ASPEN, COLO. - The No. 1-seeded teams of Curtis Griffin/Eric Moore and Valinda Hilleary/Pat Keller captured the top two sand volleyball titles here Sunday (September 1) as the 25th Motherlode Volleyball Classic concluded after attracting a record 607 teams for the five-day event.

Griffin (Boulder, Colo.) and Moore (Salt Lake City, Utah) won their third-straight Motherlode Men's Open title by downing 11th-seeded Rob Baily (Annandale, Va.) and Jason Robertson (Fairfax, Va.) 15-8 and 7-5 in a double-final.

Griffin and Moore advanced to the finals with a 11-8 win over fourth-seeded Dane Hansen (Lakewood, Colo.) and Ryan Post (Denver, Colo.). The Hansen/Post tandem had defeated Griffin and Moore earlier in the 64-team Men's Open.

Hilleary (Littleton, Colo.) and Keller (Sarasota, Fla.), who captured the Motherlode's 1993 Women's Open title, downed third- seeded Carrie Busch (Milwaukee, Wisc.) and Nancy Mason (Belleville, Ill.) 15-4 in the final of the 32-team event.

The victory in the Women's Open championship match was the second for the Hilleary and Keller over the Busch/Mason team. Hilleary and Keller advanced to the title contest with a 15-10 win over Busch and Mason in the winner's bracket finals earlier Sunday. Busch and Mason earned their spot in their first Motherlode final by eliminating Liz Pagano and Lynda Street (Jupiter, Fla.) 11-6.

Nine of the 12 Motherlode Volleyball Classic titles were determined Monday. Here are the top three finishers in each division.

Open Divisions - Men's - 1, Curtis Griffin (Boulder, Colo.)/Eric Moore (Salt Lake City, Utah); 2, Rob Baily (Annadale, Va.)/Jason Robertson (Fairfax, Va.); 3, Dane Hansen (Lakewood, Colo.)/Ryan Post (Denver, Colo.). Women's - 1, Valinda Hilleary (Littleton, Colo.)/Pat Keller (Sarasota, Colo.); 2, Carrie Busch (Milwaukee, Wisc.)/Nancy Mason (Belleville, Ill.); 3, Liz Pagano (Seattle, Wash.)/Lynda Street (Jupiter, Fla.).

Men's Division - AA - 1, Wojtek Blasiak (Chicago, Ill.)/Steve Ijams (Hermosa Beach, Calif.); 2, Chuck Frederick (Kansas City, Mo.)/Jeff Pheffer (Kansas City); 3, Richardson Anderson (Rifle, Colo.)/Carl Friesen (Fredricksburg, Va.) A - 1, Craig Berg (Kansas City)/Eric Kelsey (Kansas City); 2, Skye Gosewich (Kansas City)/Danny Morgan (Kansas City); 3, Chris Hoover (Amarillo, Tex.)/Terry Simms (Amarillo). B - 1, Wagas Akkawi (Chicago)/Mike Schmitt (Chicago); 2, Dan Friend (Topeka, Kan)/Matt Parrot (Topeka); 3, Shane Adamson (Albuquerque, N. M.)/Cary Leppert (Albuquerque). BB - 1, Jason Riddle (San Diego, Calif.)/Scott Womack (Dallas, Tex.); 2, Steve Morioka (Redondo Beach, Calif)/Scott Nishimura (Redondo Beach); 3, Hans Shilgalis (San Francisco, Calif.)/Kenny Smith (Aspen). Seniors (45 and older) - 1, David King (San Cruz, Calif.) and Dan Sayler (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), 2, Jack Flora (Denver, Colo)/Mike Wirsing (Winter Park, Colo.); 3, Dave Lawless (Aurora, Colo)/Bill Post (Vail, Colo.). Masters (37 and older) - 1, Eric Anderson (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Kent Kitchel (Santa Cruz); 2, Dave/Larry Mear (San Clemente, Calif.); 3, Brad Barber (Venice Beach, Calif.)/King (Santa Cruz).

Women's Division - A - 1, Kathy Lawless (Aurora)/Nancy Troxell (Lakewood, Colo.); 2, Lisa Lieb (Durango, Colo.)/Kelly Nanna (Durango); 3, Debbie Collison (Dallas)/Heather Turck (Dallas). B - 1, Minna Ale (Fort Collins, Colo.)/Mandy Simon (Fort Collins); 2, Angela Gibson (Kansas City)/Maureen McGinn (Denver); 3, Missy Larson (Bismarck, N. D.)/Shaylene Mattis (Bismarck). BB - 1, Julie Larkin (Wichita, Kan.)/Becky Sutter (Wichita); 2, Lori Cox (Wichita)/Monica Huggar (Kansas City); 3, Jen Becker (Dike, Iowa)/Kendra Vande Noor (Pella, Iowa). Masters (35 and older) - 1, Andrea Beylen (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Sue Holmes (Mountain View, Calif.); 2, Kathy Garfield (Santa Cruz)/Cindy Stout (Los Gatos); 3, Sandra Fahey (San Luis Obispo)/Marie Salyer (San Luis Obispo).