The Famous Manhattan Beach Pier at Twilight...

2009 AVP CROCS Tour
$252,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open
Manhattan Beach, CA July 16-19, 2009

This is it! The Grand Daddy of them all! Manhattan Beach… the deepest sand on Earth… 64 teams (48 Automatic, 16 through the qualifier)… taking place over 3 days… for all the marbles in the Universe… I love it! As you can see from the entry list, anyone who has ever spiked a volleyball loves it as well! 

Go ahead and click here for the Preliminary Main Draw Brackets:
manhattan-beach-main-draw-brackets

If you want to check out the draw for Thursday’s qualifier, click here:
manhattan-beach-qualifier-brackets

If you prefer reading extensive lists of names and figuring it all out on your own, please, by all means, proceed… I find it quite soothing.

Preliminary Women’s Entry List

1 Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs
2 Dianne DeNecochea / Carrie Dodd
3 Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan
4 Brooke Hanson / Lisa Rutledge
5 Priscilla Lima / Tatiana Minello
6 Jennifer Fopma / Brittany Hochevar
7 Barbra Fontana / Jenny Kropp
8 Katie Lindquist / Tracy Lindquist
9 Whitney Pavlik / Stacy Rouwenhorst
10 Michelle More / Suzanne Stonebarger
11 Nancy Mason / Kathleen Olsovsky
12 Saralyn Smith / Beth Van Fleet
13 Claire D’Amore / Jennifer Snyder
14 Raquel Caulkins / Paula Roca
15 Angela Lewis / Diane Pascua
16 Rosalinda Masler / Janelle Ruen
17 Keao Burdine / Jenelle Koester
18 Courtney Guerra / Angela McHenry
19 Julie Romias / Olivia Waldowski
20 Heather Lowe / Jenny Pavley
21 Tara Kuk / Kelly Wing
22 Iwona Lodzik / Sarah Straton
23 Gabriela Roney / Lenka Urbanova
24 Meri-de Boyer / Suzana Manole
25 Paige Davis / Brooke Langston
26 Angela Knopf / Chrissie Zartman
27 Ashley Groothuis / Christal Morrison
28 Kelly Bruning / Lauren Mills
29 Chara Harris / Megan Wallin
30 Morgan Flarity / Brooke Sweat
31 Katie Lee Carter / Hilary Pavels
32 Lynne Brinkman / Carol Hamilton
33 Cindie Boosin / Tealle Hunkus
34 Kathryn Babcock / Renee Bizzieri
35 Gretchen Duffner / Traci Morin
36 Kristi Martin / Laurel Miller
37 Kristen Batt / Erin Gray
38 Katie Carter / Christina Hinds
39 Leilani Kamahoahoa / Kelli Nerison
40 Mariko Coverdale / Chelsea Hayes
41 Tarin Keith / Laryssa Mereszczak
42 Dana Kabashima / Cindy Phillips
43 Raquel Beson / Kendra Jackson
44 Diane Copenhagen / Cayley Thurlby
45 Jade Machado / Jazmin Machado
46 Amy Hvitfeldtsen / Vladia Vignato
47 Michele Remus / Evyn Wills
48 Patti Cook / Jill Muhe

