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Men's and Women's Qualifier
Outer Courts
Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Over 90 Men's and Women's teams compete on the outer courts.
Men's and Women's Main Draw
Stadium & Outer Courts
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Men's & Women's Main Draw Competition
9:00AM to 1:30PM Men's & Women's Main Draw Competition
1:30PM Women's Championship Match
3:00PM Men's Championship Match
32 Men's and 24 Women's teams compete for the 2003 Belmar Title.
Men's Tournament
Eric Fonoimoana & Dax Holdren
Karch Kiraly & Brent Doble
Canyon Ceman & Mike Whitmarsh
Ian Clark & Chip McCaw
Women's Tournament
Holly McPeak & Elaine Youngs
Jenny Johnson Jordan & Annett Davis
Kerri Walsh & Misty May
Free AVP Youth Clinic
AVP KIDS DAY (Friday)
$5 (includes box lunch,
admission to AVP clinic with the pros)
Stadium Court
Friday 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Free youth clinic for all players under 18. Learn fundamentals and
beach strategy. Participants will receive 20 minutes verbal and 90
minutes of hands-on instruction from top AVP Men's and Women's
professionals. The 2 hour clinic closes with a question and answer and
Special Activities
Nissan/ Sports Illustrated's Fresh
Faces Swimsuit Model Competition
Saturday,July 26th,2003
at the Belmar Beach 2003 AVP Beach Volleyball Open
12:30PM Nissan/ Sports Illustrated's Fresh Faces Swimsuit Model
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Kinesys Tent
Saturday & Sunday All Day
Meet the solar patrol for free sun screen application.
Paul Mitchell
Stop by on Saturday for samples and give-aways. On Sunday, come
by for $10 Cut-a-thon and get your hair cut and styled by one of Paul
Mitchell's talented stylists. Profits go to Eric Fonoimoana's
For Kids" Foundation. You'll walk around the beach looking
and for a good cause.
Be sure to stop by the Nissan display and sign up to win "Crew Club
Cab" seats to sit courtside during the Men's and Women's finals.
Test drive the Nissan Road Rally remote control cars and race against
your friends and AVP athletes. Don't forget to pick up a safety
kit and other special give-away items - you can even get henna
XBOX Competition
Visit Xbox at the beach and challenge your friends in the latest
and greatest Xbox Game titles. You can be King and sit in Xbox's
"King of the Court" seats, the hottest seats on stadium court all
weekend long or for the Men's and Women's finals. You'll be front
row in your Xbox visor, t-shirt, tattoo and much more watching the pro
beach stars battle for number one.
Bud Light
Be a part of the Bud Light Party Zone. Look for Bud Light onsite
to find out more information.
The Aquafina Purity Patrol is coming to the beach with tons of fun
activities in the sun. Compete in the the Aquafina Obstacle
Course, Aquafina/ Wilson Speed Serve/ and "Return to Aquafina" hitting
challenges. See how you stand up against AVP Pros and your
friends and win cool prizes. .
Take a break from the heat in one of ChapStick's four Fan Lounges
equipped with a moisture tent, multiple beach chairs, games, tubes of
ChapStick LipMoisturizer and other fun give-aways. Don't miss
opportunity with Misty May who will be making appearances throughout
weekend for autograph signings and photo opportunities.
Long Lasting Flavor, Extra's Got It! Stop By the Wrigley Booth for a
free sample of Wrigley's Extra gum.
Nature Valley Granola Bars
Whether you're out on the court or watching from up in the stands,
Nature Valley Granola Bars are a natural source of energy. Make
to stop by the Nature Valley tent to pick up a free sample.
Valley - The Energy Bar Nature Intended.
AVP Fan Parties
Wednesday,Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Event Schedule
8:00PM to
10:00PM AVP Fan/Player Party @ the Headliner
7:00PM to
8:00PM AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Hour with Karch Kiraley, Sinjin Smith,
and Chris "Geeter" McGee @ Sharkeez
10:00PM AVP Fan/Player Party w/ the WRAT @ D'jais
10:00PM to
11:00PM AVP Fan/Player Party @ Paddy McDonald's featuring many top AVP
11:00PM to
12:00PM AVP Fan/Player Party @ Piranha Pub
8:00AM to
6:00PM AVP Qualifier
11:00AM to
6:00PM Sponsor Village Open
11:00AM to
6:00PM Nissan Display, Henna Tattoos, and Road Rally
11:00AM to
6:00PM Aquafina's AVP Challenge
11:00AM to
6:00PM Xbox Interactive Gaming Area
11:00AM to
6:00PM Nature Valley Granola Bars Product Sampling
11:00AM to
6:00PM Chapstick AVP Fan Lounge
11:00AM to
6:00PM Wrigley's Extra Gum Sampling
2:30PM to
4:00PM AVP Youth Clinic at Aquafina Interactive Court
6:00PM to
8:00PM AVP Fan Party @ Tropical Pub
8:00PM to
10:00PM AVP Fan Party @ Bar A
9:00AM to
6:30PM AVP Men's & Women's Main Draw Competition
9:00AM to
6:30PM Sponsor Village Open
9:00AM to
6:30PM Nissan Display, Henna Tattoos, Road Rally, & Club Crew Cab
Seat Give-aways
9:00AM to
6:30PM Bud Light Party Zone Seating Section
9:00AM to
6:30PM Aquafina's AVP Challenge
9:00AM to
6:30PM Xbox Interactive Gaming Area
9:00AM to
6:30PM JPMS Product Sampling
9:00AM to
6:30PM Chapstick AVP Fan Lounges
9:00AM to
6:30PM Wrigley's Extra Gum Sampling
9:00AM to
6:30PM Wilson Display and Autograph Ball Raffle
9:00AM to
6:30PM Nature Valley Granola Bars Product Sampling
12:30PM Nissan/ Sports Illustrated's Fresh Faces Swimsuit Model
7:00PM to
9:00PM AVP Fan Party with WRAT @ The Norwood Inn
9:00PM to
10:00PM AVP Fan Party with WRAT @ The Headliner
8:30AM to
5:00PM AVP Men's & Women's Main Draw Competition
8:30AM to
5:00PM Sponsor Village Open
8:30AM to
5:00PM Nissan Display, Henna Tattoos, Road Rally, & Club Crew Cab
Seat Give-aways
8:30AM to
5:00PM Wilson Display and Autograph Ball Raffle
8:30AM to
5:00PM Bud Light Party Zone Seating Section
8:30AM to
5:00PM Aquafina's AVP Challenge
8:30AM to
5:00PM Xbox Interactive Gaming Area
8:30AM to
5:00PM JPMS Product Sampling & Dig For Kids Hair Cut-a-thon
8:30AM to
5:00PM Chapstick AVP Fan Lounges
8:30AM to
5:00PM Wrigley's Extra Gum Sampling
8:30AM to
5:00PM Wilson Display and Autograph Ball Raffle
8:30AM to
5:00PM Nature Valley Granola Bars Product Sampling
1:00PM Nissan/ Sports Illustrated's Fresh Faces Swimsuit Model
2:00PM Women's Championship Match
3:30PM Men's Championship Match
To order tickets call (732) 901-7000 opt. 2
Friday - free
Saturday Only - $10
Sunday Only - $10
Weekend Pass - $15
Saturday Only - $50
Sunday Only - $50
Weekend Pass - $90
AVP KIDS DAY (Friday)
$5 (includes box lunch, admission to AVP clinic with the pros)
To order tickets, call the AVP Hotline at (310) 426-7171
How To Get There
4th Avenue at Ocean Blvd.
Belmar, NJ 07719
From the Newark airport, take the New Jersey Turnpike South. Turn
off at exit 11, Garden State Parkway, and go South. Turn off at exit
"Belmar, Spring Lake", to Belmar. Go right on 5th Street to Ocean.
KMPC 1540am "Switch AVP Beach Volleyball Radio Hour"
Thursday 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (PST)
Sangria, 100 Pier Ave. Hermosa Beach
Weekly, one-hour, talk radio show focusing on the new
AVP: its stars, its events, its sponsors, and its future. Hosted
by the greatest name in Beach Volleyball, Karch Kiraly; and the Voice
of the AVP, Chris "Geeter" McGee.
Shows are open to the public! Come check us out and win hot AVP gear!
Interested in being on our show? Have a question for our hosts? Have a
question for our guests? Email us at email@example.com or call in at
Our special guests will be posted soon.
How To Get There
Location 4th Avenue at Ocean Blvd.
Belmar, NJ 07719
From the Newark airport, take the New Jersey Turnpike
South. Turn off at exit 11, Garden State Parkway, and go South. Turn
off at exit 98, "Belmar, Spring Lake", to Belmar. Go right on 5th
Street to Ocean.
Belmar attracts a decent crowd. Its a larger stop on the tour. There's
also a large beach crowd so parking can get a little tight if you don't
get there early enough. There are meters along the beach and
additional street parking as you move away from the
beach all the way down to main street (if you do park on the side
streets make sure it is in a legal space) As for motels I know there
are a few in Belmar and the surrounding areas but there are also a lot
of B&Bs in Spring Lake and Sea Girt, the next two towns down.
Beach Badges Mandatory:
You must purchase a beach badge before purchasing your Tickets to the
Belmar AVP Event. Badges are available for each day of the event right
on the boardwalk on 5th street in booths at the entrance to the
event.The cost is an extra $5 daily in addition to the General AVP
General AVP Admission
- Saturday Only $5
- Sunday Only $5
- Saturady and Sunday $10
Map and Online Driving Directions:
BelmarHotel Listings:
All Seasons
301 Tenth Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-8384
The Bellevue Stratford Inn
7 Main Avenue
Ocean Grove 07756 (732) 775-2424
Belmar Beach Bed & Breakfast
200 Tenth Avenue
Belmar 07719
Belmar Beach Hotel
402 Fifteenth Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-9664
The Belmar Inn
112 Twelfth Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 280-9400
Belmar Motor Lodge
Tenth Avenue & Rt. 35
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-6600
Belport Inn
300 Tenth Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-5315
The Berkeley Hotel
107 Twelfth Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-9617
Breeze Inn
218 Tenth Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 280-8045
Carol's Guest House
201 Eleventh Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-4422
Down The Shore Bed & Breakfast
201 Seventh Avenue
Belmar 07719
Gallagher's Guest House
302 Tenth Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-2655
House By The Sea Bed & Breakfast
406 Fifth Avenue
Belmar 07719
The Inn At The Shore Bed & Breakfast
301 Fourth Avenue
Belmar 07719
The Mayfair Hotel
1000 Ocean Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-2620
Meier Guest House
203 Eleventh Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-7003
More NJ Shore Accommodations
Morning Dove Inn
204 Fifth Avenue
Belmar 07719
The Seaflower Bed & Breakfast
110 Ninth Avenue
Belmar 07719
1916 Highway 35
Wall 07719 (732) 974-8400
The White House
102 Second Avenue
Belmar 07719 (732) 681-1991
In the Year 2002 at the AVP Belmar Open Ian finished:
Ian Clark & Aaron Boss finished 9th together at the 2002 Belmar AVP
Paul Mitchell Open
In the Year 2003 at the AVP Belmar Open Ian finished:
17th Chip McCaw,Santa
Monica,Cali./Ian Clark.Hermosa Beach,Cali
Match Record 2003 Belmar AVP Open:
Winner's Bracket First round
Match 6: Chad Mowrey / Ed Ratledge (21) def. Ian
/ Chip McCaw (12) 23-21, 21-16 (53 Min.)
Contender's Bracket
Round 1
Match 33: Ian Clark / Chip McCaw (12) def. John
Braunstein / Anthony Mihalic (28, Q5) 21-16, 21-18 (39 Min.)
Round 2
Match 41: Paul Baxter / Carl Henkel (6) def.
Clark / Chip McCaw (12) 21-18, 17-21, 15-8 (63 Min.)
