Wacholder and Turner come up short

In the final Assn. of Volleyball Professionals Croc Tour event of the 2008 season, Rachel Wacholder (Laguna Beach High, 1993) and partner Tyra Turner (Fort Myers Beach, Fla.) advanced to the fourth round of Contender’s Bracket play before being eliminated from title contention for the women’s tournament crown at the Manhattan Beach Open on Sunday.

The pair, the No. 7 seed in the tournament, forfeited their fourth-round match to the No. 12 team of sisters Katie and Tracy Lindquist of Huntington Beach.

The Lindquist sisters were eliminated in the next round by the No. 8 team of Dianne DeNecochea/Barbra Fontana, 21-18, 21-15.

Wacholder and Turner won three matches and lost one before giving up the forfeit in their fifth match.

The No. 1 women’s team of Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh won their fourth consecutive “” and fifth overall “” Manhattan Beach title. The two-time reigning Olympic gold medalists had to come through the Contender’s bracket to do so and swept the No. 4 team of Jen Boss/April Ross, 21-18, 21-16, in Sunday’s final.

In the men’s final Saturday, the No. 1 team of Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers won the coveted Manhattan Beach title by defeating No. 3 Nick Lucena / Sean Scott, 21-16, 21-16.

The pair becomes just the fourth team “” joining legendary beach volleyball teams of Mike O’Hara/Mike Bright, Mike Dodd/Tim Hovland and Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes “” to win three straight Manhattan Beach titles.

“If you know your history of volleyball, those are the names on the beach.” Rogers said.

“” Mike Sciacca