AVP Tour
$125,000 Tempe Open
April 25 - 27, 2003
(24, Q9) Barb Birnbaum/Saralyn Smith
 
Barb Belding Birnbaum
Photo: Kim Goodwin
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jan 11, 1965 (59 yrs old)
Home Town: San Francisco, CA
Height: 6'0"
College(s): California-Santa Barbara
Seasons: 8
Tournaments: 50
Career Best: 9th (WPVA Santa Monica 1994)
Career AVP Best: 17th (4 times)
Career Winnings: $3,867.50
Saralyn Smith
Photo: Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date: Mar 23, 1978 (46 yrs old)
Home Town: Key West, FL
Height: 6'1"
College(s): Hartford
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 93
Career Best: 2nd (NORCECA Guatemala City 2009)
Career AVP Best: 9th (12 times)
Career Winnings: $52,742.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172527Money
AVP1000000000424 $2,200.00
Previous Tempe Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
AVP 4/4-6/2003 Fort Lauderdale Open Q12 27th 18 $0.00
AVP 8/22-24/2002 US Championships of Beach Volleyball 22 17th 86 $600.00
AVP 8/8-10/2002 Manhattan Beach Open 31 25th 48 $100.00
Tempe Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 4/25/2003 Qualifier 2 Cherry Simkins / Ashanti Taylor (Q24) Won 21-18, 21-14 0:44
Fri, 4/25/2003 Qualifier 3 Jessica Brannan / Carrie Wright (Q8) Won 21-17, 22-20 0:45
Fri, 4/25/2003 Qualifier 4 Courtney Guerra / Brooke Niles (Q32) Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-11 0:53
Sat, 4/26/2003 Winner 1 Jennifer Kessy / Jenny Pavley (9) Lost 14-21, 17-21 0:35
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Barb BirnbaumTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Saralyn SmithTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
Sat, 4/26/2003 Contender 1 Danalee Bragado-Corso / Jaimie Lee (10) Lost 21-19, 22-24, 8-15 0:59
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Barb BirnbaumTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 3N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Saralyn SmithTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A4N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A3N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
 3N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Overall Tournament Stats
PlayerAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Barb BirnbaumN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Saralyn SmithN/AN/AN/AN/A5N/A0N/A
TotalN/AN/AN/AN/A5N/A0N/A
OpponentsN/AN/AN/AN/A3N/A0N/A
Head to Head Results
Birnbaum/Smith trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-1
8/9/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Winner 1 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2 Birnbaum/Smith 31 21-19, 21-15 0:43
Trail the series against # 9 Kessy/Pavley 0-1
4/26/03AVPTempe Open Winner 1 Kessy/Pavley 9 Birnbaum/Smith 24, Q9 21-14, 21-17 0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Bragado-Corso/Lee 0-1
4/26/03AVPTempe Open Contender 1 Bragado-Corso/Lee 10 Birnbaum/Smith 24, Q9 19-21, 24-22, 15-8 0:59
Trail the series against # 18 Hughes/Pagano 0-1
8/9/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Contender 1 Hughes/Pagano 18 Birnbaum/Smith 31 21-17, 21-17 0:41
Trail the series against # 20 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 0-1
8/23/02AVPUS Championships of Beach Volleyball Contender 1 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 12 Birnbaum/Smith 22 21-13, 21-11 0:35
Lead the series against # Q8 Brannan/Wright 1-0
4/25/03AVPTempe Open Qualifier 3 Birnbaum/Smith 24, Q9 Brannan/Wright Q8 21-17, 22-20 0:45
Lead the series against # Q24 Simkins/Taylor 1-0
4/25/03AVPTempe Open Qualifier 2 Birnbaum/Smith 24, Q9 Simkins/Taylor Q24 21-18, 21-14 0:44
Lead the series against # Q32 Guerra/Niles 1-0
4/25/03AVPTempe Open Qualifier 4 Birnbaum/Smith 24, Q9 Guerra/Niles Q32 21-18, 17-21, 15-11 0:53