and one team from the loser's bracket advancing to the Final Four.
Competing together in the preliminary rounds of the Olympic Trials will be Marie Andersson/Monique Oliver, Arce/Kirby, Krista Blomquist/Wendy Fletcher, Danalee Bragado/Marla O'Hara, Gail Castro/Deb Richardson, Erin Deiters/Desiree Leipham, Janice Harrer/Gayle Stammer, Liz Masakayan/Angela Rock, Karrie Poppinga/Christine Schaefer and Roque/Shupryt-Knoop. Here are Sunday's results from the San Diego Open:
Championship bracket, semi-finals - Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass./Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill. (No. 1-seeded) def. Barbra Fontana Harris, Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (4), 15-4; Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (2) def. Elaine Roque, Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago (6), 16-14.
Contender's bracket, fourth-round (losers eliminated, place ninth, split $1,100) - Krista Blomquist, Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (11) def. Gail Castro, Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn. (5), 16-14; Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi./Christine Schaefer, Florence, Ky. (8) def. Danalee Bragado, Honolulu, Hi./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. (7), 15-13; Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood, Redondo Beach, Calif. (9) def. Janice Harrer, Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer, San Antonio, Tex. (10), 15-10; Liz Masakayan, San Diego/Angela Rock, Carlsbad, Calif. (3) def. Kristi Atkinson, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Jen Wrightson, San Diego (21), 15-3.
Contender's bracket, fifth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh, split $1,600) - Poppinga/Schaefer def. Blomquist/Fletcher, 15-12; Masakayan/Rock def. O'Hara/Wood, 15-2.
Contender's bracket, quarter-finals (losers eliminated, place fifth, split $2,400) - Roque/Shupryt-Knoop def. Poppinga/Schaefer, 15-9; Fontana Harris/Hanley def. Masakayan/Rock, 15-3.
Olympic Crossing, semi-finals - Kirby/Reno def. Roque/Shupryt- Knoop, 15-12; Fontana Harris/Hanley def. Arce/McPeak, 15-9.
Olympic Crossing, consolation (winners place third, split $5,000; losers place fourth, split $3,400) - Arce/McPeak def. Roque/Shupryt-Knoop, 15-10.
Olympic Crossing, championship (winners place first, split $9,400; losers place second, split $7,000) - Kirby/Reno def. Fontana Harris/Hanley, 15-9.
EVIAN AUSTIN OPEN NEXT
The Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour returns to Austin, Tex., May 31-June 2 for the sixth-straight season for the Evian Austin Open. The Emerald Point on Lake Travis event is the seventh of 16 stops on the 1996 Evian Tour as the domestic circuit's top players prepare for the the United States Olympic Beach Volleyball Trials June 4-9 in Baltimore, Md.
San Diego Open
May 18-19, 1996 at Mariner's Point, San Diego, Calif.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
TEAM (seed) W-L POINTS
MONEY
1st Karolyn Kirby\Nancy Reno (1) 6-0 80 $9,400
2nd Barbra Fontana Harris\Linda Hanley (4) 5-2 72 $7,000
3rd Lisa Arce\Holly McPeak (2) 5-1 64 $5,000
4th Elaine Roque\Dennie Shupryt-Knoop (6) 4-3 56 $3,400
5th Karrie Poppinga\Christine Schaefer (8) 4-2 48 $2,400
Liz Masakayan\Angela Rock (3) 4-2 48 $2,400
7th Krista Blomquist\Wendy Fletcher (11) 4-2 40 $1,600
Marla O'Hara\Ali Wood (9) 4-2 40 $1,600