-With a match recoed of (2) losses and (1) win Ian Clark/Chip
finish 17th at the Men's AVP 2003 Belmar Open
winning $400.00
*Ian Clark will not be attending
this year's 2005 AVP Belmar Open due to a prior commitment
Men's AVP $87,500 Belmar Open
Presented by Bud Light
July 8-10, 2005
Finish Player Partner Seed Winnings
1 Jake Gibb Stein Metzger 2 $20,000.00 360.0
2 Matt Fuerbringer Casey Jennings 3 $14,000.00 324.0
3 Sean Rosenthal Larry Witt 8 $8,450.00 270.0
3 Dain Blanton Kevin Wong 10 $8,450.00 270.0
5 Phil Dalhausser Nick Lucena 4 $5,000.00 216.0
5 Adam Jewell Karch Kiraly 12 $5,000.00 216.0
7 Dax Holdren Jeff Nygaard 1 $3,500.00 180.0
7 Todd Rogers Sean Scott 6 $3,500.00 180.0
9 John Hyden Mike Lambert 7 $2,200.00 144.0
9 Matt Olson Hans Stolfus 14 $2,200.00 144.0
9 Jason Lee Reid Priddy 18 $2,200.00 144.0
9 Ed Ratledge Aaron Wachtfogel 21 $2,200.00 144.0
13 Paul Baxter Jason Ring 5 $1,400.00 108.0
13 Jose Loiola Fred Souza 15 $1,400.00 108.0
13 Matt Heath Ryan Mariano 19 $1,400.00 108.0
13 Adam Roberts Sean Rooney 24, Q4 $1,400.00 108.0
17 Mark Williams Scott Wong 9 $550.00 72.0
17 Aaron Boss Brian Lewis 11 $550.00 72.0
17 Brent Doble Eric Fonoimoana 13 $550.00 72.0
17 Scott Lane Chad Mowrey 16 $550.00 72.0
17 Canyon Ceman Chad Turner 17 $550.00 72.0
17 Scott Ayakatubby Albert Hannemann 20 $550.00 72.0
17 Ty Loomis Anthony Medel 23, Q1 $550.00 72.0
17 Ben Koski Jeff Minc 27, Q3 $550.00 72.0
25 Scott Davenport John Moran 22 $100.00 36.0
25 Eduardo Bacil AJ Mihalic 25 $100.00 36.0
25 Mike DiPierro Jim Nichols 26, Q2 $100.00 36.0
25 Brian Soldano Jim Walls 28 $100.00 36.0
25 Jeff Carlucci Steve Delaney 29, Q11 $100.00 36.0
25 Art Barron Jason Hodell 30, Q23 $100.00 36.0
25 Justin Phipps Will Strickland 31, Q28 $100.00 36.0
25 Bill Maik Jeff Wentworth 32, Q40 $100.00 36.0
33 Ranse Jones Andre Melo Q7 $.00 18.0
33 Leonardo Moraes Mike Morrison Q9 $.00 18.0
33 Ryan Cronin Kevin Dake Q12 $.00 18.0
33 Bartosz Bachorski Mike Dauernheim Q17 $.00 18.0
33 Matt Heagy Jeff Murrell Q18 $.00 18.0
33 Mark Fay Peter Goers Q19 $.00 18.0
33 Garrett Black Travis Regner Q20 $.00 18.0
33 Guy Hamilton Jon Hubright Q27 $.00 18.0
41 David Fischer Brad Torsone Q5 $.00 12.0
41 Gabe Gardner Adam Johnson Q6 $.00 12.0
41 Scott Hill Dan Mintz Q8 $.00 12.0
41 Jim Van Zwieten Steve Van Zwieten Q10 $.00 12.0
41 Brian Duff Tony Pray Q14 $.00 12.0
41 Casey Brewer Chad Wick Q15 $.00 12.0
41 Paul Lourick Ivan Mercer Q16 $.00 12.0
41 Caleb Cook Danny Cook Q21 $.00 12.0
41 Wes Moore Jon Rose Q22 $.00 12.0
41 Ihor Akinshyn Danko Iordanov Q24 $.00 12.0
41 Jon Barnes Kristopher Fraser Q26 $.00 12.0
41 Scott Kiedaisch Daniel Skilins Q30 $.00 12.0
41 C.J. Denk Robert Jackson Q31 $.00 12.0
41 Yariv Lerner Dennis Marlow Q32 $.00 12.0
41 Matthew Terrell Peter Weremay Q36 $.00 12.0
41 Claudio Borgiotti Sean Canavan Q52 $.00 12.0
57 Wayne Matthews Andrew Vazquez Q13 $.00 8.0
57 Corey Glave Brian Olsen Q25 $.00 8.0
57 Leon Lucas Mike Potts Q29 $.00 8.0
57 Jason Buckwalter William D'abbene Q33 $.00 8.0
57 Badger Bergmann Tim Church Q34 $.00 8.0
57 Craig Pendergrass Mike Riley Q35 $.00 8.0
57 Scott Bundonis Peter Frey Q37 $.00 8.0
57 Fred Fauhl, Jr. Chris Patrick Q38 $.00 8.0
57 Jerry Goodlow Erik Kirstein Q41 $.00 8.0
57 BJ Cook Richard Krutop Q42 $.00 8.0
57 P.J. Pagan Brian Reiner Q43 $.00 8.0
57 Eric Armstrong Ben Mol Q44 $.00 8.0
57 Mike Deforge Nick Rank Q45 $.00 8.0
57 Gary Gerns John Leake Q46 $.00 8.0
57 Chris Hammock Brian Jones Q47 $.00 8.0
57 Dwayne Davis Johnny Howell Q48 $.00 8.0
57 Pawel Kadlubowski Michael Mielcarz Q49 $.00 8.0
57 Daniel Mullen Mike Vajo Q50 $.00 8.0
57 Eben Meyer Bill Schultz Q51 $.00 8.0
57 Steven Hester Thom Huggins Q53 $.00 8.0
57 Patrick Dietz John Meeks Q54 $.00 8.0
57 David Dlugolenski Tim McNichol Q55 $.00 8.0
57 Colin Kaslow Tim Wooliver Q39 $.00 0.0
Men's AVP $87,500 Belmar Open
Presented by Bud Light
July 8-10, 2005
Qualifier Bracket
Round 1
Match 2: Yariv Lerner / Dennis Marlow (Q32) def. Jason Buckwalter /
William D'abbene (Q33) 21-6, 15-21, 15-10
Match 3: Bartosz Bachorski / Mike Dauernheim (Q17) def. Johnny Howell /
Dwayne Davis (Q48) 21-13, 21-12
Match 4: Paul Lourick / Ivan Mercer (Q16) def. Pawel Kadlubowski /
Michael Mielcarz (Q49) 25-23, 21-18
Match 6: Ihor Akinshyn / Danko Iordanov (Q24) def. Jerry Goodlow / Erik
Kirstein (Q41) 26-24, 24-26, 15-12
Match 7: Bill Maik / Jeff Wentworth (Q40) def. Corey Glave / Brian
Olsen (Q25) 21-10, 21-15
Match 10: Justin Phipps / Will Strickland (Q28) def. Peter Frey / Scott
Bundonis (Q37) 21-15, 21-15
Match 11: Caleb Cook / Danny Cook (Q21) def. Eric Armstrong / Ben Mol
Match 12: Ryan Cronin / Kevin Dake (Q12) def. Steven Hester / Thom
Huggins (Q53) 21-10, 21-12
Match 13: Claudio Borgiotti / Sean Canavan (Q52) def. Wayne Matthews /
Andrew Vazquez (Q13) 21-18, 19-21, 15-12
Match 14: Garrett Black / Travis Regner (Q20) def. Mike Deforge / Nick
Rank (Q45) 21-11, 22-20
Match 15: Peter Weremay / Matthew Terrell (Q36) def. Leon Lucas / Mike
Potts (Q29) 21-15, 21-16
Match 18: Scott Kiedaisch / Daniel Skilins (Q30) def. Craig Pendergrass
/ Mike Riley (Q35) 21-16, 13-21, 15-11
Match 19: Mark Fay / Peter Goers (Q19) def. Gary Gerns / John Leake
Match 20: Brian Duff / Tony Pray (Q14) def. Eben Meyer / Bill Schultz
Match 21: Jeff Carlucci / Steve Delaney (Q11) def. John Meeks / Patrick
Dietz (Q54) 21-12, 21-7
Match 22: Wes Moore / Jon Rose (Q22) def. Brian Reiner / P.J. Pagan
Match 23: Guy Hamilton / Jon Hubright (Q27) def. Chris Patrick / Fred
Fauhl, Jr. (Q38) 22-20, 19-21, 15-10
Match 26: Jon Barnes / Kristopher Fraser (Q26) def. Tim Wooliver /
Colin Kaslow (Q39) by Forfeit
Match 27: Art Barron / Jason Hodell (Q23) def. BJ Cook / Richard Krutop
Match 28: Jim Van Zwieten / Steve Van Zwieten (Q10) def. David
Dlugolenski / Tim McNichol (Q55) 21-13, 21-16
Match 29: Casey Brewer / Chad Wick (Q15) def. Daniel Mullen / Mike Vajo
Match 30: Matt Heagy / Jeff Murrell (Q18) def. Brian Jones / Chris
Hammock (Q47) 21-12, 21-16
Match 31: C.J. Denk / Robert Jackson (Q31) def. Badger Bergmann / Tim
Church (Q34) 21-10, 21-15
Round 2
Match 33: Ty Loomis / Anthony Medel (Q1) def. Yariv Lerner / Dennis
Marlow (Q32) 21-14, 21-16
Match 34: Bartosz Bachorski / Mike Dauernheim (Q17) def. Paul Lourick /
Ivan Mercer (Q16) 0-21, 21-18, 15-9
Match 35: Leonardo Moraes / Mike Morrison (Q9) def. Ihor Akinshyn /
Danko Iordanov (Q24) 21-16, 21-14
Match 36: Bill Maik / Jeff Wentworth (Q40) def. Scott Hill / Dan Mintz
Match 37: Justin Phipps / Will Strickland (Q28) def. David Fischer /
Brad Torsone (Q5) 21-19, 21-16
Match 38: Ryan Cronin / Kevin Dake (Q12) def. Caleb Cook / Danny Cook
Match 39: Garrett Black / Travis Regner (Q20) def. Claudio Borgiotti /
Sean Canavan (Q52) 21-14, 21-16
Match 40: Adam Roberts / Sean Rooney (Q4) def. Peter Weremay / Matthew
Terrell (Q36) 21-15, 21-16
Match 41: Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (Q3) def. Scott Kiedaisch / Daniel
Skilins (Q30) 17-21, 21-16, 15-4
Match 42: Mark Fay / Peter Goers (Q19) def. Brian Duff / Tony Pray
Match 43: Jeff Carlucci / Steve Delaney (Q11) def. Wes Moore / Jon Rose
Match 44: Guy Hamilton / Jon Hubright (Q27) def. Gabe Gardner / Adam
Johnson (Q6) 21-18, 8-21, 15-13
Match 45: Ranse Jones / Andre Melo (Q7) def. Jon Barnes / Kristopher
Fraser (Q26) 21-18, 13-21, 15-8
Match 46: Art Barron / Jason Hodell (Q23) def. Jim Van Zwieten / Steve
Van Zwieten (Q10) 17-21, 21-19, 15-9
Match 47: Matt Heagy / Jeff Murrell (Q18) def. Casey Brewer / Chad Wick
Match 48: Mike DiPierro / Jim Nichols (Q2) def. C.J. Denk / Robert
Jackson (Q31) 21-16, 21-12
Round 3
Match 49: Ty Loomis / Anthony Medel (Q1) def. Bartosz Bachorski / Mike
Dauernheim (Q17) 21-12, 21-18
Match 50: Bill Maik / Jeff Wentworth (Q40) def. Leonardo Moraes / Mike
Morrison (Q9) 21-19, 21-14
Match 51: Justin Phipps / Will Strickland (Q28) def. Ryan Cronin /
Kevin Dake (Q12) 21-15, 23-21
Match 52: Adam Roberts / Sean Rooney (Q4) def. Garrett Black / Travis
Regner (Q20) 21-19, 21-10
Match 53: Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (Q3) def. Mark Fay / Peter Goers (Q19)
21-19, 18-21, 16-14
Match 54: Jeff Carlucci / Steve Delaney (Q11) def. Guy Hamilton / Jon
Hubright (Q27) 21-14, 21-12
Match 55: Art Barron / Jason Hodell (Q23) def. Ranse Jones / Andre Melo
Match 56: Mike DiPierro / Jim Nichols (Q2) def. Matt Heagy / Jeff
Murrell (Q18) 21-12, 21-14
Winner's Bracket
Round 1
Match 1: Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (1) def. Bill Maik / Jeff Wentworth
Match 2: Canyon Ceman / Chad Turner (17) def. Scott Lane / Chad Mowrey
(16) 25-23, 21-7 (0:45)
Match 3: Adam Roberts / Sean Rooney (24, Q4) def. Mark Williams / Scott
Wong (9) 13-21, 21-17, 15-13 (0:55)
Match 4: Larry Witt / Sean Rosenthal (8) def. Eduardo Bacil / AJ
Mihalic (25) 21-16, 21-19 (0:45)
Match 5: Paul Baxter / Jason Ring (5) def. Brian Soldano / Jim Walls
(28) 21-18, 21-23, 15-11 (1:10)
Match 6: Adam Jewell / Karch Kiraly (12) def. Ed Ratledge / Aaron
Wachtfogel (21) 21-16, 21-19 (0:44)
Match 7: Scott Ayakatubby / Albert Hannemann (20) def. Brent Doble /
Eric Fonoimoana (13) 21-15, 21-17
Match 8: Nick Lucena / Phil Dalhausser (4) def. Jeff Carlucci / Steve
Delaney (29, Q11) 21-10, 21-17
Match 9: Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3) def. Art Barron / Jason
Hodell (30, Q23) 21-15, 21-19
Match 10: Matt Heath / Ryan Mariano (19) def. Matt Olson / Hans Stolfus
(14) 21-19, 21-18 (0:45)
Match 11: Aaron Boss / Brian Lewis (11) def. Scott Davenport / John
Moran (22) 21-16, 21-13 (0:48)
Match 12: Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (6) def. Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (27,
Match 13: John Hyden / Mike Lambert (7) def. Jim Nichols / Mike
DiPierro (26, Q2) 21-17, 21-14
Match 14: Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (10) def. Ty Loomis / Anthony Medel
Match 15: Jose Loiola / Fred Souza (15) def. Reid Priddy / Jason Lee
(18) 21-14, 21-18 (0:42)
Match 16: Stein Metzger / Jake Gibb (2) def. Justin Phipps / Will
Strickland (31, Q28) 21-7, 21-13
Round 2
Match 17: Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (1) def. Canyon Ceman / Chad
Turner (17) 21-12, 31-29 (0:49)
Match 18: Larry Witt / Sean Rosenthal (8) def. Adam Roberts / Sean
Rooney (24, Q4) 23-21, 22-20 (0:50)
Match 19: Adam Jewell / Karch Kiraly (12) def. Paul Baxter / Jason Ring
(5) 21-18, 21-18 (0:50)
Match 20: Nick Lucena / Phil Dalhausser (4) def. Scott Ayakatubby /
Albert Hannemann (20) 21-12, 18-21, 15-7
Match 21: Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3) def. Matt Heath / Ryan
Mariano (19) 21-18, 21-11 (0:43)
Match 22: Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (6) def. Aaron Boss / Brian Lewis
(11) 21-17, 21-17 (0:58)
Match 23: Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (10) def. John Hyden / Mike Lambert
(7) 21-18, 20-22, 17-15 (1:02)
Match 24: Stein Metzger / Jake Gibb (2) def. Jose Loiola / Fred Souza
(15) 21-12, 18-21, 15-13 (1:05)
Round 3
Match 25: Larry Witt / Sean Rosenthal (8) def. Dax Holdren / Jeff
Nygaard (1) 21-13, 19-21, 15-8
Match 26: Nick Lucena / Phil Dalhausser (4) def. Adam Jewell / Karch
Kiraly (12) 21-16, 19-21, 20-18
Match 27: Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3) def. Todd Rogers / Sean
Scott (6) 15-21, 21-15, 15-13
Match 28: Stein Metzger / Jake Gibb (2) def. Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong
(10) 21-17, 27-25 (0:52)
Round 4
Match 29: Larry Witt / Sean Rosenthal (8) def. Nick Lucena / Phil
Dalhausser (4) 15-21, 21-12, 15-8
Match 30: Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3) def. Stein Metzger /
Jake Gibb (2) 21-16, 26-24 (1:00)
Contender's Bracket
Round 1
Match 31: Scott Lane / Chad Mowrey (16) def. Bill Maik / Jeff Wentworth
Match 32: Mark Williams / Scott Wong (9) def. Eduardo Bacil / AJ
Mihalic (25) 21-15, 21-19 (0:40)
Match 33: Ed Ratledge / Aaron Wachtfogel (21) def. Brian Soldano / Jim
Walls (28) 21-12, 21-14 (0:38)
Match 34: Brent Doble / Eric Fonoimoana (13) def. Jeff Carlucci / Steve
Delaney (29, Q11) 21-14, 21-11
Match 35: Matt Olson / Hans Stolfus (14) def. Art Barron / Jason Hodell
Match 36: Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (27, Q3) def. Scott Davenport / John
Moran (22) 22-20, 21-13 (0:44)
Match 37: Ty Loomis / Anthony Medel (23, Q1) def. Jim Nichols / Mike
DiPierro (26, Q2) 22-20, 21-13
Match 38: Reid Priddy / Jason Lee (18) def. Justin Phipps / Will
Strickland (31, Q28) 21-16, 21-11
Round 2
Match 39: Jose Loiola / Fred Souza (15) def. Scott Lane / Chad Mowrey
(16) 18-21, 21-17, 15-7 (0:52)
Match 40: John Hyden / Mike Lambert (7) def. Mark Williams / Scott Wong
(9) 24-22, 21-11 (0:41)
Match 41: Ed Ratledge / Aaron Wachtfogel (21) def. Aaron Boss / Brian
Lewis (11) 21-17, 21-3 (0:38)
Match 42: Matt Heath / Ryan Mariano (19) def. Brent Doble / Eric
Fonoimoana (13) 21-18, 29-27 (1:01)
Match 43: Matt Olson / Hans Stolfus (14) def. Scott Ayakatubby / Albert
Hannemann (20) 21-13, 21-14 (0:41)
Match 44: Paul Baxter / Jason Ring (5) def. Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (27,
Match 45: Adam Roberts / Sean Rooney (24, Q4) def. Ty Loomis / Anthony
Medel (23, Q1) 21-19, 21-17 (0:47)
Match 46: Reid Priddy / Jason Lee (18) def. Canyon Ceman / Chad Turner
(17) 21-8, 21-23, 15-11 (1:01)
Round 3
Match 47: John Hyden / Mike Lambert (7) def. Jose Loiola / Fred Souza
(15) 21-16, 21-19 (0:35)
Match 48: Ed Ratledge / Aaron Wachtfogel (21) def. Matt Heath / Ryan
Mariano (19) 19-21, 21-17, 15-10
Match 49: Matt Olson / Hans Stolfus (14) def. Paul Baxter / Jason Ring
(5) 16-21, 21-17, 15-9 (0:56)
Match 50: Reid Priddy / Jason Lee (18) def. Adam Roberts / Sean Rooney
Round 4
Match 51: Adam Jewell / Karch Kiraly (12) def. John Hyden / Mike
Lambert (7) 17-21, 21-19, 20-18
Match 52: Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (1) def. Ed Ratledge / Aaron
Wachtfogel (21) 21-9, 21-15 (0:43)
Match 53: Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (10) def. Matt Olson / Hans Stolfus
