LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. - It was another day of upsets here Sunday (May 11) as second-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno captured the $60,000 Cybergenics Open in the inaugural professional beach volleyball event at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex.

With the finals being televised the same day by ABC Sports, Kirby and Reno won the $14,100 first-place prize by downing 31st-seeded Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson 15-11 in the championship match in the third of 14 events on the 1997 Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour.

The Cybergenics Open featured 23 upsets in 63 matches as top-seeded Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak were eliminated first thing Sunday as they dropped a 16-14 match to Kirby and Reno in the contender's bracket final.

The fifth-place finish by the Arce/McPeak tandem was their worst finish in 15 professional starts together, including 10 Evian Tour events. Prior to the Cybergenics Open, Arce and McPeak had won five of the last six Evian tournaments.

Arce and McPeak, who have won the last three Evian Tour events, dropped a 15-6 decision to eighth-seeded Natalie Cook and Liz Masakayan Saturday in the championship bracket quarter-finals.

Kirby and Reno scored a 15-6 win over fifth-seeded Karrie Poppinga and Angela Rock to advance to their second Evian Tour final in 1997. The Cybergenics Open was the eighth pro title for the Kirby/Reno tandem, including five Evian crowns.

Davis and Johnson, the daughter of the 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist in the decathlon (Rafer), scored seven-straight upsets in the Cybergenics Open to earn the best finish by a qualifying team in Evian Tour history.

The first African-American and youngest team ever to play for a pro beach volleyball title (both Davis and Johnson are 23) advanced to Sunday's final with a 15-13 win over 1996 Olympians Barbra Fontana and Linda Hanley. Davis and Johnson split $10,500 for second.

Davis and Johnson started Sunday by eliminating eighth-seeded Natalie Cook, who won the bronze medal for Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with Keri Pottharst, and Liz Masakayan 15-13. Johnson will be married next Saturday (May 17) to NFL wide receiver Kevin Jordan in Bel Air, Calif.

In the third-place match, Poppinga and Rock downed Fontana and Hanley 16-14. Fontana and Hanley, who had defeated Kirby and Reno here Saturday 15-10, split $5,100 for fourth while Poppinga and Rock shared $7,500 for their best 1997 Evian Tour finish. Here's Sunday's (May 11) results:

Contender's Bracket, sixth-round (winners advance to Olympic Crossing semi-finals; losers eliminated, place 5th, split $3,600) - Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass./Nancy Reno,l Glen Ellyn, Ill. (No. 2-seeded) def, Kisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (1), 16-14; Annett Davis, Tarzana, Calif./Jenny Johnson, Sherman Oaks, Calif. (31) def. Natalie Cook, Brisbane, Australia/Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif. (8), 15-13; Olympic Crossing semi-finals - Kirby/Reno def. Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi./Angela Rock, Leucadia, Calif. (5), 15-6; Davis/J. Johnson def. Barbra Fontana, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (3), 15-13; Olympic Crossing consolation (winners place third, split $7,500; losers place fourth, split $5,100) - Poppinga/Rock def. Fontana/Hanley, 16-14; Olympic Crossing finals (winners place first, split $14,100; losers place second, split $10,500) - Kirby/Reno def. Davis/J. Johnson, 15-11.