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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 3 - 6, 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1995	Did not play	Cammy Ciarelli - 9th
WPVA 1996	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 2nd
WPVA 1997	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 2nd
SG 1998	Did not play	Various - 3rd
USAV 1999	Lia Young - 17th	Lisa Arce - 1st
2002	Barbra Fontana - 2nd	Dianne DeNecochea - 2nd
2003	Nancy Reynolds - 7th	Jennifer Kessy - 9th
2004	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd
2005	Tammy Leibl - 3rd	Did not play
2006	Tammy Leibl - 5th	Carrie Dodd - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/19-22/2007	Dallas Open	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	5	3rd	270	$9,500.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 1

Jenny Kropp / Julie Romias (29, Q7)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	24	18	3	0.625	3	7	2	3
	1	12	9	2	0.583	3	3	2	2
	2	12	9	1	0.667	0	4	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	29	12	6	0.207	0	21	0	2
	1	13	3	4	-0.077	0	8	0	1
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	13	0	1

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 2

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (13)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	22	16	3	0.591	1	2	1	3
	1	13	9	2	0.538	1	1	0	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	1	1	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	29	13	3	0.345	0	18	2	1
	1	16	7	1	0.375	0	10	0	1
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	8	2	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Winner 3

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (12)

Won 21-14, 22-20

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	34	17	6	0.324	2	3	1	2
	1	14	9	2	0.500	1	1	1	0
	2	20	8	4	0.200	1	2	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	18	8	0	0.444	0	9	0	0
	1	8	2	0	0.250	0	5	0	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	4	0	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 13-21, 19-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	25	16	6	0.400	1	4	0	2
	1	12	7	4	0.250	0	2	0	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	1	2	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	32	8	6	0.063	0	13	0	1
	1	16	3	4	-0.063	0	6	0	0
	2	16	5	2	0.188	0	7	0	1

Sun, 5/6/2007

Contender 6

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (6)

Lost 17-21, 20-22

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	24	19	2	0.708	2	3	3	6
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	3	1	2
	2	11	10	1	0.818	2	0	2	4
Barbra Fontana	Total	20	3	3	0.000	0	15	1	1
	1	9	1	2	-0.111	0	8	0	0
	2	11	2	1	0.091	0	7	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	129	86	20	0.512	9	19	7	16
Barbra Fontana	128	44	18	0.203	0	76	3	5

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 13-9 (Lead 9 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 0-3
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-13, 21-19	0:40
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 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Kessy/Ross 0-2
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	6	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 22-20	0:48
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	11	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-14, 21-19	0:43
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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 12 Lewis/Lima 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Lewis/Lima	12	21-14, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Barnes/Williams 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Barnes/Williams	13	21-15, 21-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 17 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 # 18 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 # 29, Q7 Kropp/Romias 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Kropp/Romias	29, Q7	21-14, 21-14	0:39