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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - After winning their opening matches here Wednesday and
Thursday (August 29-30), the four teams from the Association of Volleyball
Professionals return to action this weekend in the 2001 Goodwill Games
competition at the South Bank Piazza.
The United States tandems of fourth-seeded Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong and
fifth-seeded Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak play Saturday against teams from Brazil
with the winning teams advancing Monday's semi-finals. The AVP teams of
sixth-seeded Eric Fonoimoana/Rob Heidger and third-seeded Barbra
Fontana/Elaine Youngs compete Sunday against tandems from Australia and Cuba,
respectively.
Metzger (Honolulu, Hi.) and Wong (Pearl City, Hi.) face fifth-seeded Emanuel
Rego and Pará Ferreira Saturday at 12 p.m. (Australia EST) with the winner
playing either top-seeded Mariano Barcetti/Martin Conde of Argentina or
ninth-seeded Nikolas Berger/Oliver Stamm of Austria Monday.
Winners of three events this season, including two AVP Pro Beach Volleyball
Tour events in California (Santa Barbara and Manhattan Beach), Metzger and
Wong opened the competition with a injury forfeit win over 13th-seeded John
Child and Mark Heese of Canada Wednesday. Metzger and Wong led 14-9 in the
first set against the Canadians before Child had to withdraw from the
competition.
Arce (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and McPeak (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), who earned
the Bronze Medal at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York, face fourth-seeded
Tatiana Minello and Sandra Pires of Brazil at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The winner
of this quarterfinal match plays either top-seeded Natalie Cook/Kerri
Pottharst of Australia or eighth-seeded Lucilla Perrotta/Daniela Gattelli of
Italy. Cook and Pottharst are the Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold Medallists.
Minello and Pires won their first three matches this season against Arce and
McPeak, who won the last two meetings in Portugal and Japan. Winners of 15
pro beach events together, Arce and McPeak defeated the 12th-seeded
Yanchulova (Lina and Petia) sisters of Bulgaria (21-14 and 21-12) Wednesday.
Fonoimoana (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) who captured the Gold Medal at the Sydney
2000 Olympic Games, and Heidger (Redondo Beach, Calif.) face third-seeded
Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner of Australia at a time to be determined Sunday.
Fonoimoana and Heidger scored a 25-23 and 22-20 win over 11th-seeded Patrick
Heuscher and Stefan Kobel of Switzerland Thursday.
Fontana (Manhattan Beach) and Youngs (Durango, Colo.), who have won
international titles this season in Italy and France, face sixth-seeded
Daxilia Larrea Peraza and Tamara Fernandez Grosset of Cuba at a time to be
determined Sunday. Winners of the AVP's Michelob Light Open at Manhattan
Beach this past Sunday, Fontana and Youngs opened with a 21-9 and 21-18 win
over 14th-seeded Rebekka Kadijk and Marrit Leenstra of Netherlands.
Fonoimoana and Heidger will play either seventh-seeded Sergey
Ermishin/Mikhail Kouchnerev of Russia or second-seeded Jose Loiola/Ricardo
Santos of Brazil Monday. Fontana and Youngs face either second-seeded
Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede of Brazil or seventh-seeded Zi Xiong/Rong Chi of
China. Behar and Bede are the defending Goodwill Games champions and have
won the last four FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events, including the 2001
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Austria.
September 1, 2001 - Match 16, Centre Court at 7:30 p.m.
No. 4 Tatiana Minello/Sandra Pires, Brazil
vs.
No. 5 Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, United States
The winner and loser of Match 16 will play the winner and loser of Match 15 -
Natalie/Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia (No. 1-seeded Women's Team) vs.
Lucilla Perrotta/Daniela Gattelli (8)
Opening 2001 Goodwill Games August 29 Results
· Tatiana Minello/Sandra Pires, Brazil (No. 4-seeded Women's Team) def.
Teresa Galindo/Mayra Huerta, Mexico (13), 21-17 and 21-17 (37)
· Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, United States (5) def. Lina Yanchulova/Petia
Yanchulova, Bulgaria (12), 21-14 and 21-12 (30)
Tatiana Minello/Sandra Pires Brazil
· Minello and Pires are competing together for the first-time this season.
· The pair has competed in 10 events this season with six "final four"
finishes together, three podium placements and two Siliver Medals.
· Minello and Pires placed second in the 2001 FIVB Beach Volleyball World
Championships.
· Minello is competing in her 17th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event.
· Pior to 2001, Minello's best finish was a ninth at the 2000 Vitoria, Brazil
event with Magda Lima.
· Pires is competing in her 64th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event with
53 "final four" finishes, 42 podium placements and 14 Gold Medals.
· Pires has won an Olympic Gold (1996 Atlanta with Jackie Silva) and Bronze
(Sydney 2000 with Adriana Samuel).
· Pires won the 1997 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship with Silva.
Shirt Name Number Height Birthdate Birthplace Hometown
Minello 1 168cm March, 1970 NA Rio de Janeiro
Pires 2 174 June 16, 1973 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro
Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak United States
· Arce and McPeak are playing their fourth season together on the FIVB Beach
Volleyball World Tour.
