Santos/Schalk Take Down Dalhausser/Lucena In First Round Of New York

AVP NEW YORK OPEN

• New York City, New York
• June 8-11
• Live Video Streaming
• Live Scoring

The opening round of the AVP New York Gold Series stop has concluded with a few shake-ups occurring in the first matches of the day on the men’s side, while the women’s side remained fairly consistent throughout the day, with a near top-four showdown in the first elimination rounds.

Men

Winner’s Bracket

Round 1

• Ricardo Santos / Chaim Schalk (16, Q35) def. Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (1) 19-21, 23-21, 15-9 (1:01)
• Ty Loomis / Marty Lorenz (8) def. Brian Bomgren / Tim Bomgren (9) 21-17, 22-20 (0:48)
• Ryan Doherty / John Hyden (5) def. Kevin McColloch / Derek Olson (12) 21-15, 22-20 (0:43)
• Trevor Crabb / Sean Rosenthal (4) def. Maddison McKibbin / Reid Priddy (13, Q1) 21-18, 25-23 (0:57)
• Theo Brunner / Casey Patterson (3) def. Michael Brunsting / Chase Frishman (14, Q2) 21-17, 21-16 (0:36)
• Ed Ratledge / Eric Zaun (11) def. Billy Allen / Stafford Slick (6) 22-20, 18-21, 15-12 (1:02)
• Jeremy Casebeer / John Mayer (7) def. Avery Drost / Ty Tramblie (10) 21-16, 21-19 (0:47)
• Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb (2) def. Shane Donohue / Eric Lucas (15, Q29) 21-13, 21-15 (0:33)

Round 2

• Ricardo Santos / Chaim Schalk (16, Q35) def. Ty Loomis / Marty Lorenz (8) 21-17, 19-21, 15-9 (1:00)
• Trevor Crabb / Sean Rosenthal (4) def. Ryan Doherty / John Hyden (5) 26-24, 21-15 (0:46)
• Ed Ratledge / Eric Zaun (11) def. Theo Brunner / Casey Patterson (3) 21-16, 21-23, 15-12 (1:04)
• Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb (2) def. Jeremy Casebeer / John Mayer (7) 21-16, 21-11 (0:36)

Contender’s Bracket

Round 1

• Match 15: Avery Drost / Ty Tramblie (10) def. Shane Donohue / Eric Lucas (15, Q29) 21-16, 21-15 (0:42)
• Match 16: Billy Allen / Stafford Slick (6) def. Michael Brunsting / Chase Frishman (14, Q2) 21-17, 21-18 (0:43)
• Match 17: Maddison McKibbin / Reid Priddy (13, Q1) def. Kevin McColloch / Derek Olson (12) 21-18, 21-17 (0:43)
• Match 18: Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (1) def. Brian Bomgren / Tim Bomgren (9) 21-17, 21-15 (0:35)

The top seed in the tournament and the winner of the previous two AVP Tour stops, Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena were shaken by 16 seed and a team making it out of the qualifying round Ricardo Santos/Chaim Schalk. The duos battled through a three-set match 2-1, (19-21, 23-21, 15-9) with Santos/Schalk dropping the first to make a tremendous comeback to stay in the winner’s bracket.

In the second round of the winner’s bracket, Ed Ratledge and Eric Zaun came out of the wood works as the 11 seed to take down Theo Brunner and Casey Patterson who are seeded third in the tournament. In the first round, Ratledge/Zaun came out on top of Billy Allen and Stafford Slick. The loss for Brunner/Patterson, along with a Dalhausser/Lucena win in the contender’s bracket sets up a difficult path for those two squads as they will face each other in the first elimination matches of the tournament.

Women

Winner’s Bracket

Round 1

• Match 1: Emily Day / Brittany Hochevar (1) def. Priscilla Piantadosi-Lima / Kerri Schuh (16, Q7) 21-18, 21-17 (0:45)
• Match 2: Caitlin Ledoux / Heather McGuire (8) def. Amanda Dowdy / Irene Pollock (9) 21-19, 19-21, 15-13 (1:01)
• Match 3: Summer Ross / Brooke Sweat (5) def. Lane Carico / Sarah Pavan (12, Q1) 21-14, 21-17 (0:37)
• Match 4: Kelly Claes / Sara Hughes (13) def. Betsi Flint / Kelley Larsen (4) 21-15, 21-19 (0:32)
• Match 5: Kim DiCello / Emily Stockman (3) def. Kimberly Smith / Xi Zhang (14, Q5) 21-17, 21-17 (0:41)
• Match 6: Angela Bensend / Geena Urango (6) def. Sheila Shaw / Brittany Tiegs (11) 21-17, 21-13 (0:38)
• Match 7: Karolina Marciniak / Kendra VanZwieten (10) def. Jennifer Fopma / Kelly Reeves (7) 20-22, 23-21, 15-10 (1:03)
• Match 8: Lauren Fendrick / April Ross (2) def. Nicolette Martin / Allie Wheeler (15, Q6) 21-15, 21-18 (0:44)

Round 2

• Match 9: Emily Day / Brittany Hochevar (1) def. Caitlin Ledoux / Heather McGuire (8) 16-21, 21-16, 15-13 (0:45)
• Match 10: Summer Ross / Brooke Sweat (5) def. Kelly Claes / Sara Hughes (13) 22-20, 21-14 (0:36)
• Match 11: Kim DiCello / Emily Stockman (3) def. Angela Bensend / Geena Urango (6) 21-16, 17-21, 15-12 (1:03)
• Match 12: Lauren Fendrick / April Ross (2) def. Karolina Marciniak / Kendra VanZwieten (10) 21-17, 21-17 (0:42)

Contender’s Bracket

Round 1

• Match 15: Jennifer Fopma / Kelly Reeves (7) def. Nicolette Martin / Allie Wheeler (15, Q6) 21-13, 21-18 (0:36)
• Match 16: Kimberly Smith / Xi Zhang (14, Q5) def. Sheila Shaw / Brittany Tiegs (11) 16-21, 21-18, 15-8 (0:53)
• Match 17: Betsi Flint / Kelley Larsen (4) def. Lane Carico / Sarah Pavan (12, Q1) 21-17, 21-14 (0:37)
• Match 18: Amanda Dowdy / Irene Pollock (9) def. Priscilla Piantadosi-Lima / Kerri Schuh (16, Q7) 21-17, 21-19 (0:47)

Most top seeds were able to handle their first round matches on the women’s side, but #13 seeded Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes took on #4 seeded Betsi Flint and Kelley Larsen, taking them down in two-sets 2-0, (21-15, 21-19). In the second round, Summer Ross and Brooke Sweat proved too tough for Claes/Hughes taking them down in two 2-0, (22-20, 21-14). Meanwhile, in the contender’s bracket, Flint/Larsen were able to rout Lane Carico and Sarah Paven in straight sets.

The winner’s bracket elimination matches set up to be Emily Day/Brittany Hochevar vs. Ross/ Sweat while Kim DiCello/Emily Stockman will take on Lauren Fendrick and April Ross.

April Ross came out of the day as the top hitter with 39 kills on only seven errors for a .516 hitting percentage, while Sweat picked up the most digs with 41 for an average of 10.25 digs per set.