Boston Beach Volleyball Championships

The Boston Beach Volleyball championships will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on a private beach behind the M Street entrance to the L Street Bathhouse in South Boston.

Two months of action has resulted in four men’s teams and six women’s teams preparing to do battle for a chance to win $1,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Chicago and try to earn a spot in a qualifying tournament for the AVP Beach Volleyball Tour Chicago Championship.

The men’s draw features three teams at the top that tied with 17 wins apiece, led by the experienced duo of Chad Jones and Robert Brennan, who go by the name of Chad & Booh. Jonah Mytro and Craig Martin went 2-1 during the league’s final regular-season games Wednesday to jump up from fourth place. Phil St. Pierre and David Bergman (Popeye & Badger) also held firm.

Squarely on the bubble, the local tandem of Matt Luksa and Rob Kane (Big Man & Big Rob) made the biggest move, winning all three games Wednesday to slide into the last spot.

“Any of the four can do it if they get hot,” Luksa said. “Seedings are important but anyone can win it. We’d love to be the ones to go.”

On the women’s side, the defending champions from last year’s Newport, R.I. event - Kimberly Hyde and Nicole Brehaut (Kim & Nik) - went 19-5 to claim the top seed. Right behind them are WHO DAT!?!, composed of Jessica Bensley and Jamee Stimson. Both teams earned byes for the first round.

In the quarterfinals, third-seeded Marriah Vengroff-Butts and Robin Young take on Karen Simpson and Nicole Salisbury (Shank You) while fourth-seeded Lindsay Marshall and Danielle Rogers face Nic & Heather - Nicolle Becker and Heather Larson - in the other matchup.

“Nik and Kim are a really strong team with a lot of experience,” Young said. “They definitely have a target on them. But the competition here is a high enough level that, across the board, anyone could beat you on a given day so you always have to bring your A game.”