(14) 21-17, 21-19 (0:41)
Match 54: Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (6) def. Reid Priddy / Jason Lee
(18) 21-17, 21-12 (0:43)
Round 5
Match 55: Adam Jewell / Karch Kiraly (12) def. Dax Holdren / Jeff
Nygaard (1) 21-16, 30-28 (0:59)
Match 56: Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (10) def. Todd Rogers / Sean Scott
(6) 14-21, 21-19, 15-10 (1:09)
Round 6
Match 57: Stein Metzger / Jake Gibb (2) def. Adam Jewell / Karch Kiraly
(12) 21-19, 23-21 (0:52)
Match 58: Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (10) def. Nick Lucena / Phil
Dalhausser (4) 21-18, 17-21, 15-11
Match 59: Stein Metzger / Jake Gibb (2) def. Larry Witt / Sean
Rosenthal (8) 13-21, 25-23, 15-13
Match 60: Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3) def. Dain Blanton /
Kevin Wong (10) 21-18, 21-15 (0:47)
Match 61: Stein Metzger / Jake Gibb (2) def. Matt Fuerbringer / Casey
Jennings (3) 21-18, 21-14
Stein Metzger
Belmar Women's Entries
(Qualification Tournament seeds based on entry points, Main Draw seeds
to be determined after Qualification Tournament)
Women's AVP $87,500 Belmar Open
Presented by Bud Light
July 8-10, 2005
Finish Player Partner Seed Winnings
1 Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh 1 $20,000.00 360.0
2 Rachel Wacholder Elaine Youngs 2 $14,000.00 324.0
3 Jennifer Boss Holly McPeak 3 $8,450.00 270.0
3 Mimi Amaral Nancy Mason 4 $8,450.00 270.0
5 Tyra Turner Makare Wilson 6 $5,000.00 216.0
5 Dianne DeNecochea Tammy Leibl 7 $5,000.00 216.0
7 Katie Lindquist Tracy Lindquist 8 $3,500.00 180.0
7 Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson Heidi Ilustre 10 $3,500.00 180.0
9 Carrie Dodd Leanne McSorley 5 $2,200.00 144.0
9 Brooke Hanson Sarah Straton 9 $2,200.00 144.0
9 Angie Akers Nicole Branagh 11 $2,200.00 144.0
9 Jaimie Lee Paula Roca 13 $2,200.00 144.0
13 Heather Lowe Jenny Pavley 14 $1,400.00 108.0
13 Daven Allison Kimberly Coleman 16 $1,400.00 108.0
13 Saralyn Smith Ann Windes 17 $1,400.00 108.0
13 Jenelle Koester Ali Wood 21 $1,400.00 108.0
17 Denise Johns Alicia Polzin 12 $550.00 72.0
17 Pat Keller Wendy Stammer 15 $550.00 72.0
17 Jill Changaris Patti Cook 18 $550.00 72.0
17 Angela Lewis Diane Pascua 19 $550.00 72.0
17 Michelle More Suzanne Stonebarger 20 $550.00 72.0
17 Jennifer Holdren Priscilla Lima 23 $550.00 72.0
17 Suzana Manole Beth Van Fleet 24, Q1 $550.00 72.0
17 Jeannette Hecker Catie Vagneur 27, Q3 $550.00 72.0
25 Ashley Ivy Ella Vakhidova 22 $100.00 36.0
25 Cheri Fitzner Barbara Nyland 25, Q2 $100.00 36.0
25 Mary Baily Julie Romias 26, Q4 $100.00 36.0
25 Abby Georgy Alicia Zamparelli 28, Q7 $100.00 36.0
25 Helen Reale Karen Reitz 29, Q12 $100.00 36.0
25 Nicki Fusco Gina Kirstein 30, Q8 $100.00 36.0
25 Lisa Gathright Jenny Griffith 31, Q11 $100.00 36.0
25 Agnieszka Pregowska Alexsandra Wolak 32 $100.00 36.0
33 Kelly Rowe Sarah White Q5 $.00 18.0
33 Marla O'Hara Holly Reisor Q6 $.00 18.0
33 Tara Kuk Franci Van Zwieten Q9 $.00 18.0
33 Jennifer Fopma Stacy Rouwenhorst Q13 $.00 18.0
33 Joy Akins Dawn Cline Q15 $.00 18.0
33 Jennifer Lombardi Kathleen Madden Q16 $.00 18.0
33 Stephanie Roberts Cherry Simkins Q19 $.00 18.0
33 Brittany Hochevar Krystal Jackson Q23 $.00 18.0
41 Lisa Marshall Carrie Wright Q10 $.00 12.0
41 Erin Byrd Jeanette Simenson Q14 $.00 12.0
41 Meri-de Boyer Paige Davis Q17 $.00 12.0
41 Kirstin Olsen Laura Ratto Q18 $.00 12.0
41 Angie Simpson Amber Willey Q20 $.00 12.0
41 Jennifer Lehman Johanna Lehman Q22 $.00 12.0
41 Ingrid Roosild Dawn Tischauser Q24 $.00 12.0
41 Jessie Cooper Kristi Winters Q25 $.00 12.0
41 Marietta McElwee Ashley Regner Q26 $.00 12.0
41 Sharon Edwards Dana Fiume Q27 $.00 12.0
41 Monique Frey Susan Poole Q28 $.00 12.0
41 Erin Nelson Amy Zeman Q29 $.00 12.0
41 Amanda Baer Erin Breithaupt Q30 $.00 12.0
41 Lauren Nilsen Renee Powell Q31 $.00 12.0
41 Kinsey Finn April Mellott Q32 $.00 12.0
41 Jackie Hatten Nicole Midwin Q21 $.00 0.0
Women's AVP $87,500 Belmar Open
Presented by Bud Light
July 8-10, 2005
Qualifier Bracket
Round 1
Match 1: Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (Q1) def. Kinsey Finn / April
Mellott (Q32) 21-16, 21-18
Match 2: Jennifer Lombardi / Kathleen Madden (Q16) def. Meri-de Boyer /
Paige Davis (Q17) 19-21, 22-20, 15-13
Match 3: Tara Kuk / Franci Van Zwieten (Q9) def. Dawn Tischauser /
Ingrid Roosild (Q24) 21-16, 21-15
Match 4: Nicki Fusco / Gina Kirstein (Q8) def. Kristi Winters / Jessie
Cooper (Q25) 21-14, 17-21, 15-8
Match 5: Kelly Rowe / Sarah White (Q5) def. Monique Frey / Susan Poole
Match 6: Helen Reale / Karen Reitz (Q12) def. Jackie Hatten / Nicole
Midwin (Q21) by Forfeit
Match 7: Jennifer Fopma / Stacy Rouwenhorst (Q13) def. Angie Simpson /
Amber Willey (Q20) 21-14, 19-21, 15-11
Match 8: Mary Baily / Julie Romias (Q4) def. Erin Nelson / Amy Zeman
Match 9: Jeannette Hecker / Catie Vagneur (Q3) def. Amanda Baer / Erin
Breithaupt (Q30) 21-15, 21-16
Match 10: Cherry Simkins / Stephanie Roberts (Q19) def. Erin Byrd /
Jeanette Simenson (Q14) 22-20, 21-16
Match 11: Lisa Gathright / Jenny Griffith (Q11) def. Johanna Lehman /
Jennifer Lehman (Q22) 21-14, 21-10
Match 12: Marla O'Hara / Holly Reisor (Q6) def. Dana Fiume / Sharon
Edwards (Q27) 16-21, 21-15, 15-4
Match 13: Abby Georgy / Alicia Zamparelli (Q7) def. Ashley Regner /
Marietta McElwee (Q26) 21-19, 21-7
Match 14: Krystal Jackson / Brittany Hochevar (Q23) def. Lisa Marshall
/ Carrie Wright (Q10) 21-12, 21-15
Match 15: Joy Akins / Dawn Cline (Q15) def. Kirstin Olsen / Laura Ratto
Match 16: Cheri Fitzner / Barbara Nyland (Q2) def. Lauren Nilsen /
Renee Powell (Q31) 21-6, 21-9
Round 2
Match 17: Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (Q1) def. Jennifer Lombardi /
Kathleen Madden (Q16) 21-17, 24-22
Match 18: Nicki Fusco / Gina Kirstein (Q8) def. Tara Kuk / Franci Van
Zwieten (Q9) 21-18, 21-18
Match 19: Helen Reale / Karen Reitz (Q12) def. Kelly Rowe / Sarah White
Match 20: Mary Baily / Julie Romias (Q4) def. Jennifer Fopma / Stacy
Rouwenhorst (Q13) 19-21, 22-20, 15-12
Match 21: Jeannette Hecker / Catie Vagneur (Q3) def. Cherry Simkins /
Stephanie Roberts (Q19) 21-16, 21-12
Match 22: Lisa Gathright / Jenny Griffith (Q11) def. Marla O'Hara /
Holly Reisor (Q6) 21-16, 21-12
Match 23: Abby Georgy / Alicia Zamparelli (Q7) def. Krystal Jackson /
Brittany Hochevar (Q23) 21-16, 15-21, 21-19
Match 24: Cheri Fitzner / Barbara Nyland (Q2) def. Joy Akins / Dawn
Cline (Q15) 21-15, 18-21, 17-15
Winner's Bracket
Round 1
Match 1: Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh (1) def. Agnieszka Pregowska /
Alexsandra Wolak (32) 21-9, 21-14
Match 2: Daven Allison / Kimberly Coleman (16) def. Saralyn Smith / Ann
Windes (17) 21-16, 21-10 (0:36)
Match 3: Brooke Hanson / Sarah Straton (9) def. Beth Van Fleet / Suzana
Manole (24, Q1) 21-18, 21-19 (0:39)
Match 4: Katie Lindquist / Tracy Lindquist (8) def. Cheri Fitzner /
Barbara Nyland (25, Q2) 21-12, 21-18
Match 5: Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley (5) def. Alicia Zamparelli /
Abby Georgy (28, Q7) 21-12, 21-9
Match 6: Jenelle Koester / Ali Wood (21) def. Alicia Polzin / Denise
Johns (12) 14-21, 21-16, 15-10
Match 7: Jaimie Lee / Paula Roca (13) def. Michelle More / Suzanne
Stonebarger (20) 23-21, 21-12
Match 8: Nancy Mason / Mimi Amaral (4) def. Helen Reale / Karen Reitz
Match 9: Jennifer Boss / Holly McPeak (3) def. Gina Kirstein / Nicki
Fusco (30, Q8) 21-9, 21-16 (0:34)
Match 10: Jenny Pavley / Heather Lowe (14) def. Angela Lewis / Diane
Pascua (19) 17-21, 24-22, 15-12
Match 11: Angie Akers / Nicole Branagh (11) def. Ella Vakhidova /
Ashley Ivy (22) 21-19, 21-19 (0:50)
Match 12: Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (6) def. Jeannette Hecker / Catie
Vagneur (27, Q3) 21-10, 19-21, 15-8
Match 13: Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (7) def. Mary Baily / Julie
Romias (26, Q4) 21-12, 21-16 (0:36)
Match 14: Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (10) def. Jennifer
Holdren / Priscilla Lima (23) 21-14, 21-11
Match 15: Pat Keller / Wendy Stammer (15) def. Jill Changaris / Patti
Cook (18) 21-13, 21-19 (0:36)
Match 16: Elaine Youngs / Rachel Wacholder (2) def. Lisa Gathright /
Jenny Griffith (31, Q11) 21-19, 21-8
Round 2
Match 17: Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh (1) def. Daven Allison /
Kimberly Coleman (16) 21-10, 21-9
Match 18: Katie Lindquist / Tracy Lindquist (8) def. Brooke Hanson /
Sarah Straton (9) 21-19, 18-21, 15-11
Match 19: Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley (5) def. Jenelle Koester / Ali
Wood (21) 21-19, 21-16 (0:31)
Match 20: Nancy Mason / Mimi Amaral (4) def. Jaimie Lee / Paula Roca
(13) 21-18, 21-16 (0:43)
Match 21: Jennifer Boss / Holly McPeak (3) def. Jenny Pavley / Heather
Lowe (14) 21-19, 21-19 (0:40)
Match 22: Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (6) def. Angie Akers / Nicole
Branagh (11) 16-21, 21-9, 15-9
Match 23: Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (10) def. Dianne
DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (7) 21-17, 19-21, 15-12
Match 24: Elaine Youngs / Rachel Wacholder (2) def. Pat Keller / Wendy
Stammer (15) 21-14, 21-13 (0:40)
Round 3
Match 25: Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh (1) def. Katie Lindquist /
Tracy Lindquist (8) 18-21, 21-19, 15-6
Match 26: Nancy Mason / Mimi Amaral (4) def. Carrie Dodd / Leanne
McSorley (5) 12-21, 21-15, 15-12
Match 27: Jennifer Boss / Holly McPeak (3) def. Tyra Turner / Makare
Wilson (6) 21-8, 21-18 (0:38)
Match 28: Elaine Youngs / Rachel Wacholder (2) def. Tanya
Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (10) 21-17, 21-15
Round 4
Match 29: Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh (1) def. Nancy Mason / Mimi
Amaral (4) 21-18, 21-16 (0:38)
Match 30: Elaine Youngs / Rachel Wacholder (2) def. Jennifer Boss /
Holly McPeak (3) 21-19, 21-15
Contender's Bracket
Round 1
Match 31: Saralyn Smith / Ann Windes (17) def. Agnieszka Pregowska /
Alexsandra Wolak (32) 21-10, 21-9
Match 32: Beth Van Fleet / Suzana Manole (24, Q1) def. Cheri Fitzner /
Barbara Nyland (25, Q2) 21-15, 21-18
Match 33: Alicia Polzin / Denise Johns (12) def. Alicia Zamparelli /
Abby Georgy (28, Q7) 23-21, 21-14
Match 34: Michelle More / Suzanne Stonebarger (20) def. Helen Reale /
Karen Reitz (29, Q12) 19-21, 21-8, 15-7
Match 35: Angela Lewis / Diane Pascua (19) def. Gina Kirstein / Nicki
Fusco (30, Q8) 21-14, 21-16 (0:40)
Match 36: Jeannette Hecker / Catie Vagneur (27, Q3) def. Ella Vakhidova
/ Ashley Ivy (22) 18-21, 21-17, 15-12
Match 37: Jennifer Holdren / Priscilla Lima (23) def. Mary Baily /
Julie Romias (26, Q4) 21-19, 21-13
Match 38: Jill Changaris / Patti Cook (18) def. Lisa Gathright / Jenny
Griffith (31, Q11) 21-23, 21-19, 15-10
Round 2
Match 39: Saralyn Smith / Ann Windes (17) def. Pat Keller / Wendy
Stammer (15) 23-21, 12-21, 15-12
Match 40: Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (7) def. Beth Van Fleet /
Suzana Manole (24, Q1) 22-20, 21-11
Match 41: Angie Akers / Nicole Branagh (11) def. Alicia Polzin / Denise
Johns (12) 10-21, 21-13, 15-11
Match 42: Jenny Pavley / Heather Lowe (14) def. Michelle More / Suzanne
Stonebarger (20) 21-15, 21-9 (0:31)
Match 43: Jaimie Lee / Paula Roca (13) def. Angela Lewis / Diane Pascua
(19) 21-16, 21-17 (0:54)
Match 44: Jenelle Koester / Ali Wood (21) def. Jeannette Hecker / Catie
Vagneur (27, Q3) 22-20, 21-15
Match 45: Brooke Hanson / Sarah Straton (9) def. Jennifer Holdren /
Priscilla Lima (23) 25-23, 21-12
Match 46: Daven Allison / Kimberly Coleman (16) def. Jill Changaris /
Patti Cook (18) 21-19, 21-17 (0:41)
Round 3
Match 47: Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (7) def. Saralyn Smith / Ann
Windes (17) 21-14, 21-8
Match 48: Angie Akers / Nicole Branagh (11) def. Jenny Pavley / Heather
Lowe (14) 21-14, 18-21, 15-11
Match 49: Jaimie Lee / Paula Roca (13) def. Jenelle Koester / Ali Wood
(21) 21-17, 21-14 (0:37)
Match 50: Brooke Hanson / Sarah Straton (9) def. Daven Allison /
Kimberly Coleman (16) 21-18, 21-12
Round 4
Match 51: Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (7) def. Carrie Dodd / Leanne
McSorley (5) 21-14, 21-15 (0:40)
Match 52: Katie Lindquist / Tracy Lindquist (8) def. Angie Akers /
Nicole Branagh (11) 21-18, 19-21, 19-17
Match 53: Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (10) def. Jaimie Lee /
Paula Roca (13) 16-21, 21-17, 15-13
Match 54: Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (6) def. Brooke Hanson / Sarah
Straton (9) 18-21, 21-18, 15-12
Round 5
Match 55: Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (7) def. Katie Lindquist /
Tracy Lindquist (8) 17-21, 21-15, 15-11
Match 56: Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (6) def. Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson /
Heidi Ilustre (10) 25-23, 21-15
Round 6
Match 57: Jennifer Boss / Holly McPeak (3) def. Dianne DeNecochea /
Tammy Leibl (7) 22-20, 24-22 (0:46)
Match 58: Nancy Mason / Mimi Amaral (4) def. Tyra Turner / Makare
Wilson (6) 23-21, 21-18 (0:44)
Match 59: Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh (1) def. Jennifer Boss /
Holly McPeak (3) 21-16, 21-16
Match 60: Elaine Youngs / Rachel Wacholder (2) def. Nancy Mason / Mimi
Amaral (4) 21-14, 21-16 (0:39)
Match 61: Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh (1) def. Elaine Youngs /
Rachel Wacholder (2) 24-26, 21-18, 15-13
2005 Belmar AVP Tournament
Champions >>Misty May/ Kerri Walsh
Misty May
Kerri Walsh
Articles 2005:
Belmar Open Preview
July 7, 2005
Last year in Belmar, Holly McPeak / Elaine Youngs were the hot team on
the AVP Tour, in the midst of winning four straight titles in addition
to a pair of international events. This year, Youngs will again be the
talk of the town, but more for the last win she had, with Rachel
Wacholder against Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh. That was just the
fourth career loss for the Olympic Gold Medalists on the AVP Tour.