9th Gail Castro\Deb Richardson (5) 2-2 32 $1,100
Danalee Bragado\Patty Dodd (7) 3-2 32 $1,100
Janice Harrer\Gayle Stammer (10) 2-2 32 $1,100
Kristi Atkinson\Jen Wrightson (21) 3-2 32 $1,100
13th Kengelin Gardiner\Nancy Mason (17) 2-2 24 $ 700
Samantha Shaver\Wendy Stammer (29) 2-2 24 $ 700
Stephanie Nelson\Liz Pagano (16) 2-2 24 $ 700
Marie Andersson\Pat Keller (13) 2-2 24 $ 700
17th Erin Deiters\Lynda Johnson (19) 1-2 16
Rhonda Kottke\Veronica Sanchez (24) 1-2 16
Jackie Campbell\Leanne Schuster (12) 1-2 16
Alissa Evans-Lund\Monique Oliver (15) 1-2 16
Alicia Chung\Shana Wilson (30) 1-2 16
Mary Baily\Shaney Fink (27) 1-2 16
Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius\Kristen Schritter (2 1-2 16
Laurie Ruser\Wendy Whiting (31) 1-2 16
25th Jeanette Kollasch\Julie Sprague (32) 0-2 8
Jackie Auzias de Turenne\Barbara Belding (25) 0-2 8
Stacy Kammes\Amy Peistrup-Matthews (28) 0-2 8
Laura Martin\Beth Schuler (20) 0-2 8
Michal Clingman\Valinda Hilleary (14) 0-2 8
Marsha Miller\Darina Staneva (22) 0-2 8
Nancy Brookhart\Desiree Leipham (26) 0-2 8
Evelyn Conley\Michelle Morse (18) 0-2 8
Totals 62-62 864 $40,000
Qualifying Totals 16-16 22 $ 0
QUALIFYING
TEAM (seed) W-L POINTS
Q Samatha Shaver\Wendy Stammer (29) 2-0 0
Q Alicia Chung\Shana Wilson (30) 2-0 0
Q Laurie Ruser\Wendy Whiting (32) 2-1 0
Q Jeanette Kollasch\Julie Sprague (31) 2-1 0
33rd Deanne Johnson\Shannon Nembeck (37) 2-2 4
33rd Karen Helyer\Caroline Krattli (39) 3-2 4
35th Julie James\Samantha Meador (36) 1-2 4
35th Sharma Grant\Monica Holmes (34) 1-2 4
37th Shannon Misek\Gina Pillitiere (33) 0-2 2
37th Liz Burke\Kathy Ross (35) 1-2 2
37th Megan Anvorich\Stacy Stanich (38) 0-2 2
ROQUE/SHUPRYT-KNOOP SCORE SAN DIEGO OPEN BEACH UPSET
SAN DIEGO - Sixth-seeded Elaine Roque and Dennie Shupryt-Knoop scored the final nine points of their match with third-seeded Liz Masakayan and Angela Rock to score a 15-9 win here Saturday (May 18) in the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour event at Mariner's Point.
Competition concludes Sunday in the $40,000 San Diego Open starting at 8 a.m. (PDT) with 12 teams still in contention for the $9,400 first-place prize. Four teams will advance to Sunday afternoon's Olympic Crossing semi-finals with the tournament finale set for 3 p.m.
Trailing 9-6, Roque and Shupryt-Knoop scored their nine-straight points to advance to the championship bracket semi-final match against second-seeded Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak at 9 a.m. Sunday. Arce and McPeak advanced to Sunday's championship bracket semi- finals with a 15-10 win over 10th-seeded Janice Harrer and Gayle Stammer.
In Saturday's most "exciting" match, top-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno withstood a late rally by eighth-seeded Karrie Poppinga and Christine Schaefer 19-17. The championship bracket quarter- final match set a record for length (91 minutes) as Poppinga and Schaefer rallied from a 10-3 deficit to tie the match at 12-12.
Kirby and Reno face fourth-seeded Barbra Fontana and Linda Hanley in the other championship bracket semi-final match. Fontana Harris and Hanley won their three matches Saturday by a combined score of 45-6, including a 15-3 win over Gail Castro and Deb Richardson in the championship quarter-finals.
Sunday's competition opens with four contender's bracket matches in the San Diego Open, which is the fourth of 14 outdoor events on the 1996 Evian Tour.
