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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Miami Open
April 13 - 15, 2007

(5) Dianne DeNecochea/Barbra Fontana

Dianne Shoemaker DeNecochea

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brooklyn, MI

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Tennessee

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$491,586.00

Barbra Fontana

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

5'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,005,704.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	37	0	4	13	0	10	6	2	1	1	0	$291,000.00
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	US$37,570.00
Overall	45	0	4	13	0	12	6	7	1	2	0	US$328,570.00

Previous Miami Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1994	Did not play	Lori Forsythe - 2nd
WPVA 1997	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 5th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Miami Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/14/2007

Winner 2

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (12)

Lost 24-26, 21-19, 12-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	38	20	7	0.342	4	11	3	6
	1	16	5	3	0.125	2	3	1	3
	2	10	9	1	0.800	1	5	2	1
	3	12	6	3	0.250	1	3	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	31	13	1	0.387	0	12	3	2
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	4	1	2
	2	17	5	0	0.294	0	6	1	0
	3	7	3	0	0.429	0	2	1	0

Sat, 4/14/2007

Contender 1

Tara Kuk / Kim Whitney (22, Q3)

Won 21-23, 21-14, 15-10

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	31	14	5	0.290	4	10	3	5
	1	14	5	4	0.071	2	2	1	4
	2	10	5	0	0.500	2	6	1	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	2	1	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	31	14	2	0.387	0	20	1	1
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	11	0	0
	2	10	5	0	0.500	0	6	0	1
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	3	1	0

Sat, 4/14/2007

Contender 2

Alicia Polzin / Paula Roca (13)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	22	16	3	0.591	3	5	1	3
	1	10	9	0	0.900	1	2	1	2
	2	12	7	3	0.333	2	3	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	22	9	2	0.318	0	8	0	2
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	5	0	0
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	3	0	2

Sat, 4/14/2007

Contender 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (7)

Won 23-25, 24-22, 15-6

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	30	22	2	0.667	3	7	1	6
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	2	0	1
	2	12	9	1	0.667	1	3	1	4
	3	6	5	0	0.833	2	2	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	35	18	1	0.486	0	12	0	2
	1	15	6	1	0.333	0	3	0	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	3	0	2
	3	11	6	0	0.545	0	6	0	0

Sat, 4/14/2007

Contender 4

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Won 21-13, 23-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	29	17	3	0.483	3	2	2	5
	1	12	9	1	0.667	2	2	0	2
	2	17	8	2	0.353	1	0	2	3
Barbra Fontana	Total	20	12	0	0.600	0	14	1	2
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	11	0	1
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	3	1	1

Sun, 4/15/2007

Contender 5

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (4)

Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-12

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	41	22	4	0.439	3	6	4	3
	1	17	8	3	0.294	0	1	1	1
	2	13	7	0	0.538	2	4	0	1
	3	11	7	1	0.545	1	1	3	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	28	7	4	0.107	0	18	1	2
	1	12	4	2	0.167	0	9	0	0
	2	10	2	2	0.000	0	5	1	1
	3	6	1	0	0.167	0	4	0	1

Sun, 4/15/2007

Semi-Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (11)

Lost 14-21, 19-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	24	13	6	0.292	1	4	2	2
	1	11	6	2	0.364	1	0	1	1
	2	13	7	4	0.231	0	4	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	21	5	5	0.000	0	15	1	1
	1	8	1	3	-0.250	0	6	1	0
	2	13	4	2	0.154	0	9	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	215	124	30	0.437	21	45	16	30
Barbra Fontana	188	78	15	0.335	0	99	7	12

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	4	11	0	8	4	5	1	2	0	0	$246,320.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,900.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,200.00
Total	40	0	4	11	0	11	4	7	1	2	0	0	$291,420.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dianne DeNecochea												Barbra Fontana
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$8,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	$23,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	$35,500.00
105	2	7	26	1	41	22	3	1	0	$347,295.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	142	4	12	24	12	54	25	7	1	0	$476,077.50
											Goodwill Games	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,750.00
9	0	0	2	1	4	2	0	0	0	$37,775.00	Manhattan Beach	8	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$31,980.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$6,475.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,975.00
126	2	7	28	2	47	34	3	1	0	$423,045.00	Total	165	6	12	26	14	62	32	8	2	0	$577,032.50

