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$20,000 Coors Light New Orleans Open
May 22 - 23, 1993

(1) Karolyn Kirby/Liz Masakayan

Karolyn Kirby

Photo: Matt Barber

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1961 (64 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brookline, MA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Utah State
Kentucky

Seasons:

Tournaments:

187

Career Wins:

Career WPVA Wins:

Career Winnings:

$681,471.00

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

Awards

Tour Champion 1992 (with Nancy Reno), 1993 (with Liz Masakayan)

Awards

Tour Champion 1993 (with Karolyn Kirby)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	Money
BVA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
FIVB	17	3	3	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	US$112,100.00
WPVA	34	26	1	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$279,290.00
Overall	52	29	4	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	1	0	US$395,140.00

Previous New Orleans Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
WPVA	5/15-16/1993	Austin Open	1	3rd	56	$2,700.00
WPVA	5/1-2/1993	Fresno Open	1	1st	72	$5,300.00
WPVA	4/24-25/1993	San Diego Open	1	1st	72	$5,300.00
WPVA	4/17-18/1993	Beach Volley '93	1	1st	0	$13,250.00

New Orleans Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 5/22/1993	Winner 2	Kristine Bailey / Krista Blomquist (17)	Won 15-5
Sat, 5/22/1993	Winner 3	Wendy Fletcher / Marla O'Hara (9)	Won 15-9
Sat, 5/22/1993	Winner 4	Janice Harrer / Deb Richardson (4)	Won 15-11
Sat, 5/22/1993	Winner 5	Barbra Fontana / Lori Forsythe (3)	Lost 2-15
Sat, 5/22/1993	Contender 8	Janice Harrer / Deb Richardson (4)	Won 15-6
Sat, 5/22/1993	Finals	Barbra Fontana / Lori Forsythe (3)	Won 15-9
Sat, 5/22/1993	Finals	Barbra Fontana / Lori Forsythe (3)	Won 7-3

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	2	3	3	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	$90,100.00
Goodwill Games	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Total	17	3	3	3	0	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	$112,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Karolyn Kirby												Liz Masakayan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$13,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$21,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$12,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$15,500.00
36	5	4	6	0	8	8	1	0	0	$96,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	9	4	8	5	26	12	4	1	0	$253,057.50
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	Goodwill Games	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
											Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$4,710.00
											Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$330.00
42	6	4	7	0	10	9	1	1	0	$132,575.00	Total	82	10	4	10	6	30	16	5	1	0	$305,597.50

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
1993	WPVA	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,850.00	28	4	87.5 %
Total	WPVA	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,850.00	28	4	87.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Karolyn Kirby													Liz Masakayan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1982	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1983	P&R	5	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1984	AVP
											1984	P&R	6	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1985	P&R	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1986	AVP	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$330.00
											1986	P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	1987	WPVA	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1988	P&R
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$462.50	1988	WPVA	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$1,181.50
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,425.00	1989	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
13	0	1	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	$10,451.00	1989	WPVA	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$1,487.50
16	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$41,350.00	1990	WPVA
17	12	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$67,815.00	1991	WPVA	17	1	3	3	3	4	2	1	0	0	$36,775.00
16	8	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$65,487.50	1992	WPVA	16	5	4	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$56,075.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	1992	FIVB
5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,925.00	1993	WPVA	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,925.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
81	34	9	12	5	11	10	0	0	0	$222,416.00	Total	Total	70	12	7	11	12	22	4	2	0	0	$115,274.00

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	156-17	90.2%
1992-1993	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	67-4	94.4%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	66	100.0%	0-66	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	66-7	90.4%

Team Match Records by Round

Country Quota

Qualifier

Pool Play

Lucky Loser

Elimination Rounds

Semi-Finals

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

Overall

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Lost

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Head to Head Results
Kirby/Masakayan lead the series against the field 23-4 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Castro Kehl/Roque 5-0
5/15/93	WPVA	Austin Open	Contender 7	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Castro Kehl/Roque	2	15-4
5/1/93	WPVA	Fresno Open	Finals	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Castro Kehl/Roque	2	7-6
5/1/93	WPVA	Fresno Open	Finals	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Castro Kehl/Roque	2	15-6
4/24/93	WPVA	San Diego Open	Winner 5	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Castro Kehl/Roque	2	15-7
4/17/93	WPVA	Beach Volley '93	Finals	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Castro Kehl/Roque	2	15-8
Lead the series against # 3 Fontana/Forsythe 6-3
5/22/93	WPVA	New Orleans Open	Finals	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Fontana/Forsythe	3	7-3
5/22/93	WPVA	New Orleans Open	Finals	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Fontana/Forsythe	3	15-9
5/22/93	WPVA	New Orleans Open	Winner 5	Fontana/Forsythe	3	Kirby/Masakayan	1	15-2
5/15/93	WPVA	Austin Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Forsythe	4	Kirby/Masakayan	1	17-15
5/1/93	WPVA	Fresno Open	Contender 8	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Fontana/Forsythe	4	15-9
5/1/93	WPVA	Fresno Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Forsythe	4	Kirby/Masakayan	1	15-10
4/24/93	WPVA	San Diego Open	Finals	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Fontana/Forsythe	4	15-4
4/24/93	WPVA	San Diego Open	Winner 4	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Fontana/Forsythe	4	15-5
4/17/93	WPVA	Beach Volley '93	Winner 3	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Fontana/Forsythe	4	15-4
Lead the series against # 4 Harrer/Richardson 4-1
5/22/93	WPVA	New Orleans Open	Contender 8	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Harrer/Richardson	4	15-6
5/22/93	WPVA	New Orleans Open	Winner 4	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Harrer/Richardson	4	15-11
5/15/93	WPVA	Austin Open	Contender 8	Harrer/Richardson	3	Kirby/Masakayan	1	15-12
5/1/93	WPVA	Fresno Open	Contender 7	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Harrer/Richardson	3	15-10
4/17/93	WPVA	Beach Volley '93	Winner 4	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Harrer/Richardson	3	15-5
Lead the series against # 6 Andersson/Millen 1-0
5/1/93	WPVA	Fresno Open	Contender 6	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Andersson/Millen	7	15-1
Lead the series against # 8 Biller/Roach 2-0
5/15/93	WPVA	Austin Open	Winner 3	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Biller/Roach	8	15-5
4/24/93	WPVA	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Biller/Roach	8	15-5
Lead the series against # 9 Fletcher/O'Hara 2-0
5/22/93	WPVA	New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Fletcher/O'Hara	9	15-9
4/17/93	WPVA	Beach Volley '93	Winner 2	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Fletcher/O'Hara	8	15-0
Lead the series against # 14 Peppler/Smith 1-0
5/15/93	WPVA	Austin Open	Winner 2	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Peppler/Smith	16	15-3
Lead the series against # 17 Bailey/Blomquist 1-0
5/22/93	WPVA	New Orleans Open	Winner 2	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Bailey/Blomquist	17	15-5
Lead the series against # 19 Gibbon/McDowell 1-0
4/17/93	WPVA	Beach Volley '93	Winner 1	Kirby/Masakayan	1	Gibbon/McDowell	16	15-0