BOSS & SMITH NET FIRST PRO BEACH VOLLEYBALL TITLE AVP
PAUL MITCHELL OPEN AT VIRGINIA BEACH
The 38-minute title match was played in a driving rainstorm on the Sixth Avenue Beach. Boss and Smith recovered from a 21-12 and 21-18 loss to Clark and Jewell in Sunday's opening match played to win their next three matches to earn a share of the $14,000 first-place prize in the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Pro Beach Volleyball Tour event. "This is great," said Smith of his first pro beach title in four seasons of play. "The rainy conditions were the same for both teams. I thought we played very steady in the championship match after being really tight this morning. We got down early in both matches, but were able to come back with some big plays." Smith's best previous finish was a fourth earlier this season in Huntington Beach with Mike Lambert while Boss had posted a fourth in 1998 with Albert Hannemann in Atlanta. Hannemann teamed with Sean Scott to capture third place Sunday with a 21-14 and 21-12 win over fourth-seeded Scott Ayakatubby and Eduardo Bacil. Clark and Jewell, who were playing in only their second pro beach event together after placing 13th last weekend in Muskegon, shared $9,250 for second-place. The third-seeded Hannemann and Scott split $6,600 for third while Ayakatubby and Bacil shared $4,850. The top two-seeded teams in the Paul Mitchell Open at Virginia Beach were eliminated earlier Sunday. Top-seeded Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh placed seventh after losing 17-21, 21-19 and 15-13 to Ayakatubby and Bacil. Second-seeded Brent Doble and Lee LeGrande, who had won the previous two AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour stops, placed fifth after being eliminated by Boss and Smith 21-18, 19-21 and 16-14 in 72-minutes. "This was not an easy day of play for any of the teams," said Boss, who is in the midst eighth-season on the beach. "I thought we were the steadier team in the finals. Smooth (Smith's nickname) made some great digs and we were able to overcome some early game difficulties to win." Sunday's competition ended a three-week eastern swing for the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball tour after stops in Muskegon, Mich. (July 13-15) and Belmar, N. J. (July 20-22). Brighton Entertainment of New York, N. Y. taped The Paul Mitchell Open at Virginia Beach action for replay August 6 on FOX Sports Net. Doble and LeGrande had won the last two Sundays (July 15 in Muskegon and July 22 in Belmar) on the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. Doble and LeGrande were seeking to become the first AVP team since August 1998 to win three straight titles when Karch Kiraly and Adam Johnson won events in Milwaukee, Atlanta and Hermosa Beach, Calif. The AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour takes the next two weekends off before resuming play with California stops in Santa Barbara (August 17-19) and Manhattan Beach (August 24-26). The 2001 AVP season concludes September 7-9 in Las Vegas, Nev., for The Paul Mitchell King and Queen of the Beach competitions at the Hard Rock Hotel. PRESS OPERATIONS - Tim Simmons (303/678-8484; e-mail bfishinc@aol.com), Dominic Clark (702/735-7123, dominiccnv@aol.com) and Doug Strauss (303/306-7543, statzman@hotmail.com) are the Press Information Officers for the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. Simmons is currently headquartered at the Ramada Inn in Virginia Beach (757/425-7800, Room 708). ON-SITE TELEPHONE - The on-site telephone number for The Paul Mitchell Open at Virginia Beach is 757/437-6118. Association of Volleyball Professionals - The Paul Mitchell Open at Virginia Beach July 27-29, 2001 at Sixth Avenue Beach, Virginia Beach, Va., Revised July 29, 2001, 3:35 PM July 29 Main Draw Results Winner's Bracket, Fourth-round (winners to semi-finals)
Loser's Bracket, Fifth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh, split $2,500)
