Paul
Mitchell AVP Shoot Out
September 5th - 7th
at the Hard
Rock Hotel and Casino
Top
8 Men's and Women's teams battle under the lights!
Thursday,
3:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Friday,
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Saturday,
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals) makes its
seventh and final stop on the 2002 AVP tour when the
8 top ranked men’s and
8 top ranked women’s beach volleyball teams compete in the Paul Mitchell AVP
Shootout September 5-7 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The event will take place under the lights at the world-class hotel and will
feature 16 teams of America’s best athletes in single-elimination format
competition for their share of over $1 million in total AVP tour prize money.
Tickets to the Paul Mitchell AVP Shootout are available by calling
1-800-HRD-ROCK or can be purchased at Ticket Master locations or at
Ticketmaster.com.
The Paul
Mitchell AVP Shootout will feature the top ranked 8 men’s and women’s AVP
teams in head-to-head single-elimination competition with the winning teams
taking home $30,000, the largest payday on the 2002 AVP tour. Headlining
the men’s side will be the top ranked men’s team and winners of the
previous two AVP events including the U.S. Championships, Olympic gold
medallist Eric Fonoimoana and Dax Holdren, as well as three-time Olympic gold
medal winner and beach volleyball legend Karch Kiraly, who is now just $2,492
shy of become the first player to reach the $3 million mark in career prize
earnings, partner Brent Doble, U.S. Championships finalists Eduardo Bacil and
Frederico Souza and Manhattan Beach Open finalists Canyon Ceman and Mike
Whitmarsh. Also qualifying for the event are the teams of Stein Metzger
and Kevin Wong, Mike Lambert and Lee LeGrande, Todd Rogers and Sean Scott and
Albert Hannemann with partner Jeff Nygaard.
The women’s side of the Paul Mitchell AVP Shootout will feature the top
ranked women’s team of Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs and their biggest
rivals and winners of the last two AVP events including the U.S. Championships
Jenny Johnson Jordan and Annett Davis. The event will also feature top
ranked women’s teams of Dianne DeNecochea and Barbra Fontana, Lisa Arce and
Linda Hanley, Rachel Wacholder and Nancy Mason, Katy Eldridge and Jennifer
Meredith, Jen Pavley and Angie Akers and Jennifer Holdren with partner
Stephanie Cox.
The Paul Mitchell AVP Shootout will also host a special “Battle of the
Sexes” match at 8:00 PM on Friday, September 6 that will pit beach
volleyball legends Jim Menges and Matt Gage against the top ranked women’s
team of Elaine Youngs and Holly McPeak. Jim Menges has won 46 career
titles, placing him 9th on the all-time list. He has also won the
prestigious Manhattan Beach Open five times, the last of which in 1981.
Matt Gage has won 26 career titles, placing him 16th on the all-time list,
including a Manhattan Beach Open victory in 1972. Menges and Gage last
competed together in 1982, they won 3 titles.
“The 2002 AVP
tour has been as successful as we could have possibly imagined, with two live
NBC broadcasts, standing room only at every event and players on both the
men’s and women’s sides stepping up the competition to create a fan
spectacle that cannot be matched,” said Leonard Armato, AVP Commissioner.
“We are looking forward to finishing off this year’s tour with a great
event at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas where the top ranked men’s and women’s
teams will fight it out in a single-elimination tournament. This is
going to be a can’t-be-missed event, and I can’t think of a better place
to hold it than the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.”
Travel
Packages
Gold
Package: $810, (2) Front row tickets, Executive AVP gift bag, (2) tickets to
Coldplay
Silver Packages: $735, (2) 2nd-4th row tickets, AVP gift bags, (2) tickets to
Coldplay
Bronze Package: $630, (2) GA tickets, AVP t-shirt, (2) tickets to Coldplay
All packages include: (3) nights accommodations for (2) people (arrival
Thursday 9/5, depart Sunday 9/8)
Tickets:
3
days, Front Row: $90; 3 days, Rows 2-4: $60;
3 days, GA; $25
Individual
GA days: Thursday: $5, Friday: $10, Saturday: $15
Travel
Packages and Tickets are on sale now
For
information call:
1-800-HRD-ROCK/
310-426-8000
(AVP)
Tickets can also be purchased through Ticketmaster. Charge by phone at
702-474-4000, or go to any Western Area Ticketmaster Ticket Center or www.Ticketmaster.com
AVP
Fan Parties
Friday
night: Exclusive player & VIP Blackjack Tournament.*
Saturday
night: Coldplay concert at the Joint, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
*Only
travel package holders are eligible to enter Friday evening Blackjack
Tournament.
