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$60,000 WPVA Ocean Pacific U.S. Open
June 27 - 29, 1997

(2) Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno

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

Nancy Reno

Photo: Matt Barber

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1965 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Glen Ellyn, IL

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

160

Career Wins:

Career WPVA Wins:

Career Winnings:

$610,369.00

Awards

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

Awards

Tour Champion 1992 (with Karolyn Kirby)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$76,800.00
WPVA	21	7	5	2	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	$170,525.00
Overall	27	10	5	3	1	5	1	2	0	0	0	US$247,325.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1989	Dale Hall - 7th	Did not play
1989	Dale Hall - 4th	Did not play
1990	Patty Dodd - 1st	Did not play
1995	Linda Hanley - 2nd	Holly McPeak - 1st
1996	Nancy Reno - 5th	Karolyn Kirby - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
WPVA	6/21-22/1997	Atlantic City Open	2	1st	80	$11,000.00
WPVA	6/13-15/1997	Irving Open	2	2nd	72	$8,100.00
WPVA	5/16-18/1997	Austin Open	2	5th	48	$3,000.00
WPVA	5/8-11/1997	Orlando Open	2	1st	80	$14,100.00
WPVA	4/19-20/1997	Deerfield Beach Open	3	5th	48	$3,000.00
WPVA	4/5-6/1997	Miami Beach Open	5	2nd	72	$10,500.00
WPVA	8/16-18/1996	National Championships	2	5th	48	$6,000.00
WPVA	8/8-11/1996	New York Indoor	2	3rd	0	$12,300.00

U.S. Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/27/1997		Shannon Misek / Carrie Wright (31)	Won
Fri, 6/27/1997		Liz Masakayan / Elaine Youngs (15)	Won 15-4
Fri, 6/27/1997		Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst (7)	Won 15-8
Fri, 6/27/1997		Barbra Fontana / Linda Hanley (3)	Lost 14-16
Fri, 6/27/1997		Marla O'Hara / Ali Wood (12)	Lost 11-15

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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$53,800.00
Total	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$76,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Karolyn Kirby												Nancy Reno
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$13,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$12,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
36	5	4	6	0	8	8	1	0	0	$96,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	14	5	6	2	10	7	1	0	0	$164,555.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	Goodwill Games
											Manhattan Beach	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,064.00
											Tour Championships	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,415.50
42	6	4	7	0	10	9	1	1	0	$132,575.00	Total	56	14	7	8	6	11	8	1	0	0	$197,534.50

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
1992	WPVA	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$45,775.00	21	4	84.0 %
1996	WPVA	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,900.00	17	5	77.3 %
1997	WPVA	7	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$53,300.00	34	10	77.3 %
Total	WPVA	17	6	4	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$138,975.00	72	19	79.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Karolyn Kirby													Nancy Reno
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1984	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1986	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	1987	WPVA
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
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,425.00	1989	P&R
13	0	1	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	$10,451.00	1989	WPVA
16	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$41,350.00	1990	WPVA	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	0	$1,975.00
17	12	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$67,815.00	1991	WPVA	17	0	0	1	0	3	10	3	0	0	$9,757.50
16	8	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$65,487.50	1992	WPVA	16	4	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	$50,037.50
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	1992	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00
											1993	AVP	16	3	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$65,025.00	1993	WPVA
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00	1993	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											1994	AVP	14	4	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	$29,559.50
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
11	3	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	$32,120.00	1995	WPVA	14	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$57,540.00
11	1	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	$29,125.00	1995	FIVB	9	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,500.00
14	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	$59,575.00	1996	WPVA	12	5	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	$63,225.00
5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$20,875.00	1996	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$18,000.00
8	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$28,150.00	1997	WPVA	7	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$26,650.00
158	66	21	24	9	25	12	1	0	0	$528,461.00	Total	Total	119	35	22	19	7	15	14	4	3	0	$314,744.50

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	82-21	79.6%
1996-1997	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	61-17	78.2%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	32	100.0%	0-32	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	13	100.0%	0-13	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	32-13	71.1%

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	3	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

