NOTEBOOK: DOVER GETS TICKET TO 6TH GAMES.

Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services

Three-time Olympic medalist Robert Dover won the freestyle segment Sunday to sweep the U.S. Olympic dressage trials at San Juan Capistrano.

Aboard FBW Kennedy, Dover scored 81.700 percent, bringing his total over two weekends to an overall weighted average of 78.478 percent for his four victories.

``I've never been as fortunate as to have a horse like Kennedy underneath me,'' he said.

Dover will be competing in his sixth Olympics. He has won three team bronze medals.

Debbie McDonald of Hailey, Idaho, on Brentina, rated No. 2 in the world, was excused from the trials because of her excellent record and her mare's need to rest a slight tendon strain. Also earning spots on the Olympic team from the trials were Guenter Seidel of Del Mar and Steffen Peters of Solana Beach.

--Beach volleyball: Misty May and Kerri Walsh won their 46th consecutive international tour match, defeating Brazil's Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede 26-28, 21-17, 15-10 to win the 1to1 Energy Open is Gstaad, Switzerland.

Holly McPeak (UCLA) and Elaine Youngs (UCLA) solidified their bid for the second and final U.S. Olympic berth with a third-place finish in a walkover. Tarzana resident Jenny Johnson Jordan (UCLA) and Valencia's Annett Davis (UCLA), seeded fifth, hurt their Olympic chances by finishing ninth. May-Walsh have have clinched the top U.S. spot in the Athens Olympics.

--Rowing: The U.S. men's four and women's eight won gold medals on the final day of competition at the 2004 BearingPoint Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland. The gold medals highlighted a four-medal day for the United States.

The story of the regatta was the U.S. men's four. The crew of Bryan Volpenhein (Cincinnati), Beau Hoopman (Plymouth, Wis.), Dan Beery (Oaktown, Ind.), and Jason Read (Ringoes, N.J.), racing in their first international competition together as a crew, stunned the rowing world by defeating Canada and Great Britain to win the gold medal.

The women's eight of Mary Whipple (Sacramento), Lianne Nelson (Seattle), Anna Mickelson (Bellevue, Wash.), Laurel Korholz (La Jolla), Caryn Davies (Ithaca, N.Y.), Alison Cox (Turlock), Megan Dirkmaat (San Jose), Sam Magee (Simsbury, Conn.), and Kate Johnson (Portland, Ore.) won their second consecutive world cup event and clinched the overall world cup title in Sunday's final.