Arce the Best of the Beach

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. - Lisa Arce, who will team with Holly McPeak in the women’s beach volleyball competition of the 1998 Goodwill Games, won the Op Best of the Beach Invitational here Sunday (July 19) to claim the $30,000 first-place price.

Seeded first in the competition due to a coin flip with McPeak, Arce posted a two-day point differential of plus-27 win the title as the "best" women’s beach volleyball player in the United States. Arce posted a 5-1 match mark, including a 3-0 record Sunday with three different partners.

Angela Rock finished second with a plus-5 point differential and a 3-3 match mark to earn $15,000. Fontana, who won the best of the beach competition in 1994, and McPeak tied for third with a plus-3 point differential each. Fontana had a 4-2 mark for the weekend while McPeak was 3-3.

The competition kicked off the Op Beach Festival in Huntington Beach, Calif.