Association of Volleyball Professionals
2002 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour
$125,000 AVP Huntington Beach Open, presented by Michelob Light
Sunday, May 26, 2002
Women's Championship
Notes & Quotes
Courtesy Of  Tim Simmons, BFishInc
Holly McPeak/Elaine Youngs (No.1 Seed) vs. Diane DeNecochea/Barbra Fontana (2)

(McPeak/Youngs win Game 1, 21-18)
In Game 1, McPeak/Youngs prevailed in a tight game, scoring first as the score
staying close, with nine ties and four lead changes. DeNecochea/Fontana. Had
two three-point leads early at 5-2 and 6-3, before McPeak/Youngs scored four
straight points, including one ace serve by Youngs to take a 7-6 lead. D/F
recaptured the lead once more, at 8-7 and held the advantage until a Youngs'
block made it 11-10 in favor of the eventual winners. The last two ties of the
game were at 11-11 and 13-13 before M/Y score four unanswered points to extend
to 17-13 and then increased to 19-14 for their largest margin of the game at
five points. D/F made a run to close to 20-18, but Youngs ended the game with a
save and a kill.
(DeNecochea/Fontana win Game 2, 22-20)
In Game 2,.DeNecochea/Fontana stayed alive by winning after trailing
throughout. There were only tthree ties and the only lead change came at the
end of the game when Youngs and then McPeak were both called for net
violations, ending a 20-20 tie and ending the match with D/F on top.  M/Y
scored first and with the exception of ties at 1-1, 3-3 and 20-20, maintained
leads up to four points (7-3, 10-6, 16-12, and 17-13) before D/F rallied with
two blocks and two kills by DeNecochea and a kill by Fontana knotted the score
at 20-20.
(McPeak/Youngs win Game 3, 15-9)
In game 3, DeNecochea/Fontana jumped out to a quick three point lead before
McPeak/Youngs fought back to tie the game at 5-5 and take a 6-5 lead. D/F tied
it again at six and the team exchanged points for the final tie of the game at
7-7. After that tie, M/Y began their victory march, scoring five straight to
move ahead 12-7. M/Y stretched their lead to 13-8 when Youngs landed a kill on
the back tape. After a Fontana dink moves the score to 13-9, M/Y score the
final two points on a McPeak kill and a Youngs' poke to the corner.
Stastically speaking:
Holy McPeak was credited with a game-high 48 attacks, a game-high 19 digs and
a game-high 19 kills
Elaine Youngs had the only ace serve of the game, a game-high six blocks, 27
attacks, 4 digs, 14 kills.
Diane DeNecochea had four blocks, 32 attacks, nine digs, 16 kills.
Barbra Fontana record 43 attacks, 16 digs, 15 kills.
QUOTES.
HollyMcPeak: "Our strength is being aggressive and we left them off too much.
Diane and Barbra played well and very steady. We wanted to make Barbra move
because she's be injured. I thought we played better earlier in the tournament
than we did in the finals. Diane has made major improvements in her short time
on the beach. What can I say about my partner-Elaine is a great player. When
you play with a great player, you should win so what we did today wasn't a
surprise to anyone."
Elaine Youngs: "I don't know what happened at the end of the second game, we
just seem to let up a little bit, but overall we were pretty good, especially
for our first tournament together. We learned a lot about ourselves this
weekend and we'll be better in Hermosa. We're both great athletes, great
competitors and we have a tremendous desire to win. "