Metzger, partner win at Manhattan Beach
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Jake Gibb and Stein Metzger beat Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena, 21-19, 21-10, yesterday in the final of the AVP Manhattan Beach (Calif.) Open.
No. 1 seeds Metzger, a Punahou School alum, and Gibb avenged a loss earlier yesterday to the seventh-seeded Dalhausser and Lucena to win their fourth tournament of the year, becoming the first team to win four AVP events in a season since 2002. Gibb and Metzger are the current points leaders on the Association of Volleyball Professionals tour.
It was the first victory for a top-seeded men's team at an AVP Open since 2003.
Gibb won the Manhattan Beach Open for the first time, Metzger for the second time. Metzger won in 2001 with former partner Kevin Wong, another Punahou graduate.
Defending champions Karch Kiraly and Mike Lambert, a Punahou alum, were eliminated earlier yesterday with a loss to Sean Rosenthal and Larry Witt, 21-17, 14-21, 15-13.
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh defeated Rachel Wacholder and Elaine Youngs, 21-23, 22-20, 15-11, in the women's final.
The AVP ends its season with the Best of the Beach in Honolulu, Oct. 1 and 2 at Queen's Beach.
GOLF
HAWAI'I TIED FOR NINTH AT EDDIE HOGAN CUP
Hawai'i finished tied for ninth in the 37th Eddie Hogan Cup team matches at Riverside Country Club in Portland, Ore., yesterday.
Southern California won the tournament with a two-day 9-over-par 441. Washington was second at 12-over 444. Hawai'i was at 31-over 463 with Idaho.
Louis Amira, 15, of Valencia, Calif., shot a 1-under 71 to finish at 138 for medalist honors. Amira finished five strokes ahead of Isaiah Telles of Tualatin, Ore.
Henry Park, of Waikoloa, was Hawai'i's highest finisher, shooting a final-round 77 for a 154 total. Others on the Hawai'i team were Kellen Watabu of Kapa'a, Kaua'i (77-155), Chan Kim of Honolulu (76-156) and Alex Ching of Honolulu (75-157).
VOLLEYBALL
VULCANS TO HOST 12TH HAWAIIAN STYLE CLASSIC
The University of Hawai'i at Hilo will host the 12th Hawaiian Style Classic, Friday and Saturday, at the UHH gymnasium.
Play begins at 9 a.m. each day.
Joining the Vulcans are fellow NCAA Division II schools Alaska-Anchorage, Brigham Young-Hawai'i, Central Washington, Chaminade, Hawai'i Pacific, Northern State and Seattle. Doane College and Waldorf College, NAIA schools, also will play, but their matches will not count toward the Classic title.
Tickets are $12 (tournament adult) and $6 (tournament student). Admission is free to fans wearing the 2005 Hawaiian Style Classic T-shirts available at KTA Super Stores. For more information contact the UHH athletic ticket office at 974-7702 or vtickets@hawaii.edu.
TENNIS
HONOLULU TEAMS MOVE ON TO NATIONAL EVENTS
Nine Honolulu teams qualified for USA League Tennis Adult national championship tournaments after winning sectional titles on Maui.
The women's teams are Tennis in Motion (2.5 rating), Sugoi (3.0), Hawaii Wealth MGT (3.5), Howard Tacub Tennis (4.0) and Gerald Watanabe MD (4.5). The men's teams are McCully Ducks (3.0), Schadenfreude (3.5), First One In (4.0) and Kane'ohe (4.5).
The national tournaments are at various sites in September and October.
SLAMMING ACES FALL IN NATIONAL FINAL
The Slamming Aces of Hawai'i lost to the Southern Region, 44-32, yesterday in the title match of the World Team Tennis National Championship (18 years old and younger) at San Diego.
The Hawai'i team included Skyler Tateishi, Colin Fujishige, Hyatt Bailey, Paige Sumida, Janelle Artia and Mel Viriyapunt. The team's head coach was David Chang.
