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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Sanderson Ford Glendale Open presented by Bud Light
May 10 - 13, 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 Glendale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	4	5th	216	$6,000.00
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

Glendale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/11/2007

Winner 2

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (13)

Won 16-21, 22-20, 15-11

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	39	24	4	0.513	4	6	3	4
	1	17	9	3	0.353	1	1	0	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	3	1	2	2
	3	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	39	17	5	0.308	0	25	0	1
	1	15	6	3	0.200	0	12	0	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	0	6	0	1
	3	10	4	0	0.400	0	7	0	0

Fri, 5/11/2007

Winner 3

Keao Burdine / Nancy Reynolds (12)

Won 21-12, 15-21, 15-9

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	35	19	3	0.457	2	6	5	6
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	5	2
	2	10	4	2	0.200	0	0	0	3
	3	14	8	0	0.571	2	3	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	26	10	8	0.077	0	11	2	1
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	5	1	0
	2	12	5	6	-0.083	0	2	0	0
	3	5	1	1	0.000	0	4	1	1

Sat, 5/12/2007

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 21-18, 16-21, 12-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	40	24	8	0.400	2	3	2	3
	1	17	11	1	0.588	0	2	1	1
	2	15	8	5	0.200	2	1	1	0
	3	8	5	2	0.375	0	0	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	28	14	1	0.464	0	13	1	0
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	5	1	0
	2	10	4	0	0.400	0	5	0	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	0	3	0	0

Sun, 5/13/2007

Contender 5

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (2)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	25	14	5	0.360	5	1	1	3
	1	11	6	1	0.455	3	0	1	2
	2	14	8	4	0.286	2	1	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	16	9	1	0.500	0	14	1	1
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	8	0	0
	2	6	3	0	0.500	0	6	1	1

Sun, 5/13/2007

Semi-Finals

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 21-17, 20-22, 13-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	33	18	6	0.364	0	6	3	4
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	0	1	3
	2	18	9	5	0.222	0	5	2	1
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	1	0	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	36	17	4	0.361	0	13	2	0
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	3	1	0
	2	13	5	0	0.385	0	6	1	0
	3	12	7	1	0.500	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	172	99	26	0.424	13	22	14	20
Barbra Fontana	145	67	19	0.331	0	76	6	3

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 17-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-4
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:55
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
Series tied with # 2 Branagh/Youngs 1-1
5/13/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 21-17	0:45
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 2-1
5/13/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Turner	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:56
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 # 8 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 # 9 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 # 11 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 Burdine/Reynolds 1-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Burdine/Reynolds	12	21-12, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Series tied with # 13 Akers/Niles 1-1
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Akers/Niles	13	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:02
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 # 15 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
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 # 18 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 # 23, 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
Lead the series against # Q5 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