GAME TIME

Three-time World Champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will pursue their fifth Fédération Internationale de Volleyball gold medal of the season today, having advanced to the semifinals of the A1 Grand Slam in Klagenfurt, Austria.

May-Treanor and Walsh, who became the first team to win three straight FIVB world titles after winning in Gstaad, Switzerland last month, will face fourth-seeded Xue Chen and Zhang Xi of China in a semifinal today.

No. 1 May-Treanor and Walsh, who won the A1 gold in 2002, 2003, and 2005, advanced after posting a 25-23, 21-17 win over Jennifer Boss and Newport Harbor product April Ross.

If they win, May-Treanor, also a Newport Harbor alumna, and Walsh will face the winner of the match between Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca of Brazil and Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig of Germany. The championship team splits $43,500.

No. 13 Jake Gibb, of Costa Mesa, and Sean Rosenthal will face reigning Olympic champions and top-seeded Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos of Brazil today in the third round of the men’s competition. Gibb and Rosenthal advanced after defeating Guilferm Deulofeu and Yannick Salvetti of France 21-16, 21-16.

Top-seeded Mike Lambert, another Costa Mesa resident, and Stein Metzger elected to compete domestically this week, and are 3-0 in the Assn. of Volleyball Professionals’ Chicago Open. They will play Anthony Medel and Fred Souza today to determine who will advance to the semifinals.

Third-seeded Estancia product Matt Fuerbringer and Casey Jennings had a rougher time Friday, and dropped two straight matches. Already hanging by a thread in the AVP losers’ bracket, Fuerbringer and Jennings were knocked out of the tournament when they lost 21-12, 21-14 in an upset to No. 9 Ty Loomis and Hans Stolfus.

— From staff reports