The top-seeded men's and women's teams won the AVP Tour's season opener on Sunday. But champions Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers on the men's side and Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh for the women were not the only big stories.
Second-seeded Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh were just two points away from the upset and the women's championship before the top seeds prevailed, 21-15, 17-21, 15-13, in the AVP Gold Crown Miami Open.
There was also sixth-seeded Sean Scott and Nick Lucena, who shocked many by making it to the men's final in their first ever AVP event together. Dalhausser and Rogers beat them, 21-14, 21-13, but that did not diminish the challengers' accomplishment.
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