· Arce and McPeak are competing in their 26th FIVB Beach Volleyball World
Tour event together.
· The pair has 15 "final four" finishes and 14 podium placements in 2000.
· Arce and McPeak netted Gold Medals three times in Korea (1996 and 1997) and
Italy (1997).
· Arce and McPeak placed second at the 1997 FIVB Beach Volleyball World
Championships in Los Angeles and third at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York.
· McPeak is playing in her 59th international event with 36 "final four"
finishes, 32 podium placements and 13 Gold Medal.
· McPeak placed fifth at both the 1996 Atlanta (Nancy Reno) and Sydney 2000
(Misty May) Olympic Games.
Shirt Name Number Height Birthdate Birthplace Hometown
Arce 2 180cm July 8, 1977 Torrance, CA Manhattan Beach, CA
McPeak 1 170 May 15, 1969 Hollywood, CA Manhattan Beach, CA
SERIES - Minello and Pires lead the series 3-2.
Round Date Site Score Minutes
W3 June 22, 2001 Switzerland Minello/Pires 21-18, 19-21, 15-8 57
L6 July 7, 2001 Canary Islands Minello/Pires 21-18, 21-14 35
W3 July 19, 2001 France Minello/Pires 19-21, 21-18, 15-8 54
W3 July 27, 2001 Portugal Arce/McPeak 15-21, 21-18, 15-13 54
L5 August 11, 2001 Japan Arce/McPeak 21-17, 21-19 42
September 2, 2001 - Match 17, Centre Court at TBD
No. 3 Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, United States
vs.
No. 6 Dalixia Fernandez Grossat/Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba
The winner and loser of Match 17 will play the winner and loser of Match 18 -
Zi Xiong/Rong Chi, China (No. 7-seeded Women's Team7) vs. Adriana
Behar/Shelda Bede, Australia (2).
Opening 2001 Goodwill Games August 30 Results
· Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, United States (No. 3-seeded Women's Team)
def. Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (14), 21-9 and 21-19 (35)
· Daxilia Larrea Peraza/Tamara Fernandez Grosset, Cuba (6) def. Stephanie
Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany (11), 21-13 and 21-11 (28)
Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs United States
· Fontana and Youngs are playing their first season together on the FIVB
Beach Volleyball World Tour.
· Fontana and Youngs are competing in their ninth FIVB Beach Volleyball World
Tour event together.
· The pair has won FIVB stops this season in Italy and France.
· Fontana is competing in her 67th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event
with 30 "final four" finishes, 16 podium placements and five Gold Medals.
· Fontana won the Bronze Medal with Lori Forsythe at the 1994 Goodwill Games
in St. Petersburg, Russia.
· Fontana and Linda Hanley finished fourth at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games
where they dropped the Bronze Medal match to Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst
of Australia.
· Youngs is competing in her 39th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event with
17 "final four" finishes, 13 podium placements and five Gold Medals.
· Youngs competed on the United States Indoor National Team at the 1996
Atlanta Olympics.
Shirt Name Number Height Birthdate Birthplace Hometown
Fontana 1 168cm September 8, 1965 Manhattan Beach, CA Manhattan Beach,
CA
Youngs 2 183 February 14, 1970 Orange, CA Durango, CO
Dalixia Fernandez Grossat/Tamara Larrea Peraza Cuba
· Fernandez Grossat and Larrea Peraza are their playing second season
together on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
· Fernandez Grossat and Larrea Peraza are competing in their 20th FIVB Beach
Volleyball World Tour event together.
· The pair's best finishes together are fifths (six times, including five
this season).
· Fernandez Grossat and Larrea Peraza have competed in all her FIVB events
with Larrea Peraza, who is now competing in her 27th international event.
Shirt Name Number Height Birthdate Birthplace Hometown
Fernandez 1 176cm November 26, 1977 Guantanamo Guantanamo
Larrea 2 183 November 25, 1973 Ciudad Habana Ciudad Habana
SERIES - Fernandez Grossat and Larrea Peraza lead the series 1-0.
Round Date Site Score Minutes
W4 July 7, 2001 Canary Islands Fontana/Youngs 21-16, 21-17 41
W3 July 19, 2001 France Fernandez/Larrea 21-18, 26-24 39
W3 August 11, 2001 Japan Fontana/Youngs 21-13, 21-15 35
September 1, 2001 - Match 16, Centre Court at 12 p.m.
No. 5 Emanuel Rego/Pará Ferreira, Brazil
Vs.
No. 4 Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, United States
· The winner and loser of Match 16 will play the winner and loser of Match 15
- Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina (1) vs. Nikolas Berger/Oliver
Stamm, Austria (9)
Opening 2001 Goodwill Games August 29 Results
· Emanuel Rego/Pará Ferreira, Brazil (5) def. Javier Bosma/Antonio Cotrino,
Spain (12), 21-12 and 21-19 (35)
· Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, United States (4) won by injury forfeit over John
Child/Mark Heese, Canada (13)
Emanuel Rego/Pará Ferreira Brazil
· Emanuel and Pará are competing together for the first-time on the FIVB
Beach Volleyball World Tour.