Eleventh-seeded Krista Blomquist and Wendy Fletcher face Castro and Richardson while Poppinga and Schaefer challenge seventh-seeded Danalee Bragado and Patty Dodd. Harrer and Stammer face ninth- seeded Marla O'Hara and Ali Wood with Masakayan and Rock playing 21st-seeded Kristi Atkinson and Jen Wrightson. Here are Saturday's results from the San Diego Open:
Championship bracket, first-round - Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass./Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill. (1) def. Jeanette Kollasch, Palatine, Ill./Julie Sprague, Walnut Creek, Calif. (32), 15-0; Stephanie Nelson, Monarch Beach, Calif./Liz Pagano, Seattle, Wash. (16) def. Kengy Gardiner, North Kingstown, R. I./Nancy Mason, Bellevue, Ill. (17), 15-10; Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood, Redondo Beach, Calif. (9) def. Rhonda Kottke, Minneapolis, Minn./Veronica Sanchez, Santa Monica, Calif. (24), 15-4; Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi./Christine Schaefer, Florence, Ky. (8) def. Jackie Auzias deTurenne, Raleigh, N. C./Barbara Belding, San Francisco, Calif. (25), 15-3; Gail Castro, Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn. (5) def. Stacy Kammes, Winfield, Ill./Amy Peistrup-Matthews, Gurnee, Ill. (28), 15-3; Kristi Atkinson, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Jen Wrightson, San Diego, Calif. (21) def. Jackie Campbell, Santa Barbara, Calif./Leanne Schuster, Mesa, Ariz. (12), 15-2; Marie Andersson, Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller, Sarasota, Fla. (13) def. Laura Martin, San Diego/Beth Schuler, Raleigh, N. C. (20), 15-3; Barbra Fontana Harris, Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (4) def. Samantha Shaver, Los Angeles/Wendy Stammer, Portland, Ore. (29), 15-3; Liz Masakayan, San Diego/Angela Rock, Carlsbad, Calif. (2) def. Alicia Chung, Capitola, Calif./Shana Wilson, Dana Point, Calif. (30), 15-8; Erin Deiters, Green Bay, Wisc./Lynda Johnson, San Diego (19) def. Michal Clingman, Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary, Littleton, Colo. (14), 15-12; Krista Blomquist, Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (11) def. Marsha Miller, Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva, Redondo Beach, Calif. (22), 16-14; Elaine Roque, Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago (6) def. Mary Baily, Calabasas, Calif./Shaney Fink, Northridge, Calif. (27), 15-7; Danalee Bragado, Honolulu, Hi./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. (7) def. Nancy Brookhart, Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham, Reardon, Wash. (26), 15-6; Janice Harrer, Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer, San Antonio, Tex. (10) def. Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius, Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin Schritter, San Diego (23), 15-9; Alissa Lund, El Segundo, Calif./Monique Oliver, Santa Monica, Calif. (15) def. Evelyn Conley, South Pasadena, Calif./Michelle Morse, Fort Rucker, Ala. (18), 15-2; Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (2) def. Laurie Ruser, Dana Point, Calif./Wendy Whiting, Corona del Mar, Calif. (31), 15-6. Championship bracket, second-round - Reno/Kirby def. Nelson/Pagano, 15-8; Poppinga/Schaefer def. O'Hara/Wood, 15-12; Castro/Richardson def. Atkinson/Wrightson, 15-3; Fontana Harris/Hanley def. Andersson/Keller, 15-0; Masakayan/Rock def. Deiters/Johnson, 15-11; Roque/Shupryt-Knoop def. Blomquist/Fletcher, 15-6; Harrer/Stammer def. Bragado/Dodd, 15-13; Arce/McPeak def. Lund/Oliver, 15-2. Championship bracket, quarter-finals - Kirby/Reno def. Poppinga/Schaefer, 19-17; Fontana Harris/Hanley def. Castro/Richardson, 15-3; Roque/Shupryt-Knoop def. Masakayan/Rock, 15-9; Arce/McPeak def. Harrer/Stammer, 15-10.
Contender's bracket, first-round (losers eliminated, place 25th) - Gardner/Mason def. Kollasch/Sprague, 15-7; Kottke/Sanchez def. Auzias de Turenne/Belding, 15-7; Campbell/Schuster def. Kammes/Peistrup-Matthews, 15-6; Shaver/W. Stammer def. Martin/Schuler, 15-12; Chung/Wilson def. Clingman/Hilleary, 15-11; Baily/Fink def. Miller/Staneva, 15-13; Perlstrom- Fresenius/Schritter def. Brookhart/Leipham, 15-13; Ruser/Whiting def. Conley/Morse, 15-11. Contender's bracket, second-round (losers eliminated, place 17th) - Gardiner/Mason def. Deiters/Johnson, 15-3; Blomquist/Fletcher def. Kottke/Sanchez, 15- 8; Bragado/Dodd def. Campbell/Schuster, 15-9; Shaver/W. Stammer def. Lund/Oliver, 17-15; Nelson/Pagano def. Chung/Wilson, 15-1; O'Hara/Wood def. Baily/Fink, 15-9; Atkinson/Wrightson def. Perlstrom-Fresenius/Schritter, 15-4; Andersson/Keller def. Ruser/Whiting, 15-4. Contender's bracket, third-round (losers eliminated, place 13th, split $700) - Blomquist/Fletcher def. Gardiner/Mason, 15-1; Bragado/Dodd def. Shaver/W. Stammer, 15-8; O'Hara/Wood def. Nelson/Pagano, 15-4; Atkinson/Wrightson def. Andersson/Keller, 15-13.
Contender's bracket, quarter-final pairings (8 a.m., Sunday) - Blomquist/Fletcher vs. Castro/Richardson; Bragado/Dodd vs. Poppinga/Schaefer; O'Hara/Wood vs. Harrer/Stammer; Atkinson/Wrightson vs. Masakayan/Rock.
