Metzger, partner claim series title
Advertiser Staff
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Olympian Stein Metzger and partner Jake Gibb drove away from last week's AVP Nissan Series Chicago Open volleyball tournament with more than a new car.
Metzger, a Punahou graduate and UCLA volleyball All-American, won the season-long 2005 Nissan Championship Series with his partner. He and Gibb, in their first year together on the beach, were the only men's team to win four AVP events and earned $93,500 apiece.
They clinched the title with a win against fifth-seeded Todd Rogers and former Rainbow Sean Scott in the winners' bracket semifinals at Chicago.
"That was our game to seal it," Metzger said. "We came out like it was our biggest final ever."
Rogers and Scott came back to win the Chicago title, but Metzger's and Gibb's "consolation" prize was a Nissan Xterra for their series championship. The series was a season-long points contest with special emphasis placed on the five events televised live on NBC.
Olympic gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won the women's series after capturing nine 2005 titles, including the last in Chicago.
BYUH WINS ON ROAD
Yu Chuan Weng had 15 kills and 12 digs as Brigham Young-Hawai'i beat Grand Canyon, 30-24, 30-15, 30-16, last night in Phoenix.
Lilly Tufaga added 11 kills for the Seasiders, who improved to 8-0.
GOLF
KA'AE BEST OF SENIORS
Ku'ulei Ka'ae played Barbers Point Golf Course in 2-over-par 74 Thursday to win the 2005 Hawai'i State Women's Golf Association Senior Championship.
Ka'ae just turned 50 to become eligible for the event. She played the back nine in 2-under 34 to beat Bev Kim by one and Jade Merkle by two.
