MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (Sept. 20, 2008) - Top seed and Olympic gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their unprecedented fifth AVP Crocs Tour Manhattan Beach Open Saturday.

May-Treanor and Walsh beat fourth-seeded Jen Boss and April Ross, 21-18, 21-16, in the final to win the most sought-after title in beach volleyball. The final match will air nationally on FOX following the NFL broadcast (check local listings).

“We’re up there with the greats,” said May-Treanor, referring to putting another plaque on the Manhattan Beach Pier - their unprecedented fourth in a row - an honor awarded to every Manhattan Beach Open champion. “I don’t know if there’s another team who can do four in a row.”

May-Treanor and Walsh, who also clinched the AVP Crocs Cup, the AVP season-long championship, pocketed $100,000 for the win, the largest winner’s check in beach volleyball history.

But to do it, they had to come through the contenders’ bracket for just the fourth time in their six years as a team on the AVP Crocs Tour.

Saturday morning, they lost to Boss and Ross in the quarterfinals, 24-22, 15-21, 15-11, before playing their way back into the final via wins over 10th-seeded Lauren Fendrick/Paula Roca, 21-14, 21-14, and third-seeded Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, 21-11, 21-18.

This loss came at the heels of two straight tournaments following Beijing in which May-Treanor and Walsh failed to win a title after winning 19 straight. They had also won 112 straight matches before losing in Mason, Ohio, the first tournament after Beijing. A week later, they lost in Santa Barbara in the semifinals and took third. All of this inspired talk of a post-Olympic letdown.

“Were we hungry?” May-Treanor said. “Yeah, we were very hungry for a win here.”

This is the 17th of 18 events on the AVP schedule this year and the last of the team events, as next week’s tournament in Glendale, Ariz., is a format in which partners are mixed up known as “Best of the Beach.”

This season as a team, May-Treanor and Walsh won 12 AVP Crocs Tour titles, three international titles, an Olympic gold medal and had an overall AVP match record of 70-3, all three losses coming in the last four weeks.

Beijing gold medallists and defending Crocs Cup champions Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers moved one step closer to defending their title with a 21-15, 21-14 win over fourth-seeded Mark Williams/Stein Metzger in the quarterfinals. Sixth-seeded Casey Jennings/Matt Fuerbringer also advanced to the Final Four, defeating seventh-seeded Matt Olson/Kevin Wong in two games 21-17, 21-14.

The men’s finals take place at 2:30 p.m. Sunday on the South Side of the Manhattan Beach Pier in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Tickets are available at avp.com or at the event site.

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 company¹s stock trades under the symbol AVPI on the OTC Bulletin Board. For more information, please visit www.avp.com.

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