Just as Youngs switched partners for this season, so too have many
others. In fact, only five teams from last year's women's main draw in
Belmar are entered in the 2005 AVP Belmar Open together, none from the
top eight seeds last year. So while fans in the New Jersey coast town
may need a program to keep track of who's who, the level of play will
not disappoint anyone.
The two teams in the Cincinnati finale are the only two teams to have
played in the Final Four of every AVP tournament this season.
May-Treanor / Walsh have won five events, and hold the number one seed,
while Wacholder / Youngs have one win and two seconds, and have earned
the number two seed.
Jennifer Kessy / McPeak, who have been in the semifinals of five of the
six events, occupy the number three seed. The fourth seed is a new
team, Nancy Mason and Semirames Marins that was formed due to the
injury Tatiana Minello suffered in the semifinals of the AVP Cincinnati
Going back to a 32-team field means there is no first-round bye for any
teams, which can definitely make a difference. For instance, in
Cincinnati a 24-team field meant that the top eight seeds had byes in
the first round. Two of the eight first-round match-ups there resulted
in upsets, where a lower seeded team defeated a higher seeded team, but
now all teams seeded 1-16 have to play that extra match.
The last four women's championship matches have featured four unique
match-ups, as have the last four men's title bouts. In the first two
tournaments of the year, both the men's and women's championships
featured the same teams with the same results. May-Treanor / Walsh
defeated Wacholder / Youngs in both, while Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger
defeated Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard both times.
Holdren / Nygaard have been the most consistent team, getting a podium
finish in all six events so far. They have played in all six winner's
brackets semifinals, with a 4-2 record in those matches, which means
the two times they lost they needed to win just one match in the
contender's bracket in order to advance to the Olympic Crossing
semifinals. They have regained the number one seed, as they were also
seeded first in San Diego.
Gibb / Metzger, who were "sentenced" to the number one seed for three
events this season, fall to the number two seed for the third time this
year. One of their two wins came when they were seeded second, but no
team has won a double-elimination event when seeded first since Eric
Fonoimoana / Holdren did it to start the 2003 season.
Two other winners from this year hold the third and fourth seeds; Matt
Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (third) and Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena
(fourth). The fifth different team to have won an event on the 2005 AVP
Nissan Series, John Hyden / Mike Lambert, are seeded seventh in Belmar.
Belmar is having a men's tournament for the 15th straight year. There
has been a different winning team in each of the last four years and
six of the last seven. Last season Fuerbringer / Jennings won their
first title ever, while in 2003 Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt won for
their first time.
2005 has been a good year for teams winning their first event together.
Four men's teams and one women's team has won a title for the first
time as a team. Last weekend in Cincinnati was unique in that both the
men's and women's champions were enjoying their first title together.
That marked the only time since 2001 that the men's and women's winners
at an AVP event were both winning their first event as a team.
Kiraly defeats Lambert to stay alive
at Belmar Open Presented by Bud Light while May & Walsh advance
July 9, 2005
July 9th, 2005 (Belmar, New Jersey)-Packed stands under sunny skies
watched as three-time Olympic gold medalist and beach volleyball legend
Karch Kiraly lost his opening match earlier in the day and then
defeated his former partner Mike Lambert in an elimination match to
advance to tomorrow's semifinals of the AVP Nissan Series Belmar Open
presented by Bud Light. Olympic gold medalists Misty May and Kerri
Walsh breezed through the first three rounds and advanced to the
semifinals tomorrow and will face the new team of Samirames Marins and
Nancy Mason.
Sean Rosenthal and Larry Witt will meet East Coasters Phil Dalhausser
and Nick Lucena in the semifinals tomorrow morning and in the other
winner's bracket match-up, two-time tournament winners Jake Gibb and
Stein Metzger will face Matt Fuerbringer and Casey Jennings.
In a repeat match-up, Jen Kessy and Holly McPeak will face Rachel
Wacholder and Elaine Youngs in tomorrow's semifinals.
Tomorrow's match play begins at 8:30 a.m. with the men's and women's
semifinals taking place at 11:15 a.m. The men's finals start at 2 pm
with the women's to follow. Both will be broadcasted on Fox Sports Net.
The semifinals will air on OLN tomorrow from 3-5 pm/ET.
May and Walsh come back to win;
Gibb and Metzger take 3rd win of season
July 10, 2005
July 10th, 2005 (Belmar, New Jersey)-Sold-out crowds packed the stands
on the shores of New Jersey to watch Olympic gold medalists Misty May
and Kerri Walsh defeat Rachel Wacholder and Elaine Youngs in the finals
of the AVP Nissan Series Belmar Open presented by Bud Light. On the
men's side, Jake Gibb and Stein Metzger beat Matt Fuerbringer and Casey
Jennings, capturing their third win of the season.
Wacholder and Youngs were the team that ended the 50-match winning
streak of May and Walsh last weekend in Cincinnati.
Earlier in the day, Fuerbringer and Jennings defeated Gibb and Metzger
21-16, 26-24. Three-time Olympic gold medalist and beach volleyball
legend Karch Kiraly finished fifth with his new partner Adam Jewell
after falling Gibb and Metzger 21-19, 23-21.
The AVP Nissan Series next tournament is the Hermosa Beach Open
presented by Bud Light taking place July 21st through 24th broadcast
LIVE by NBC.
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10pm Rage @ Reggies
Friday July 21st 2000
5-6:30pm Sunkist AVP Free Youth Clinic
7:30pm Player Dinner/Party D'Jais
Saturday July 22nd 2000
9am Sunkist AVP Belmar Open Begins
9pm Official Tour Party @ Bar A
Sunday July 23rd 2000
8:30am Sunkist AVP Belmar Open Begins Play
9am Sunkist AVP Youth Tour Begins
4pm AVP Finals Begins
Photos AVP Belmar
2001 Open
Sunset on the Shark River Inlet in
Belmar,New Jersey
"Images of America: Belmar I&II"(click on the pic above)
AVP-Pro Beach Volleyball on the Jersey Shore(click on pic for current
event info)
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Uncle Nick & The I-MAN in Belmar July 1998
Adam Jewel, Albert Hanneman & Danny Belmar
Ian Clark & young fan Danny at Belmar July 1998
David Swatik Belmar 1999
Belmar Beach AVP 1999
Mike Cole & David
Valenti "IMANFANS4EVER" Belmar 2000
Local Asbury Park Press
article about the 1999 AVP Belmar Beach Open
Sam Lagana AVP Voice Of Belmar's Past
Chris "Geeter"McGee
HERE'S DA BEEF Bill AKA "Beef" Boullianne 2001
Chad,Adam & Ian give a thumbs up
to Belmar's nitelife
Some Joisey Girls!!!
AT PAT'S TAVERN IN BELMAR(last year)see Bar Event schedule for current
July 2001
Meet the Coor's Lite Girls Schedule
Click on the picture for the girls......
Asbury Park Press Photos
By Tanya Breen
Mister Belmar"MIKE WHITMARSH"wins again last
year 2000 with Canyon Ceman!!!
4 Time and current record holder tying Karch
Kiraly who has also won 4 events here!!!
1997 Mike Whitmarsh/Canyon Ceman
1998 Mike Whitmarsh/Kent Steffes
1999 Mike Whitmarsh/David Swatik
2000 Mike Whitmarsh/Canyon Ceman
Volleyball Magazine-November1998
Your Serve Section
Volleyball Magazine
Click on this link above during the Belmar 2000 AVP event
for scores and discussions in the outdoors forums.
Larry,Kim,Kevin,Kyle and Brandon Mariano
Kendall Park,New Jersey
*courtesy of Volleyball Magazine
Find out what the weather will be like for the Belmar,NJ AVP annual
tour event or before heading for your favorite local Jersey Shore
beaches !!!
Belmar Beach on the Belmar
Cam Newly
Refurbished Belmar Marina
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Soaking Up The Rays
Resources City Of Belmar,NJ
Volleyball with the Playboy Playmates Xtremeteam at BAR-A July7th,2001
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July 7th,2001
Bar Anticipation
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In South Belmar, they love the night life
James Taylor
PNC Bank Arts Center
Holmdel, NJ
Friday -- July 6th;Saturday--July7th, 2001 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
The Beach Boys
PNC Bank Arts Center
Holmdel, NJ
Tuesday -- July 10, 2001 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Rod Stewart
PNC Bank Arts Center
Holmdel, NJ
Wednesday -- July 11, 2001 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
PNC Bank Arts Center
Holmdel, NJ
Saturday -- July 14, 2001 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Paul Simon/Brian Wilson
PNC Bank Arts Center
Holmdel, NJ
Friday-- July 20, 2001 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Stevie Nicks/Jeffrey Gains
PNC Bank Arts Center
Holmdel, NJ
Saturday-- July 21, 2001 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
to eat while in Belmar,New
week's recipe: Belmar baked fluke
"Mattio" UNGER
Ian AKA "I-MAN" CLARK
Double Elimination
Event Scores:
Round Of 32
Holdren, Rogers (15)Def., Barnes, Rose (3)
Delahoz, Luyties (15)Def., Poolman, Williams(11)
Hribar, Fischer (17)Def.,Clark,
Unger (15)
Bacil, Souza (15)Def., Pollard, Tourigny(6)
Lewis, Johnson(15)Def., Kumgisky, Bellandi(1)
Smith, Ivie (15) Def.,Goers, Taylor (11)
Davenport, Makos(16)Def., Baxter, Paaluhi (14)
Ceman, Whitmarsh(15)Def., Jennings,Fuerbringer (11)
Neto, LeGrande (15)Def., Salmon, Elliot (9)
A.Hannemann,Boullianne (15)Def., Friederichsen,Boldt (7)
Garrido, Azevedo(15)Def., Priddy, Taliaferro(4)
Doble, Metzger (15)Def.,Daniel, Gibb (2)
Witt, Frohoff (15)Def.,Torsone, Convis(6)
N.Hannemann, Jewell(15)Def., Geibel, Addy (9)
Koerv, Agi (15) Def.,Boss, Castillo (13)
Fonoimoana,Blanton (15)Def., Rodriquez,Silberstein (11)
Round Of 16
Holdren, Rogers (15)Def.,Delahoz, Luyties (3)
Bacil, Souza (15)Def., Hribar, Fischer (8)
Lewis, Johnson(17)Def., Smith, Ivie (15)
Ceman, Whitmarsh(15)Def.,Davenport, Makos(10)
Neto, LeGrande (19)Def., A.Hannemann,Boullianne (17)
Doble, Metzger (15)Def.,Garrido, Azevedo(6)
N.Hannemann, Jewell(15)Def.,Witt, Frohoff (10)
Fonoimoana,Blanton (15)Def., Koerv, Agi (3)
Quarter Finals
Bacil, Souza (15)Def., Holdren, Rogers (12)
Ceman, Whitmarsh(15)Def.,Lewis, Johnson(4)
Doble, Metzger (15)Def.,Neto, LeGrande (3)
N.Hannemann, Jewell(15)Def.,Fonoimoana,Blanton (7)
Ceman, Whitmarsh(15)Def.,Bacil, Souza (9)
N.Hannemann, Jewell(15)Def.,Doble, Metzger (12)
Winners Finals
Ceman, Whitmarsh(15)Def.,N.Hannemann, Jewell(9)
Tournament Finals
Ceman, Whitmarsh(15)Def.,N.Hannemann, Jewell(11)
Tournament Champions
2000>> Mike Whitmarsh/Canyon Ceman
Mike Whitmarsh Olympic Silver Medalist
Canyon Ceman
Losers Round 1
Salmon, Elliot(15)Def., Friederichsen,Boldt (7)
Priddy,Taliaferro (15)Def., Daniel,Gibb (3)
Geibel, Addy (15)Def., Torsone,Convis (8)
Boss, Castillo(15)Def., Rodriquez,Silberstein (10)
Poolman,Williams (15)Def., Barnes,Rose (5)
Clark, Unger(15)Def., Pollard,
Tourigny (6)
Kumgisky,Bellandi (15)Def., Goers,Taylor (10)
Jennings,Fuerbringer (15)Def., Baxter, Paaluhi (5)
Losers Round 2
Salmon, Elliot(15)Def.,Davenport,Makos (3)
Priddy,Taliaferro (15)Def., Smith,Ivie (11)
Hribar, Fischer(15)Def., Geibel,Addy (10)
Delahoz,Luyties (15)Def., Boss,Castillo (10)
Poolman,Williams (15)Def.,Koerv,Agi (3)
Witt, Frohoff(15)Def.,Clark,Unger (13)
Garrido,Azevedo (15)Def., Kumgisky,Bellandi (5)
A.Hannemann,Boullianne (15)Def.,Jennings,Fuerbringer (7)
Losers Round 3
Salmon, Elliot (15)Def.,Priddy,Taliaferro (12)
Delahoz,Luyties (15)Def.,Hribar, Fischer(11)
Witt, Frohoff(15)Def.,Poolman,Williams (13)
Garrido,Azevedo (16)Def., A.Hannemann,Boullianne (14)
Losers Round 4
Neto, LeGrande (15)Def., Salmon, Elliot (5)
Fonoimoana,Blanton (15)Def.,Delahoz,Luyties (11)
Holdren, Rogers (16)Def.,Witt, Frohoff(14)
Lewis, Johnson(15)Def., Garrido,Azevedo (12)
Losers Round 5
Neto, LeGrande (15)Def., Fonoimoana,Blanton (13)
Lewis, Johnson(15)Def., Holdren, Rogers (12)
Losers Round 6
Bacil, Souza (15)Def.,Neto, LeGrande (7)
Doble, Metzger (15)Def.,Lewis, Johnson(13)
Losers Semifinals
Doble, Metzger (15)Def.,Bacil, Souza (12)
Losers Finals
N.Hannemann, Jewell(15)Def.,Doble, Metzger (12)
Final Results:2000
2nd-N. Hannemann/
$ 7,500
$ 5,500
$ 4,000
5th -Lewis
$ 4,000
$ 3,000
$ 3,000
$ 2,000
$ 2,000
$ 2,000
$ 2,000
$ 1,000
$ 1,000
$ 1,000
$ 1,000
17th- Clark/Unger
The Boys are Back in Belmar!!!
Courtesy of the AVP
Jul 21,2000
Saturday at the Sunkist Belmar AVP Open was not a good day for the
AVP's elite. The only top four seeded team surviving in the winners
bracket after Saturday's play was the 4th seeded squad
of Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh who advanced to the semifinals with
a convincing 15-4 win over Brian Lewis and Adam Johnson. Also slipping
into the wrong bracket on day 1 was top seeds Dax Holdren and Todd
Rogers who fell victim to Brazilians Anjinho and Fred 15-12. The fourth
installment of the LeGrande/Neto vs. Doble/Metzger saga was played out
here in Belmar, with Doble/Metzger squaring the season series to two
games a piece with a 15-12 win and a place in the semis on Sunday.
Belmar marked the return of Eric Fonoimoana and Dain Blanton to the AVP
Tour after a few weeks playing abroad on the FIVB's Olympic chase. Dain
and Eric were not treated kindly by Nick Hannemann and Adam Jewell who
sent the pair to the losers bracket with a 15-7 victory.
Whitmarsh is King of Belmar!!!
Courtesy of the AVP
By Dan Vrebalovich
Jul 22nd,2000
Sunday was again no picnic on the court for the top seeds at the
Sunkist AVP Belmar
Open. The top seeded team of Dax Holdren and Todd Rogers managed only
one victory in the losers bracket on Sunday, narrowly beating Brent
Frohoff and Larry Witt 16-14. Their
run ended in the next match as Brian Lewis and Adam Johnson advanced
with a 15-12 victory over last weeks champions, giving
them a 7th place finish in Belmar.
