The Underground Volleyball Tour - Summer Series '96
Surf or Turf Open
| Underground Tour Results | ||||||
| event: | Surf or Turf Open | |||||
| date: | September 15, 1996 | |||||
| location: | Brookside | |||||
| format: | Pool Play | Sand | Co-Ed 4s | |||
| EVENT WINNERS | |
| 1st | Team S. Sellars |
| 2nd | Team D. Sellars |
| 3rd | Team Gregory |
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the other teams who played!
Team Sue Sellars Members: (l to r) S. Sellars, K. Wheelock, J. Finnegan, and S. Hyer (at the net and out of frame)
EVENT NOTES:
The Underground's Summer Series wrapped up the Summer Series tour with a co-ed 4s event in the sand. The day was a bit cool and had all teams longing for the transition of the UVA's tour to its indoor circuit. The finals created a match that pay-per-view channels would die for; pitting sister against sister. Sue Sellars filled her roster with players from the UVA talent pool while her sister Diane imported a team of guns for hire via want ads in Soldier of Fortune and Boy's Life magazines.
However, the foreign guns came out firing blanks in the playoffs, nearly falling in the first round to the confused and ineffective Team Gregory. After the early scare, Team Di had no time to reload for the finals. And they were gunned down like a dog in the sand by Team Sue, the event's champions.
A Pictorial Account of The Finals

In a UVA Clash of Titans - J. Finnegan owns J. Kosuda

J. Kosuda prays for rain in hopes the beating being administered by Team Sue will stop.
| Underground Pool Results | |||||||||||||||
| event: | Surf or Turf Open | ||||||||||||||
| date: | September 15, 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| location: | Brookside Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
| format: | COED SAND 4s | ||||||||||||||

The Guns for Hire proved early on that even J. Finnegan
would be put to the test.
Above out-of-state talent, D Steinbrueck,
easily sizzles Finnegan's massive and often intimidating block.
| MATCH #1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team D. Sellars | 15 | 15 | 09 |
| Team Gregory | 08 | 06 | 15 |
| MATCH #2 | |||
| Team S. Sellars | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| Team D. Sellars | 10 | 08 | 15 |
| MATCH #3 | |||
| Team S. Sellars | 15 | 15 | 09 |
| Team Gregory | 11 | 09 | 15 |

At times the rivalries were so intense that the teams oftem channeled their
frustrations toward their own teammates. Here J. Finnegan, knocks down his team captain
to "teach her a lesson" for not digging an easy shot.
| SEMI-FINALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team D. Sellars | 07 | 15 | 15 |
| Team Gregory | 15 | 07 | 06 |

J. Finnegan searches within himself (and the deep sand)
for his game during the finals.
| FINALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team S. Sellars | 15 | ||
| Team D. Sellars | 12 | ||