Championship bracket, semi-final pairings (9 a.m., Sunday) - Kirby/Reno vs. Fontana Harris/Hanley; Roque/Shupryt-Knoop vs. Arce/McPeak.
SHAVER/W. STAMMER PACE SAN DIEGO OPEN BEACH QUALIFIERS
SAN DIEGO - Samantha Shaver and Wendy Stammer scored two convincing wins here Friday (May 17) to pace the qualifying field for this weekend's Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour event at Mariner's Point.
Championship competition in the $40,000 San Diego Open starts at 9 a.m. Saturday (May 18) and 8 a.m. Sunday (May 19). Four teams will advance to Sunday afternoon's Olympic Crossing semi-finals with the tournament finale set for 3 p.m.
The San Diego Open is the fourth of 14 outdoor events on the 1996 Evian Tour. Here are the qualifying pairings along with Saturday's first- round of championship bracket play.
Shaver and Stammer, top players on the women's four-person circuit, defeated Julie James and Samantha Meador 15-2 and Laurie Ruser and Wendy Whiting 15-8 to advance to the 32-team main draw as the 29th-seeded team.
With the two wins, Shaver and Stammer face fourth-seeded Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley in Saturday's championship first-round. Fontana Harris and Hanley won the last Evian Tour stop in Hermosa Beach May 5.
Alicia Chung and Shana Wilson also won two matches Friday by identical 15- 5 scores. Chung and Wilson, who will be seeded 30th Saturday and play the third-seeded tandem of Liz Masakayan/Angela Rock in their opening match, down both Liz Burke/Kathy Ross and Jeanette Kollasch/Julie Sprague Friday.
Other qualifying tandems from Friday's play were Laura Ruser/Wendy Whiting and Jeanette Kollasch/Julie Sprague. Ruser and Whiting face second-seeded Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak in an opening round match while Kollasch and Sprague play top-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno.
Here are Friday's qualifying results from the San Diego Open at Mariner's Point:
Qualifying, winner's first-round - Julie James, Houston, Tex./Samantha Meador, Houston, Tex. (36th-seeded team) def. Deanne Johnson, San Diego/Shannon Nembach, San Diego (37), 15-8; Karen Helyer, San Diego/Caroline Krattli, San Diego (39) def. Sharma Grant, Van Nuys, Calif./Monica Holmes, Altadena, Calif. (34), 15-11; Liz Burke, San Diego/Kathy Ross, Carlsbad, Calif. (35) def. Megan Anvorich, San Diego/Stacy Stanich, San Diego (38), 15-5.
Qualifying, winner's second-round - Samantha Shaver, Los Angeles/Wendy Stammer, Portland, Ore. (29) vs. James/Meador, 15-2; Laurie Ruser, San Diego/Wendy Whiting, Corona Del Mar, Calif. (32) def. Shannon Misek, Littleton, Colo./Gina Pillitiere, Huntington Beach, Calif. (33), 15-6; Jeannette Kollasch, Palatine, Ill./Julie Sprague, Walnut Creek, Calif. (31) def. Helyer/Krattli, 15-13; Alicia Chung, Capitola, Calif./Shana Wilson, Los Angeles, Calif. (30) def. Burke/Ross, 15-5.
Qualifying, winner's third-round (winners advance to 32-team draw) - Shaver/W. Stammer def. Ruser/Whiting, 15-8; Chung/Wilson def. Kollasch/Sprague, 15-5.
Qualifying, loser's first-round (losers eliminated, place 37th) - D. Johnson/Nembach def. Misek/Pillitiere, 15-12; Grant Holmes def. Burke/Ross, 15-11; Helyer/Krattlie def. Anvorich/Stanich, 15-10.Qualifying, loser's second-round (losers eliminated, place 35th) - D. Johnson/Nembach def. James/Meador, 16-14; Helyer/Krattli def. Grant/Holmes, 15-9.
Qualifying, loser's third-round (losers eliminated, place 33th) - Kollasch/Sprague def. D. Johnson/Nembach, 15-8; Ruser/Whiting def. Helyer/Krattli, 15-8.
