Locals move on in Dallas

DALLAS — Newport Harbor High product Misty May-Treanor and partner Kerri Walsh have advanced to the winner’s bracket fourth round of the Assn. of Volleyball Professionals Cuervo Gold Crown Dallas Open.

On the men’s side, Costa Mesa resident Jake Gibb and Estancia High graduate Matt Fuerbringer also advanced to the winner’s bracket fourth round Friday.

No. 1-seeded May-Treanor and Walsh, who fell in the semifinals last weekend at the Miami Open, defeated No. 8-seeded April Ross — another Sailors alumna — and partner Jennifer Boss, 21-18, 21-16, in the third round. May-Treanor and Walsh, the four-time defending AVP Team of the Year, advance to play No. 4 Dianne DeNecochea and Barbra Fontana with a semifinal spot on the line.

Ross and Boss, who advanced to the championship match in Miami, will play a contender’s bracket match against either No. 3-seeded Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson-Jordan or No. 11 Michelle More and Suzanne Stonebarger.

Gibb, the No. 3 seed with partner Sean Rosenthal, advanced on Friday with a 21-18, 23-21 win over No. 11-seeded Ryan Mariano and Larry Witt. Gibb and Rosenthal, who finished second in Miami, will play No. 2 Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers today, with the winner to the semifinals.

Fuerbringer and Sean Scott, the No. 4 seed, face No. 17 Albert Hannemann and Ed Ratledge today. That team upset No. 1-seeded Costa Mesa resident Mike Lambert and partner Stein Metzger, 15-21, 21-19, 15-12, in their very first winner’s bracket match.

Lambert and Metzger, who had advanced to the Miami semifinals, also lost their first contender’s bracket match in Dallas to No. 15-seeded Newport Beach resident Ty Loomis and Brent Doble, 21-10, 21-18. They finish tied for 17th and split $800.

Loomis and Doble are still alive in the contender’s bracket and play Mariano and Witt.

Newport Harbor High product Ty Tramblie and partner Mike Morrison also finished tied for 17th after losing a contender’s bracket match to No. 6-seeded Casey Jennings and Mark Williams, 20-22, 21-14, 15-7. They also split $800.

Gibb’s wife, Jane, and her partner Kirstin Olsen finished tied for 37th after falling in a qualifier’s bracket match to Nicki Fusco and Gina Kirstein, 21-11, 21-15.

Former UC Irvine volleyball players Kelly Wing, who was an All-American, and Whitney Pavlik also finished tied for 37th after losing in the qualifier’s bracket to Iwona Lodzik and Kristin Ursillo, 21-12, 21-17.

The men’s tournament concludes today, with the women’s final scheduled for Sunday.