2008 AVP Crocs Tour Belmar – Men’s & Women’s Final
Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan win First Title this Season at the
2008 AVP Crocs Tour Belmar presented by Bud Light. Photo by Alex Cena
Top-seeds Matt Olson and Kevin Wong win their First Title as a Team;
Tour Next Heads to Boulder. Photo by Alex Cena
BELMAR, N.J. (June 22, 2008, From Press Release) – Top seeds Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan won their first title of the 2008 AVP Crocs Tour season at this weekend’s AVP Crocs Tour Belmar presented by Bud Light with a hard fought three-set win over 2nd-seeds Carrie Dodd and Tatiana Minello. After dropping the first game in the final, Davis and Johnson Jordan bounced back to take down Dodd and Minello 15-21, 21-18, 15-10
“After the first game, we said ‘okay, let’s throw that one out and refocus,’” said Davis. “Then we started to get back into our rhythm.”
Earlier in the day, the top-ranked duo defeated sisters and 6th-seeds Katie Lindquist and Tracy Lindquist 21-13, 13-21, 15-9 in the semifinals to advance to today’s final, their fourth final this season. With this win, Davis and Johnson Jordan now have 10 career titles as a team.
“We felt we had to beat some really good teams to win this tournament,” said Johnson Jordan. “We feel good with the way we played and we came out with a win. Every tournament is different, every field is different, but this tournament we played really well.”
On the men’s side, top seeds Matt Olson and Kevin Wong defeated 3rd-seeds Nick Lucena and Sean Scott 22-20, 21-15 in the Belmar final to notch their first title as a team. The Belmar title is the first-ever for Olson and the 9th professional (6th AVP) title for Wong.
“This is a huge, huge weight off my shoulders,” said Olson about his career-first title win. “I’m so happy it happened this weekend. You know, there are few teams that aren’t here this week, but someone had to take advantage of that, and I’m glad it was us. I’m so happy right now – it still hasn’t hit me yet.”
The top-ranked duo took down 2nd-seeds John Hyden and Brad Keenan 21-19, 24-22 in the semifinal round on Sunday morning, having to battle their way into the final through the Contender’s Bracket in Belmar after dropping a match in the third round.
“I think the first win is huge, and it’s huge for me and Matt to break through as a team,” said Wong. “But the real momentum came from going from 13th, to ninth to seventh to third to first. Just climbing our way up – that’s where our momentum came from.”
After an action-packed weekend in Belmar, the AVP Crocs Tour next heads to Colorado for the AVP Crocs Slam Boulder presented by Bud Light, July 4-7. The AVP Crocs Slam Boulder and the three following events in Chicago, Long Beach and Brooklyn will all air live on NBC. Check your local listings for further details.
For the latest news and information, and to purchase tickets to upcoming AVP Crocs Tour events, visit www.avp.com <http://www.avp.com/> .
Fans of the AVP Crocs Tour are encouraged to donate their worn-out Crocs to SolesUnitedSM – a first-of-its-kind recycled footwear donation program from Crocs, Inc., dedicated to providing new quality footwear to people in need worldwide. Used Crocs™ shoes will be collected at every AVP Crocs Tour stop and participating retail locations, after which the Crocs™ shoes are cleaned, ground into new material and made into new recycled shoes. To date, Crocs has donated over one million pairs of shoes. In 2008, the goal is to donate 2 million pairs of recycled shoes to those in need.
About AVP, Inc
AVP, Inc. is a leading lifestyle sports entertainment company focused on the production, marketing and distribution of professional beach volleyball events worldwide. One of the fastest growing entities in the sports world, the AVP operates two of the industry’s most prominent national outdoor touring series, the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour (1983) and the AVP Hot Winter Nights Indoor Tour (launched in 2008). The AVP is set to stage more than 35 events throughout the United States in 2008 and features more than 150 of the top men and women competitors in the sport. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, AVP athletes representing the United States won gold and bronze. The medals were the first won by the U.S. women in professional beach volleyball, and the 2007 World Champions in each gender are AVP athletes. AVP is headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., and the company’s stock trades under the symbol AVPI on the OTC Bulletin Board. For more information, please visit www.avp.com <http://www.avp.com/> .
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2008 AVP CROCS Tour
$200,000 AVP Belmar Open presented by Bud Light
Belmar, N.J. / June 20 – 22, 2008
Men’s Main Draw Tournament Results (Sunday, June 22)
Contender’s Bracket, fourth round (losers eliminated, place 5th, split $6,000)
· Nick Lucena, Santa Barbara, Calif. / Sean Scott, Redondo Beach, Calif. (3) d. John Mayer, Thousand Oaks, Calif. / Jeff Nygaard, Long Beach, Calif. (8), 11-21, 21-17, 15-11 (54);
· Matt Olson, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. / Kevin Wong, Honolulu (1) d. Pedro Brazao, San Pedro, Calif. / Jose Loiola, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (7), 21-14, 21-18 (43).
Semifinals (losers eliminated, place third, split $9,500)
· Lucena / Scott (3) d. Anthony Medel, Hermosa Beach, Calif. / Fred Souza, Redondo Beach, Calif. (5), 21-17, 21-15 (43);
· Olson / Wong (1) d. John Hyden, Sherman Oaks, Calif. / Brad Keenan, Santa Ana, Calif. (2), 21-19, 24-22 (49).
Finals (winner place first, split $20,000; losers place second, split $15,000)
· Olson / Wong (1) d. Lucena / Scott (3), 22-20, 21-15 (50).
Women’s Main Draw Tournament Results (Sunday, June 22)
Contender’s Bracket, fourth round (losers eliminated, place 5th, split $6,000)
· Katie Lindquist, Huntington Beach, Calif. / Tracy Lindquist, Fountain Valley, Calif. (6) d. Jenny Kropp, Manhattan Beach, Calif. / Nancy Mason, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (5), 21-16, 16-21, 17-15 (56);
· Dianne DeNecochea, San Diego / Barbra Fontana, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (4) d. Angie Akers, Redondo Beach, Calif. / Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (3), 22-20, 21-19 (49).
Semifinals (losers eliminated, place third, split $9,500)
· Annett Davis, Valencia, Calif. / Jenny Johnson Jordan, Tarzana, Calif. (1) d. Lindquist / Lindquist (6), 21-13, 13-21, 15-9 (47);
· Carrie Dodd, El Segundo, Calif. / Tatiana Minello, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2) d. DeNecochea / Fontana (4), 21-14, 21-16 (46).
Finals (winner place first, split $20,000; losers place second, split $15,000)
· Davis / Johnson Jordan (1) d. Dodd / Minello (2), 15-21, 21-18, 15-10 (74).