Championship bracket, first-round (Saturday, 9 a.m.) - Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass./Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill. (1) vs. Kollasch/Sprague (32); Stephanie Nelson, Monarch Beach, Calif./Liz Pagano, Seattle, Wash. (16) vs. Kengy Gardiner, North Kingstown, R. I./Nancy Mason, Bellevue, Ill. (17); Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood, Redondo Beach, Calif. (9) vs. Rhonda Kottke, Minneapolis, Minn./Veronica Sanchez, Santa Monica, Calif. (24); Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi./Christine Schaefer, Florence, Ky. (8) vs. Jackie Auzias deTurenne, Raleigh, N. C./Barbara Belding, San Francisco, Calif. (25); Gail Castro, Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn. (5) vs. Stacy Kemmes, El Segundo, Calif./Amy Peistrup- Matthews, Gurnee, Ill. (28); Jackie Campbell, Santa Barbara, Calif. /Leanne Schuster, Mesa, Ariz. (12) vs. Kristi Atkinson, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Jen Wrightson, San Diego, Calif. (21); Marie Andersson, Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller, Sarasota, Calif. (13) vs. Laura Martin, San Diego/Beth Schuler, Raleigh, N. C. (20); Barbra Fontana Harris, Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (4) vs. Shaver/W. Stammer (29); Liz Masakayan, San Diego/Angela Rock, Carlsbad, Calif. 2) vs. Chung/Wilson (30); Michal Clingman, Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary, Littleton, Colo. (14) vs. Erin Deiters, Green Bay, Wisc./Lynda Johnson, San Diego (19); Krista Blomquist, Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (11) vs. Marsha Miller, Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva, Redondo Beach, Calif. (22); Elaine Roque, Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt- Knoop, Chicago (6) vs. Mary Baily, Calabasas, Calif./Shaney Fink, Northridge, Calif. (27); Danalee Bragado, Honolulu, Hi./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. (7) vs. Nancy Brookhart, Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham, Reardon, Wash. (26); Janice Harrer, Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer, San Antonio, Tex. (10) vs. Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius, Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin Schritter, San Diego (23); Alissa Lund, El Segundo, Calif./Monique Oliver, Santa Monica, Calif. (15) vs. Evelyn Conley, South Pasadena, Calif./Michelle Morse, Fort Rucker, Ala. (18); Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (2) vs. Ruser/Whiting (31).
38 TEAMS ENTER SAN DIEGO OPEN AS OLYMPIC TRIALS LOOM
SAN DIEGO - A total of 38 teams have entered this weekend's Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour here at Mariner's Point with the San Diego Open being the last event considered in determining the seedings for next month's United States Olympic Trials in Baltimore.
The $40,000 San Diego Open is a "modified" double-elimination event. Ten (10) teams begin competing Friday (May 17) at 1 p.m. (PDT) in qualifying rounds at Mariner's Point with four tandems advancing to Saturday's 32-team main draw.
Championship competition starts at 9 a.m. Saturday (May 18) and 8 a.m. Sunday (May 19). Four teams will advance to Sunday afternoon's Olympic Crossing semi-finals with the tournament finale set for 3 p.m.
Echo Entertainment of Encino, Calif., will be taping the San Diego Open for distribution via Prime Network. Drew Goodman of Denver, Colo., and Maria Barnes of Manhattan Beach, Calif., will provide the commentary. The event will be aired the week of May 19 by Prime.
Following the Evian Tour event, the Women's Professional Volleyball Association will be submitting the circuit's seedings points to USA Volleyball in Colorado Springs to help determine the seedings for the June 4-9 Olympic Beach Trials.
The Evian Tour seeding points account for 50 percent of the seeding weight for the Olympic Beach Trials with the other 50 percent coming from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series circuit.
Led by the tandem of Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley, 11 teams from the Evian Tour will vie in Baltimore for the remaining two spots on the 1996 United States Olympic Beach Volleyball Team. The 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games' beach volleyball competition with be July 23-28 at Atlanta Beach in Clayton County, Ga.
Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno have earned a spot in the 18-team Atlanta Olympic Games beach field by finishing as the top-rated United States tandem on the 1995-96 FIVB circuit. The pair won six of eight international events last season.
The second berth on the United States Olympic Beach Volleyball Team will be determined June 7 in a 4:30 p.m. (EDT) match at the Harborview Complex in Baltimore. The third spot will be determined June 9 in a 12 p.m. match.
Fontana Harris and Hanley, who are seeded fourth this weekend after winning the last Evian Tour stop in Hermosa Beach, Calif. (May 5), have earned an automatic berth in the final four at the Olympic Beach Trials. Fontana Harris and Hanley scored two upset wins at the Evian Hermosa Beach Open, including a 12-11 decision over Karolyn Kirby and Reno in the ABC televised finale.
