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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$150,000 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open
September 23 - 25, 2011

(12) Erin Gray/Kathryn Piening

Erin Borske Gray

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 31, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Illinois

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Pro Beach Best:

7th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$38,341.25

Kathryn Babcock Piening

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Rapids, MI

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Central Missouri State
Western Michigan

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Pro Beach Best:

3rd (Hermosa Beach 2012)

Career Winnings:

$42,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$3,950.00
NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
Pro Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$9,625.00
USAV IDQ	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Overall	14	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	1	1	$15,575.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2009	Renee Bizzieri - 33rd	Did not play
AVP 2010	Kathryn Piening - 13th	Erin Gray - 13th
Wide Open 2011	Paige Jensen - 7th	Sheila Shaw - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Pro Beach	9/16-18/2011	Miami Beach Pro	11	7th	360	$3,250.00
NVL	9/10-11/2011	NVL Miami Beach	12	13th	480	$0.00
Wide Open	9/1-4/2011	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	10	9th	0	$2,000.00
Pro Beach	8/26-28/2011	Manhattan Beach Open	6	9th	288	$3,000.00
USAV IDQ	4/2-3/2011	USAV IDQ #2	3	1st	0	$0.00
USAV IDQ	3/19-20/2011	USAV IDQ #1	4	3rd	0	$0.00

Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/24/2011	Winner 1	Jenelle Koester / Michelle Williams (21)	Won 24-26, 21-15, 15-9	0:59
Sat, 9/24/2011	Winner 2	Angie Akers / Angela Lewis (5)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 19-17	0:51
Sat, 9/24/2011	Winner 3	Jenny Kropp / Whitney Pavlik (4)	Lost 16-21, 20-22	1:01
Sat, 9/24/2011	Contender 4	Sydney Donahue / Kaitlin Nielsen (24)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:36
Sun, 9/25/2011	Contender 5	Jess Clausen / Jennifer Fopma (8)	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:45

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$3,950.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$3,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Erin Gray												Kathryn Piening
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
14	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	0	$5,935.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	2	7	3	1	0	$13,475.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$825.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,812.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,800.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,500.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	1	0	$9,560.00	Total	25	0	0	0	0	3	10	3	1	0	$20,787.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2010	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$3,950.00	10	11	47.6 %
2011	USAV IDQ	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	10	2	83.3 %
2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2011	Pro Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$9,625.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$3,950.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	USAV IDQ	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	10	2	83.3 %
Total	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	Pro Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$9,625.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Erin Gray													Kathryn Piening
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	1996	WPVA
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	$506.25	1997	WPVA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	2002	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2004	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	AVP
											2008	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$1,585.00	2009	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$62.50
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$1,975.00	2010	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$1,975.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	USAV IDQ	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	USAV IDQ	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$7,687.50	2011	Wide Open	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$3,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,812.50	2011	Pro Beach	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,812.50
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	2011	NORCECA
36	2	1	4	1	5	5	9	4	5	$21,616.25	Total	Total	25	2	0	1	0	3	7	3	1	8	$9,850.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	4-5	44.4%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
2010-2011	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	4-5	44.4%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-6	40.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11
Total	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11

Head to Head Results
Gray/Piening trail the series against the field 10-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Fendrick/Niles 1-3
9/17/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Contender 3	Fendrick/Niles	2	Gray/Piening	11	14-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:55
9/10/11	NVL	NVL Miami Beach	Winner 2	Fendrick/Niles	5	Gray/Piening	12	21-16, 22-20
9/2/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Fendrick/Niles	2	Gray/Piening	10	26-28, 21-10, 15-10	0:58
7/17/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Gray/Piening	24	Fendrick/Niles	9	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Kropp/Pavlik 0-3
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Kropp/Pavlik	4	Gray/Piening	12	21-16, 22-20	1:01
3/20/11	USAV IDQ	USAV IDQ #1	Semi-Finals	Kropp/Pavlik	2	Gray/Piening	4	21-14, 21-14
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 1	Kropp/Pavlik	11	Gray/Piening	22	21-16, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 5 Akers/Lewis 1-0
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Gray/Piening	12	Akers/Lewis	5	21-16, 16-21, 19-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 Batt-Rohr/Sweat 0-2
9/10/11	NVL	NVL Miami Beach	Contender 3	Batt-Rohr/Sweat	19	Gray/Piening	12	21-17, 22-20
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 2	Batt-Rohr/Sweat	12, Q1	Gray/Piening	22	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:57
Series tied with # 7 Capers/McGuire 1-1
9/16/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Winner 1	Gray/Piening	11	Capers/McGuire	6	26-24, 13-21, 15-13	1:11
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Capers/McGuire	3	Gray/Piening	6	21-19, 21-11	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Clausen/Fopma 0-1
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Clausen/Fopma	8	Gray/Piening	12	21-19, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Engle/Snyder 1-0
9/17/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Contender 2	Gray/Piening	11	Engle/Snyder	8	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Hunkus/Lowe 2-0
3/20/11	USAV IDQ	USAV IDQ #1	Bronze Medal	Gray/Piening	4	Hunkus/Lowe	1	21-5, 21-19
6/4/10	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Gray/Piening	25, Q1	Hunkus/Lowe	24	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 17 Paaluhi/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
3/19/11	USAV IDQ	USAV IDQ #1	Pool D	Gray/Piening	4	Paaluhi/Zamparelli-Flavia	5	21-15, 21-13
Lead the series against # 21 Koester/Williams 1-0
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Gray/Piening	12	Koester/Williams	21	24-26, 21-15, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # 24 Donahue/Nielsen 1-0
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Gray/Piening	12	Donahue/Nielsen	24	21-11, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 26, Q2 Lehman/McArthur 0-1
3/19/11	USAV IDQ	USAV IDQ #1	Pool D	Lehman/McArthur	13	Gray/Piening	4	15-21, 21-19, 15-11
Lead the series against # 32, Q11 Coverdale/Hayes 1-0
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 1	Gray/Piening	22	Coverdale/Hayes	27, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:35