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Event Schedule
|
|
Thursday
|
| 4:00
pm |
Men's
Team 3v6 |
| 5:15
pm |
Women's
Team 4v5 |
| 6:30
pm |
Men's
Team 2v7 |
| 7:45
pm |
Women's
Team 1v8 |
| 9:30pm-
11:00pm |
Exclusive
player & VIP Blackjack Tournament |
|
Friday
|
| 3:00
pm |
Women's
Team 3v6 |
| 4:15
pm |
Men's
Team 4v5 |
| 5:30
pm |
Women's
Team 2v7 |
| 6:45
pm |
Men's
Team 1v8 |
| 8:00
pm |
Battle
of the Sexes |
| 9:00
pm - 10:30 pm |
AVP
Fan Party @ Pink Taco |
|
Saturday
|
| 1:30
pm |
Women's
Semi (winner of 1v8 & sinner of 4v5) |
| 2:45
pm |
Women's
Semi (winner of 3v6 & sinner of 2v7) |
| 4:00
pm |
Men's
Semi (winner of 1v8 & sinner of 4v5) |
| 5:15
pm |
Men's
Semi (winner of 3v6 & sinner of 2v7) |
| 6:30
pm |
Women's
Final |
| 7:45
pm |
Men's
Final |
| |
Coldplay
Concert at The Joint (immediately following the finals) |
|
Tickets
|
| |
|
3 days,
Front Row: $90
3 days,
Rows 2-4: $60
3 days,
GA: $25
Individual
GA days: Thursday: $5, Friday: $10, Saturday: $15
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|
How To Get
There
|
| |
| Location |
Hard Rock
Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109. Phone: 702-693-5000 |
| Driving
directions from the airport: |
Take Swenson
out of the airport. Continue on Swenson past Tropicana. Turn left on
Harmon, which is the first light after Tropicana. The next light is
Paradise. The hotel is directly to the right. |
|
THURSDAY
RESULTS
Thursday,
September 5
THREE TOP SEEDED
TEAMS WIN AS EXPECTED IN LAS VEGAS SHOOTOUT; LAMBERT & LEGRANDE POST UPSET
WIN IN MEN'S PLAY LAS VEGAS, NEV. - Led by Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, the
winningest team in pro beach volleyball this season, three of the four
expected winners won here Thursday (September 5) during the first of three
days of competition in the $150,000 Paul Mitchell AVP Shoot Out at the Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino. The AVP Tour is making its seventh and final stop on
the 2002 schedule under the lights in a single-elimination format competition.
The top eight ranked men's and women's teams are competing in the Paul
Mitchell AVP Shoot Out where the winning teams taking home $30,000, the
largest payday on the 2002 AVP Tour. Thursday's winners included McPeak/Youngs
and Lisa Arce/Linda Hanley in the women's competition and Canyon Ceman/Mike
Whitmarsh and Mike Lambert/Lee LeGrande in the men's bracket. The
sixth-seeded Lambert (Honolulu, Hi.) and LeGrande (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)
posted the only upset Thursday by eliminating third-seeded Eduardo Bacil (El
Segundo, Calif.) and Frederico Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 21-16 and 21-11
in 36 minutes. Bacil and Souza had won two of the previous three matches
from Lambert and LeGrande this season, including a 21-17 and 21-18 semifinal
win in the last AVP event in Chicago last month. The top-seeded McPeak
(Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Youngs (Durango, Colo.) scored a 21-11 and 21-7
win over eighth-seeded Stephanie Cox (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Jen Holdren
(Santa Barbara, Calif.). McPeak and Youngs, who have won both matches
with Cox and Holdren this season, will play Saturday against fourth-seeded
Lisa Arce (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Linda Hanley (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
at 1:30 p.m. (PDT). The winner of that match advances to 6:30 p.m. final
Saturday. Arce, who won last year's Queen of the Beach competition at the Hard
Rock, and Hanley eliminated fifth-seeded Nancy Mason (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)
and Rachel Wacholder (El Segundo, Calif.) 21-17 and 21-18. It was the
third-straight win this season for Arce and Hanley over Mason and Wacholder
this season. Mason and Wacholder's only win in the series between the
two teams was in June's New Jersey stop in Belmar while Arce and Hanley won
last month in Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Chicago. In Thursday's other men's
match, second-seeded Canyon Ceman (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Mike Whitmarsh
(San Diego, Calif.) ousted seventh-seeded Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
and Sean Scott (San Diego, Calif.) 21-17 and 21-18. Ceman and Whitmarsh,
who are now 2-0 against Rogers and Scott this season, face Lambert and
LeGrande at 5:15 p.m. Saturday with the winner advancing to the 7:45 p.m.
title match. First-round action concludes Friday with four more
single-elimination matches featuring Eric Fonoimoana (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)
and Dax Holdren (Santa Barbara, Calif.), the top ranked team and winners of
the last two AVP men's events in Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Chicago.