Ten (10) other teams begin competing in the Olympic Beach Trials June 4 with three teams joining the Fontana Harris/Hanley tandem in the June 7-9 qualifying matches. Other Evian Tour tandems competing in the Olympic Beach Trials are Marie Andersson/Monique Oliver, Lisa Arce/Karolyn Kirby, Krista Blomquist/Wendy Fletcher, Danalee Bragado/Marla O'Hara, Gail Castro/Deb Richardson, Erin Deiters/Desiree Leipham, Janice Harrer/Gayle Stammer, Liz Masakayan/Angela Rock, Karrie Poppinga/Christine Schaefer and Elaine Roque/Dennie Shupryt-Knoop.
Seven of the Olympic Trial participating teams will be competing together in the San Diego Open, including Fontana Harris and Hanley. Others are third-seeded Masakayan/Rock, fifth-seeded Castro/Richardson, sixth-seeded Roque/Shupryt-Knoop, eighth-seeded Poppinga/Schaefer, 10th-seeded Harrer/Stammer and 11th-seeded Blomquist/Fletcher.
Kirby will team with Reno as the top-seeded team for the San Diego Open while Arce will be playing with Holly McPeak as the second- seeded tandem. Bragado teams with Patty Dodd as the seventh-seeded team this week while O'Hara and Ali Wood are seeded ninth.
Andersson joins Pat Keller as the 13th-seeded pair while Oliver competes with Alissa Lund as the 15th-seeded team. Deiters is paired with Lynda Johnson in the San Diego Open while Leipham joins Nancy Brookhart this weekend.
The third-most popular site on the Evian Tour, the San Diego Open will be staged at Mariner's Point for the fourth-straight year after playing the first three seasons at Pacific Beach. The San Diego Open will be the sixth of 16 dates on the 1996 Evian Tour, including the fourth of 14 outdoor events.
The Evian Tour opened the 1996 season with indoor events in Fairfax, Va. (Feb. 3), and New York (Feb. 24), and outdoor stops in Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Apr. 5-7), Puerto Rico (Apr. 27-28) and Hermosa Beach.
Kirby and Schaefer scored upset wins over McPeak and Reno (15-13) and second-seeded Masakayan and Rock (15-4) to win the $21,000 first-place prize in the Fairfax opener. 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.
With ABC Sports covering the outdoor opener in Deerfield Beach, McPeak and Reno posted six-straight wins to capture the first-place prize, including a 15-8 win over Masakayan and Rock in the finals. Following two international events in Brazil, the domestic competition resumed with McPeak and Arce defeating Rock and Patty Dodd 15-10 to win the Coors Light Beach Volley '96 in Puerto Rico.
Kirby will also be seeking her fifth Evian Tour win in San Diego after capturing the 1991 and 1992 titles with Rock, and the 1993 and 1994 crowns with Masakayan. Combined with her third-place finish in the 1990 San Diego event with Patty Dodd, Kirby has won 32 of 36 matches in San Diego, including 26-straight from 1991 through three matches in 1995.
McPeak and Reno won the 1995 San Diego crown by defeating Hanley and Rock 15-10 in the finals. Kirby and Masakayan defeated Castro and Roque for third-place after losing matches to Hanley/Rock (15- 6) and McPeak/Reno (14-12).
PAST SAN DIEGO RESULTS
1990 (Event No. 37, May 19-20) - 1, Janice Harrer/Jackie Silva; 2, Nina Matthies/Elaine Roque; 3, Patty Dodd/Karolyn Kirby; 4, Linda Chisholm/Angela Rock. 1991 (No. 57, May 18-19) - 1, Kirby/Rock; 2, Gail Castro/Lori Forsythe; 3, Harrer/Roque; 4, Chisholm/Liz Masakayan. 1992 (No. 75, June 6-7) - 1, Kirby/Rock; 2, Chisholm/Masakayan; 3, Cammy Ciarelli/Silva; 4, Harrer/Nancy Reno. 1993 (No. 85, April 24-25) - 1, Kirby/Masakayan; 2, Barbra Fontana Harris/Forsythe; 3, Castro/Roque; 4, Harrer/Deb Richardson. 1994 (No. 103, June 4-5) - 1, Kirby/Masakayan; 2, Fontana Harris/Forsythe; Castro/Roque; 4, Monica Oliver/Gayle Stammer. 1995 (No. 118, June 3-4) - 1, Holly McPeak/Reno; 2, Linda Hanley/Rock; 3, Kirby/Masakayan; 4, Castro/Roque.
San Diego Open
May 18-19, 1996 at Mariner's Point, San Diego, Calif.
Official Seedings - May 15, 1996
SEED TEAM
1. Karolyn Kirby (113th Evian Tour event), Brookline, Mass./Nancy
Reno (60th), Glen Ellyn, Ill. (7th Evian Tour event together,
three Evian Tour titles together, 29-7 Evian Tour match mark
together).
