AVP San Francisco main draw day 1 - Articles

AVP San Francisco, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, set up for a fun Saturday. Men: Two rounds of winners and contenders bracket were played Friday business as usual, with a few exceptions: The always-tenacious No. 10 Dave McKienzie/Curt Toppel overcame No. 7 Avery Drost/Bill Kolinske (last week’s semifinalists). Ty Loomis/Marty Lorenz sent both Ryan Doherty/Ty Tramblie (20-22, 21-19, 15-9) and John Mayer/Stafford Slick (21-19, 21-11) to the loser’s bracket. "The new boom squad is reunited and it feels so good!" said Loomis. "Our record together in the two tournaments that we played together is 11-2 and we're excited to compete deep in the San Fran Open." Women: There were a few upsets in winners bracket play; No. 11 Ali McColloch/Kelly Reeves advanced over No. 6 Angela Bensend/Geena Urango 17-21, 21-14, 15-12. No. 13 Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes upset both No. 4 Jennifer Fopma/Jen Kessy (21-13, 19-21, 15-11), and No. 5 Emily Day/Brittany Hochevar (27-25, 21-15). Just another ho-hum day for the incoming USC seniors, improving the profitability of the AVP, since they cannot accept prize money yet. Hughes was happy with their play: "Yesterday we had some great match ups against very high level teams. Kelly and I had never played any of them before so we focused a lot on our side and what we could do to better ourselves when we got in trouble." "We are playing some good volleyball and are excited to continue it on to today as we gave up against Kerri and April. We love playing against the...

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