The #2 seeded team of Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana also found
themselves making an early exit on Sunday as they also finished in 7th
place after being eliminated from
the tournament by LeGrande and Neto 15-13. The victory for #3 seeds
LeGrande and Neto would be their last as Eduardo Bacil and Fred Souza
would send them packing with a 15-7 defeat and a 5th place finish. On
the winners side it was the #4 seeded team of Mike
Whitmarsh and Canyon Ceman who were in control of the
tournament after winning the winners finals over the surprise team
of the weekend, #10 seeds Adam Jewell and
Nick Hannemann. Jewell/Hannemann notched victories over Fonoi/Blanton
in the quarters and Doble/Metzger in the semis, before going down to
Ceman/Whit in the
finals by a score of 15-9. During the match, Mike Whitmarsh rolled his
ankle, but was able to gut it out for the victory. Whitmarsh,
who has won the Belmar event the past four years was gunning for his
1st victory in 2000 and hoped to do it here in Belmar. Ceman and
Whitmarsh won the event together in 1997, the two hooked up as
teammates again
last week, as the partner shuffle seems to have been positive for both
In the losers bracket Brent Doble and Stein Metzger were charging
towards the finals with a narrow victory over Lewis/Johnson 15-13
giving that team a 5th place finish.
Brent and Stein then tangled with Souza/Bacil again coming out on top
with a 15-12 win, earning a rematch with Jewell/Hannemann who had
beaten the team earlier in the
day in the winners semis. The match was a brawl from start to finish
with big serves and bigger hits exploding all over the court. In the
end, it was Hannemann and Jewell who
would earn a spot in their first finals ever as AVP pros, with a 15-12
win over Doble/Metzger. There were many questions to be answered in the
Would Whitmarsh win his first tournament in what might be his last
season as a pro? Would his ankle hold up for one more match to fend of
the young challengers who had many questions to answer themselves.
Getting to the finals is a big hurdle, winning a final is an even
bigger one. A huge Belmar crowd stayed with us well past 5:00pm EST,
enjoying a great day of perfect summer weather and awesome volleyball.
The match was close throughout with score tied at 5-5. Mike and Canyon
took advantage of the good side to push the score
to 10-5 in their favor. Each team would score a point to make it 11-6,
with Nick Hannemann playing some great volleyball despite having little
gas left in his tank. Whit/Ceman would take control 13-6 before
Han/Jewell would close to 13-10.
A Whitmarsh block put his team at game point, but Nick and Adam would
make it interesting by switching back to the good side, down 14-11.
Canyon and Mike would finish the job from there with a
Ceman dig and a Whitmarsh hit on two the Sunkist
AVP Belmar Championship was theirs.
Another new team has been added to
the list of winners on the 2000 AVP Tour. Congratulations to Canyon
Ceman and a special thanks to Mike Whitmarsh who has given the sport so
many wonderful memories. Please show Mike all the appreciation he
if you come to one of the remaining events on the tour this year.
Jewell digs a ball
Photo by
Tanya Breen
BOB AND KELLEY WITT are leading the life of the sports parent times
The Witts' four sons all participate in volleyball at
various levels. Last week, they were at the USA Boys Junior Nationals
Championships in Reno, Nevada, watching son Tommy play in the 16-under
division with the Santa Ynez Valley VBC of Las Olivos,Ca.
This week, two of those son's schedules intersect in New Jersey,and of
course, the Witts will be at both.The oldest son, Andy, will be playing
with the U.S. Men's National Team tonight as it takes on Bulgaria at
the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton. Then, on Saturday and Sunday,
second son Larry will be playing in the Association of Volleyball
Professionals $75,000 Sunkist Open in Belmar. "Larry's game is
well-suited to the beach, he has such an all-around game," said Andy
Witt."lt's a natural fit for him to play on the beach." Larry Witt,
only 20, has quickly risen through the AVP ranks in his first year.
Playing with veteran Brent Frohoff, Witt has three consecutive
fifth-place finishes.
They are the seventh-ranked team heading into the Belmar event that
begins tomorrow with a qualifier event and continues with opening
rounds on Saturday and the semifmals and final on Sunday. The final is
set to start at 4p.m. "The last four, five tournaments, Larry Witt has
really started putting it together." said tour veteran Mike
Whitmarsh who has teamed with three different partners to win the last
three Belmar events. "Fro is the perfect partner for him, he's one of
the few guys who've been around longer than me. Those two playin
together is the perfect situation for both. I can see Larry Witt being
one of our
players in the 2004 Olympics."
Play LOCAL VOLLEYBALL IN NEW JERSEY
So you want to enter a volleyball tournament???
Published in the Asbury Park Press 6/17/00
By Fred Siegle
PLAYERS CAN enter
tournaments in advance or on the day of
tournaments. Prior to the
day of the tournament, the easiest way to enter is
by telephone. For the Jersey
Shore Volleyball Association, call (732)
506-9449. For East End
Volleyball, call (631) 728-0397. To enter on the
day of the
tournament show up at the check-in tent before 8:30 a.m. At
most tournaments, men's and
women's divisions are held on Saturdays,
coed and 4-player on
Sundays. At bigger tournaments, men's pro divisions
can play over both days.
CONSIDER: What division should you play in?
Jersey Shore Volleyball
Association tournaments have competition for
players at
many levels -- novice, B, BB, A, AA and pro for men; BB, A, AA
and pro for women. In
general, if you've never played a tournament, you
shouldn't start at a level
higher than BB (unless you have indoor
or have played at a decent level in non-tournament settings on
the beach). Novice is for
players whose only volleyball experience is high
school gym
class and at backyard barbecues. B is for players who at least
know the general rules and
want to try to use three hits on every play
(bump, set, spike). BB
players should have enough control to use three hits
on nearly every play and the
ability to spike the ball and play decent
defense. A
players should be able to spike the ball on every possession and
play solid
defense. AA players should have excellent ball control, defense
and spiking ability. The
only first-time players who should even consider
playing in
the pro division are those who have played collegiate volleyball
or on USA volleyball BB
level or higher indoor teams.Be prepared for a workout. Tournaments are
run under a pool-play format-- four or five teams play against each
other on each net. You'll be on the court 20 to 60 minutes at
a time and should be in decent shape. Remember to bring the entry fee
(usually about $40 per team, but can fluctuate depending on tournament
and division), water or sports drinks,sun block and a ball, if you
have one.
VOLLEYBALL: Spikesport-TLC
is offering free instruction for those 13 to 18 years old from 6
to 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Third
and Ocean avenues in Belmar. The clinics are
sponsored by the Belmar
Youth Summer Program with instruction by Russ
Lukas. For
information, telephone Lukas at (732) 295-0292.
Sports Action is offering
instruction for all ages on Wednesday evenings at
Duke Island Park,
Bridgewater. Telephone Rich Drake, (908) 534-7737.
LOCAL TOURNAMENTS: Where can you
find the best players? The
top pro division players can generally be found
on the courts closest to the
sign-in and results tent for the tournament
(tournaments include many
divisions, so some games that draw attention
could be at a lower level).
The pros are also usually placed on courts
nearest the boardwalk as a
courtesy to spectators.
When can you see the best
games? Play at tournaments begins around 9
a.m., but initial action is
pool play (teams competing against each other to
make the playoffs). The
playoffs could begin any time between 3 and 5
p.m. The best games, the
semifinals and final, can be any time between 5
and 7 p.m.
The Jersey Shore Volleyball Association
runs beach
tournaments every weekend until Sept. 24, with men's,
women's, coed and 4-player
divisions at many levels. All remaining
tournaments are in Point
Pleasant Beach except July 1 and 2 (North
Wildwood) and Aug. 5 and 6
(Long Branch). Specialty divisions
(parent-child, age group,
high school) are offered at some events.
Telephone (732) 506-9449.
East End Volleyball has a
beach tournament today and tomorrow in
Belmar, July 21 to 23 in
Belmar, Aug. 5 and 6 in Point Pleasant Beach,
Aug. 12 and 13 in Wildwood
and Sept. 16 and 17 in Atlantic City, with
men's, women's and coed
divisions at several levels. Tomorrow's Belmar
event includes an
18-and-under junior tournament. A junior tournament is
also offered on July 23 in
conjunction with the AVP tournament. East End
also runs tournaments on
Long Island and at other East Coast sites.
Telephone (631) 728-0397.
Parsippany Volleyball
offers grass tournaments at Volunteers Park,
Parsippany, on July 2, July
23, Aug. 20 and Sept. 3. Divisions for reverse
coed (men can spike only
from behind the 10-meter line) 2-player teams
and men's and women's
3-player teams. Telephone (973) 263-5843.
The North Jersey
Volleyball Association offers grass tournaments at
Overpeck Park, Leonia, on
July 8, July 29 and 30, Aug. 26 and 27, Sept.
16 and 17,
Sept. 23 and 24 and Oct. 7. Men's, women's and reverse coed
(men can spike only from
behind the 10-meter line) divisions are offered at
several levels. Visit the
website at http://www.njva.com/.
Sports Action offers
tournaments at Duke Island Park, Bridgewater,
today and on July 16, Aug.
27 and Sept. 24. Divisions are for 3-player
teams. Telephone (908)
AVP Belmar Open: Some area teams bow out on first day - Asbury
Volleyball: An old and new partner for champ
AVP Belmar Open notes: Kiraly not here, but his mom is
AVP Belmar Open: To its surprise, Jersey team reaches main draw
Favorites sand-blasted
AVP Belmar Open notes: A timely win for Whitmarsh
Volleyball: An old and new partner for champ - Asbury Park Press
Feeling right at home in Belmar - Asbury Park Press -Nick Hannemann
net gain in Belmar
Volleyball tournament gets underway in Belmar
Mr. Belmar: Whitmarsh wins fourth straight at the Joisey Shore
July 18-19,1998 - Belmar, New Jersey - June 26-27,1999
- Belmar, New Jersey - July 21st,
22nd,23rd 2000 - NEXT EVENT: July
20th, 21st,22nd 2001 !!!!!!
As always The AVP remains a great event on the beaches and in the
town. The Belmar Cam AVP Web Cast supports all sponsors, fans and
players. The championship tournament,
held in front of the original 5th avenue cam in Belmar is exciting,
fun, and always competitive. The AVP in Belmar is part of Beach
Volleyball community and tradition.
This tournament traditionally draws large crowds and is a covered on
national television. The local community truly embraces this event, and
with Belmar's help, the AVP has
created a major championship event for the millennium.The Belmar Cam
AVP Web Cast lets you watch the entire week before the event, as they
set up the bleachers and main courts,see the games as
they happen live via the Belmar Cam. Visit again to find out more about
this Live Web Cast.Be a part of the best action on the beach as AVP
Volleyball returns to Belmar on July 21-22, 2001.The Open begins on
Saturday. General admission tickets will be sold at the event, with
bleacher seating available. Also planned are "meet the pros" nights
when visitors will be able to meet the world's best beach volleyball
players at some of Belmar's liveliest hot spots.
2001 COMPETITION NOTES - For the 2001 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour,
following rules will be used:
· Each match will be the best of three rally-scoring sets.
· First two sets are to 21 points.
· Third eventual set is to 15 points. When the first team
to reach 14 in the
third eventual set, side out scoring will be used until one team has
scored the
15th point or wins by two points.
· Must have a two-point advantage to win the set.
· No caps for all sets.
· Two timeouts per set with a duration of 30 seconds each
· Injury timeout - only one injury timeout per
match is allowed per player.
· A side change will occur every 10 points in the first two sets
and every five
(5) points in the third eventual set. The side changes will be
direct without
· Time between sets will be one (1) minute.
· Court dimensions are 8-meter (26-feet, 3-inches) by 8-meter
per side.
· The AVP has approved the implementation of "Let the serve in
play" for all
events in 2001.
- For those VB fans who hadn't heard,
the sideout freeze (new AVP rule this week)occurs when one team reaches
14 in the third and final game of a match,both teams scores are
then frozen from rally scoring and sideout scoring is used to
finish up the game and match.
Belmar Sunkist AVP Open 2001
13th - Ian
Jewell $850
Match Record:2 Wins-2Defeats
Saturday's Main Draw Results
Winner's Bracket, First-round (9 a.m. start)
· Ian Clark, Boulder, Colo./Adam Jewell, San Juan Capistrano,
Calif. (6) def. Morgan Mainz, Santa Barbara, Calif./Dancer Styles,
Sausalito, Calif. (27), 21-18 and 21-19 (40);
Winner's Bracket, Second Round
· Davenport/Nygaard (11) def. Clark/Jewell (6), 21-16 and 24-22
Loser's Bracket, Second-round (losers eliminated, place 17th, split
· Clark/Jewell (6) def. Fuerbringer/M. Williams (21), 23-21 and
21-13 (38);
Loser's Bracket, Third-round (losers eliminated, place 13th, split
· Elliott/Soldano (14) def. Clark/Jewell (6), 21-19, 19-21 and
15-12 (56);
Men's Main Draw Entries (28 teams, four to qualify, seedings to
following Friday's qualifier)
Qualifying Status
· Canyon Ceman, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mike Whitmarsh, San
Diego, Calif.
· Brent Doble, St. Paul, Minn./Lee LeGrande, Honolulu, Hi.
· Albert Hannemann, Torrance, Calif./Sean Scott, Kailua, Hi.
· Scott Akayatubby, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Eduardo Bacil, El
Segundo, Calif.
· Aaron Boss, Oak Park, Calif./Collin Smith, Hermosa Beach,
· Nick Hannemann, Hermosa Beach, Calif./David Swatik, Manhattan
Beach, Calif.
· Ian Clark, Boulder, Colo./Adam Jewell,
San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
· Daniel Cardenas, Los Angeles, Calif./Jim Nichols, Encinitas,
· Paul Baxter, Columbia Heights, Minn./Jason Ring, Bend, Ore.
· John Anselmo, Manhattan Beach, Calif./David Smith, Venice,
· Scott Davenport, Redondo Beach, Calif./Jeff Nygaard, Madison,
· David Fischer, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Brad Torsone, Hermosa
Beach, Calif.
· Jacob Elliott, Georgetown, S. C./Brian Soldano, Freehold, N.
· Jerry Graham, Playa del Rey, Calif./Chad Mowrey, Redondo,
· Casey Jennings, Huntington Beach, Calif./Scott Lane, Las
Vegas, Nev.
· Adam Roberts, Myrtle Beach, S. C./Colin Wellman, Los Angeles,
· Chris Makos, Costa Mesa, Calif./Chad Turner,
Clearwater Beach, Fla.
· Matt Fuerbringer, Costa Mesa, Calif./Mark Williams, Santa
Monica, Calif.
· Jeff Carlucci, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Sean Rosenthal, Redondo
Beach, Calif.
· Jeff Bellandi, Hermosa Beach, Calf./Bill Boullianne, not
· Pepe Delahoz, San Diego, Calif./Juan Ibarra Rodriguez, Mexico
· John Hribar, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Alika Williams, Santa
Barbara, Calif.
· Anthony Medel, Santa Barbara, Calif./John Moran, Phoenix,
· Tom Black, Reseda, Calif./Andrew Vazquez, Manhattan Beach,
· Elvis Rodriguez, New York, N. Y./Jim Walls, Cape May, N. J.
· Morgan Mainz, Santa Barbara, Calif./Dancer Styles, Sausalito,
· Tom Lauterbeck, Santa Monica, Calif./Mark Sokolowski, Redondo
Beach, Calif.
· Brian MacDonald, Newport Beach, Calif./Leland Quinn, Redondo
Beach, Calif.
Men's Qualification Tournament Entries(37 teams,seedings to be
finalized Thur.PM)
· Mike Daniel, Pleasant Grove, Utah/Jacob Gibb, Salt Lake
City, Utah
· Brett Becker, not available/Anthony Mihalic,
Belmar, N. J.
· Brian Duff, Rochester, N. Y./Jeff Smith, San
Diego, Calif.
· Dale Davis, Austin, Tex./Tim Wooliver, Austin, Tex.
· Chris Kosty, Fountain Valley, Calif./Ed Ratledge, Fountain
Valley, Calif.
· Mike Dipierro, Pompano Beach, Fla./Jim VanZwieten, Pompano
Beach, Fla.
