Michelle Hughes Photo: VolleyShots.com

Liz Pagano Photo: VolleyShots.com

Eddie Stokes Photo: Brian White

From the qualifier men's team include:
1. Mike Mattarocci, San Diego, CA/Eddie Stokes, Redondo Beach,CA
2. Daniel Fisher, Goleta, CA/Matt Riley, Santa Barbara, CA
3. Mark Reilly, Redondo Beach,CA/Richard Van Huizen, Redondo Beach, CA
4. Jason Lee, Venice, CA/Andrew Vasquez, Manhattan Beach, CA
5. Mike Daniel, Park City, UT/Jacob Gibb, Fountain Valley, CA
6. Jon Beerman, Los Angeles, CA/John Braunstein, Costa Mesa, CA
7. Mike Diehl, Huntington Beach, CA/Mark Paaluhi, Hermosa Beach, CA
8. John Anselmo, Manhattan Beach, CA/Scott Wong, Pearl City, HI

Women's team include:
1. Michelle Morse, Redondo Beach, CA/Liz Pagano, San Diego, CA
2. Tanya Fuamatu, Honolulu, HI/Heidi Iluster, Honolulu, HI
3. Kaili Kimura, Hawthorne, CA/Sarah Schroeder, Van Nuys, CA
4. Angie Akers, Long Beach, CA/Jen Pavley, Agoura Hills, CA
5. Nicole Audette, Valencia, CA/Alicia Zamparelli,l Hermosa Beach, CA
6. Kerri Eich, Santa Monica, CA/Kristen Schritter, San Diego, CA

Friday's qualifier was made up of 53 men's and 41 women's teams. Play in the 32-team men's and 24-team women's Main Draw Brackets opens Saturday at 9 a.m. (PDT) on East Beach for the $125,000 AVP Michelob Light Open, presented by Michelob Light. Sunday's final rounds are scheduled to start at 8 a.m. with afternoon finals set for both genders. The AVP Michelob Light Open winners will share $14,500 for first-place.

Holly McPeak (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Elaine Youngs (Durango, Colo.) will be seeking their third-straight women's title this season after capturing the Huntington Beach and Hermosa Beach stops. Young will be chasing her fourth-straight AVP women's title as she ended the 2001 season by winning the Manhattan Beach stop with Barbra Fontana. McPeak and Youngs have defeated Dianne DeNecochea and Fontana in both title matches this season.

The first two AVP men's stops this season has featured different winners. Eric Fonoimoana and Dax Holdren won the Huntington event by defeating Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh in the final. Albert Hannemann and Jeff Nygaard captured the Hermosa stop by defeating Stein Metzger and Kevin Wong in the title match.

Metzger and Wong are the defending Santa Barbara winners after defeating Holdren and Todd Rogers 21-14 and 21-19 last August. Metzger and Wong won three events last season, including two AVP titles. Wong also won the season-ending AVP King of the Beach crown in Las Vegas last September.

DeNecochea and Liz Masakayan captured the 2001 Santa Barbara women's champions. The pair scored a 21-19 and 22-20 win over Jennifer Meredith and Wendy Stammer to win the crown last August on East Beach. The title marked the first-ever for DeNecochea while Masakayan was winning her 47th.

After this weekend, the AVP takes a week off with the FIVB hosting its first combined men's and women's event in Gstaad, Switzerland June 18-23. Metzger and Wong won the 2001 Gstaad stop while Misty May and Kerri Walsh placed third in the women's competition. The AVP Tour resumes June 28-30 in Belmar, N. J.

Missing from this weekend's event are the teams of Rogers/Sean Scott and Scott Davenport/Carl Henkel due to their participation in the first men's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Berlin, Germany. Rogers and Scott have won four of their five matches in the international events, including an 1-1 pool play mark in the 32-team Main Draw. Davenport and Henkel are 0-2 in their Main Draw pool.

