Volleyball legend May and partner to play this weekend

July 7 -- Former Cal State Long Beach women's volleyball team legend Misty May is playing in the Seal Beach Open BVA (Beach Vollyball America) women's volleyball tournament this weekend at the Seal Beach Pier.

Rick Schloss, the public relations director for the Beach Volleyball America tour, confirmed May would be playing Saturday in the tournament.

May, with partner Holly McPeak, is attempting to grab one of two U.S. positions in women's team volleyball for the Summer Olympics in Sydney.

The tournament, however, is unaffiliated with Olympic qualifying.

May and McPeak are currently ranked third in the United States and seeded fourth in the tournament.

Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan, who are the No. 1 team in the U.S. and the second ranked team in the world, are the top seeded team.

May and McPeak will play their first match Saturday at 11 a.m.

A 32-team qualification tournament will start today's action at 9 a.m. on Friday until 5 p.m. The top eight teams from Friday's action will then advance to join 16 seeded teams in Saturday's championship bracket.

Saturday's games also run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Sunday, the action begins at 9 a.m. with the finals taking place at 2:30 p.m.

There is no charge to watch the tournament.