Head to Head Results
Kirby/Reno lead the series against the field 26-11 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Arce/McPeak 2-3
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Gold Medal	Kirby/Reno	2	Arce/McPeak	1	15-11
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Gold Medal	Arce/McPeak	1	Kirby/Reno	2	15-13
5/8/97	WPVA	Orlando Open	Contender 6	Kirby/Reno	2	Arce/McPeak	1	16-14
4/5/97	WPVA	Miami Beach Open	Gold Medal	Arce/McPeak	4	Kirby/Reno	5	15-12
8/16/96	WPVA	National Championships	Winner 4	Arce/McPeak	3	Kirby/Reno	2	15-7
Lead the series against # 3 Fontana/Hanley 7-5
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Fontana/Hanley	3	Kirby/Reno	2	16-14
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Winner 4	Kirby/Reno	2	Fontana/Hanley	3	15-5
5/16/97	WPVA	Austin Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Hanley	3	Kirby/Reno	2	15-7
5/8/97	WPVA	Orlando Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Hanley	3	Kirby/Reno	2	15-10
4/19/97	WPVA	Deerfield Beach Open	Contender 4	Kirby/Reno	3	Fontana/Hanley	2	15-12
4/5/97	WPVA	Miami Beach Open	Contender 6	Kirby/Reno	5	Fontana/Hanley	1	15-8
5/18/96	WPVA	San Diego Open	Gold Medal	Kirby/Reno	1	Fontana/Hanley	4	15-9
5/18/96	WPVA	San Diego Open	Winner 4	Kirby/Reno	1	Fontana/Hanley	4	15-4
5/3/96	WPVA	Hermosa Beach Open	Gold Medal	Fontana/Hanley	4	Kirby/Reno	1	12-11
5/3/96	WPVA	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Kirby/Reno	1	Fontana/Hanley	4	18-16
4/27/96	WPVA	Beach Volley '96	Bronze Medal	Fontana/Hanley	4	Kirby/Reno	1	15-12
4/27/96	WPVA	Beach Volley '96	Winner 4	Kirby/Reno	1	Fontana/Hanley	4	18-16
Lead the series against # 4 Poppinga/Rock 2-1
5/16/97	WPVA	Austin Open	Contender 6	Poppinga/Rock	5	Kirby/Reno	2	15-12
5/8/97	WPVA	Orlando Open	Semi-Finals	Kirby/Reno	2	Poppinga/Rock	5	15-6
4/5/97	WPVA	Miami Beach Open	Contender 4	Kirby/Reno	5	Poppinga/Rock	6	15-9
Lead the series against # 5 Roque/Shupryt Knoop 2-1
4/19/97	WPVA	Deerfield Beach Open	Contender 6	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	5	Kirby/Reno	3	15-12
4/5/97	WPVA	Miami Beach Open	Contender 5	Kirby/Reno	5	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	7	15-11
5/18/96	WPVA	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Kirby/Reno	1	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	6	15-12
Lead the series against # 6 Chisholm/Richardson 3-0
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Semi-Finals	Kirby/Reno	2	Chisholm/Richardson	7	15-11
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Winner 3	Kirby/Reno	2	Chisholm/Richardson	7	15-3
4/5/97	WPVA	Miami Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kirby/Reno	5	Chisholm/Richardson	15	15-11
Lead the series against # 7 Cook/Pottharst 1-0
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Kirby/Reno	2	Cook/Pottharst	7	15-8
Lead the series against # 8 Blomquist/Podraza 1-0
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Winner 4	Kirby/Reno	2	Blomquist/Podraza	6	15-10
Lead the series against # 9 Castro Kehl/Stammer 1-0
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Winner 3	Kirby/Reno	2	Castro Kehl/Stammer	7	15-11
Trail the series against # 12 O'Hara/Wood 0-1
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		O'Hara/Wood	12	Kirby/Reno	2	15-11
Lead the series against # 13 McSorley/Meredith 1-0
5/8/97	WPVA	Orlando Open	Winner 2	Kirby/Reno	2	McSorley/Meredith	18	15-7
Lead the series against # 14 Johnson-Black/Reeves 1-0
4/5/97	WPVA	Miami Beach Open	Contender 2	Kirby/Reno	5	Johnson-Black/Reeves	23	15-2
Lead the series against # 15 Masakayan/Youngs 2-0
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
Lead the series against # 19 Schuler/Scott 1-0
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Winner 2	Kirby/Reno	2	Schuler/Scott	15	15-3
Lead the series against # 21 Baily/Reale 1-0
4/19/97	WPVA	Deerfield Beach Open	Contender 1	Kirby/Reno	3	Baily/Reale	19	15-8
Lead the series against # 31 Misek/Wright 1-0
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Kirby/Reno	2	Misek/Wright	31