Fopma, Ross win Seattle Open

ISSAQUAH, Wash. – Top-seeded April Ross and Jennifer Fopma won beach volleyball’s AVP Kingston Seattle Open Sunday, beating third-seeded Summer Ross and Lane Carico 21-18, 15-21, 15-13 at Lake Sammamish State Park.

Ross won for the ninth time in the last 10 AVP tournaments. She won the first eight with three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, who is sidelined by a shoulder injury.

Misty May-Treanor, who won three Olympic gold medals alongside Walsh Jennings, teamed with Brittany Hochevar to tie for third.

In the men’s final, fourth-seeded Ryan Doherty and John Mayer beat second-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena 20-22, 21-17, 15-13. It was the first AVP tournament victory for Doherty, a 7-foot-1 former minor-league pitcher who won 13 games in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ system from 2005-07.