AVP WOMEN'S FINALE A THREE-PEAK;MCPEAK & YOUNGS SEEK REVENGE AGAINST DAVIS & JOHNSON IN WOMEN'S CHICAGO TITLE MATCH;
MEN'S MAIN DRAW CONTINUES SATURDAY ON NORTH AVENUE BEACH
Courtesy Of  Tim Simmons, BFishInc
CHICAGO, ILL. - Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs will get their chance to avenge
their only defeat on domestic sand here Saturday (August 24) when the
top-ranked women's domestic tandem plays Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan
in the title match at the $150,000 AVP Nissan US Championships of Beach
Volleyball.

The AVP Nissan US Championships of Beach Volleyball also features men's
competition on North Avenue Beach.  The 24-team women's Main Draw bracket
concludes Saturday with the championship match where the winning team will
split $17,400 for first-place.  The women's title match will be taped for NBC's
national telecast Sunday from 2-4 p.m. (EDT).  The men's title match will be
aired "live" followed by the women's finale.

With two wins Saturday morning, McPeak (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Youngs
(Durango, Colo.) advanced to their sixth-straight Association of Volleyball
Professionals (AVP) Tour finale this season while the second-seeded Davis
(Tarzana, Calif.) and Johnson Jordan (Tarzana, Calif.) will be playing in their
third-straight domestic title match.

Davis and Johnson became one of three teams to defeat McPeak and Youngs this
season by defeating the AVP Tour's top-ranked team 13-21, 23-21 and 15-9 in the
59-minute Manhattan Beach finale (August 11).  The Southern California win for
Davis and Johnson Jordan snapped McPeak and Youngs' four-event, 25-match
domestic winning streak.

McPeak and Youngs are now in position to stop an August drought.  McPeak and
Youngs, who won seven of their first nine events this season, have placed
third, second and second in three tournaments this month.  Winners of 29 of 30
AVP Tour matches in 2002, McPeak and Youngs captured titles earlier this season
in May (one), June (three) and July (three).  Combined with their efforts on
the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, McPeak and Youngs have won 72 of 76
matches in 2002 with international titles in Norway, France and Greece.
Overall, the pair has combined to win $221,115 this season.

McPeak and Youngs advanced to Saturday's title match by defeating fourth-seeded
Lisa Arce (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Linda Hanley (Pacific Palisades,
Calif.) 21-14 and 21-19 and fifth-seeded Nancy Mason (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)
and Rachel Wacholder (El Segundo, Calif.) 21-11 and 21-16 in the semifinals.

Davis and Johnson Jordan earned their spot in the finale by defeating
sixth-seeded Dianne DeNecochea (San Diego, Calif.) and Barbra Fontana
(Manhattan Beach, Calif.) 21-17 and 21-15 and third-seeded Carrie Busch
(Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Leanne Schuster (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) 21-13 and
21-17 in the semifinals.

McPeak and Youngs four other defeats this season have been on the FIVB Beach
Volleyball World Tour to United States rivals Misty May/Kerri Walsh and 2000
Sydney Olympic Gold Medallists Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst of Australia.
McPeak and Youngs are 1-3 against May and Walsh this season and 4-1 against
Cook and Pottharst.

After placing third in Austria where they dropped an August 3 semifinal match
to May (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.), McPeak and Youngs
returned to California to see their domestic winning streak snapped in the
finals of the Manhattan Beach Open.

Winners of 25 of 31 matches this season with $60,090 in earnings, Davis and
Johnson Jordan dropped an AVP Tour finale to McPeak and Youngs June 30 in
Belmar, N. J.  Davis and Johnson Jordan have now posted a 215-67 match mark in
47 career events together.  The pair has shared $480,885 in earnings to rank
second domestically and fifth overall.

While Davis and Johnson Jordan placed third in the first three AVP Tour events
this season, DeNecochea and Fontana were losing California title matches to
McPeak and Youngs in Huntington Beach (May 26), Hermosa Beach (June 9) and
Santa Barbara (June 16).

After defeating Cook and Pottharst in the semifinals of last Sunday's Chinese
Open, McPeak and Youngs were defeated by May and Walsh in the 51-minute Gold
Medal match 12-21, 21-15 and 19-17.  McPeak and Youngs defeated May and Walsh
in July's French Grand Slam event Gold Medal Match.

With Chicago hosting the 20th men's and 11th women's pro beach volleyball
event, the men's competition features Karch Kiraly's effort to become a
$3-million career winner while Eric Fonoimoana and Dax Holdren seek their third
AVP Tour title this season.  Both the Kiraly/Brent Doble and Fonoimoana/Holdren
won their opening matches Friday.

The Chicago event will also determine the top eight men's and women's teams for
the AVP Tour's season finale at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
(September 5-7).  The 2002 women's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour concludes
in September with events in Spain (Mallorca, 3-7) and Brazil (Vitoria, 17-22).
The men's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour concludes with stops in Spain
(September 4-8 in Mallorca) and Brazil (October 1-6 in Fortaleza).