· Tom Barber, Hermosa Beach, Caiif./Gary Barnes, Hermosa Beach,
· Mark Fay, Grandville, Mich./John Vestal, Clinton Township,
· Romano Dasilvo, not available/Jason Greenlaw, Torrance, Calif.
· Chad Winterhalter, Grandville, Mich./Zach Winterhalter,
Grandville, Mich.
· Corey Glave, Hermosa Beach/Scott Kaedish, El
Segundo, Calif.
· Andre Melo. Manassas, Va./Jason Wight, Fairfax, Va.
· Pete DiVenere, Palwey's Island, S. C./James Fellows, Naples,
· Jon Barner, Mount Laurel, N. J./Jon Rose, Hoboken, N. J.
· Adam Brosius, Sterling, Va./Ed Bross, Holland, Pa.
· Tim Chittenden, not available/Fred Fauhl, Seaside Heights, N.
· Keith Craig, not available/Todd Hart, Hopewell, Pa.
· Ihor Akinshyn, Hackensack, N. J./Wayne Gant,
Wall, N. J.
· Jamie Drum, Long Branch, N. J./Brian Gulick,
not available
· Colin Kaslow, Austin, Tex./Jason Miller, Denton, Tex.
· Kristopher Fraser, Lakewood, N. J./Nick Kitchen, not available
· Peter Frey, Syracuse, N. Y./Timothy Ko, North Syracuse, N. J.
· Joe Barrier, Toms River, N. J./Wes Moore, not available
· Keith Miklas, West Long Branch, N. J./Shawn Nason, Rumson, N.
· Arbel Meidav, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Gary Neiditch, not
· Williams Narath, Parsippany, N. J./Adam Niemczynowicz, not
· Bryan Hoopes, Wilmington, Del./Chris Patrick, Baltimore, Md.
· Daniel Mullen, Princeton, N. J./Brian Reiner, Mount Laurel, N.
· Mike Potts, not available/Will Rohde, not available
· Miguel Salazar, Rye, N. Y./Sander Saijanlan,
not available
· Justin Hersey, Irving, Tex./Kyle Schultz, not available
· Williams Govea, North Bergen, N. J./Justin Stack, not
· Will Johnson, Irving, Tex./Kelly Sterne, not
· Mike Vajo, Hamilton, N. J./Don West, Perkasie, Pa.
· Matt Heagey, Rockville, Md./Zak Hollman, Rockville, Md.
· Alex Kutsy, Philadephia, Pa./Leon Lucas, Philadelphia, Pa.
· Andrew Balodis, New York, N. Y./to be determined
Top Belmar Pro Beach Volleyball Money Leaders
Player Played 1st
2nd 3rd
4th Money
1. Karch Kiraly 8
2. Mike Whitmarsh
0 $53,163
3. Kent Steffes 7
4. Brian Lewis 10
5. Adam Johnson 10
0 $37,590
6. Canyon Ceman 7
7. Bill Boullianne
1 $24,712
8. Randy Stoklos
1 $20,613
9. Troy Tanner 6
1 $19,155
10. Eric Fonoimoana
2 $18,326
15. David Swatik
0 $16,223
22. Ian Clark
0 $11,358
23. Eduardo Bacil
1 $10,923
26. Scott Ayakatubby
0 $10,503
36. Lee LeGrande
0 0
37. Nick Hannemann
0 $7,726
40. Aaron Boss 6
0 $7,293
42. Brent Doble 5
44. Adam Jewell 2
2001 Pro Beach Volleyball Earnings through July 15, 2001
Here's a listing of domestic and international pro beach volleyball
leaders for men and women. The Association of Volleyball
Professionals (AVP)
next event is July 20-22 at The Sunkist Open at Belmar (N. J.).
The Belmar
stop is a men's event.
Men's Domestic Money Leaders
Rank, Player, hometown (titles) Earnings
1. Dax Holdren, San Diego, Calif. (2) $17,625
Todd Rogers, Santa Barbara,
Calif. (2) $17,625
3. Dain Blanton, Laguna Beach, Calif.
(1) $13,125
Eric Fonoimoana, Hermosa
Beach, Calif. (1) $13,125
5. Canyon Ceman, Manhattan Beach,
Calif. $10,350
Mike Whitmarsh, San Diego,
Calif. $10,350
7. Brent Doble, St. Paul, Minn. (1) $10,250
8. Lee LeGrande, Honolulu, Hi. (1) $9,350
9. Scott Ayakatubby, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (1) $9,125
10. Stein Metzger, Honolulu,
Hi. $8,850
Kevin Wong, Pearl City,
Hi. $8,850
12. Albert Hannemann, Torrance, Calif. $8,275
13. Sean Scott, Kailua, Hi. $8,275
14. Eduardo Bacil, El Segundo, Calif.
(1) $7,525
15. Colin Smith, Hermosa Beach, Calif. $6,737
16. Aaron Boss, San Diego, Calif.
17. Nick Hannemann, Hermosa Beach,
Calif. $4,600
Adam Jewell, San Juan
Capistrano, Calif. $4,600
19. Rob Heidger, Redondo Beach, Calif. $4,150
Chip McCaw, Tulsa,
Okla. $4,150
21. Matt Lyles, Los Gatos, Calif.
Brian Soldano, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. $4,050
23. Adam Roberts, Myrtle Beach, S. C. $3,750
24. Carl Henkel, Redondo Beach, Calif. $3,663
Sinjin Smith, Pacific
Palisades, Calif. $3,663
26. Chad Turner, Clearwater Beach, Fla. $3,525
27. Jeff Nygaard, Madison, Wis. $3,300
28. Daniel Cardenas, Los
Angeles $3,075
29. Gaston Macau, Miami, Fla. $3,000
30. Jim Nichols, Encinitas, Calif. $2,925
Here's a listing of men and women point leaders for the Association of
Volleyball Professionals (AVP). The Association of Volleyball
(AVP) next event is July 20-22 at The Sunkist Open at
Belmar (N. J.). The
Belmar stop is a men's event. The points are based upon an of a
player's best
eight finishes for the 2000 season plus accumulated 2001 points.
Men AVP Points
Rank, Player, hometown, Points
1, Dax Holdren, Santa Barbara, Calif., 670.00
1, Todd Rogers, Santa Barbara, Calif., 670.00
3, Stein Metzger, Honolulu, Hi., 544.50
4. Canyon Ceman, Manhattan Beach, Calif., 543.00
5, Mike Whitmarsh, San Diego, Calif., 527.25
6, Dain Blanton, Laguna Beach, Calif., 501.75
6, Eric Fonoimoana, Hermosa Beach, Calif., 501.75
8, Lee LeGrande, Honolulu, Hi., 465.25
9, Brent Doble, St. Paul, Minn., 428.00
10, Albert Hannemann, Torrance, Calif., 378.00
11, Sean Scott, Kailua, Hi., 375.75
12, Kevin Wong, Pearl City, Hi., 373.50
13, Carl Henkel, Redondo Beach, Calif., 369.00
13, Sinjin Smith, Pacific Palisades, Calif., 369.00
15, Nick Hannemann, Hermosa Beach, Calif., 351.00
15, Adam Jewell, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., 351.00
17, Eduardo Bacil, El Segundo, Calif., 341.00
18, Larry Witt, Santa Ynez, Calif., 337.50
19, Colin Smith, Hermosa Beach, Calif., 335.75
20, Scott, Ayakatubby, Hermosa Beach, Calif., 324.00
Season Belmar Championship Team
1991 Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes
1992 Kiraly/Steffes
1993 Kiraly/Steffes
1994 Adam Johnson/Randy Stoklos
1995 Brian Lewis/Bill Boullianne
1996 Kiraly/Steffes
1997 Canyon Ceman/Whitmarsh
1998 Steffes/Whitmarsh
1999 David Swatik/Whitmarsh
2000 Ceman/Whitmarsh
2001 Brent Doble/Lee LeGrande
2002 Ceman/Whitmarsh
65 & COUNTING - Depending on any late entries for the
Qualification Tournament,
The Sunkist Open at Belmar could attract the season's
most men's entries. The
AVP opener in Hermosa had 65 entries, followed by 62 in Huntington
Beach and 53
in Muskegon.
AVP ON THE WEB - Information on the AVP Tour and the sport of
volleyball can be
found at the following web sites:
· AVP Tour (www.avptour.com) - The site is maintained by Nick
· Beach Volleyball Data Base (www.bvbinfo.com)
- The site is maintained by
Dennis Wagner (email@example.com) of Virginia Beach,
Va. Dr. Ono has tracked
1,091 events and 2,358 players.
· USA Volleyball (www.usavolleyball.org) - The
site is maintained by Brent
Buzbee (firstname.lastname@example.com) at the USA Volleyball Offices in
Springs, Colo.
· FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (www.fivb.org) - The site is
maintained by
the FIVB's beach department (email@example.com) at the FIVB
headquarters in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sunday's Main Draw Results
Loser's Bracket, Fourth-round (losers eliminated, place ninth,
split $1,500)
· Aaron Boss, Oak Park, Calif./Collin Smith, Hermosa Beach,
Calif. (5) def. Pepe Delahoz, San Diego, Calif./Juan Ibarra Rodriguez,
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (16), 21-17 and 21-13 (38 minutes);
· Daniel Cardenas, Los Angeles, Calif./Jim Nichols, Encinitas,
Calif. (9) def. Jacob Elliott, Georgetown, S. C./Brian Soldano,
Freehold, N. J. (14), 18-21, 21-17 and 16-14 (52);
· Nick Hannemann, Hermosa Beach, Calif./David Swatik, Manhattan
Beach, Calif. (7) def. David Fischer, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Brad
Torsone, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (12), 21-14 and 21-17 (47)
· Paul Baxter, Columbia Heights, Minn./Jason Ring, Bend, Ore.
(8) def. Scott Davenport, Redondo Beach, Calif./Jeff
Nygaard, Madison, Wis. (11), 21-15, 17-21 and 15-13 (58)
Winner's Bracket, Fourth-round (winners to semi-finals)
· Albert Hannemann, Torrance, Calif./Sean Scott, Kailua, Hi. (4)
def. Canyon Ceman, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mike
Whitmarsh, San Diego, Calif. (1), 21-19, 19-21 and 15-12 (63);
· Brent Doble, St. Paul, Minn./Lee LeGrande, Honolulu, Hi. (2)
def. Scott Ayakatubby, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Eduardo Bacil, El Segundo,
Calif. (3), 21-19 and 21-15 (46).
Loser's Bracket, Fifth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh,
split $2,500)
· Cardenas/Nichols (9) def. Boss/C. Smith (5),
21-18 and 23-21 (56);
· N. Hannemann/Swatik (7) def. Baxter/Ring (8), 17-21, 21-15 and
15-8 (54).
Loser's Bracket, Sixth-round (losers eliminated, place fifth,
split $3,500)
· Ayakatubby/Bacil (3) def. Cardenas/Nichols (9), 22-20 and
21-17 (47);
· Ceman/Whitmarsh (1) def. N. Hannemann/Swatik
(7), 21-17 and 21-18 (46).
· A. Hannemann/Scott (4) def. Ayakatubby/Bacil
(3), 24-22 and 21-15 (42)
· Doble/LeGrande (2) def. Ceman/Whitmarsh (1),
21-18, 19-21 and15-10 (75)
Bronze Medal Match (winners place third, split $6,600; losers
place fourth, split $4,850)
· Ceman/Whitmarsh (1) def. Ayakatubby/Bacil (3), 21-18 and 21-18
Gold Medal Match (winners place first, split $14,000; losers
second, split $9,250)
· Doble/LeGrande (2) def. A. Hannemann/Scott (4), 21-16, 20-22
and 15-9 (64).
Tournament Champions
2001>>Brent Doble/Lee LeGrande
Brent Doble & Lee LeGrande
talk strategy during a timeout
Association of Volleyball
July 20-22, 2001 at Belmar
Beach, Belmar, N. J., Revised July 22, 2001, 2:47 PM
Rank, Team (Main Draw Seed,
Qualification Tournament Seed) Record Points Earnings
1st Brent Doble,
St. Paul, Minn./Lee LeGrande, Honolulu, Hi. (2) 6-0 360 $14,000
2nd Albert
Hannemann, Torrance, Calif./Sean Scott, Kailua, Hi. (4) 5-1 324 $9,250
3rd Canyon Ceman,
Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mike Whitmarsh, San Diego, Calif.
(1) 5-2 288 $6,600
4th Scott Ayakatubby, Hermosa Beach,
Calif./Eduardo Bacil, El Segundo, Calif. (3) 4-3 244 $4,850
5th Daniel Cardenas, Los Angeles, Calif./Jim
Nichols, Encinitas, Calif. (9) 4-2 216 $3,500
5th Nick Hannemann, Hermosa Beach, Calif./David
Swatik, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (7) 4-2 216 $3,500
7th Aaron Boss, Oak Park, Calif./Collin Smith,
Hermosa Beach, Calif. (5) 3-2 180 $2,500
7th Paul Baxter, Columbia Heights, Minn./Jason
Ring, Bend, Ore. (8 4-2 180 $2,500
9th Pepe Delahoz, San Diego, Calif./Juan Ibarra
Rodriguez, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (16) 3-2 144 $1,500
9th Jacob Elliott, Georgetown, S. C./Brian
Soldano, Freehold, N. J. (14) 3-2 144 $1,500
9th David Fischer, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Brad
Torsone, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (12) 3-2 144 $1,500
9th Scott Davenport, Redondo Beach, Calif./Jeff
Nygaard, Madison, Wis. (11) 2-2 144 $1,500
13th Anthony Medel, Santa Barbara, Calif./John
Moran, Phoenix, Ariz. (25) 2-2 108 $850
13th Ian Clark, Boulder, Colo./Adam Jewell, San
Juan Capistrano, Calif. (6) 2-2 108 $850
13th Jeff Carlucci, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Sean
Rosenthal, Redondo Beach, Calif. (19) 2-2 108 $850
13th Casey Jennings, Huntington Beach,
Calif./Scott Lane, Las Vegas, Nev. (17) 2-2 108 $850
17th Chris Makos, Costa Mesa, Calif./Chad Turner,
Clearwater Beach, Fla. (18 1-2 72 $500
17th John Anselmo, Manhattan Beach, Calif./David
Smith, Venice, Calif. (10 1-2 72 $500
17th Matt Fuerbringer, Costa Mesa, Calif./Mark
Williams, Santa Monica, Calif. (21) 1-2 72 $500
17th Dale Davis, Dallas, Tex./Tim Wooliver,
Dallas, Tex. (29, 4) 1-2 72 $500
17th Adam Roberts, Myrtle Beach, S. C./Colin
Wellman, Los Angeles, Calif. (20) 1-2 72 $500
17th Jeff Bellandi, Hermosa Beach, Calf./Bill
Boullianne, Redondo Beach, Calif. (22) 1-2 72 $500
17th Brian MacDonald, Newport Beach,
Calif./Leland Quinn, Redondo Beach, Calif. (26) 1-2 72 $500
17th . Jerry Graham, Playa del Rey, Calif./Chad
Mowrey, Redondo, Calif. (15) 1-2 72 $500
25th Ihor Akinshyn, Hackensack, N. J./Wayne Gant,
Wall, N. (32, 17) 0-2 36 $300
25th Tom Black, Reseda, Calif./Andrew
Vazquez, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (24) 0-2 36 $300
25th Tom Slauterbeck, Santa Monica, Calif./Matt
Sokolowski, Redondo Beach, Calif. (28) 0-2 36 $300
25th John Hribar, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Alika
Williams, Santa Barbara, Calif. (13) 0-2 36 $300
25th Mike DiPierro, Pompano Beach, Fla./Jim
VanZwieten, Pompano Beach, Fla. (30 6) 0-2 36 $300
25th Morgan Mainz, Santa Barbara, Calif./Dancer
Styles, Sausalito, Calif. (27) 0-2 36 $300
25th Elvis Rodriguez, New York, N. Y./Jim Walls,
Cape May, N. J. (23) 0-2 36 $300
25th Tom Barber, Hermosa Beach, Caiif./Gary
Barnes, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (31, 7) 0-2 36 $300
Volleyball: No limit on Wentworth's success
By FRED SIEGLE STAFF WRITER
Asbury Park Press June 2, 2001
Jeff Wentworth is doing pretty well with his new "hobby."Wentworth, Sea
Bright, has been one of the top beach volleyball players on
the East Coast for many years, and at one time took the sport very
seriously. But he isn't able to devote as much time to training now
and plans to play in a limited number of tournaments this summer.But
that didn't stop Wentworth and long-time partner Ihor Akinshin,
from adding another top finish to their resumes on May 19 and 20 as
they finished second in East End Volleyball's $3,000 Hilton Casino
Big Shots Tournament in Atlantic City.Wentworth and Akinshin lost in
the final to Jake Elliott, South Carolina, and Ahren Cadieux, Canada,
in the final.
