AVP: FAMILIAR LOOK AT THE TOP MAY-TREANOR, WALSH VICTORIOUS IN WOMEN'S FINAL.Byline: ROMAN VEYTSMAN Special to the Daily News As difficult as it is to knock off to cease, as from work; to desist. - De Quincey. To force off by a blow or by beating. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. To leave off (work, etc.). See also: Knock Knock Knock Knock the AVP AVP arginine vasopressin. tour's most dominant team of Misty May-Treanor Misty May-Treanor (born July 30, 1977) is an American professional beach volleyball player. She was born and grew up in Santa Monica, California and graduated from California State University, Long Beach, where she won a national championship, received the Athlete of the Year Award and Kerri Walsh Kerri Lee Walsh (born August 15, 1978) is an American beach volleyball player. Walsh was born in California to Tim and Margie Walsh and grew up in Saratoga, California. As a high school student, she played on the varsity team at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose. , playing with a new partner might have made the task that much more impossible for Elaine Youngs Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970 in El Toro, California) is an American beach volleyball player. As of 2007, Youngs has won 38 professional beach volleyball tournaments in her career. . May-Treanor and Walsh dusted off Youngs and fill-in partner Nancy Mason 21-13, 21-17 Saturday at the Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. Open to win their ninth AVP tournament in 11 attempts this season and become the first women's team since 1977-78 to win back-to- back championships here. ``Manhattan is very special,'' said Walsh, who set the tone early in the first game with several acrobatic digs, leading to a 4-1 advantage, but more importantly a shift in the momentum. ``That team digs so many balls, so it's fun to dig right back,'' Walsh said. Mason took the brunt of the serves from Walsh and May-Treanor, and after having to play in the final coming out of the more time-consuming contender's bracket, Mason ran out of gas. ``I was a little more fatigued coming into (the final),'' Mason said. ``We had to battle back in a lot of games. I didn't side out that well and that put a lot of pressure on our defense.'' Youngs said she enjoyed playing with Mason and that the two had a good tournament, but it took extra energy to feel out each other's style of play. ``We had to learn each other on the fly,'' Youngs said. Youngs' tumultuous week included splitting up with long-time partner Rachel Wacholder Rachel Wacholder (born June 15, 1975 in Laguna Beach, California) is a model and beach volleyball player. In 2006, she was the No. 2 seed on the AVP tour along with her partner, beach volleyball veteran Elaine Youngs. -- with whom she has played since 2005, winning five tournaments in that span. The difficult split resounded in the beach volleyball community but Youngs said she has moved on. ``My mantra this week is I'm living the dream,'' she said. ``I'm playing beach volleyball, I'm healthy, I'm 36 years old, I'm at the top of my game. ``I just felt confident this week and that's what I was focusing on, not all the other drama that everyone else was throwing around.'' Youngs and Mason are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. new partners for next week's Brooklyn Open, while Wacholder played with Jennifer Boss and tied for seventh. Having played in 16 tournaments so far this season, including five international events, May-Treanor and Walsh are looking forward to one thing. ``The light at the end of the tunnel is rest,'' May-Treanor said. On the men's side, No.1 Mike Lambert and Stein Metzger, each of whom won the Manhattan Beach Open separately the past two years, cruised through to the winner's-bracket semifinals in which they will take on No. 2 Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser. The men's final is scheduled for 1 p.m. today. roman.veytsman@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Misty May-Treanor hits the ball over Elaine Youngs during thewomen's final of the Manhattan Beach Open on Saturday. Branimir Kvartuc/Associated Press |
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