Past Santa Barbara Men's Champions (37 events)
1953 Don McMahon/Gene Selznick
1954 Walt Schiller/Tom Howlett
1956 Don McMahon/Mike O'Hara
1958 Barry Brown/Mike O'Hara
1965 Gene Selznick/Ron Von Hagen
1966 Ron Lang/Gene Selznick
1967 Ron Lang/Ron Von Hagen
1968 Ron Lang/Ron Von Hagen
1969 Henry Bergman/Larry Rundle
1970 John Vallely/Ron Von Hagen
1971 Henry Bergman/Ron Von Hagen
1972 Henry Bergman/Larry Rundle
1972 Tom Chamales/Greg Lee
1973 Henry Bergman/Larry Rundle
1974 Tom Chamales/Ron Von Hagen
1975 Greg Lee/Jim Menges
1976 Greg Lee/Jim Menges
1977 Chris Marlowe/Jim Menges
1978 Andy Fishburn/Fred Sturm
1979 Matt Gage/Jim Menges
1979 Karch Kiraly/Sinjin Smith
1980 Karch Kiraly/Sinjin Smith
1980 Karch Kiraly/Sinjin Smith
1981 Gary Hooper/Steve Obradovich &
        Jim Menges/Jon Stevenson
1981 Andy Fishburn/Dane Selznick
1982 Mike Dodd/Tim Hovland
1982 Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos
1983 Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos
1984 Karch Kiraly/Sinjin Smith
1985 John Hanley/Jon Stevenson
1986 Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos
1987 Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos
1991 Adam Johnson/Pat Powers
1992 Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes
1999 Adam Johnson/Karch Kiraly
2000 Lee LeGrande/Franco Neto
2001 Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong

Past Santa Barbara Women's Champions (10 events)
1976 Kathy Hanley/Kathy Gregory
1981 Linda Hanley/Nina Matthies
1983 Kathy Hanley/Kathy Gregory
1984 Linda Hanley/Nina Matthies
1985 Linda Hanley/Nina Matthies
1986 Linda Hanley/Nina Matthies*
1989 Patty Dodd/Jackie Silva
1990 Janice Harrer/Jackie Silva
1991 Karolyn Kirby/Angela Rock
2001 Dianne DeNecochea/Liz Masakayan

Association of Volleyball Professionals
AVP Michelob Light Open, presented by Paul Mitchell
East Beach, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 14-16, 2002
Women's Qualification Tournament Results (Friday, June 14)

First Round (losers eliminated, place 51st)
· Samantha Meador, Houston/Julie Mc Garr, Houston (No. 32-seeded qualification tournament team) def. Makalani Hovey, Redondo Beach, Calif./Dawn Steinhauser, Port Byron, Ill. (33), 21-16 and 21-19 (45 minutes);
· Barbara Birnbaum, La Jolla, Calif./ Alicia Polzin, San Diego (24) won by forfeit over Becky Henderson, Los Angeles/Meredith Van Horn, Los Angeles (41);
· Natalie Sime, Denver/Dawn Tischauser, Denver (40) def. April Chapple Zanella, Beverly Hills, Calif./Danielle Scott, Baton Rouge, La. (25), 14-21, 21-17 and 15-13 (64)
· Jackie Hatten, Los Angeles/Leslie Pederson, San Jose, Calif. (37) def. Katherine Fay, Los Angeles/Michelle Taulbee, Los Angeles (28), 21-15 and 21-13 (45);
· Heather Frewin, Long Beach, Calif./Debbie Spangler, San Clemente, Calif. (36) def. Liana Collins, Ontario, Canada/Kelly Sinclair, Ontario, Canada (29), 23-21 and 21-112 (60);
· Sarah Jones, Santa Cruz, Calif./Jana Mionello, Soquel, Calif. (35) def. Gretchen Sanders, San Diego/Kelly Yengst, Capistrano Beach, Calif. (30), 21-14, 19-21 and 15-9 (61);
· Melissa Karwowski, San Antonio, Texas/Franci Rard, Naples, Fla. (27) won by forfeit Heather Kaufman, Los Angeles/Heather Mason, Los Angeles (38)
· Brooke Niles, Goleta, Calif./Brooke Rundle, Goleta (39) def. Brandy Barratt, Fountain Valley, Calif./Keri Nishimoto, Redlands, Calif. (26), 21-13 and 21-12 (34);
· Tanya Chung, Lakewood, Colo./Alicia Scott, Evergreen, Colo. (34) def. Marlene Monteleone, Bellflower, Calif./MJ Smith, Lake Balboa, Calif. (31), 21-18 and 21-19 (43).

