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Kerri Walsh Wins Again, So Does Her Husband Casey Jennings To Become Only The Second Married Couple to Capture Pro Beach Volleyball Titles
Story by: Erin zollars
Posted July 02, 2006
Photos by: Sol tucker
Seaside Heights, NJ --
For the fans that came out this weekend to Seaside Heights to see some of the premier volleyball players in the world, they were again treated to another great weekend from Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, but they also had a chance to witness some history as both Walsh and her husband Casey Jennings took home a title this weekend.
"My heart was beating out of my chest," said Walsh about watching husband Jennings' match. "It's huge. Hopefully we'll have many more wins together."
Today also featured some other records when Elaine Youngs one million dollar mark in prize money earned. She is the third American female beach volleyball player to accomplish this feat behind Holly McPeak and May-Treanor. Walsh is currently on course to be the fourth and could secure her spot at the 2006 AVP McDonalds Chicago Open presented by Toyota event later this month.
On the men's side, no. 4 seed Matt Fuerbringer and Casey Jennings secured their first title of the 2006 AVP Crocs Tour defeating no. 7 seed Dax Holdren and Sean Scott 16-21, 21-12, 17-15. The Tour has seen four different teams win titles this year with Fuerbringer and Jennings joining Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, Mike Lambert and Stein Metzger and Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal. Seaside marked the first finals appearance of the season for Holdren and Scott.
For all of the fans that came out this weekend, it looked as if the AVP had its best outing so far on the East Coast and this is a great place to check out volleyball action. Some fans even said they wished they would make more than one stop here during