2. Lisa Arce (31st), Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak (59th),
Manhattan Beach, Calif. (3rd, one title, 10-1).
3. Liz Masakayan (86th), San Diego, Calif./Angela Rock (80th),
Carlsbad, Calif. (17th, 42-28).
4. Barbra Fontana Harris (80th), Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda
Hanley (50th), Pacific Palisades, Calif. (6th, 14-7).
5. Gail Castro (128th), Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson (102nd),
Minneapolis, Minn. (4rd, 10-6).
6. Elaine Roque (128th), Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop
(110th), Chicago (6th, 16-11).
7. Danalee Bragado (31st), Honolulu, Hi./Patty Dodd (94th), El
Segundo, Calif. (1st).
8. Karrie Poppinga (19th), Mililani, Hi./Christine Schaefer
(44th), Florence, Ky. (3rd, 7-4).
9. Marla O'Hara (100th), Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood (62nd),
Redondo Beach, Calif. (17th, 44-31).
10. Janice Harrer (122nd), Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer (110th),
San Antonio, Tex. (4th, 9-6).
11. Krista Blomquist (45th), Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher
(71st), Manhattan Beach, Calif. (8th, 15-14).
12. Jackie Campbell (103rd), Santa Barbara, Calif./Leanne Schuster
(15th), Mesa, Ariz. (4th, 8-6).
13. Marie Andersson (80th), Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller (57th),
Sarasota, Calif. (6th, 9-10).
14. Michal Clingman (39th), Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary
(40th), Littleton, Colo. (5th, 7-8).
15. Alissa Lund (17th), El Segundo, Calif./Monique Oliver (83rd),
Santa Monica, Calif. (1st).
16. Stephanie Nelson (31st), Monarch Beach, Calif./Liz Pagano
(25th), Seattle, Wash. (8th, 7-14).
17. Kengy Gardiner (29th), North Kingstown, R. I./Nancy Mason
(10th), Bellevue, Ill. (1st).
18. Evelyn Conley (78th), South Pasadena, Calif./Michelle Morse
(17th), Fort Rucker, Ala. (1st).
19. Erin Deiters (48th), Green Bay, Wisc./Lynda Johnson (8th), San
Diego (1st).
20. Laura Martin (28th), San Diego/Beth Schuler (22nd), Raleigh,
N. C. (3rd, 0-4).
21. Kristi Atkinson (49th), San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Jen
Wrightson (4th), San Diego, Calif. (2nd, 1-2).
22. Marsha Miller (7th), Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva (9th),
Redondo Beach, Calif. (3rd, 3-4).
23. Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius (8th), Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin
Schritter (5th), San Diego (4th, 2-6).
24. Rhonda Kottke (10th), Minneapolis, Minn./Veronica Sanchez
(13th), Santa Monica, Calif. (4th, 2-6).
25. Jackie Auzias deTurenne (22nd), Raleigh, N. C./Barbara Belding
(21st), San Francisco, Calif. (1st).
26. Nancy Brookhart (16th), Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham
(11st), Reardon, Wash. (4th, 1-6).
27. Mary Baily (35th), Calabasas, Calif./ Shaney Fink (1st),
Northridge, Calif. (1st).
28. Stacy Kemmes (4th), El Segundo, Calif./Amy Peistrup-Matthews
(8th), Gurnee, Ill. (4th, 0-6).
29. Alicia Chung (6th), Capitola, Calif./Shana Wilson (4th), Los
Angeles, Calif. (2nd, 0-2).
30. Jeannette Kollasch (8th), Palatine, Ill./Julie Sprague (2nd),
Walnut Creek, Calif. (1st).
31. Laurie Ruser (2nd), San Diego (1st)/Wendy Whiting (2nd),
Corona Del Mar, Calif. (1st).
32. Shannon Misek (3rd), Littleton, Colo./Gina Pillitiere (8th),
Huntington Beach, Calif.(2nd, 0-2).
33. Sharma Grant (1st), Van Nuys, Calif./Monica Holmes (2nd),
Altadena, Calif. (1st).
34. Liz Burke (1st), San Diego/Kathy Ross (3rd), Carlsbad, Calif.
(1st).
35. Julie James (1st), Houston, Tex./Samantha Meador (3rd),
Houston, Tex. (1st).
36. Deanne Johnson (1st), San Diego/Shannon Nembach (1st), San
Diego (1st).
37. Megan Anvorich (1st), San Diego/Stacy Stanich (1st), San Diego
(1st).
38. Karen Helyer (1st), San Diego/Caroline Krattli (1st), San
Diego (1st).
