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Updated at 7:58 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2007

Beach volleyball: Metzger, Lambert fall in semifinals

Advertiser Staff

Punahou graduates Stein Metzger and Mike Lambert fell in the semifinals to Brazil's Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos today at the $600,000 Henekl Grand Chelem in Paris.

Metzger and Lambert, the 14th seeds, beat Spain's Pablo Herrera and Raul Mesa, 21-16, 21-17, in Round 3 before losing to the second-seeded Brazilians, 21-16, 21-15. They will play Germany's Julius Brink and Christoph Dieckmann in today's third-place match.

The first of five majors on the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour concludes today.