PRO VOLLEYBALL CAMP PENDLETON OPEN : Silva’s Outburst Costs Her Team a Match

Jackie Silva’s temper sometimes gets out of hand, and it proved costly Saturday in the second round of the $40,000 Camp Pendleton Open pro beach volleyball tournament at Club del Beach.

With the score tied, 12-12, against second-seeded Gail Castro and Lori Kotas, Silva was whistled for a foot fault on a serve. The head official overruled the line judge, who said Silva hadn’t stepped over the line.

Silva was warned with a yellow card when she complained about the call to the official.

Silva and her partner, Rita Crockett-Royster of Costa Mesa, fell behind, 14-13, when Silva began complaining to the official again. She was slapped with a red card, thus losing a point and costing her team the match.

Women’s Professional Volleyball Assn. rules state that a red-card penalty carries a $50 fine for infractions such as profanity, hanging on the net or kicking the ball.

Silva argued the call with tournament officials, but to no avail.

“I didn’t do anything,” Silva said. “I called timeout, then I put my hand up in the air. Then he (the official) said, ‘I’m going to give you a red card.’

“I think he was just trying to make a name for himself. It cost us the match.”

Silva, the tour’s all-time leading money winner, and Crockett-Royster, a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic team, will have to battle through the losers’ bracket of the double-elimination tournament. They entered the 32-team tournament seeded 15th.

“We’re going to have to play harder now,” Silva said. “And we’re going to have to keep our cool.”

Castro and Kotas advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost to seventh-seeded Kelly Van Winden and Charlotte Mitchel, 15-13. Van Winden and Mitchel will meet third-seeded Elaine Roque and Janice Opalinski-Harrer of San Juan Capistrano in today’s winners’ bracket semifinals.

Twelfth-seeded Lori Biller and Patty Dodd scored one of the biggest upsets of the day, beating fourth-seeded Liz Masakayan and Linda Carrillo, 15-6, in the quarterfinals. Biller, a former standout at La Quinta High School, had an ace down the line for match point.

Biller and Dodd will meet top-seeded Angela Rock and Karolyn Kirby in the other winners’ bracket semifinal.

A heavy northwesterly wind throughout the day plagued most of the matches. ESPN commentator and player Kathy Gregory, after watching a Crockett-Royster jump serve blow out of bounds, yelled, “Hey Rita, rate the wind from one to 10.”

Crockett-Royster held up both hands, signifying a 10 as the worst possible conditions.

Rock and Kirby, who have won eight of the first 11 tournaments this year, are closing in on the season record of 11 victories set by Silva and Dodd in 1989. There are six tournaments scheduled after the Camp Pendleton event.

Kirby also is closing in on Silva, her former partner, on the tour’s all-time money winners chart. Kirby, who has won $44,340 this season, has $96,356 in career winnings while Silva leads with $102,954.

Kirby entered the season $46,138 behind Silva, but gained ground when Silva was resting an injured shoulder.

Cammy Ciarelli of Huntington Beach and Diane Pestolesi of Costa Mesa, seeded ninth, lost to eighth-seeded Gayle Stammer and Alison Johnson, 16-14, in the second round. Ciarelli and Pestolesi are in their first full season on the tour.

There were two first-round upsets. Sixth-seeded Holly McPeak and Barb Fontana dropped a 15-13 decision to 27th-seeded Amy Baltus and Laura Smith. Karen Janc and Robin Encisco, seeded 23rd, surprised 10th-seeded Nancy Reno and Julie Thornton, 15-13.

Volleyball Notes

Today’s finals are set for 2:30 p.m. The event is for Camp Pendleton personnel and families, and is closed to the public. . . . ESPN will televise the finals July 29 at 9 p.m. . . . The next stop on the tour will be July 6-7 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Results

First round

Winners’ bracket

Karolyn Kirby-Angela Rock d. Mary McDowell-Margie Hyde, 15-5; Betsey Chavez-Jackie Campbell d. Christa Cook-Jill Bohanon, 15-8; Cammy Ciarelli-Diane Pestolesi d. Kim Bird-Chris Miller, 15-9; Gayle Stammer-Alison Johnson d. LeValley Pattison-Jan Corley, 15-4; Lisa Strand-Deb Richardson d. Rosemary Bergin-Pat Keller, 15-3; Lori Biller-Patty Dodd d. Kathy Hanley-Helen Reale, 17-15; Monique Oliver-Marla O’Hara d. Bonnie Fisk-Wendy Fletcher, 15-8; Linda Carrillo-Liz Masakayan d. Mary Natwick-Claudia Trudeau, 15-1; Janice Opalinski-Harrer-Elaine Roque d. Joanne Rathbun-Sue Erben, 15-2; Kim Jagd-Heather Hafner Stealey d. Mary Diamond-Evelyn Conley, 15-10; Jackie Silva-Rita Crockett-Royster d. Jeanne Reeves, Mary Jo Peppler, 15-8; Laura Smith-Amy Baltus d. Holly McPeak-Barb Fontana, 15-13; Kelly Van Winden-Charlotte Mitchel d. Beth Engman-Shawna Hoover, 15-6; Lori Kotas-Gail Castro d. Shannon Williams-Debbi Stanford, 15-5; Karen Janc-Robin Encisco d. Nancy Reno-Julie Thornton, 15-13; Dennie Knoop-Marie Andersson d. Lisa Hudson-Shannon Millen, 15-2.

Second round

Dodd-Biller d. Strand-Richardson, 15-13; Kirby-Rock d. Chavez-Campbell, 15-4; Johnson-Stammer d. Ciarelli-Pestolesi, 16-14; Roque-Harrer d. Jagd-Stealey, 15-5; Carrillo-Masakayan d. O’Hara-Oliver, 15-5; Castro-Kotas d. Silva-Crockett, 15-13; Andersson-Knoop d. Baltus-Smith, 15-5; Van Winden-Mitchel d. Encisco-Janc, 15-4.

Quarterfinals

Kirby-Rock d. Johnson-Stammer, 15-12; Biller-Dodd d. Carrillo-Masakayan, 15-6; Roque-Harrer d. Andersson-Knoop, 15-8; Van Winden-Mitchel d. Castro-Kotas, 15-13.