Top-seeded men's and women's teams capture AVP Shootout titles

The top-seeded teams of Eric Fonoimoana/Dax Holdren and Holly McPeak/Elaine Youngs proved their top rankings on Saturday, September 7, 2002, by winning the titles in the $150,000 AVP Paul Mitchell Shootout under the lights at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Fonoimoana (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Dax Holdren (Santa Barbara, Calif.) captured their fourth title this season by beating second-seeded Canyon Ceman (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Mike Whitmarsh (San Diego, Calif.) 26-24 and 21-18 in the 52-minute men's finale.

Fonoimoana and Holdren shared the $30,000 first-place prize while Ceman and Whitmarsh split $15,000.

In the women's final, McPeak (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Youngs (Durango, Colo.) avenged defeats in the past two Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Tour events in Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Chicago, Ill., by defeating second-seeded Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan 21-15 and 21-11 in 41 minutes.

McPeak and Youngs split the $30,000 winner's check while Davis and Johnson Jordan shared $15,000.

The AVP Tour was making its seventh and final stop on the 2002 schedule at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino under the lights in a single-elimination format competition.

The top eight ranked men's and women's teams competed in the Paul Mitchell AVP Shoot Out.

The men's final of the Paul Mitchell AVP Shoot Out will be televised on Fox Sports Net September 19 at 3 p.m. The women's finals will be broadcast on the Oxygen Network September 14 at 5 p.m.