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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Houston Open presented by Warehouse Pool Supply
May 15 - 17, 2009

(12) Heather Lowe/Paula Roca

Heather Lowe

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cypress, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Oregon State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

155

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$119,528.50

Paula Roca

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 17, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Recife, Brazil

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

South Florida

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2007)

Career AVP Best:

5th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

$116,292.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$9,240.00

Previous Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	13	13th	240	$2,280.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	11	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	13	9th	300	$3,960.00

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 1

Courtney Guerra / Chrissie Zartman (21)

Won 27-25, 21-17

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Lowe	Total	29	14	4	0.345	1	12	0	1
	1	19	8	4	0.211	0	7	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	5	0	0
Paula Roca	Total	30	17	3	0.467	2	9	0	1
	1	16	11	2	0.563	1	5	0	0
	2	14	6	1	0.357	1	4	0	1

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Lisa Fitzgerald / Brooke Niles (5)

Lost 15-21, 16-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Lowe	Total	36	14	12	0.056	2	10	1	1
	1	18	7	8	-0.056	1	6	0	0
	2	18	7	4	0.167	1	4	1	1
Paula Roca	Total	14	7	1	0.429	1	8	0	1
	1	7	3	0	0.429	1	2	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	6	0	0

Fri, 5/15/2009

Contender 1

Janelle Allen / Rosalinda Masler (22)

Lost 13-21, 19-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Lowe	Total	31	15	8	0.226	3	5	2	1
	1	13	5	5	0.000	0	2	1	0
	2	18	10	3	0.389	3	3	1	1
Paula Roca	Total	10	7	0	0.700	0	6	0	2
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	0	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Lowe	96	43	24	0.198	6	27	3	3
Paula Roca	54	31	4	0.500	3	23	0	4

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,240.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,240.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Heather Lowe												Paula Roca
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
95	0	0	0	0	8	41	34	5	0	$74,817.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	0	0	0	0	12	53	10	1	0	$88,350.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,350.00	Challenger
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	1	$7,960.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	$19,855.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,210.00	Tour Championships
110	1	0	0	0	8	50	36	6	1	$87,337.50	Total	87	0	0	0	0	14	56	12	2	0	$108,205.00

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
2009	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,240.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,240.00	5	7	41.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Heather Lowe													Paula Roca
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$1,266.00	2000	BVA
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2000	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$3,185.00	2001	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2001	BVA
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$3,295.00	2002	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00	2003	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$4,265.00
10	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	$9,650.00	2004	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	$9,685.00
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	$7,325.00	2005	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,300.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	1	0	$9,150.00	2006	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	2	9	3	0	0	$17,687.50
16	0	0	0	0	1	11	4	0	0	$19,075.00	2007	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	2	12	2	0	0	$23,500.00
											2007	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
17	0	0	0	0	4	9	4	0	0	$24,037.50	2008	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	4	11	1	0	0	$33,125.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$4,620.00	2009	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$4,620.00
94	1	0	0	0	9	51	29	2	2	$86,003.50	Total	Total	84	1	0	0	0	15	52	11	2	3	$107,932.50

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	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	5-5	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-7	41.7%
2008-2009	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	5-5	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-7	41.7%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7

Head to Head Results
Lowe/Roca trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Fitzgerald/Niles 0-1
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Lowe/Roca	12	21-15, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Akers/Turner 0-2
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	4	Lowe/Roca	13	19-21, 21-14, 23-21	1:15
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	4	Lowe/Roca	13	21-16, 23-21	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Brannon/Pavlik 0-1
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 3	Brannon/Pavlik	14	Lowe/Roca	11	21-23, 21-14, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 17 D'Amore/Snyder 0-1
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 1	D'Amore/Snyder	21	Lowe/Roca	13	21-17, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 21 Guerra/Zartman 2-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 1	Lowe/Roca	12	Guerra/Zartman	21	27-25, 21-17	0:53
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Lowe/Roca	11	Guerra/Zartman	21	21-19, 21-11	0:36
Series tied with # 22 Allen/Masler 1-1
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 1	Allen/Masler	22	Lowe/Roca	12	21-13, 21-19	0:35
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 1	Lowe/Roca	11	Allen/Masler	22	21-19, 21-15	0:41