Second round (losers eliminated, place 35th)
· Michelle Morse, Redondo Beach, Calif./Liz Pagano, San Diego (1) def. McGarr/Meador (32), 21-18, 19-21 and 15-11 (60);
· Janelle Koester, San Diego/Sharman Mitchell, San Diego (17) def. Kirsten Niedung, Los Angeles/Kelly Rowe, Los Angeles (16), 21-14, 16-21 and 15-11 (54);
· Valerie Duringer, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Helen Reale, Los Angeles, Calif. (9) def. Birnbaum/Polzin (24), 21-15 and 21-15 (49);
· Kimberly Coleman, Corona del Mar, Calif./ Valinda Hilleary, Newport Beach, Calif., Calif. (8) def. Sime/Tischauser (40), 21-13 and 21-13 (34);
· Tanya Fuamatu, Waipahu, Hi./Heidi Ilustre, Honolulu (5) def. Hatten/Pederson (37), 21-15 and 21-10 (36);
· Lori Albright, Chatsworth, Calif./Catie Fleisher, Los Angeles (12) won by forfeit over Bonnie Bright, Malibu, Calif./Veronica Sanchez Birrueta, Los Angeles (21);
· Natacha Nelson, Redondo Beach, Calif./Maggie Philgence, Santa Monica, Calif. (13) def. Jean Mathews, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Renee Smith, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (20), 21-15 and 21-13 (35);
· Kaili Kimura, Hawthorne, Calif./Sarah Schroeder, Van Nuys, Calif. (4) def. Frewin/Spangler (36), 21-18 and 21-11 (41);
· Angie Akers, Long Beach, Calif./Jen Pavley, Agoura Hills, Calif. (3) def. Jones/Monello (35), 21-11 and 21-9 (37);
· Kim Goodwin, San Diego/ Karen Helyer, San Diego (19) def. Cherry Simkins, Torrance, Calif./Josie Youngblood, Oceanside, Calif. (14), 21-18, 11-21 and 15-12 (62);
· Sarah Clark, Laguna Niguel, Calif./ Jeannette Hecker, Capistrano Beach, Calif. (22) def. Jill Changaris, Woodland Hills, Calif./Lisa Marshall, Playa del Rey, Calif. (11), 27-25, 17-21 and 15-9 (66);
· Karwoski/Rard (27) def. Jeanette Simenson, Chicago, Ill./Julie Sprague, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (6), 15-21, 24-22 and 15-11 (78);
· Anne McArthur, Los Angeles/Sarah White, Venice, Calif. (7) def. Niles/Rundle (39), 17-21, 21-18 and 15-10 (55);
· Nicole Audette, Valencia, Calif./Alicia Zamparelli, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (10) def. Gi Gi Krueger, Los Angeles, Calif./Barbara Letts, Playa del Rey, Calif. (23), 21-12 and 21-11 (36);
· Jessica Alvarado-Brannan, Fountain Valley, Calif./Danielle Shinn, Huntington Beach, Calif. (18) def. Karen Reitz, San Diego /Saralyn Smith, San Diego (15), 17-21, 21-18 and 15-8 (53);
· Kerri Eich, Santa Monica, Calif./Kristen Schritter, San Diego (2) def. Chung/A. Scott (34), 21-14 and 21-19 (48).

Third round (losers eliminated, place 27th)
· Morse/Pagano (1) def. Koester/Mitchell (17), 21-7, 11-21 and 17-15 (50);
· Duringer/Reale (9) def. Coleman/Hilleary (8), 22-24, 21-12 and 15-9 (64);
· Fuamatu/Ilustre (5) def. Albright/Fleisher (12), 21-13 and 21-8 (30);
· Kimura/Schroeder (4) def. Nelson/Philgence (13), 21-17 and 221-12 (52);
· Akers/Pavley (3) def. Goodwin/Helyer (19), 21-10 and 21-15 (52);
· Clark/Hecker (22) def. Karwoski/Rard (27), 19-21, 21-10 and 15-12 (50);
· Audette/Zamparelli (10) def. McArthur/White (7), 21-18 and 21-16 (43);
· Eich/Schritter (2) def. Alvarado-Brannan/Shinn (18), 21-18 and 26-24 (51).

Fourth round (winners advance to main draw; losers advance to Lucky Losers round)
· Morse/Pagano (1) def. Duringer/Reale (9), 19-21, 21-19 and 15-11;
· Kimura/Schroeder (4) def. Fuamatu/Ilustre (5), 21-15 and 21-16 (43);
· Akers/Pavley (3) def. Clark/Hecker (22), 21-10 and 21-17 (34);
· Audette/Zamparelli (10) def. Eich/Schritter (2), 21-18 and 21-13 (43).