Qualifier Entries -
Sara Fredrickson / Michelle Hughes
Jennifer Corral / Elena Salvador
Kathleen Madden / Andrea Peterson
Sarah Day / Lynnsy Jones
Tiffany Rodriguez / Alicia Zamparelli
Julie Knytych / Jennifer Sharp
Julie Caldwell / Tanya White
Juliana Evens / Kim McGiven
Sydney Donahue / Michelle Moriarty
Briana Hinga / Laura Ratto
Erin Aldrich / Kimberly Vicknair
Angie Hall / Sandy Lewis
Anne McArthur / Richell Wilson
Keegan Featherstone / Kristy Hartley
Jean Mathews / Jessica Veris
Mackenzie Brook / Heather Evans
Dawn Cline / Joanna Papageorgiou
Johanna Lehman / Marla O’Hara
Kimberly Lovett / Colleen Smith
Shelly Malone / Shannon Sneed
Bonnie Levin / Holly Youngquist
Krystal Jackson / Kristin Ursillo
Heather Bravo / Krystle Cabrera
Shannon Fox / Nohea Laboy
Sherine Ebadi / Tori Grafeman
Kyra Lancon / Ashley Regner
Caitlin Ledoux / Jocelyn Neely
Mbebui Chafeh / Alyma Dorsey
Kim Kiefer / Jana Monello
Devon Dykstra / Lara Dykstra
Kirstin Olsen / Agnieszka Pregowska
Nicole Morton / Amy Wong
Jennifer Henderson / Emily Stockman
Mara Drazina / Bianca Peigler
Dyanne Lawlor / Lindsay Phillips
Nicole Brandt-Young / Nora Tobin (The “Pro Beach Volleyball Player” from the FRS ads)
Natalie Hagglund / Summer Ross
Nicole Bateham / Allyson Leavitt
Barbara Khozam / Josie Sidhu
Renee Cleary / Valerie Pryor
Tanya Bond / Dawn Tischauser
Casey McFarland / Lindsey Olson
Angela Auer / Melanie Ghiz
Ashley Lee / Geena Urango
Valerie Bueno / Peggy Hongthong
Dara Mazzie / Becky Shea
Alyssa Anderson / Meg Norton
Kayce Matthess / Cara Spieler
Tiffany Mowrey / Tracy Worth
Dina Katsoulis / Brooke Mccarley
Amanda Gadison / Kristi Rayburn

Preliminary Men’s Entry List

1 John Hyden / Sean Scott
2 Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers
3 Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal
4 John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard
5 Matt Olson / Kevin Wong
6 Ty Loomis / Casey Patterson
7 Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings
8 Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena
9 Anthony Medel / Hans Stolfus
10 Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser
11 Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson
12 Mike Morrison / Aaron Wachtfogel
13 Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge
14 Austin Rester / Eyal Zimet
15 John Moran / Mike Placek
16 Jonathan Acosta / Paul Baxter
17 Jesse Rambis / Mark Williams
18 Russ Marchewka / Ty Tramblie
19 Duncan Budinger / Mark Van Zwieten
20 Joey Dykstra / Larry Witt
21 Canyon Ceman / Brent Doble
22 Jeff Carlucci / Adam Roberts
23 Albert Hannemann / Adam Jewell
24 Evan Engle / Bryan Stewart
25 Kevin McColloch / AJ Mihalic
26 Ivan Mercer / Jeremie Simkins
27 William Chenoweth / Jon Mesko
28 Scott Hill / Ran Kumgisky
29 Curtis Jackson / Dave McKienzie
30 Pepe Delahoz / Leonardo Moraes
31 Reid Priddy / Will Strickland
32 Mike Bruning / Dana Camacho
33 Dane Jensen / Scott Lane
34 Vincent Robbins / Jason Wight
35 Seth Burnham / Justin Phipps
36 Sam Haghighi / Dane Pearson
37 Sean Allstot / Andrew Fuller
38 Tim Church / David DiPierro
39 Daniel Dalanhese / Soeren Schneider
40 Matt Heagy / Eric Leeseberg
41 Nate Hagstrom / Ed Lunnen (No more Pro-Am Championships for Lunnen)
42 Ranse Jones / Gaston Macau
43 Lucas Black / Paul Bocage
44 Danko Iordanov / Monte Tucker
45 Kevin Dake / Derek Olson
46 Mark Burik / Vince Zanzucchi
47 Chad Mowrey / Brad Torsone
48 Jeff Murrell / Curt Toppel

