Canyon Ceman/Mike Whitmarsh (1 seed) vs. Lee LeGrande/Mark Williams(8)
In Game 1, Ceman/Whitmarsh broke open a tight game to win 21-14.  The first
game had five ties at 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and two lead changes before Ceman/Whitmarsh
began to pull away. LeGrande/Williams closed to 10-9 before Ceman/Whitmarsh
pulled away with five straight points. Ceman/Whitmarsh win, 21-14. LeGrande
service error ends game 1.
The second game was even closer as LeGrande/Williams controlled play
throughout the early going, taking a 7-3 lead before Ceman/Whitmarsh answered
with three points to close to 7-6. LeGrande/Williaams keep the lead, moving
ahead 20-17 before Ceman/Whitmarsh rallied to tie the score at 20-20.
LeGrande/Williams had game point opportunity at 21-20. Ceman/Whitmarsh tied the
game at 22-22 and scored the final two points to win the gaame, 24-22, to earn
the victory.  There were five ties and three lead changes in the match as
LeGrande/Williams had four game points and won on their second game/match
point. Ceman dig and kill ends game and match.
LeGrand haad 32 attacks, 3 digs, 10 kills, one ace and one service winner in
the match. Williams contributed 16 attacks and had 10 kills, four blocks, one
ace and one service winner.  Ceman had 32 attacks, seven digs, and a game-high
20 kills. Whitmarsh's stats included 12 attacks, seven digs, five kills and
four blocks.
Canyon Ceman: "We worked very hard today and we're playing well right now. It
really got hot out there on the court and we might have run out of gas if we
had to play a third game."
Mike Whitmarsh: "Father time is catching up to me, but I'm having right now and
to win some matches is a bonus. There's more and more good young players coming
onto the beach with every tournament, but my experience really helps,
especially because the smaller court makes the game much more mental than it
used to be. As long as I can stay healthy and I'm still having fun, I'll keep
playing."
Scott Akayatubby/Eduardo Bacil (5) vs. Casey Jennings/Sean Rosenthal (20)
Game one set the tone for a very tight, hard-fought match with 14 ties and to
lead changes. The first lead change didn't come until 19-18 when
Jennings/Rosenthal went ahead. Akayatubby/Bacil tied at 19, then 20 before
scoring the fial two points for the 22-20 win. Jenny's shot went just long to
end game one.
Game two was almost as close, with eight ties, three lead changes before
Jennings/Rosenthal pulled off the 21-19 victory.  Akayatubby/Bacil held an
early 8-4 lead, Jennings/Rosenthal scored three straight to 8-7 and had their
own three point lead at 18-15 and 19-16. The final was 21-19 for Jennings/Rosenthal.
In the tie-breaking third game, Akayatubby played in control with leads of
4-1, 7-2, 8-3, 9-4, 11-5, 12-6 before halting a three-point rally to earn a
15-10 victory to capture the match. Bacil scored his team's 14th point on a
vicious over the top kill. Akayatubby ended the match with a cross court kill.
The final score was 15-11.
In the stats department, Jennings had 50 kills, 14 digs, 25 kills while his
teammate Rosenthal chipped in with 17 attacks, three digs and three blocks.
Akayatubby, playing healthy for the first time since 1997 when he began a
string of three surgeries on his right knee and one on his right hand, had 49
attacks, 10 digs, 28 kills. Bacil helped out with 15 attacks, eight digs, eight
kills, two aces and two service winners.
Scott Akayatubby: "The sand's really hot out there which drains your energy.
It feels good to be out there and compete in between the banners. Diving,
competing, getting sweaty and sandy, it just makes a body feel good. There's
pain when I warm up so I take it slow and easy like the old guys. We played hard
today and converted enough opportunities to win. Rally scoring and the smaller
court is great for the fans, makes the games a lot closer, but it really
tests your stamina."