· Pará is replacing Tande Ramos, who is out with an injury.
· Emanuel and Jose Loiola tied the mark for most wins by a men's team in FIVB
Beach Volleyball World Tour history by winning their 15th Gold Medal last
season in Belgium.
· The Emanuel and Loiola pair won the 1999 FIVB Beach Volleyball World
Championships.
· During the qualification process for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Emanuel
and Loiola captured 11 "open" Gold Medals along with three Silvers and four
Bronze awards.
· Emanuel is competing in his 93rd FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event
with 70 "final four" finishes, 67 podium placements and a record 33 Gold
Medals. He has won 15 titles with Zé Marco de Melo, 15 with Loiola and three
this season with Tande.
· Emanuel finished ninth at both the 1996 Atlanta (Zé Marco) and Sydney 2000
(Loiola) Olympic Games.
· Emanuel placed fifth at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Russia with Aloizio
Claudino.
· Pará is competing in his 81st FIVB Beach Volleyball World tour event with
31 "final four" finishes, 29 podium placements and seven Gold Medals.
· Pará and Guilherme Marques won the Gold Medal at both 1997 FIVB Beach
Volleyball World Championships and 1998 Goodwill Games. The pair also placed
third at the 1999 World finals.
Shirt Name Number Height Birthdate Birthplace Hometown
Emanuel 2 190cm April 15, 1973 Curitiba Curitiba
Pará 1 191 September 13, 1973 Belem Rio de Janeiro
Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong United States
· Metzger and Wong are competing together for the first-time this season on
the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
· The pair is competing in their 10th international event together with three
"final four" finishes, two podium placements and a Gold Medal this season in
Switzerland.
· The pair placed ninth in the 2001 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships.
· Wong is competing in his 49th international event with a Gold, a Silver and
and two Bronze Medals on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
· Metzger is competing in his 15th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event
with his best finishes being posted this season with Wong.
Shirt Name Number Height Birthdate Birthplace Hometown
Metzger 2 192cm November 17, 1972 Honolulu, HI Hermosa Beach, CA
Wong 1 200 September 12, 1972 Honolulu, HI Venice, CA
SERIES - This is the first meeting in the series.
September 2, 2001 - Match 17, Centre Court at TBD
No. 3 Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, Australia
Vs.
No. 6 Rob Heidger/Eric Fonoimoana, United States
The winner and loser of Match 17 will play the winner and loser of Match 18 -
Sergey Ermishin/Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia (7) vs. Jose Loiola/Ricardo
Santos, Brazil (2)
Opening 2001 Goodwill Games August 30 Results
· Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, Australia (No. 3-seeded Men's Team) def. Bjorn
Berg/Simon Dahl, Sweden (14), 21-13 and 21-15 (37 minutes)
· Eric Fonoimoana/Rob Heidger, United States (6) def. Patrick Heuscher/Stefan
Kobel, Switzerland (11), 25-23 and 22-20 (50)
Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner Australia
· Prosser and Zahner are competing together for the seventh season on the
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
· The pair is competing in their 79th international event with 10 "final
four" finishes.
· Prosser and Zahner captured six Bronze Medals on the FIVB Beach Volleyball
World Tour before winning their first Gold Medal this season in Germany.
· Prosser and Zahner placed ninth (1997), fifth (1999) and ninth (2001) in
the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships.
· The pair placed fourth in the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York.
· Prosser and Zahner are competing in their 103rd and 79th FIVB Beach
Volleyball World Tour events, respectively.
· Prosser posted a third and three fourths with Andy Burdin.
· Prosser and Zahner placed ninth in both the 1996 Atlanta and Sydney 2000
Olympic Games.
Shirt Name Number Height Birthdate Birthplace Hometown
Prosser 2 193cm June 11, 1972 Bunbury (WA) Perth (WA)
Zahner 1 199 March 13, 1974 Brisbane (QLD) Brisbane (QLD)
Rob Heidger/Eric Fonoimoana United States
· Heidger and Fonoimoana are competing in their first FIVB Beach Volleyball
World Tour event.
· Heidger replaced Dain Blanton as Fonoimoana's partner for the Goodwill
Games.
· Blanton is sidelined with a pulled muscle.
· Fonoimoana is competing in his 41st FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event
with seven "final fours", three podium placements and one Gold Medal at the
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games with Blanton.
· Heidger is competing in his 38th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event
with four "final four" finishes, two podium placements and a Silver Medal at
the 2000 Mexico event with Kevin Wong.
· Heidger and Wong placed fifith in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games where they
were eliminated by Blanton and Fonoimoana.
Shirt Name Number Height Birthdate Birthplace Hometown
Fonoimoana 2 191cm July 6, 1969 Torrance, CA Hermosa Beach, CA
Heidger 1 200 June 3, 1969 Berkeley, CA Redondo Beach, CA
SERIES - This is the first meeting between the two teams.
~Tim Simmons
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