Additional match notes (men):<br>Adam
Johnson/Karch Kiraly were seeded first in the tournament.They
were put into the losers bracket in their first round
game by 16th seeded Brent<br>Frohoff/Adam Jewell by a
score of 15-4! Frohoff/Jewell were on fire after having
made it into the main draw via the qualifier on
Thursday and Friday. Johnson/Kiraly’s first game in
the<br>losers bracket was on an outer court but it had a huge
crowd around it.It was against Brent Doble/Lee LeGrande
who took Johnson/Kiraly down several times last
year,but not this time in 2000. <br>Johnson/Kiraly
defeated Doble/LeGrande 15-9. Johnson/Kiraly then went on
to prevail over Jerry Graham/Chris Makos 15-4. It
was David Swatik/Mike<br>Whitmarsh who then
eliminated Johnson/Kiraly from the tournament in a 15-13
battle on another outer court that was well attended by
fans. Swatik/Whitmarsh looked good, but they were taken
out the tournament in their next game against Dax
Holdren/Todd Roger,who went on to win the tournament.
Johnson/Kiraly took 7th place. They came close to finishing much
higher. <br>Some of Johnson’s incredible effectiveness
jump serving is diminished with the Mikasa
ball.<br>Aaron Boss/Stein Metzger took 5th place in their first
outing together.Boss was heard to <br>say that his
partner carried him through the tournament, but Metzger
had nothing but good <br>things to say about Boss.
Boss/Metzger were put into the loser bracket in a 16-14 epic
<br>battle against Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana that took an
hour and ten minutes. <br> Blanton/Fonoimoana went on
to take the Bronze. Boss/Metzger were<br> eliminated
from the <br> tournament by Heidger/Wong who went on
to take 4th place.<br> In the next US tournament for
men, the AVP Delray Beach event, Boss<br> and Metzger
will <br> be playing with different partners. Boss,
who played with Dan Castillo<br> last year, is
playing <br> Delray with Matt Lyles. Matt Lyles played
with Wayne Seligson last year,<br> but Seligson is
<br> currently nursing a shoulder injury and Dan
Castillo has another<br> commitment during <br> Delray.
Metzger will be playing with Ian Clark, while Clark’s
long-time<br> partner Bill <br> Boullianne goes with Nick
Hannemann for Delray. Clark will be playing<br> his usual
<br> left-side while Metzger makes the shift to
right-side in this exciting new<br> partnership.<br> After
Brent Frohoff/Adam Jewell’s upset of Johnson/Kiraly,
they were<br> eliminated from <br> the tournament by
Holdren/Roger and then Boss/Metzger. Frohoff/Jewell<br> took
9th.<br> Sinjin Smith/Sean Scott were eliminated by
Boullianne/Clark and then<br> Bryan Ivie/Collin <br> Smith, who
finished 7th. Sinjin Smith/Sean Scott ended up with a
9th.<br> Canyon Ceman/Brian Lewis were eliminated by
Boullianne/Clark and<br> then <br> Swatik/Whitmarsh and took 9th
place.<br> Brent Doble/Lee LeGrande uno-dosed. First
Holdren/Rogers beat them<br> 15-9 in an 80 <br> minute long game
and then Johnson/Kiraly defeated them 15-9.<br>
Doble/LeGrande took <br> 13th.<br> Additional match notes
(women):<br> First seeded Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs finished
7th. They were first<br> upset in their <br> second
round 15-6 game by ninth seeded Karrie Poppinga/Angela
Rock<br> and then <br> eliminated from the tournament by
Linda Hanley/Nancy Reno in a 15-7<br> game.<br> Karrie
Poppinga/Angela Rock had a great tournament and finished 4th.<br>
There was <br> potential for higher but Rock’s knee
problem prevented further<br> advancement.<br> Linda
Hanley/Nancy Reno finished 5th. They lost to May/McPeak
and<br> Davis/Johnson <br> Jordan.<br> Danalee
Bragado/Ali Wood also finished 5th. They lost to
Hanley/Reno<br> and <br> Poppinga/Rock.<br> Carrie Busch/Leanne
Schuster finished 7th after losing to Davis/Johnson<br>
Jordan and then <br> Danalee Bragado/Ali Wood.<br> Tenth
seeded Marsha Miller/Jen Pavley finished 9th after
narrowly<br> missing a shot at 5th <br> when they lost 14-16
to Danalee Bragado/Ali Wood, who went on to<br>
place 5th.<