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$50,000 The Best of the Beach IV
September 26 - 28, 1997

(9) Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs

Liz Masakayan

Photo: Stan Liu

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 31, 1964 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Monica, CA

Height:

5'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

207

Career Wins:

Career WPVA Wins:

Career Winnings:

$678,274.00

Elaine Youngs

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orange, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

233

Career Wins:

Career WPVA Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,764,008.75

Awards

Tour Champion 1993 (with Karolyn Kirby)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$64,500.00
BVA	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
FIVB	24	3	1	2	2	7	3	4	0	1	1	US$251,100.00
USAV	5	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$47,500.00
WPVA	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$34,470.00
Overall	40	9	1	4	6	8	6	4	0	1	1	US$406,570.00

Previous Kauai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Karrie Poppinga - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	8	5th	330	US$12,000.00
WPVA	8/8-10/1997	National Championships	9	4th	56	$4,920.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Portugal Open	6	4th	168	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-26/1997	French Open	15	9th	84	US$2,500.00
WPVA	7/12-13/1997	Chicago Open	12	1st	80	$11,000.00
WPVA	6/27-29/1997	U.S. Open	15	7th	40	$2,850.00
WPVA	6/13-15/1997	Irving Open	17	3rd	64	$5,700.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	6	1	1	3	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	$273,600.00
Total	28	6	1	2	3	7	3	4	0	1	1	0	$315,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Liz Masakayan												Elaine Youngs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$21,000.00	World Championships	7	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	$59,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$15,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	2	4	4	3	5	7	1	0	0	$218,250.00
69	9	4	8	5	26	12	4	1	0	$253,057.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	152	38	35	34	11	23	8	2	1	0	$1,037,177.50
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$4,710.00	Manhattan Beach	9	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$97,550.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$330.00	Tour Championships	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,350.00
82	10	4	10	6	30	16	5	1	0	$305,597.50	Total	199	43	46	42	15	34	15	3	1	0	$1,435,077.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
1997	WPVA	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$34,470.00	21	6	77.8 %
1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	WPVA	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$34,470.00	21	6	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	2	1	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Liz Masakayan													Elaine Youngs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1982	P&R
5	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1983	P&R
6	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1984	P&R
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$50.00	1985	P&R
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$330.00	1986	AVP
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1986	P&R
4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$450.00	1987	WPVA
3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$1,181.50	1988	WPVA
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1989	P&R
6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$1,487.50	1989	WPVA
17	1	3	3	3	4	2	1	0	0	$36,775.00	1991	WPVA
16	5	4	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$56,075.00	1992	WPVA
14	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$59,575.00	1993	WPVA
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	1993	FIVB
13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$59,350.00	1994	WPVA
5	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,250.00	1994	FIVB
8	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$23,020.00	1995	WPVA
5	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,875.00	1995	FIVB
9	0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$28,762.50	1996	WPVA
5	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$24,000.00	1996	FIVB
7	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$20,535.00	1997	WPVA	6	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$17,741.25
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00
135	39	14	18	16	37	8	3	0	0	$364,466.50	Total	Total	9	2	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	$28,991.25

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches	3 Set Matches	By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall	Overall	Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	21-6	77.8%
1996-1997	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	21-6	77.8%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	12	100.0%	0-12	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	12-5	70.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2

Head to Head Results
Masakayan/Youngs lead the series against the field 12-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Arce/McPeak 3-2
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Arce/McPeak	1	Masakayan/Youngs	8	12-6, 12-5	1:02
8/8/97	WPVA	National Championships	Winner 3	Masakayan/Youngs	9	Arce/McPeak	1	17-15
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Gold Medal	Masakayan/Youngs	12	Arce/McPeak	1	16-14
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Masakayan/Youngs	12	Arce/McPeak	1	15-7
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Winner 2	Arce/McPeak	1	Masakayan/Youngs	17	15-6
Trail the series against # 2 Kirby/Reno 0-2
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Kirby/Reno	2	Masakayan/Youngs	15	15-4
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Semi-Finals	Kirby/Reno	2	Masakayan/Youngs	17	15-8
Series tied with # 3 Fontana/Hanley 1-1
8/8/97	WPVA	National Championships	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Hanley	3	Masakayan/Youngs	9	15-13
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Bronze Medal	Masakayan/Youngs	17	Fontana/Hanley	3	15-12
Lead the series against # 4 Poppinga/Rock 3-0
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Masakayan/Youngs	12	Poppinga/Rock	4	15-12
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Masakayan/Youngs	12	Poppinga/Rock	4	15-6
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Contender 6	Masakayan/Youngs	17	Poppinga/Rock	4	15-13
Lead the series against # 5 Blomquist/Podraza 2-1
8/8/97	WPVA	National Championships	Bronze Medal	Blomquist/Podraza	5	Masakayan/Youngs	9	15-13
8/8/97	WPVA	National Championships	Winner 4	Masakayan/Youngs	9	Blomquist/Podraza	5	15-11
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Masakayan/Youngs	15	Blomquist/Podraza	8	15-11
Lead the series against # 6 Chisholm/Richardson 1-0
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Masakayan/Youngs	12	Chisholm/Richardson	5	15-10
Lead the series against # 8 Castro Kehl/Stammer 1-0
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Contender 4	Masakayan/Youngs	17	Castro Kehl/Stammer	7	15-5
Lead the series against # 10 Bragado-Corso/Wood 1-0
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Contender 3	Masakayan/Youngs	17	Bragado-Corso/Wood	9	15-7