Results - Men's teams (AVP)

Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes-------------\
                                  15-4 Kiraly/Steffes----
Mike Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh--------------/                  \
                                                     15-7 Kiraly/Steffes
Adam Johnson/Jose Loiola--------------\                  /             
                                 12-10 Johnson/Loiola----
Scott Ayakatubby/Randy Stoklos--------/

Prize Money:

1st - Kiraly/Steffes       - $21,000

2nd - Johnson/Loiola       - $12,000

3rd - Dodd/Whitmarsh       - $ 4,250

      Ayakatubby/Stoklos   - $ 4,250

Notes:

• Kiraly/Steffes vs. Dodd/Whitmarsh
  Kiraly/Steffes dominated this match, opening a very quick seven point lead.

• Johnson/Loiola vs. Ayakatubby/Stoklos
  An incredible start by both teams with 39 straight sideouts. It wasn't until 4:51 into the match that the first point was scored by Johnson/Loiola, and they held the lead for the rest of the match, finally winning on time. Stoklos and Ack showed some incredible power, finishing with 20 (Stoklos) and 15 (Ack) kills, while Loiola and Johnson answered with 22 (Johnson) and 16 (Loiola) kills. Loiola also added 3 solo blocks.

• Kiraly/Steffes vs. Johnson/Loiola
  Close final all the way. It was tied at 1-1, 4-4, and 5-5. Finally, down 5-6, Kiraly/Steffes went on a five point tear, which included four straight service aces by Karch. After Karch got his 3rd ace in a row, Johnson walked to the sideline, picked up a white towel and waved it at Karch, then called the sand time out. Even Karch chuckled, then nailed a 4th ace!!!

• Steffes "Shoulder" Watch
  It's only one tournament, and the players only had to play two matches. But, if these two were any indication, Kent Steffes is baaaacckkk. He put some balls down hard, like the Kent of old. His serving is as good as ever, and he still has that well-disguised, "turn-the-shoulder", down the line hit.

Statistics:

             EVIAN INDOOR CUMULATIVE STATISTICS

PLAYER       MP  ERR  KILL  AST  DIG  BLK  BE   RE   ACE   SE   SW

KIRALY       2   0    20    24    5    4    0    0    5     7   13
STEFFES      2   4    24    20    9    2    0    0    4     7   17
JOHNSON      2   3    33    21    7    0    0    0    1    10    8
LOIOLA       2   0    21    32    6    3    0    0    4    11   11
DODD         1   1     7     2    4    0    0    0    0     0    0
WHITMARSH    1   0     3     8    2    0    0    0    0     0    4
AYAKATUBBY   1   1    17    20    4    1    0    0    2     5    4
STOKLOS      1   1    20    16    4    0    0    0    1     4    6

             EVIAN INDOOR AVERAGES (PER MATCH)

PLAYER       MP  ERR  KILL  AST   DIG  BLK  BE   RE   ACE  SE   SW

KIRALY       2   0.0  10.0  12.0  2.5  2.0  0.0  0.0  2.5  3.5  6.5
STEFFES      2   2.0  12.0  10.0  4.5  1.0  0.0  0.0  2.0  3.5  8.5
JOHNSON      2   1.5  16.5  10.5  3.5  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.5  5.0  4.0
LOIOLA       2   0.0  10.5  16.0  3.0  1.5  0.0  0.0  2.0  5.5  5.5
DODD         1   1.0   7.0   2.0  4.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
WHITMARSH    1   0.0   3.0   8.0  2.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  4.0
AYAKATUBBY   1   1.0  17.0  20.0  4.0  1.0  0.0  0.0  2.0  5.0  4.0
STOKLOS      1   1.0  20.0  16.0  4.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  1.0  4.0  6.0

  KEY: MP, matches played; ERR, errors; KILL, kills; AST, assists; 
       DIG, digs; BLK, blocks; BE, blocking errors; RE, receiving errors;
       ACE, aces; SE, service errors; SW, service winners.

             SINGLE-MATCH BESTS

Errors -           3, Johnson vs. Ayakatubby/Stoklos
Kills -           22, Johnson vs. Ayakatubby/Stoklos
Assists -         22, Loiola  vs. Ayakatubby/Stoklos
Digs -             6, Loiola  vs. Ayakatubby/Stoklos; 
                      Johnson vs. Kiraly/Steffes
Blocks -           3, Kiraly  vs. Dodd/Whitmarsh; 
                      Loiola  vs. Ayakatubby/Stoklos
Aces -             5, Kiraly  vs. Johnson/Loiola
Service Winners - 12, Steffes vs. Dodd/Whitmarsh