"We're going to play off and on this summer," said Wentworth. "I'm
getting married in July and won't be playing much that month. We're
going to play as many of the big tournaments as we can, and
maybe a few others. We might try to play some in the Toyota Series
in Ocean City (Md.) and we're planning to try the AVP qualifier in
Virginia Beach -- I
won't be here for Belmar -- and also the Big Shots final in Atlantic
City in September."
The second-place finish in Atlantic City came against
some of the top competition from all over the East Coast. Wentworth
and Akinshin reached the winners bracket final on May 19, beating Brian
Soldano, Freehold Township, and Jim Walls, Cape May, who went on to
third. But they didn't fare as well on the second day of competition in
losing twice to Elliott and Cadieux. "We played well on Saturday, we
played a lot of guys who've been
training all winter long," Wentworth said. "The wind picked up on
Sunday, and the matches got tougher. Their (Elliott and Cadieux) ball
control in the wind was superior to ours."
Wentworth and Akinshin played indoors together at Rutgers-Newark, and
at one time worked as hard at the outdoor game as many of the younger
players from the Shore, like Soldano and A.J. Mihalic, Wall, do now.
"This is more like a hobby for me now," said Wentworth, who graduated
from Rutgers-Newark in 1993. "I don't need to play every
weekend any more, and Ihor (a 1994 Rutgers-Newark graduate) and I don't
intend to
play every week. But we still like the competition."
JSVBA results
Mike Emory, Cape May, and Ed Bross, Holland, Pa., won
the men's pro division at the Jersey Shore Volleyball Association's
Miller Lite Pro/Am in Seaside Heights on May 26. They beat Don Sachau,
Somerset, and Wayne Gant, Wall, in the final.
The teams of Brian Gulick, Toms River, and Fred Fauhl, Seaside
Heights,and Michael Mielcarz, Langhorne, Pa., and Paul Kadlubowski,
Trenton,were third.
Lisa Ekmekjian, Montvale, and Ann Kraft, Yardley, Pa., won the women's
pro division.
Volleyball: Gant is achieving success with mixed results
By FRED SIEGLE STAFF WRITER
Asbury Park Press June 23, 2001
Wayne Gant has had to mix things up this year -- involving both
partners and the side of the court he plays -- but so far the results
have been great.Gant, Wall, has played in seven tournaments this season
and reached the final every time. He's 5-2 in championship matches,
making it three in a row on June 16 at East End Volleyball's Peak Bar
Big Shot Tournament in Belmar.He had won two in a row playing Jersey
Shore Volleyball Association events with Graig Domanski, Freehold
Township, then won at East End
with Don Sachau, Somerset. He has another first-place
finish this year with Sachau, and was also first with Mike Emory,
Cape May. He finished second once with Sachau and once with A.J.
Wall.Gant's regular partners have been doing a lot of traveling this
year, so he's had to adjust from week to week. He's played right side
pretty much exclusively, and that's the spot he plays with Domanski
and Mihalic. But Sachau is also a right-side player, so when they play
together Gant shifts. "It's getting harder to get left-side partners,"
Gant said. "And I just figured it's easier for me to move than Don."
and Sachau beat Kamil Zitka and John Ferrari, both from NewYork, 15-8
the final at East End's event. They defeated Ed Bross and Russ Mellott,
both from Pennsylvania, 15-7, in the semifinals.
"The competition was real strong," Gant said. "I thought it would be
more spread out with the JSVBA in Point Pleasant, but it seemed like
most of the good players were at EastEnd."
Zitka and Ferrari beat Michael Mielcarz, Langhorne, Pa., and Paul
Kadlubowski, Trenton, in the semifinals. Mielcarz and Kadlubowski had
won the JSVBA's first tournament this year, beating Gant and Mihalic
17-15.Gant is making another shift -- to a grass tournament and another
partner -- this weekend. He's playing at the Pottstown Rumble in
Pottstown, Pa.,with Gary Neiditch, Fair Lawn. His plans include
attempts to qualify into the main draw when the Association of
Volleyball Professionals
tour comes to Belmar July 20 to
22 and the following week in Virginia Beach, Va., and
competition in several bigger regional events.He and Sachau -- who
hasn't been big on travel -- are planning to play
together in East End's $2,850 Bud Light Big Shot Tournament at East
Quogue, Long Island, next weekend, and Gant plans to participate in
some of the Toyota Series tournaments in Ocean City, Md., and Virginia
Beach this summer."I'm dragging Don out to Long Island," Gant joked.
"He's great to play with, one of the most consistent players around.
And I think he's playing even better this year than last." "When
Graig and A.J. both get home, I have to decide who I'm playing with,"
Gant said. "I also hope to play with Ihor (Akinshin, another top
player) sometime. And Don and I are doing well together, so we're going
to keep playing together, too."
June 16, 2001
Spikesport Volleyball is again offering free instruction and play for
high school-age players at the Third Avenue Beach in Belmar starting on
Monday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The program is sponsored by the BelmarYouth
Summer Program.For information, telephone Russ Lukas, (732) 295-0202 or
visit the website, www.SpikeSport-Volleyball.net.
ProAm Open - Point Pleasant Beach,NJ - July 21-22,2001
BELMAR, N. J. - Led by Mike Whitmarsh, the "King of the Beach" and a
four-time winner on this New Jersey beach, The Sunkist Open at Belmar
has attracted a 65-team field for Round 4 on the eight-stop AVP Pro
Beach Volleyball Tour this weekend (July 20-22) at Belmar
Beach.Featuring the United States' top men pro beach volleyball players
vying $62,500 in prize money, The Sunkist Open at Belmar will open
at 9 a.m. (EDT) on
six sand courts at Belmar Beach (Fourth Avenue and Ocean).
Friday's 37-team Qualification Tournament will determine the final four
berths in the 32-team
Main Draws.The first 48 Main Draw matches will be played Saturday
starting at 9 a.m.
Sunday's competition starts at 8 a.m. with the final 14 matches being
played.The final matches will begin approximately
at 1 p.m. Sunday. Tickets for the event are $5 per day for
general admission and $25 per day for reserved seating. Brighton
Entertainment of New York, N. Y., will be taping The Sunkist Open at
Belmar action for replay July 30 on FOX Sports Net.Whitmarsh, who
the Silver Medal with Mike Dodd at the 1996 Atlanta
Olympic Games, is the Association of Volleyball Professionals' (AVP)
"King of the Beach" after winning the crown last October in Las Vegas.
Whitmarsh has been part of the winning team on Belmar Beach for the
past four seasons, including crowns in 1997 and 2000 with Canyon
Ceman.With six podium finishes in eight previous AVP Belmar starts,
Whitmarsh needs one more win to tie Kent Steffes as the winningest
player at Belmar Beach. Steffes won five AVP Belmar titles. A
seventh-place or better finish by
Whitmarsh this weekend will also give him the record for earnings on
Belmar Beach. Karch Kiraly earned $54,075 enroute to four titles
on Belmar Beach. Whitmarsh has earned $53,163 in his eight Belmar
starts.Ceman and Whitmarsh, who have placed ninth, second and second in
the first three AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour events this season,
defeated Nick Hannemann and Adam Jewell 15-11 for the 2000 Belmar
title. Brent Doble teamed with Stein Metzger to place third last
season.Doble and Lee LeGrande teamed last weekend (July 13-15) in
Michigan to win The Sunkist Open at Muskegon by winning five-straight
matches to
capture the $14,000 first-place prize. Playing together for the
first time this season,the fourth-seeded Doble and LeGrande scored a
21-16 and 23-21 upset win over second-seeded Ceman and Whitmarsh in the
49-minute finale.Other top men's team entered in The Sunkist Open at
include; Scott Ayakatubby/Eduardo Bacil, Albert Hannemann/Sean Scott
and Daniel Cardenas/Jim Nichols. Hanneman and Scott defeated
and Nichols for third-place last Sunday in Muskegon.Ayakatubby, who is
returning to the AVP Tour after being sidelined much of the past four
seasons with injuries, and Bacil won the Huntington Beach title after
upsetting Ceman and Whitmarsh in the finals. Nick Hannemann and
Jewell placed third in Huntington.
Digging out of a hole
Published in the Asbury Park Press 7/19/01
By FRED SIEGLE
The newest plan for the Association of Volleyball Professionals Tour
emphasizes unity and harmony in the beach volleyball world.The tour,
which makes its 11th annual stop in Belmar this weekend for
the $62,500 Sunkist Open, has had its battles -- both inside its
organization and with outside organizations -- in the past. But Leonard
Armato, who took over as owner and CEO this year, says the best way to
increase the tour's following and financial status is for everyone to
get along.For the casual fan, things won't seem much different at this
year's Belmar event, which starts with a qualifier tournament tomorrow
and continues with main draw matches on Saturday and Sunday. There will
still be
top players battling it out in a 32-team, double-elimination tournament
with plenty of skill, athleticism and drama on display. But the attempt
at unity has brought many changes to the tour,
especially involving the rules, that hardcore fans will find
noticeable.The AVP has switched to the Federation International de
Volleyball's (FIVB) format -- rally scoring (one team or the other
earns a point on each serve, as opposed to side-out scoring, in which
you have to serve in order to score), a 20 percent smaller court,
looser restrictions on hand sets (fewer
whistles for a carry), allowing the let serve (if the
serve hits the net and goes over, it's in play) and even a new ball
-- to move in line with the international tour.That's a big step, since
when the FIVB tour began in the mid-1990s, the AVP philosophy had been
that the AVP version of the game was the right, and only, way to
the AVP may very well have been correct, but while it fought that and
other battles with the FIVB, it was sinking
financially here in the United States, while the FIVB's world tour is
now well established.
"We wanted to eliminate confusion," said Armato, who helped originate
the AVP tour in 1983 and served as executive director
for six years. "The tour has been plagued by conflicts and infighting.
We have to be collective in our vision, everyone has to be unified
so we can put out a single positive vision. We're allies with them
(the FIVB) now, and that's an important first step."Most of the players
have fallen in line with the new regime.
"This is a four-year commitment by the new management
company that took over majority interest in the tour," saidKarch
Kiraly, a long-time tour leader who is probably the most recognizable
player in the world. "And the players are making a four-year commitment
to the company. Everybody is hoping good things happen over the next
four years,starting with this season." The alternative can't seem too
appealing, since there probably would be no tour if Digital Media
the company that bought controling interest, hadn't taken over the
who also has his own management company and is Shaquille O'Neal's
is CEO.) Because of the sale, the tour got off to a late start with no
events until late May. In its heyday in the early '90s, the AVP tour
as many as 20 events per year."We're in economic circumstances that are
a lot different then 10 years ago," said Kiraly. "The players and the
new management company are hoping to build things up next
year, have more stops and more prize money. Everything came together so
late this year, the option was to have no tour and no prize money, so
the men are pleased we were able to get eight stops together." "We got
into it late, and really took over as the season
started," Armato said. "So we had to go with a modified schedule.
We wanted to stop the bleeding, stabilize everything, and put together
a road map for the future. We're looking at 2002 as a growth year,
and 2003 as an explosion year. This year it was hard to change much
financially, but we're trying to put the tour in position to grow."Not
all the players went along with the changes. Kiraly said long-time star
Brian Lewis isn't playing any more because he didn't agree with
the new rules."Brian felt it was too tough a pill to swallow," Kiraly
said. "He feels beholden to the classic AVP style. That's my first love
too, but I'm trying to work in the spirit of cooperation to help
the sport as well." "With time, we'll get more economic clout," Armato
said."My message is we need to unify, harmonize, get our
collective energy working in the right direction. This is the only way
we can do that. Not everyone in a group setting is going to agree with
what's happening. But we have to put
ourselves in a position to succeed. Everyone has to understand that,
and I think 95 percent do."Another change in the tour that won't be
seen at Belmar, at least this year, is the addition of women's
competition. The women will be playing at five of the eight AVP events
this year. Armato actually started negotiations to buy the AVP after
first getting involved with the Beach Volleyball America women's tour.
"The owner of the women's tour asked for my help, and that led to
taking over the women's tour," Armato said. "At same time, I heard the
AVP was almost imploding. I felt if I could secure both and develop one
tour, the
economies of scale would make it worthwhile. We want to put together a
foundation for expansion so we can reclaim beach volleyball's territory
as a hot and fast-growing sport."
: Top volleyball players, including Mike Whitmarsh
and Canyon Ceman, Brent Doble and Lee LeGrande, Scott
Ayakatubby and Eduardo Bacil, competing in a three-day
: Qualifier (teams seeded 29 and above playing for
four main-draw berths) 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow; main
draw 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday;
championship match about 1 p.m. Sunday.
: Fourth Avenue beach.
Tickets : $5 per day general admission, $25 per day reserved
seating. Available at the gate.
seeds : 1. Ceman-Whitmarsh; 2. Doble-LeGrande; 3.
Albert Hannemann-Sean Scott; 4. Ayakatubby-Bacil.
Local players in main draw: 13. Brian Soldano, Freehold
Township-Jake Elliott, Florida; 25. Elvis Rodriguez, New
York-Jim Walls, Cape May.
players in qualifier: 30. A.J. Mihalic, Wall-Becker;
41. Jon Barnes, Mount Laurel-Jon Rose, Toms River; 43.
Fred Fauhl, Seaside Heights-Tim Chittenden, Belmar; 45.
Ihor Akinshyn, Fair Lawn-Wayne Gant, Wall; 46. Jamie
Drum, Long Branch-Brian Gulick, Toms River; 48. Kris
Fraser-Nick Kitchen, both Lakewood; 50. Joe Barrier,
Brick-Wes Moore, Rumson.
: July 30, Fox Sports Net (check listings).
King of the beach
Asbury Park Press 7/20/01
By FRED SIEGLE
It's no surprise that Mike Whitmarsh is looking forward to the
Association of Volleyball Professionals $62,500 Sunkist Belmar Open
this weekend.After all, four straight wins at a site can give someone's
confidence a real boost. And that's something that can't hurt
Whitmarsh, 39, right now. He and partner Canyon Ceman finished second
to Brent Doble and Lee LeGrande last weekend at the AVP's tour stop in
Muskegon, Mich.
"I know Doble and LeGrande are a good team, and they just played a
little better than us last week," said Whitmarsh, who teamed with Ceman
to win at Belmar in 1997 and last year and also won with Kent Steffes
in 1998 and David Swatik in 1999.
"I told Canyon, 'Thank God Belmar is next week, so we
can get the monkey off our backs.' For some reason I just have better
success at some sites than at others."
It's not that Ceman and Whitmarsh have been playing poorly -- in three
tournaments they have two seconds and a ninth-place finish. But
Whitmarsh is the AVP's reigning King of the Beach, a title he won in
Las Vegas at the end of last season, and he is used to earning titles,
with 24 career wins.The King of the Beach crown is one of the most
prestigious a player can earn, because it's bestowed after a
tournament that's entered as an individual. Players compete in a
format with and against each other, and a point system determines the
winner."The King of the Beach title really capped things off for me,"
Whitmarsh said. "I'd always made it to final four there, but I was
third or fourth. Winning that gave me all the major titles I wanted to
win, and that's also a big one to all the players, one they shoot for
because it's a big payday."The individual title came at the end of a
in which Whitmarsh contemplated retirement."I really was thinking about
it," he said. "I was very frustrated, playing with David (Swatik), and
his knee was hurt and we just weren't playing well."Whitmarsh and
finished fifth, seventh and 17th in the first three tournaments in
And Whitmarsh began planning to call it quits. What caused Whitmarsh to
change his mind? It was actually in taking one of the steps he felt he
needed to take before leaving."Matt Unger is a good friend of mine and
I'd promised him I'd play a tournament with him before my career was
over," Whitmarsh said. "We ended up playing three tournaments together,
and he
actually made it fun to play again."
