UPSETS HIGHLIGHT PLAY SATURDAY IN THE PAUL MITCHELL OPEN AT VIRGINIA BEACH;AVP PRO BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOUR EVENT CONCLUDES SUNDAY
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. - The teams of Aaron Boss/Colin Smith, Ian Clark/Adam
Jewell and Paul Baxter/Matt Fuerbringer posted upset wins here Saturday (July
28) on the Sixth Avenue Beach to lead eight tandems into Sunday's final rounds
of The Paul Mitchell Open at Virginia Beach.With many of the United States' top men pro beach volleyball players vying for $62,500 in prize money, The Paul Mitchell Open at Virginia Beach concludes Sunday on six sand courts at the Sixth Street Beach site behind the Ramada Inn on Atlantic Avenue.Sunday's competition starts at 8 a.m. (EDT) with the final 10 matches being played.  The final two matches will begin approximately at 1 p.m. Sunday. Brighton Entertainment of New York, N. Y., will be taping The Paul Mitchell
Open at Virginia Beach action for replay August 6 on FOX Sports Net.
Seeded eighth in the 32-team Main Draw, Clark and Jewell scored a 21-16 and
24-22 win over top-seeded Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh to advance to
Sunday's final rounds with a 3-0 match mark.  Boss and Smith also won three
matches Saturday, including a 21-15 and 21-14 upset win over fourth-seeded
Scott Ayakatubby and Eduardo Bacil.Clark and Jewell "spoiled" a celebration for Whitmarsh Saturday as theAssociation of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Pro Beach Volleyball Tour veteran was celebrating the five-year anniversary of his Silver Medal finish at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with Mike Dodd.Baxter and Fuerbringer, who were seeded 10th, scored a 22-20, 16-21 and 15-13 win over second-seeded Brent Doble and Lee LeGrande.  Doble and LeGrande have won the last two Sundays (July 15 in Muskegon and July 22 in Belmar) on the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour.  Doble and LeGrande had won their last 14 matches before losing to Baxter and Fuerbringer.
Clark and Jewell challenge Boss and Smith in Sunday's first match of the
winner's bracket.  Albert Hannemann and Scott meet Baxter and Fuerbringer in
the second winner's bracket semi-final.  Baxter and Fuerbringer are playing in
their first AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour event.The two crowns give the Doble/LeGrande partnership three AVP titles the past two seasons.  Doble and LeGrande are seeking Sunday 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.
Also advancing to Sunday's play with 3-0 match mark was third-seeded Albert
Hannemann/Sean Scott, who scored a 21-18 and 21-10 win over sixth-seeded Nick
Hannemann and David Swatik.  Albert Hannemann and Scott finished second in
Belmar where they dropped the title match to Doble and LeGrande.
Four other teams will remain in contention for $14,000 first-place prize
entering Sunday's opening elimination matches.  Ceman and Whitmarsh play
Ayakatubby and Bacil in the first elimination match while ninth-seeded Scott
Davenport and Jeff Nygaard challenge Doble and LeGrande.Ayakatubby and Bacil defeated Ceman and Whitmarsh in the finals of The Paul Mitchell Open last month in Huntington Beach, Calif.  Nygaard, a two-time indoor Olympian for the United States, and Davenport will be looking for their best career finish together after posting a seventh at Huntington Beach.