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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Gold Series The Championships
August 30 - September 2, 2018

(8) Amanda Lawson/Irene Pollock

Amanda Dowdy Lawson

Photo: Michael Gomez

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Austin, TX

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Texas Tech

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Shepparton 2018)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$105,350.00

Irene Hester Pollock

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fort Worth, TX

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Texas Christian

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

3rd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$82,337.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
AVP	10	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	$42,425.00
FIVB	15	1	0	1	0	5	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	US$18,700.00
NORCECA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
Overall	26	1	1	3	0	5	3	5	3	2	1	1	1	US$62,125.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Heather McGuire - 3rd	Did not play
2016	Whitney Pavlik - 9th	Emily Capers - 13th
2017	Irene Pollock - 7th	Amanda Lawson - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/16-19/2018	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	7	7th	666	$5,500.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2018	Tokyo Three Star	10	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2018	Haiyang Three Star	6	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/9-15/2018	Gstaad Major		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2018	Espinho Four Star	Q3	33rd	160	US$0.00
AVP	6/21-24/2018	AVP Seattle	8	3rd	540	$7,000.00
FIVB	6/14-17/2018	Nanjing Two Star	8	3rd	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	6/7-10/2018	Nantong Two Star	8	5th	240	US$1,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/3/2018	Jinjiang Two Star	6	9th	200	US$800.00
AVP	5/17-20/2018	AVP Austin	4	13th	240	$2,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	29	25th	180	US$1,500.00
NORCECA	4/27-29/2018	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Cuba	2	2nd	180	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2018	Satun One Star	6	5th	120	US$300.00
FIVB	2/1-4/2018	Shepparton One Star	4	1st	200	US$1,000.00
AVP	8/31-9/3/2017	Chicago Championships	11	7th	592	$5,000.00

AVP Gold Series The Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/31/2018

Winner 2

Karissa Cook / Katie Spieler (9)

Won 21-16, 20-22, 15-11

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	Total	41	26	4	0.537	1	12	0	3
	1	14	8	2	0.429	0	4	0	1
	2	19	13	2	0.579	0	5	0	2
	3	8	5	0	0.625	1	3	0	0
Irene Pollock	Total	27	14	4	0.370	0	18	1	1
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	7	1	0
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	2	0	0
	3	13	5	2	0.231	0	9	0	1

Fri, 8/31/2018

Winner 3

Sara Hughes / Summer Ross (1)

Lost 17-21, 20-22

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	Total	25	14	3	0.440	4	3	1	2
	1	16	7	2	0.313	1	2	1	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	3	1	0	1
Irene Pollock	Total	28	13	6	0.250	0	10	3	4
	1	12	6	3	0.250	0	5	1	2
	2	16	7	3	0.250	0	5	2	2

Sat, 9/1/2018

Contender 3

Falyn Fonoimoana / Priscilla Lima (20, Q4)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	Total	29	15	4	0.379	2	6	3	4
	1	8	4	4	0.000	1	4	3	0
	2	21	11	0	0.524	1	2	0	4
Irene Pollock	Total	16	12	2	0.625	0	6	2	0
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	4	0	0
	2	7	6	1	0.714	0	2	2	0

Sat, 9/1/2018

Contender 4

Terese Cannon / Sarah Sponcil (18, Q2)

Lost 21-23, 12-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	Total	19	10	1	0.474	0	4	4	5
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	1	2	3
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	2	2
Irene Pollock	Total	44	16	7	0.205	0	11	1	6
	1	17	9	4	0.294	0	5	1	2
	2	27	7	3	0.148	0	6	0	4

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	114	65	12	0.465	7	25	8	14
Irene Pollock	115	55	19	0.313	0	45	7	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hughes/Ross 0-1
8/31/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series The Championships	Winner 3	Hughes/Ross	1	Lawson/Pollock	8	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 4 Capers/Flint 0-2
7/21/18	FIVB	Haiyang Three Star	Winner 3	Capers/Flint	3	Lawson/Pollock	6	21-12, 21-16	0:34
6/24/18	AVP	AVP Seattle	Semi-Finals	Capers/Flint	2	Lawson/Pollock	8	21-16, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Kolinske/Stockman 0-1
7/9/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Country Quota	Kolinske/Stockman	26, Q4	Lawson/Pollock		19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Branagh/Ledoux 1-0
8/18/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Contender 4	Lawson/Pollock	7	Branagh/Ledoux	4	21-17, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Urango/Wheeler 0-1
8/18/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Contender 5	Urango/Wheeler	9	Lawson/Pollock	7	21-11, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 9 Cook/Spieler 4-0
8/31/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series The Championships	Winner 2	Lawson/Pollock	8	Cook/Spieler	9	21-16, 20-22, 15-11	0:57
6/23/18	AVP	AVP Seattle	Contender 3	Lawson/Pollock	8	Cook/Spieler	5	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 1	Lawson/Pollock	29	Cook/Spieler	36	9-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:46
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Lawson/Pollock	13	Cook/Spieler	20, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 Howard/Reeves 1-2
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 2	Howard/Reeves	10	Lawson/Pollock	7	21-14, 21-16	0:42
6/23/18	AVP	AVP Seattle	Contender 2	Lawson/Pollock	8	Howard/Reeves	6	27-25, 15-21, 15-7	1:02
5/18/18	AVP	AVP Austin	Contender 1	Howard/Reeves	5	Lawson/Pollock	4	21-15, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 Cannon/Sponcil 0-1
9/1/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series The Championships	Contender 4	Cannon/Sponcil	18, Q2	Lawson/Pollock	8	23-21, 21-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Fonoimoana/Lima 2-0
9/1/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series The Championships	Contender 3	Lawson/Pollock	8	Fonoimoana/Lima	20, Q4	21-16, 21-17	0:41
8/18/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Contender 3	Lawson/Pollock	7	Fonoimoana/Lima	18, Q2	21-14, 21-16	0:42