Loser's Bracket, Sixth-round (losers eliminated, place fifth, split $3,500)
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match (winners place third, split $6,600; losers place fourth, split $4,850)
Gold Medal Match (winners place third, split $14,000; losers place fourth, split $9,250)
Association of Volleyball Professionals - The Paul Mitchell Open at Virginia Beach July 27-29, 2001 at Sixth Avenue Beach, Virginia Beach, Va., Revised July 29, 2001, 3:05 PM Men's Main Draw Rankings Rank, Team (Main Draw Seed, Qualification Tournament Seed) Record Points Earnings 1st Aaron Boss, Oak Park, Calif./Collin Smith, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (5) 6-1 360 $14,000 2nd Ian Clark, Boulder, Colo./Adam Jewell, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (8) 5-1 324 $9,250 3rd Albert Hannemann, Torrance, Calif./Sean Scott, Kailua, Hi. (3) 5-1 288 $6,600 4th Scott Ayakatubby, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Eduardo Bacil, El Segundo, Calif. (4) 5-3 244 $4,850 5th Paul Baxter, Columbia Heights, Minn./Matt Fuerbringer, Costa Mesa, Calif. (10) 3-2 216 $3,500 5th Brent Doble, St. Paul, Minn./Lee LeGrande, Honolulu, Hi. (2) 4-2 216 $3,500 7th Canyon Ceman, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mike Whitmarsh, San Diego, Calif. (1) 3-2 180 $2,500 7th Scott Davenport, Redondo Beach, Calif./Jeff Nygaard, Madison, Wis. (9) 4-2 180 $2,500 9th Daniel Cardenas, Los Angeles, Calif./Jim Nichols, Encinitas, Calif. (7) 3-2 144 $1,500 9th Casey Jennings, Huntington Beach, Calif./Scott Lane, Las Vegas, Nev. (14) 3-2 144 $1,500 9th Chris Makos, Costa Mesa, Calif./Chad Turner, Clearwater Beach, Fla. (19) 3-2 144 $1,500 9th Nick Hannemann, Hermosa Beach, Calif./David Swatik, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (6) 2-2 144 $1,500 13th Leland Quinn, Redondo Beach, Calif./David Smith, Venice, Calif. (18) 2-2 108 $850 13th Jacob Elliott, Georgetown, S. C./Brian Soldano, Freehold, N. J. (12) 2-2 108 $850 13th Dale Davis, Dallas, Tex./Tim Wooliver, Dallas, Tex. (27) 2-2 108 $850 13th Pepe Delahoz, San Diego, Calif./Juan Ibarra Rodriguez, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (15) 2-2 108 $850 17th Chad Mowrey, Redondo, Calif./Colin Wellman, Los Angeles, Calif. (16) 1-2 72 $500 17th Brian MacDonald, Newport Beach, Calif./Mike Scales, Newport Beach, Calif. (25) 1-2 72 $500 17th David Fischer, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Brad Torsone, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (11) 1-2 72 $500 17th John Anselmo, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Eddie Stokes, Redondo Beach, Calif. (13) 1-2 72 $500 17th Jerry Graham, Playa del Rey, Calif./Bill Maik, Deerfield Beach, Fla. (20) 1-2 72 $500 17th Adam Roberts, Myrtle Beach, S. C./Jim Walls, Cape May, N. J. (21) 1-2 72 $500 17th Sean Burke, Ocean Beach, Calif./Matt Olson, Cardiff, Calif. (26) 1-2 72 $500 17th Jeff Carlucci, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Sean Rosenthal, Redondo Beach, Calif. (17) 1-2 72Ê $500 25th Dana Camacho, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Kevin Craig, Ocean City, Md. (32, 10) 0-2 36Ê $300 25th Morgan Mainz, Santa Barbara, Calif./Dancer Styles, Sausalito, Calif. (24) 0-2 36Ê $300 25th Mike Daniel, Pleasant Grove, Utah/Jacob Gibb, Salt Lake City, Utah (28, 1) 0-2 36Ê $300 25th Gary Barnes, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Anthony Mihalic, Belmar, N. J. (29) 0-2 36Ê $300 25th Chris Kosty, Fountain Valley, Calif./Ed Ratledge, Fountain Valley, Calif. (30, 3)Ê 0-2 36Ê $300 25th Anthony Medel, Santa Barbara, Calif./John Moran, Phoenix, Ariz. (22) 0-2 36Ê $300 25th Tom Black, Reseda, Calif./Andrew Vazquez, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (23) 0-2 36Ê $300 25th David DiPierro, Pompano Beach, Fla./Michael DiPierro, Pompano Beach, Fla. (31, 5) 0-2 36Ê $300 Smack
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