Mike Lambert/Colin Smith (19 seed) vs. David Fischer/Jerry Graham (22)
Playing in their first tournament together, Lambert/C. Smith dominated game
one with a 21-13 win. After trailing 2-1, the eventual winners tied it at 2-2,
gave up a point to trail 3-2 before two scoring spurts of three points each and
one of five to take a commanding 14-5 lead. Game one ended as Lambert/C. Smith
scoring the final point on a service error by Graham. There were three ties and
two lead changes in the game.
In game two Fischer/Graham rallied to tie the match at one game apiece with a
21-15 win. Fischer/Graham scored the first two points and the third and final
tie was at 5-5. Fischer/Graham had leads 8-5, 11-6, 13-7, 16-9, 18-11 and 19-12
before claiming the game at 21-15.Fischer scored the final point for his
winning team with an ace serve.
Lambert/C. Smith got their game back in game 3 to win the game and take the
match by a 15-8 score. After Fischer/Graham scored first, Lamber/C. Smith came
back to tie the game at 1-1, then 2-2 before taking a 3-2 lead. After
Fischer/Graham scored twice for a 4-3 lead, Lambert/C. Smith scored five
straight times for a 8-4 lead. Fischer/Graham never got closre than two (8-6)
before Colin Smith ended the game, clinching the match victory for his team
with a service winner. There were four ties and three lead changes in the game.
In final match stats, Fischer had 27 attacks, five digs, 13 kill, two blocks,
one ace and one service winner. Graham recorded 31 attacks, six digs, and a
game-high 11 kills. For the winner, Lambert had eight attacks, two digs, four
kills, a game-high nine blocks, one ace and one service winner.  Colin Smith
finished the match with 36 attacks, 10 digs, 18 kills, and one service winner.
Colin Smith: "This is our first tournament playing together and neither of us
had played Fischer/Graham so this is all gravy for us. We were scoring when we
really had to have it. When we get used to playing together, we can improve and
be even more of a threat. But this is great."
Mike Lambert: "We relaxed a little bit in the second game and they took
advantage of our laziness. We came back with some strong hits in the third game
when it really counted."
Nick Hannemann/Adam Jewell (2) vs. Albert Hannemann/Sean Scott (7)
In game one,. A. Hannemann/Scott upset the higher seeded N. Hannemann/Scott
rather easily, 21-13. N. Hannemann/Jewell had early leads of 2-1 and 4-3 and
the eventual winners kept a one-point cushion until going on one three-point
run to lead 12-8 and another four-point run to pull asway 17-11. Scott had
great blocks for his team's fifth and sixth points. There were four ties, all
early, three lead changes and the game ended with A. Hannemann/Scott going on a
8-2 run.
In game 2, a determined N. Hannemann/Scott battled back to win a hard-fought,
tightly-contested 21-19 game. The game was tied 10 times in the first half, the
last one at 12-12. Even though it was so close, there was only one lead as
A.Hannemann/Scott scored the first point and then scored two more for a 3-1
lead. N. Hannemann/Jewell tied the game again at three as the two teams
exchanged points until N. Hannemann scored twice to take a 12-10 lead. N.
Hannemann blocked his brother A. Hannemann to give his team a 14-12 lead. N.
Hannemann/Jewell then reeled off four straight points to take a 18-13 lead. A.
Hannemann/Scott rallied themselves with four consecutive points to close to
within one at 19-18 and after exchanging points (20-19), N. Hannemann/Jewell
won the game as N. Hannemann kills at A. Hannemann's feet to end it.
In game 3, N. Hannemann/Jewell scored first, then took a 3-1 lead aas the game
was tied at 3-3 and 4-4 before the eventual winners scored twice for a 6-4
lead. A. Hannemann/Scott then got two of their own for the final tie of the
game at 6-6 as the lead never changed in the game. With the score tied at 6-6,
N. Hannemann/Jewell began to pull away with three straight points for a 9-6
lead. After trading points, A. Hannemann/Scott closed to within one with a 3-1
burst to 12-11, but N. Hannemann closed strong with three consecutive points to
end the game and pick up the hard-earned victory in the match. N. Hannemann
digs A. Hannemann's shot to back end of the court to end the match.