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
2002	AVP	7	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$48,300.00	19	11	63.3 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$37,570.00	19	15	55.9 %
2007	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	AVP	8	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$57,800.00	24	13	64.9 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$37,570.00	19	15	55.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dianne DeNecochea													Barbra Fontana
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1984	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1985	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1991	WPVA	17	0	0	0	1	8	7	1	0	0	$12,660.00
											1992	WPVA	16	0	0	1	2	5	8	0	0	0	$17,225.00
											1993	WPVA	14	1	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	$23,580.00
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,375.00
											1994	WPVA	14	3	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$52,425.00
											1994	FIVB	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00
											1995	WPVA	13	1	1	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	$21,950.00
											1995	FIVB	11	1	0	1	4	2	1	2	0	0	$19,000.00
											1996	WPVA	14	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$70,862.50
											1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	$25,550.00
											1997	WPVA	12	0	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	$35,020.00
											1997	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$19,000.00
											1998	SG	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
											1998	FIVB	8	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	$56,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	1999	AVP	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$19,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	USAV	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$16,250.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	$32,750.00
											2000	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$3,891.00	2000	BVA	6	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00
											2000	USAV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2000	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	$38,000.00
5	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	$16,085.00	2001	AVP	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2001	BVA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	0	$23,500.00	2001	FIVB	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$88,750.00
7	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$24,150.00	2002	AVP	7	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$24,150.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$18,785.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$18,785.00
8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$22,090.00	2003	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,090.00
7	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	$29,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$3,800.00	2004	AVP	11	0	1	3	0	6	1	0	0	0	$28,912.50
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
13	0	0	4	0	5	4	0	0	0	$43,900.00	2005	AVP
16	0	0	5	0	6	5	0	0	0	$53,600.00	2006	AVP	15	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	$33,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	2007	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
86	1	4	17	2	24	30	5	1	2	$248,176.00	Total	Total	244	20	36	35	21	83	38	6	2	3	$791,085.00

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	75	73.5%	16	15.7%	11	10.8%	91-11	89.2%	15	21.1%	11	15.5%	45	63.4%	15-56	21.1%	75-45	62.5%	31-22	58.5%	0	0	106-67	61.3%
2006-2007	31	73.8%	8	19.0%	3	7.1%	39-3	92.9%	7	22.6%	3	9.7%	21	67.7%	7-24	22.6%	31-21	59.6%	15-6	71.4%	0	0	46-27	63.0%
Against the Field	27	58.7%	12	26.1%	7	15.2%	39-7	84.8%	9	17.6%	6	11.8%	36	70.6%	9-42	17.6%	54-72	42.9%	42-26	61.8%	0	0	48-49	49.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	0	54	29	4	11	0	0	0	0	99	64
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	16	8	0	0	62	34	4	11	0	0	0	0	114	73

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 8-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 3-2
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-13, 23-21	0:46
9/7/02	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Semi-Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	22-20, 21-16	0:39
8/24/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-17, 21-12	0:45
6/16/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	DeNecochea/Fontana	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-14, 21-15	0:41
6/9/02	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	Winner 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	25-23, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 4 Scott/Turner 1-0
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Scott/Turner	4	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 7 Dodd/Minello 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Dodd/Minello	7	23-25, 24-22, 15-6	1:05
Trail the series against # 11 Kessy/Ross 0-1
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	11	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-14, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 12 Akers/Niles 0-1
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	12	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	26-24, 19-21, 15-12	1:08
Lead the series against # 13 Polzin/Roca 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Polzin/Roca	13	21-19, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 Jameson/Jones 1-0
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	2	Jameson/Jones	13	21-8, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # 22, Q3 Kuk/Whitney 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Kuk/Whitney	22, Q3	21-23, 21-14, 15-10	1:05