Whitmarsh and Unger finished fourth, fifth and seventh together. Then,
the tournament before Belmar, he teamed with Ceman again and they
finished fourth in Muskegon. The victory in Belmar was followed by a
third-place finish in Virginia Beach, Va., a fourth at Seal Beach,
Calif., and a second in the Manhattan Beach Open in California.
"Playing with Canyon, I felt like I had a chance to win every week, and
winning brings happiness, I guess," Whitmarsh said."I feel like I have
at least one more year. When I stop enjoying it,
that's when I'll stop playing."
For Soldano, it's a new year
Asbury Park Press 7/21/01
By FRED SIEGLE
BELMAR -- Brian Soldano was a happy spectator yesterday at the
qualifier event for today's Association of Volleyball Professionals
$62,500 Sunkist Belmar Open.
And why wouldn't he be? It's a big change from his position at this
time last year, when he and partner Graig Domanski lost in the first
round of the qualifier.Now, Soldano, Freehold Township, has an
automatic berth in the main draw. He and partner Jake
Elliott,Georgetown, S.C., are the No. 14 seed.Soldano and Domanski did
qualify at the next AVP event last year, in Virginia Beach, Va., and
finished 17th.Last fall Soldano began to concentrate on his career,
traveling to South Carolina and then Florida for the winter to train.
He played in a Federation Internationale de Volleyball World Tour event
in Vitoria, Brazil, in November, and
traveled to California for the start of the 2001 tour.
"From last year, it's a big difference," said Soldano, who finished
ninth with Elliott in Muskegon, Mich., last week after reaching his
second main draw (in three attempts) this year."Heading into this
tournament last year, I really didn't train at all," he said.
"I worked (a regular job) last year. I went out to California for
the start of this season and paid my dues."
Soldano and Elliott will play the No. 19 seed, Jeff Carlucci, Hermosa
Beach, Calif., and Sean Rosenthal, Redondo Beach, Calif., in the first
round, about 10 a.m. today. If they they would likely
play No. 3 seed Scott Ayakatubby, Hermosa Beach, Eduardo Bacil, El
Segundo, Calif.Last week, Soldano and Elliott beat the No. 3 seed, Nick
Hannemann, Hermosa Beach, and Adam Jewell, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.,
on their
way to the ninth-place finish."Michigan basically sets us up for the
of the year," Soldano said. "We shouldn't have to qualify
is looking forward to some sort of home-court advantage in Belmar."I'm
ready," he said. "Hopefully we'll get to play in front of a big crowd
of local fans."
'Ack' is back in semis with Bacil
Asbury Park Press 7/22/01
By DEBBIE WALDEYER
BELMAR -- The last time Scott Ayakatubby played regularly on the
Association of Volleyball Professionals Tour was 1997. He
was partnered with Brian Lewis when they had four consecutive
second-place finishes and were a top-10 team. But even the success
didn't help ease the pain in his right knee that season. Three separate
surgeries on that knee,
and a hand surgery, forced him to sit out the past three years. But the
man called "Ack" is back.Yesterday, he and partner Eduardo Bacil,
seeded third, were one of four teams -- the top four seeds -- to go
undefeated and gain bids into today's winners' bracket semifinals of
the Sunkist Belmar Open on Fourth Avenue beach.Action continues this
morning, 7:30. with the consolation bracket. Winners' bracket play
begins at 8:30 a.m., with the final scheduled to be played at
1 p.m. "When the knee starting hurting, it was all downhill after
Ayakatubby said. Ayakatubby, now 36, has heard the whispers of
But he strongly vetoed that idea. "The whole time I was sitting out,
kept asking me if I was going to retire," said Ayakatubby, who will
37 in September. "I kept saying 'No way.' I've got too much fire to
playing. I love it too much."
Ayakatubby and Bacil came from behind in yesterday's third round on
main court. They lost their first game to Scott Davenport and Jeff
Nygaard 16-21, then battled back with a 22-20 win in the second game
and a 15-12 win in the deciding game. They'll face the second-seeded
team of Brent Doble and Lee LeGrande, who defeated Nick Hannemann and
David Swatik 21-11, 21-19 in the third round yesterday. Doble and
LeGrande won their first tournament of the season on the tour's
previous stop, last weekend in Muskegon, Mich.Also advancing in the
championship bracket was the top-seeded team, and
defending champs, Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh. The two have won a
pair titles together in Belmar but Whitmarsh is also riding a four-year
consecutive win streak here, dating back to 1996. Like every one of the
top four seeds yesterday, Ceman and Whitmarsh had
at least one match go three games. That one came in the second round
Casey Jennings and Scott Lane, 20-22, 21-16, 15-10. They beat Daniel
Cardenas and Jim Nichols in the third round, 23-21, 21-17. "Nothing's
been easy
all year," said Whitmarsh, who is still looking for his first win this
season. He and Ceman took second last weekend in
Muskegon. "We played OK (yesterday) and when we did give up a point or
two, we were able to get back on track. But we need to play a lot
better." Ceman and Whitmarsh are looking to end the drought today, but
standing in their way is the fourth seed, Albert Hannemann and Sean
Scott. Hannemann and Scott finished third in Muskegon after facing
Ceman and Whitmarsh twice and splitting. Hannemann and Scott won the
first meeting in Muskegon, the winners' bracket quarterfinal
round, 16-21,21-17, 15-13. Ceman and Whitmarsh recovered after that,
playing out of the losers' bracket and winning three matches to face
Hannemann and Scott in the semifinal round last Sunday. Ceman and
won that match, 22-20, 19-21, 15-10 and advanced to the championship.
"We have a pretty good little rivalry going," Hannemann said. Hannemann
and Scott's berth into today's championship bracket wasn't an easy bid.
They went three games in their first round against Dale Davis and Tim
Wooliver (20-22, 21-18, 15-8) and three games
the second round against Adam Roberts and Colin Wellman (21-13, 17-21,
But Hannemann and Scott, who played for three years together in college
at Hawaii, defeated the fifth seed team of Aaron Boss and Collin Smith
21-17, 21-19 in the third round to advance.
Doble & LeGrande net Sunkist Open at Belmar,
winners capture second-straight crown on Jersey shore
Tim Simmons Jul 22,2001
On a picture perfect afternoon on Belmar Beach, second-seeded Brent
Doble and Lee LeGrande increased their Association of Volleyball
Professionals (AVP) winning streak to 12 matches after defeating
fourth-seeded Albert Hannemann and Sean Scott in the finals here Sunday
(July 22) of The Sunkist Open at Belmar.Brighton Entertainment of New
York, N. Y., taped The Sunkist Open at Belmar action for replay July
30 on FOX Sports Net. The AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour now heads south
to Virginia for the $62,500 Paul Mitchell Open at Virginia Beach
next Friday (July 27). Doble and LeGrande will be seeking to become the
first AVP team since August 1998 to win three straight titles when
Kiraly and Adam Johnson won events in Milwaukee, Atlanta and Hermosa
Calif. Sunday's title was the second-straight for Doble and LeGrande,
captured last Sunday's The Sunkist Open at Muskegon (Mich.) by winning
all six of their matches. Doble and LeGrande duplicated that feat this
weekend by winning all six of their Sunkist matches, including a 21-16,
20-22 and 15-9 win over Albert Hannemann and Scott in 64 minutes.
the United States' top men pro beach volleyball players vying for
in prize money, The Sunkist Open at Belmar concluded with Doble and
LeGrande sharing the $14,000 first-place prize. Albert Hannemann and
Scott, who
was playing in his first AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour final, split
$9,250 for second-place.Playing in only their second event together
this season, the Doble/LeGrande title was the third of their
partnership in 16 career
pro beach starts together. LeGrande's title was his fourth championship
since winning his first with Doble in April 2000 in Delray Beach, Fla.
Doble and LeGrande advanced to the finals with a 21-18, 19-21 and 15-10
semi-final win over top-seeded Canyon Ceman and
Mike Whitmarsh in 75 minutes. Ceman and Whitmarsh were the defending
The Sunkist Open at Belmar champions after defeating Nick Hannemann
and Adam Jewell in the 2000 finale. Whitmarsh had also won the last
four Belmar titles, including the 1997 championship with Ceman.Albert
Hannemann and Scott advanced to the finals with a 24-22 and 21-15
win over third-seeded Scott Ayakatubby and Eduardo Bacil in 42 minutes.
Albert Hannemann and Scott opened their play Sunday by defeating Ceman
and Whitmarsh 21-19, 19-21 and 15-12 in 63 minutes.Whitmarsh, the
reigning AVP "King of the Beach", and Ceman captured the third-place
match and
the $6,600 prize with a 21-18 and 21-18 win over Ayakatubby and Bacil
in 35 minutes. Ayakatubby and Bacil, who captured last month's AVP
in Huntington Beach, Calif., split $4,850 for fourth-place.With his
finish, Whitmarsh became the seventh pro beach volleyball player to
the $1.5-million mark in earnings. With 27 titles and an Olympic Silver
Medal finish in 1996 at Atlanta with Mike Dodd, Whitmarsh has now
$1,501,716 in his career. He has earned $56,463 in nine Belmar starts
podium finishes) to rank first on the Belmar earnings list.
LeGrande, Doble go 6-0 to win title
Asbury Park Press 7/23/01
By DEBBIE WALDEYER
BELMAR -- This season, Brent Doble and Lee LeGrande have only
been playing partners the last two weekends. The results have
been the same: better than anyone else.
Yesterday, Doble and LeGrande won their second consecutive Association
of Volleyball Professionals event and became the newest kings of
Belmar's 4th Avenue beach at the Sunkist Open. Doble and LeGrande, the
second seed, defeated fourth seed Albert Hannemann and Sean Scott in
the best two-out-of-three match, 21-16, 20-22, 15-9 in front of a
capacity crowd at center court in yesterday afternoon's final. The pair
finished this weekend with a perfect 6-0 record, matching their
accomplishment from the previous weekend at Muskegon, Mich., and giving
them a 12 match win streak in tour events. Doble and LeGrande will try
to be the first AVP team since Karch Kiraly and Adam Johnson in
August 1998 to win three consecutive titles when they
play in Virginia Beach, Va., starting on Saturday. "We've been playing
pretty solid," said LeGrande. "It's the honeymoon right now. I
may set him (Doble) terrible and he kills it and it's fine." Doble and
LeGrande also had experience on their side. Having beaten top seed and
defending champs Mike Whitmarsh and Canyon Ceman in the semifinal,
19-21, 15-10, Doble and LeGrande had the edge in championship
appearances over Hannemann and Scott. Doble has been in
three finals, and won them all. LeGrande has been in four finals and
has won three. Hannemann and Scott, who beat third seed Scott
Ayakatubby and Eduardo Bacil to reach the final (24-22, 21-15), had a
combined total of one championship appearance:Hannemann in 1998.Despite
this advantage, Hannemann and Scott, who was the AVP's 1999 rookie of
the year, didn't yield easily to Doble and LeGrande. Doble and
LeGrande held the lead throughout the first game on the strength of
LeGrande's power shots that tagged the back line and
his finesse shots which found holes on the sides -- and Doble's serve.
But Hannemann and Scott battled to win the second game thanks to
timely blocks and sets for Hannemann's swing. "In the second game I
really good," said Doble. "If Sean (Scott) didn't block me two or three
times straight down I thought we'd win it there." Hannemann and Scott
to begin the final game, with LeGrande receiving a red card for
an official while leaving the court between the second and third games.
The red card carries an automatic point to the opposition, giving
and Scott a 1-0 advantage in the 15-point game before the first ball
served.Later, in addressing the crowd, LeGrande thanked the AVP
and the refs "for dealing with me," he said. "I just want to win."
and LeGrande took their first lead of the last game at 4-3 when
Doble blocked Hannemann's shot at the net. Doble recorded the next two
points, giving his team a 6-3 advantage and the pair never yielded the
lead again. "They just played a little better," Hannemann said of Doble
and LeGrande. "We worked hard and left it all out on
the court." Hannemann and Scott, who have played together the entire
season after having spent three years playing on the same team at the
University of Hawaii, had their best finish as teammates. For Doble
and LeGrande, yesterday marked their third title as teammates in 16
pro beach starts together.
Fred Siegle: Doble faced with a dilemma
Asbury Park Press 7/23/01
Karch Kiraly is almost always right when it comes to choosing beach
volleyball partners.
And Brent Doble is proving Kiraly right again -- without Kiraly.Kiraly
is the sport's all-time leader with 142 wins, and aside from being a
great player himself, he's always had a knack for teaming up with the
right player at the right time. His longtime partnership with Kent
Steffes (110 wins) is an example. So, when Kiraly made plans to compete
with Doble this season, nobody should have doubted Doble, 30, and in
his eighth season on the tour with one win in his career entering the
season, was ready to break out. And Doble's done just that, although
is out with an injury. Doble and Lee LeGrande won the Association of
Volleyball Professionals' $62,500 Sunkist Belmar Open yesterday, their
second straight AVP win.Doble has become a leader in the AVP, and
Kiraly and LeGrande
probably both want him as a partner because they saw the same ability
and strengths that have brought him there."It's just a love of the
I love this sport," Doble said. "I'm willing to do the extra things you
have to do, go out and practice hard, really work on my game, do the
things needed to win tournaments." Doble earned his first-ever win with
LeGrande in the tour's 2000 season-opener in Delray Beach, Fla., but
parted ways later last season. He and Kiraly made plans to play
early this year, and they practiced together from February to May.
the day before the season-opening Hermosa Beach Open in California was
to start, Kiraly suffered an achilles injury, ruining Doble's first
chance at playing a tournament with the legend. Doble got Matt Lyles as
a last-second replacement, and finished fourth. Then, they were 25th at
Huntington Beach on June 17. And then LeGrande, who was struggling
himself after a seventh-place finish with Scott Ayakatubby and a ninth
with Mark Williams, called about last week's event in Muskegon, Mich.
"It was really me begging," LeGrande said. "I knew I was playing well.
I just needed a partner who believed in me and that I believed in."
Doble is probably one tournament away from having to make what could be
a career-turning decision. Kiraly said
earlier this week there was a chance he'd return in time to play this
weekend in Virginia Beach, Va., but
Doble said yesterday he'd bet the veteran waits until
the next event, Aug.17-19 in Santa Barbara, Calif., which happens
to be Karch's home town. So, what does he do? Stick with LeGrande
in what has proven to be a winning combination? Or switch to the
legend, the guy who's acknowledged to be the greatest volleyball player
ever, the guy not many players have said no to? "We'll just see what
happens, I can't make a prediction," Doble said. "It's
tough to look ahead."Kiraly thought his chances of getting Doble back
would be slim after the win last week. Now, Doble and LeGrande are
working off two straight victories.
"If he's doing well, it's probably wiser for him to play with a known
quantity," Kiraly said last Monday. "It's up to him, though. Every
situation is different, and Brent shouldn't feel beholden to me."
"That's like Michael Jordan, just having my name in the same sentence
with Karch Kiraly is awesome to me," LeGrande said. "But there's no way
you're going to dump someone after winning two straight tournaments.
Lewey (Brian Lewis) did it one year, and the karma gods got him." Lewis
is no longer playing on the tour, quitting because he disagrees with
its new rules that make it more difficult for players his size (he's
6-1) to
compete.But what happens if Kiraly does wait until Santa Barbara, and
Doble and
LeGrande don't win -- maybe even don't do too well? "I'm not feeling
any pressure, pressure is just in the mind," LeGrande said. "I have
confidence in myself, that's all I can control."
2001 Television Schedule
* Hermosa Beach Bash: espn2 on July 3 from 10:30-11:30 pm
* Huntington Beach: Fox Sports Net on July 16 from 3-3:30 pm
* Muskegon, MI: Fox Sports Net on July 23 from 3-4 pm in each
regional market
* Belmar, NJ: Fox Sports Net on July 30 from 3-3:30 pm in each
regional market
* Virginia Beach, VA: Fox Sports Net on August 6 from 3-3:30 pm
in each regional market
* Santa Barbara, CA: Fox Sports Net on August 27 from 3-4 pm in
each regional market
* Manhattan Beach, CA: Fox Sports Net on September 3 from 3-4 pm
in each regional market
* King/Queen of the Beach: Fox Sports Net on September 19 from
3-4 pm in each regional market
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