In stats, A. Hannemann had 40 attacks, six digs, and 21 kills. Scott helped
his team with 11 attacks, four digs, six kills and a game-high seven blocks. N.
Hannemann had 40 attacks, two two digs, a game-high 25 kills, and two blocks.
Jewell contributed 22 attacks, a game-high eight digs, 11 kills three blocks,
one ace and one service winner.
Adam Jewell: "The first game was a wake up call for us. They came out firing
and we were tentative. They have played together a long time and it showed.
Sean (Scott) was a wall for them-he was always in the way. Nick played great
with super digs and he was so smart at the net."
Nick Hannemann: "I always seem to play on top against my brother. I've beaten
him now eight out of 10 times."
BEACH BITS From Saturday, June 16, 2001
Out of the 16 matches in the first round, seven were upsets, where the lower-seeded team topped the higher seeded team highlighting the list of seed breakthroughs was 30th-seeded Brain Soldano/James Walls, who kicked 3rd-seeded Brent Doble/Matt Lyles into the loser's bracket with a 30-32, 21-16, 15-11 victory Soldano/Wells had to win three matches Friday to qualify for the main draw 29th-seeded Mike Mattarocci/Evie Matthews, who also won three qualifying matches to get into Saturday's play, knocked off No. 4 Brent Frohoff/David Swatik 21-18, 17-21, 15-11.
In the other 32 matches on Saturday, there were a total of nine more seed breakthroughs, all happening in the loser's bracket the highest seed to be upset was No. 3 Doble/Lyles, who fell to 14th-seeded Mark Kerins/Chris Makos 21-17, 28-26 also knocked out of the tournament by way of upset was No. 6 Aaron Boss/Ian Clark, after losing to the 12th-seeded Witt brothers (Andy and Larry), 21-12, 21-15 the biggest seed differential in the upset winners was 25th-seeded Scott Davenport/Jeff Nygaard ousting No. 10 Ricci Luyties/Jim Nichols, 22-20, 21-18. As expected, the matches got closer as the day progressed in the winner's bracket, five of the 16 first round matches went three games, four of the eight second-round matches went to a rubber match, and three of the four
quarterfinals required three games in the consolation bracket, a total of nine out of 20 matches went three games. The four qualifying teams, which advanced from the 45-team field on Friday to grab the four open spots in the main draw, combined for three wins,
including two in the winner's bracket first round all four teams finished their tournament on Saturday, though, ending with a combined record of 3-8.In the final quarterfinal match of the day, brother faced off against brother as second-seeded NickHannemann/Adam Jewell came from behind to defeat No. 7 Albert Hannemann/Sean Scott, 13-21, 21-19, 15-11 Albert was trying to teach Nick a lesson as in game one Albert and Scott went on a 8-2 run to put the game away the younger sibling, Nick, got the better of the matchup
though, as he nailed a kill at Albert's feel to win game two the match was ended when Albert hit a shot that Nick dug and placed deep in the court for a point.Here's a look at the 12 teams still in contention and where they finished last week at the AVP SideOut Hermosa Beach Open:
#1 Ceman/Whitmarsh              winner's semifinals             9th
#2 N. Hannemann/Jewell          winner's semifinals             13th
#4 Frohoff/Swatik                       loser's 9th place match 17th
#5 Akayatubby/Bacil             winner's semifinals Akayatubby 7th
#7 A. Hannemann/Scott           loser's 9th place match     5th
#8 LeGrande/Williams      loser's 9th place match LeGrande 7th, Williams 17th
#12 A. Witt/L.Witt                    loser's 9th place match 17th
#19 Lambert/C. Smith            winner's semifinals   Lambert 29th,C.Smith 13th
#20 Jennings/Rosenthal          loser's 9th place match 17th
#22 Fischer/Graham              loser's 9th place match Fischer 37th, Graham 37th               #24 Stokes/Torsone                  loser's 9th place match 17th
#25 Davenport/Nygaard         loser's 9th place match Davenport 17th, Nygaard 29th