Qualifier Entries -
Dhiraj Coats / Travis Schoonover
Nick Maksimuk / Rolando Villanueva
Mike Desjardins / Paul McDonald
Erik Gomez / Tony Pray
Tony Epie / Kevin Lynch
Dan Madden / John Wankner
Robert Lorch / Patrick Volosin
Matt Davis / Kevin Gregan
Shigetomo Sakugawa / Lucas Wisniakowski
Reuben Danley / Jerry Stevens
Alexi Gabriel / Hylas Smith
Theodore Brunner / Aaron Mansfield
Kevin Beukema / Stephen Keffer
Avery Drost / Andrew McGuire
Chad Convis / Derek Sorensen
Blake Kuchar / Brian Post
Mike Maghy / Andy Northness
Jake Blair / Jeff Long
Kevin Craig / Tyler Lesneski
Paul Araiza / Sean Mackin
Brian Kwasny / Amitai Strutin
Tony Ker / Nick Scheftic
Darin McBain / John Pecora
Paul Munoz / Naseri Tumanuvao
Alex Padilla / Andrew Russell
Gray Garrett / Aaron Wexler
Matt Biernat / Michael Boosin
Brian Corso / Marcin Jagoda
Josh Leroy / Dan McElligot
Art Barron / Mike Szymanski
John Anselmo / Yariv Lerner
Tim May / Jed Stotsenberg
Mike Diehl / Eddie Stokes
Arqum Iqbal / Peter Tourigny
Grant Hilling / Patrick Munoz
William Montgomery / Chase Ross
Mark Paaluhi / Evan Silberstein
Drew Mallin / Reo Sorrentino
Scott Ayakatubby / Brent Frohoff
Matt Ceran / Chris Icaza
Tommy Pestolesi / Adam Schlesinger
Joe Burghardt / Todd Coordt
Chris Harger / Rob Reaugh
Jon Barnes / Jon Rose
Alan Dawber / Kevin Kuerbis
Jason Raney / Tony Smith
Adam Cabbage / Stuart Sherman
Nathan Cumme / Corey Spence
Rico Becker / Tim Higgins
David Carlson / Travis Wilson
Aram Ayden / Dan Newman
Ryan Carter / Tyler Lucas
Miloslav Rousek / Dan Thomassen
Jon Mackey / Jeremy Ray
Jay DeSchaaf / Evan Mazzocchi
Tim Ryan / Andrew Vazquez
Steve Laubenberg / Andy Shean
Corin Bemus / Fernando Sabla
Kevin Cleary / Mark Smith
Harry Cartwright / Ryan Elmendorf
Joshua Cannon / Phil Isaac
Esteban Escobar / Steve Hubbard
Samuel Rogers / Bivin Sadler
John Braunstein / Hayden Jones
Jeff Clasen / Salvador Hernandez
Gary Schreiber / Aaron Stalzer
Brian Chapman / Brad Griffith
Chris Guigliano / Tim Nestlerode
Drew Hamilton / Travis Regner
Josh Goodman / Luis Sandoval
Jason Lefevre / Dan Stubinski
Dan Neiman / Adam Renfree
Martins Leikarts / Jeff Robertson
Griffin Cogorno / Jordan Hove
Alex Dale / Chris Zelvis
LV Hanson / Buddy Humphrey
Nick Barron / Alex Lynch
Cliff Guy / Kristopher Hampton
Nate Allen / Nils Nielson
Brett Hamilton / Luke Myers
Kahl Goldfarb / Jarrett Kessler
Evan Barry / Jack Mergenthaler
Neil Birrell / Brett Buker
Kyle Nursey / Robert Tarr
Adam Ellis / Roman Onishchenko
Addison Musser / Mark Schuermann
Bill Schuster / GG Ting
Spencer Bemus / Brennan Prahler

As always, this list will find a way to change before the first whistle blows Thursday morning at the qualifier. I’ll update as it comes through. Also, don’t forget there’s a Manhattan Beach Six-Man Exhibition taking place on Stadium Court Sunday afternoon at 1:20. Count on Team Kinda Good (brought to you by Fresh Brothers Pizza) to take home the title. Which, of course, is nothing more than a prelude to what will transpire on August 2nd. In case you’ve been stuck under an enormous rock and are somehow unaware, that’s the day Kinda Good will be bringing home the real title at the Charlie Saikley Six-Man Beach Volleyball Classic. Count on it. Just check out our roster.

And BREAKING NEWS!!! Totally breaking. If you want to party with the pros this weekend in Manhattan Beach (I mean, seriously, who doesn’t want to party with the likes of Frohoff and Ack), here is the valuable information to do so…

Thursday, July 16 – Saturday, July 18
Happy Hour at Sharkeez for All AVP Athletes
3801 Highland Ave, Manhattan Beach
3-9pm

Additional festivities will take place on Friday and Saturday at the following locations. 

Friday, July 17
Sainte Rock
142 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach
9pm-midnight.
Open Bar – 10pm-midnight

Saturday, July 18
Union Cattle
1301 Manhattan Ave, Hermosa Beach
9pm -1am
Open Bar – 10pm-midnight