May/Walsh win AVP Chicago Open, remain undefeated in 2003

Misty May (Long Beach, CA) and Kerri Walsh (Manhattan Beach, CA) continued their dominance on the beach by capturing their seventh title on the 2003 AVP Tour today.

May and Walsh defeated the second seeded team Holly McPeak (Manhattan Beach, CA) and Elaine Youngs (Durango, CO) 21-11, 21-17, to capture the AVP Chicago Open.

With the win, they also kept their unbeaten streak on the AVP Tour alive, running their match record to an incredible 36-0.

Earlier in semifinal action, May and Walsh beat third seeds Dianne DeNecochea (San Diego, CA) and Nancy Mason (Redondo Beach, CA) 21-13, 21-17.

Holly McPeak remains only one win shy of the all-time record of 67 held by Karolyn Kirby.

On the men's side, the number one seeds and three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, CA) and Brent Doble (Dana Point, CA) moved into tomorrow's semifinal after defeating the eighth seeded team of Dain Blanton (Laguna Beach, CA) and Jeff Nygaard (Los Angeles, CA) in a quarter match 21-17, 21-17.

Kiraly and Doble will face off with fifth seeds Canyon Ceman (Los Angeles, CA) and Mike Whitmarsh (San Diego, CA) who beat fourth seeds Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, CA) and Larry Witt (Santa Ynez, CA) 24-26, 21-17, 15-10.

The other men's semi will feature sixth seeds Scott Ayakatubby (Hermosa Beach, CA) and Brian Lewis (San Clemente, CA) taking on seventh seeds Todd Rogers (Solvang, CA) and Sean Scott (Los Angeles, CA).

Ayakatubby and Lewis defeated 14th seeds Eli Fairfield (San Diego, CA) and Fred Souza (Rio de Janiero, Brazil) 21-14, 21-17.

Rogers and Scott knocked down the second seeds Matt Fuerbringer (Hermosa Beach, CA) and Casey Jennings (Manhattan Beach, CA) 21-19, 17-21, 15-13.

Article courtesy of the AVP, home to the USA's best men and women pro beach volleyball players.