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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Dallas Open
April 19 - 22, 2007

(4) Dianne DeNecochea/Barbra Fontana

Dianne Shoemaker DeNecochea

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1967 (57 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 (59 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 Dallas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1995	Did not play	Lori Forsythe - 5th
WPVA 1997	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	5	3rd	270	$9,500.00

Dallas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 4/20/2007

Winner 2

Heidi Ilustre / Diane Pascua (13)

Won 21-10, 21-18

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	22	14	2	0.545	6	7	2	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	2	4	1	1
	2	13	9	1	0.615	4	3	1	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	23	10	1	0.391	0	12	1	0
	1	13	6	0	0.462	0	7	1	0
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	5	0	0

Fri, 4/20/2007

Winner 3

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (5)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	29	18	1	0.586	4	0	1	1
	1	14	8	1	0.500	2	0	1	0
	2	15	10	0	0.667	2	0	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	21	9	3	0.286	0	11	1	0
	1	12	4	3	0.083	0	8	1	0
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	3	0	0

Sat, 4/21/2007

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 16-21, 18-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	37	15	6	0.243	2	8	1	2
	1	17	7	1	0.353	0	4	0	1
	2	20	8	5	0.150	2	4	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	29	4	4	0.000	0	25	1	2
	1	12	2	1	0.083	0	12	1	1
	2	17	2	3	-0.059	0	13	0	1

Sun, 4/22/2007

Contender 5

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (7)

Won 23-21, 14-21, 15-8

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	31	21	4	0.548	3	3	5	6
	1	12	10	1	0.750	0	2	2	1
	2	14	8	2	0.429	1	0	1	3
	3	5	3	1	0.400	2	1	2	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	30	13	3	0.333	0	9	0	0
	1	15	7	0	0.467	0	1	0	0
	2	10	3	2	0.100	0	5	0	0
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	3	0	0

Sun, 4/22/2007

Semi-Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	30	19	4	0.500	4	5	1	0
	1	13	8	1	0.538	2	1	1	0
	2	17	11	3	0.471	2	4	0	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	16	2	5	-0.188	0	9	3	2
	1	9	1	2	-0.111	0	5	2	0
	2	7	1	3	-0.286	0	4	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	149	87	17	0.470	19	23	10	10
Barbra Fontana	119	38	16	0.185	0	66	6	4

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 11-7 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 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 0-2
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-16, 21-18	0:47
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs 0-1
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-18	0:48
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 # 5 Scott/Turner 2-0
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Scott/Turner	5	21-17, 21-19	0:52
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 2-0
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Dodd/Minello	7	23-21, 14-21, 15-8	0:57
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 # 8 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 Ilustre/Pascua 1-0
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Ilustre/Pascua	13	21-10, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 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 # Q2 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