Lucky Losers round (winners advance to main draw, losers eliminated, place 25th)
· Fuamatu/Ilustre (5) def. Duringer/Reale (9), 21-12 and 21-15 (37);
· Eich/Schritter (2) def. Clark/Hecker (22), 21-17 and 21-14 (41).

Men's Qualification Tournament Results (Friday, June 14)

First Round (losers eliminated, place 57th)
· Myron Miller, San Diego/Jeff Murrell, Los Angeles (No. 33-seeded Qualification Tournament team) def. Pedro Leal, Venice, Calif./Yariv Lerner, Venice, Calif. (32), 21-12, 19-21 and 15-9 (55 minutes);
· Randy Meador, Houston, Tex./Derek Zimmerman, New Orleans (48) def. Dancer Styles, San Clemente, Calif./Torry Tukuafu, Honolulu (17), 21-17 and 21-18 (44);
· Ben Koski, Santa Barbara, Calif./Jeff Minc, Santa Barbara, Calif. (49) def. Gary Barnes, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Sam Haghighi, Los Angeles (16), 21-16 and 21-17 (46);
· Mike Bruning, San Diego/Jeff Smith, San Diego (24) def. Beau Daniels, Canoga Park, Calif./Erik Gomez, Canoga Park, Calif. (41), 21-15, 18-21 and 15-9 (65);
· Robert Lorch, Los Angeles/Tony Pray, Simi Valley, Calif. (40) def. Joe Boken, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Brett Scharf, Los Angeles (25), 21-9 and 21-14 (35);
· Dennis Marlow, Los Angeles/Dan Mintz, Los Angeles (37) def. Ayinde Alakoye, Los Angeles/Corey Glave, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (28), 21-11 and 21-14 (37);
· Mark Reilly, Redondo Beach, Calif./Richard Vanhuizen, Redondo Beach, Calif. (21) def. Ralph Garcia, San Diego/Kyle Patton, San Diego (44), 21-14 and 21-12 (41);
· Jason Lee, Venice, Calif./Andrew Vasquez, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (12) won by forfeit over Chris Harger, Los Angeles/Eric Seiffert, Los Angeles (53);
· Christopher Gugliano, Santa Barbara, Calif./Donald Suxho, Redondo Beach, Calif. (13) def. Jason Alexandridis, Los Angeles/Sergio Penaloza, Los Angeles (52), 21-16 and 21-17 (45);
· Mike Desjardins, San Diego/Thomas Mraz, San Diego (20) def. Pete Henze, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Jesse Webster, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (45), 21-10 and 21-11 (39);
· Jeff Alzina, Redondo Beach, Calif./Scott Herdman, Los Angeles (29) def. Michael Fegley, Dallas, Texas/William Johnson, Coppell, Texas (36), 21-16 and 21-18 (44);
· Lance Walker, Sherman Oaks, Calif./Lucas Wisniakowski, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (35) def. Scott Kiedaisch, El Segundo, Calif./Daniel Skilins, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (30), 22-20 and 21-18 (54);
· Kevin Dake, Irvine, Calif./Chris Kosty, Fountain Valley, Calif. (19) won by forfeit over Mika Hunkin, San Diego/Tony Zapata, Topanga, Calif. (46);
· Mike Daniel, Park City, Utah/Jacob Gill, Fountain Valley, Calif. (14) def. Jim Alzina, Santa Barbara, Calif./Tim Nestlerode, Santa Barbara, Calif. (51), 21-17 and 21-17 (52);
· Jon Beerman, Los Angeles/John Braunstein, Costa Mesa, Calif. (22) def. Ryan Burrow, Racine, Wisc./Levi Gundert, Long Beach, Calif. (43), 21-13 and 21-19 (41);
· Santana Aker, Long Beach, Calif./Evan Hook, Huntington Beach, Calif. (27) def. Jonathan Nino, Dallas, Tex./Joe Stollings, Carrollton, Tex. (38), 21-18 and 21-14 (43);
· Mike Diehl, Huntington Beach, Calif./Mark Paaluhi, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (26) def. Jeff Myers, Redondo Beach, Calif./Mark Smith, Redondo Beach, Calif. (39), 21-11 and 21-16 (39);
· Brian Chapman, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Craig Geibel, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (23) def. Casey Brewer, San Diego/Justin Hersey, Denver (42), 14-21, 21-14 and 23-21 (69);
· Jason Kruger, Calgary, Canada/Everett Matthews, Airdric, Canada (15) def. Art Barron, Santa Cruz, Calif./James Kelly, Capitola, Calif. (50), 21-16 and 21-14 (36);
· Tom Barber, Redondo Beach, Calif./Brian Duff, Redondo Beach, Calif. (18) def. Craig Donen, Montecito, Calif./Bret Shellabarger, Carpenteria, Calif. (47), 21-16 and 21-19 (45);
· Biven Sadler, San Diego/Andy Shean, San Diego (31) def. Dragan Ognjanovic, Encino, Calif./Michael Risley, Los Angeles (34), 21-12 and 21-11 (35).