Qualifying, winner's first-round (1 p.m. PDT) - Deanne Johnson, San Diego/Shannon Nembach, San Diego (36) vs. Megan Anvorich, San Diego/Stacy Stanich, San Diego (37); Julie James, Houston, Tex./Samantha Meador, Houston, Tex. (35) vs. Karen Helyer, San Diego/Caroline Krattli, San Diego.
Qualifying, winner's second-round - Alicia Chung, Capitola, Calif./Shana Wilson , Los Angeles, Calif. (29) vs. D. Johnson/Nembach vs. Anvorich/Stanich winners; Shannon Misek, Littleton, Colo./Gina Pillitiere, Huntington Beach, Calif.(32) vs. Sharma Grant, Van Nuys, Calif./Monica Holmes, Altadena, Calif. (33); Laurie Ruser, San Diego/Wendy Whiting, Corona Del Mar, Calif. (31) vs. Liz Burke, San Diego/Kathy Ross, Carlsbad, Calif. (34); Jeannette Kollasch, Palatine, Ill./Julie Sprague, Walnut Creek, Calif. (30) vs. James/Meador vs. Heyler/Krattli winners.
Qualifying, winner's third-round (winners advance to Saturday's main draw) - Chung/Wilson, D. Johnson/Nembach or Anvorich/Stanich winners vs. Grant/Holmes vs. Misek/Pillitiere winners; Ruser/Whiting vs. Burke/Ross winners vs. James/Meador, Heyler/Krattli or Kollasch/Sprague winners.
Qualifying, contender's first-round (losers eliminated, place 37th) - D. Johnson/Nembach vs. Anvorich/Stanich losers vs. Grant/Holmes vs. Misek Pillitiere losers; James/Meador vs. Heyler/Krattli losers vs. Ruser/Whiting vs. Burke/Ross losers.
Qualifying, contender's second-round (losers eliminated, place 35th) - to be determined
Qualifying, contender's third-round (winners advance to Saturday's main draw, losers eliminated, place 33rd) - to be determined.
Championship bracket, first-round - Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass./Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill. (1) vs. No. 32 qualifier; Stephanie Nelson, Monarch Beach, Calif./Liz Pagano, Seattle, Wash. (16) vs. Kengy Gardiner, North Kingstown, R. I./Nancy Mason, Bellevue, Ill. (17); Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif./Ali Wood, Redondo Beach, Calif. (9) vs. Rhonda Kottke, Minneapolis, Minn./Veronica Sanchez, Santa Monica, Calif. (24); Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi./Christine Schaefer, Florence, Ky. (8) vs. Jackie Auzias deTurenne, Raleigh, N. C./Barbara Belding, San Francisco, Calif. (25); Gail Castro, Carlsbad, Calif./Deb Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn. (5) vs. Stacy Kemmes, El Segundo, Calif./Amy Peistrup-Matthews, Gurnee, Ill. (28); Jackie Campbell, Santa Barbara, Calif./Leanne Schuster, Mesa, Ariz. (12) vs. Kristi Atkinson, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Jen Wrightson, San Diego, Calif. (21); Marie Andersson, Hawthorne, Calif./Pat Keller, Sarasota, Calif. (13) vs. Laura Martin, San Diego/Beth Schuler, Raleigh, N. C. (20); Barbra Fontana Harris, Laguna Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (4) vs. No. 29 qualifier; Liz Masakayan, San Diego/Angela Rock, Carlsbad, Calif. 2) vs. No. 30 qualifier; Michal Clingman, Raleigh, N. C./Valinda Hilleary, Littleton, Colo. (14) vs. Erin Deiters, Green Bay, Wisc./Lynda Johnson, San Diego (19); Krista Blomquist, Branford, Conn./Wendy Fletcher, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (11) vs. Marsha Miller, Henrietta, N. Y./Darina Staneva, Redondo Beach, Calif. (22); Elaine Roque, Malibu, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago (6) vs. Mary Baily, Calabasas, Calif./Shaney Fink, Northridge, Calif. (27); Danalee Bragado, Honolulu, Hi./Patty Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. (7) vs. Nancy Brookhart, Glen Ellyn, Ill./Desiree Leipham, Reardon, Wash. (26); Janice Harrer, Honolulu, Hi./Gayle Stammer, San Antonio, Tex. (10) vs. Lael Perlstrom-Fresenius, Laguna Beach, Calif./Kristin Schritter, San Diego (23); Alissa Lund, El Segundo, Calif./Monique Oliver, Santa Monica, Calif. (15) vs. Evelyn Conley, South Pasadena, Calif./Michelle Morse, Fort Rucker, Ala. (18); Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (2) vs. No. 31 qualifier
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