Lindquist, Lowe win one in Manhattan

Former Ocean View High volleyball standout Katie Lindquist teamed

with her partner, Heather Lowe, to win one match at last weekend’s

Manhattan Beach Open held at the Manhattan Beach Pier.

Lindquist and Lowe, of Redondo Beach, defeated the team of Erin

Galli/Valinda Hilleary, 21-15, 21-17, in a first round match.

The duo, however, was ousted from the women’s tournament title

contention in the second round of winner’s bracket play.

The team of Carrie Busch and Leanne Schuster, a Manhattan Beach

resident, eliminated Lindquist and Lowe by scores of 25-23 and 21-12.

Busch and Schuster were the third seeded women’s team; Lindquist

and Lowe entered the tournament with a No. 14 seed.

Lindquist usually teams with her younger sister, Tracy, who was

unavailable for the Manhattan Beach Open.

For the first time during the 2002 Assn. of Volleyball

Professionals tour, the women’s competition did not go according to

form.

The No. 2 seeded team of Annett Davis and Jennifer Johnson upset

No. 1 Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, 13-21, 23-21, 15-9, in the

final. It was the first loss of the year for McPeak and Youngs who

had won all four previous AVP events.

The men’s title went to hometown favorite and Olympic gold medal

winner Eric Fonoimoana and teammate Dax Holdren, who defeated Mike

Whitmarsh and Canyon Ceman, 21-15, 21-18.

The men’s final was televised by NBC.