Second Round (losers eliminated, place 41st)
· Mike Mattarocci, San Diego/Eddie Stokes, Redondo Beach, Calif. (1) def. Miller/Murrell (33), 21-15 and 21-14 (43);
· Koski/Minc (49) def. Meador/Zimmerman (48), 21-19 and 21-19 (42);
· Ty Loomis, Newport Beach, Calif./Mike Scales, Newport Beach, Calif. (9) def. Bruning/J.Smith (24), 17-21, 24-22 and 15-13 (60);
· Daniel Fisher, Goleta, Calif./Matt Riley, Santa Barbara, Calif. (8) def. Lorch/Pray (40), 21-16 and 21-15 (41);
· Marlow/Mintz (37) def. Jeffrey Hall, San Diego/Matt Olson, Cardiff, Calif. (5), 21-17, 12-21 and 19-17 (50);
· Reilly/Vanhuizen (21) def. Guigliano/Suxho (12), 19-21, 21-15 and 16-14 (67);
· Lee/Vazquez (13) def. Desjardins/Mraz (20), 19-21, 21-16 and 15-10 (71);
· Jeff Alzina/Herdman (29) def. Sean Burke, Ocean Beach, Calif./Morgan Mainz, Santa Barbara, Calif. (4), 21-14 and 21-16 (39);
· Skyler Dale Davis, Irving, Tex./Matt Heath, Myrtle Beach, S.C. (3) def. Walker/Wisniakowski (35), 21-14 and 21-11 (40)
· Daniel/Gibb (14) def. Dake/Kosty (19), 21-18 and 23-21 (46);
· Beerman/Braunstein (22) def. Jason Greenlaw, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Anthony Mihalic, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (11), 21-15 and 23-21 (45);
· Aker/Hook (27) def. Colin Kaslow, Austin, Tex./ Tim Wooliver, Austin, Tex. (6), 21-18, 19-21 and 15-13 (64);
· Diehl/Paaluhi (26) def. Jack Quinn, Venice, Calif./Matthew Sokolowski, Redondo Beach, Calif. (7), 21-18 and 21-17 (52);
· Chapman/Geibel (23) def. Scott Hill, Los Angeles/Thomas Slauterbeck, Santa Monica, Calif. (10), 21-13 and 21-14 (36);
· Barber/Duff (18) def. Krueger/Matthews (15), 21-16, 10-21 and 15-13 (58);
· John Anselmo, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Scott Wong, Pearl City, Hi. (2) def. Sadler/Shean (31), 21-17 and 21-12 (37).

Third-round (losers eliminated, placed 33rd)
· Mattarocci/Stokes (1) def. Koski/Minc (49), 18-21, 21-17 and 15-8 (61);
· D. Fisher/M. Riley (8) def. Loomis/Scales (9), 21-13 and 21-12 (37);
· Reilly/Vanhuizen (21) def. Marlow/Mintz (37), 21-17 and 21-13 (36);
· Lee/Vazquez (13) def. Jeff Alzina/Herdman (29), 21-15 and 21-16 (49);
· Daniel/Gibb (14) def. Davis/Heath (3), 20-22, 21-18 and 15-12 (59);
· Beerman/Braunstein (22) def. Aker/Hook (27), 21-16 and 21-12 (38);
· Diehl/Paaluhi (26) def. Chapman/Geibel (23), 18-21, 21-18 and 15-13 (63);
· Anselmo/S. Wong (2) def. Barber/Duff (18), 21-19 and 23-21 (46).

Men's Individual Match Results and Schedule
Men's Tournament Results
Women's Individual Match Results and Schedule
Women's Tournament Results

~ Tim Simmons