The pair also won the 2002 AVP Tour opener in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Three-time Olympic Gold Medallists and beach volleyball legend Karch Kiraly,
who is now just $2,492 shy of become the first player to reach the $3-million
mark in career earnings on the Beach, will also play Friday with partner Brent
Doble. The pair will be seeking his second AVP Tour title this season as
Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.) and Doble (Capistrano Beach, Calif.) captured
June's Santa Barbara stop. Other 2002 AVP Tour winners competing at the Hard
Rock are Hermosa Beach winners Albert Hannemann (Torrance, Calif.) and Jeff
Nygaard (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Belmar champions Ceman and Whitmarsh, the
1996 Altanta Olympic Games Silver Medallists. Whitmarsh won the 2000
King of the Beach title at the Hard Rock. In addition to McPeak and Youngs,
who have won four AVP titles this season, the Paul Mitchell Shoot Out also
features Annett Davis (Tarzana, Calif.) and Jenny Johnson Jordan (Tarzana,
Calif.). McPeak and Youngs won the first four women's stops in
Huntington, Hermosa, Santa Barbara and Belmar with Davis and Johnson Jordan
defeating McPeak and Youngs in the Manhattan and Chicago finals. The Paul
Mitchell AVP Shoot Out will also host a special "Battle of the
Sexes" match Friday evening when beach volleyball legends Jim Menges and
Matt Gage play McPeak and Youngs. Menges won 46 "open"
tournament titles and Gage captured 26 open tournament crowns. Menges
and Gage last competed together in 1982 when they won three tournaments.
- Tim Simmons
Paul Mitchell
AVP Shoot Out
Schedule &
Results
Thursday,
September 5 Results (losers eliminated, place 5th, split $3,750)
4:00 PM
Mike Lambert,
Honolulu/Lee LeGrande, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (No. 6-seeded Men's team) def.
Eduardo Bacil, El Segundo, Calif./Frederico Souza, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (3),
21-16 and 21-11 (36 minutes);
5:15 PM
Lisa Arce,
Redondo Beach, Calif./Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (No. 4-seeded
women's team) def. Nancy Mason, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Rachel Wacholder, El
Segundo, Calif. (5), 21-17 and 21-18 (38);
6:30 PM
Canyon Ceman,
Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mike Whitmarsh, San Diego (2) def. Todd Rogers, Santa
Barbara, Calif./Sean Scott, San Diego (7), 21-17 and 21-18 (53);
7:45 PM
Holly McPeak,
Manhattan Beach, Calif./Elaine Youngs, Durango, Colo. (1) def. Stephanie Cox,
Mission Viejo, Calif./Jen Holdren, Santa Barbara, Calif. (8), 21-11 and 21-7
(33)
FRIDAY
RESULTS
Friday,
September 6 Schedule
3 p.m. -
Dianne
DeNecochea/Barbra Fontana (3) def. Katy Eldridge/Jennifer Meredith (6)
21-16, 21-19 (38)
4:15 p.m. -
Brent Doble/Karch Kiraly (4)
def. Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong (5) 21-19,
29-27 (63)
5:30 p.m. -
Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan/ (2) def. Angie Akers/Jen Pavley
(7) 21-15, 21-19 (37)
6:45 p.m. - Eric
Fonoimoana/Dax Holdren (1)
def. Albert Hannemann/Jeff Nygaard (8) 21-14,
21-17 (44)
8 p.m. -
"Battle of the Sexes" -
Matt Gage(55-years)/Jim Menges(50-years)
def. Holly McPeak/Elaine Youngs 17-21, 21-19, 15-10 (60)
SATURDAY
RESULTS
Saturday,
September 7 Schedule
SemiFinals
1:30 p.m. -
McPeak/Youngs (1)
def. Arce/Hanley (4) 18-21, 21-17, 15-13 (57)
2:45 p.m. -
Davis/Johnson Jordan (2) def. DeNecochea/Fontana (3) 22-20,
21-16 (39)
4 p.m. -
Fonoimoana/Holdren (1) def. Doble/Kiraly (4) 21-17,
21-11 (42)
5:15 p.m. - Ceman/Whitmarsh (2)
def. Lambert/LeGrande (6) 21-16, 18-21, 15-12 (59)
Finals
6:30 p.m. -
Women's Final
McPeak/Youngs (1) def.
Davis/Johnson Jordan (2) 21-15, 21-11 (41)
7:45 p.m. - Men's Final
Fonoimoana/Holdren (1) def. Ceman/Whitmarsh (2) 26-24,
21-18 (52)
TELEVISION
The men's final
of the Paul Mitchell AVP Shoot Out will be televised on Fox Sports Net
September 19 at 3 p.m.
The women's
finals will be broadcast on the Oxygen Network September 14 at 5 p.m.
PRIZE MONEY
1st Place:
$30,000
2nd Place: $15,000
3rd Place: $7,500
4th Place: $3,750
TELEVISION
The men’s
final of the Paul Mitchell AVP Shootout will be televised on Fox Sports Net on
Thursday, September 19 at 3:00 PM and the women’s finals will be broadcast
on the Oxygen Network on Saturday, September 14 at 5:00 PM.