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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Atlanta Open
June 7 - 10, 2007

(3) 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 Atlanta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1996	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 4th
2006	Tammy Leibl - 5th	Carrie Dodd - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	4	7th	180	$4,600.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
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

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/8/2007

Winner 2

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (19)

Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-11

1:22

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	30	15	3	0.400	3	3	3	3
	1	14	6	2	0.286	2	1	1	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	1	1	2	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	32	19	5	0.438	0	22	1	1
	1	15	7	4	0.200	0	14	1	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	0	1
	3	9	7	0	0.778	0	5	0	0

Fri, 6/8/2007

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (6)

Won 30-28, 21-17

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	27	19	3	0.593	4	4	3	6
	1	17	13	1	0.706	2	2	3	5
	2	10	6	2	0.400	2	2	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	28	16	1	0.536	0	4	0	1
	1	18	9	0	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	1	0	1

Sat, 6/9/2007

Winner 4

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (7)

Won 34-32, 16-21, 16-14

1:20

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	34	18	6	0.353	3	6	0	5
	1	12	9	1	0.667	1	3	0	1
	2	16	4	5	-0.063	1	1	0	2
	3	6	5	0	0.833	1	2	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	45	22	5	0.378	0	13	2	2
	1	20	11	2	0.450	0	5	1	2
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	3	1	0
	3	14	7	2	0.357	0	5	0	0

Sun, 6/10/2007

Semi-Finals

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (2)

Lost 18-21, 28-30

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	29	16	6	0.345	3	9	1	2
	1	8	6	2	0.500	0	1	1	0
	2	21	10	4	0.286	3	8	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	35	16	4	0.343	0	14	0	1
	1	15	9	1	0.533	0	5	0	1
	2	20	7	3	0.200	0	9	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	120	68	18	0.417	13	22	7	16
Barbra Fontana	140	73	15	0.414	0	53	3	5

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 22-16 (Lead 10 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 0-6
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-14, 21-19	0:47
5/27/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-14	0:42
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 Scott/Turner 2-2
6/10/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Turner	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	21-18, 30-28	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross 1-4
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Kessy/Ross	5	21-15, 21-16	0:49
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-18, 21-16	0:50
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	1:04
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 # 5 McPeak/Tom 1-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	McPeak/Tom	7	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Dodd/Minello 4-0
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	Dodd/Minello	6	30-28, 21-17	0:56
5/27/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Dodd/Minello	6	21-14, 22-24, 15-10	1:05
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 # 7 Davis/Johnson Jordan 4-3
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	7	34-32, 16-21, 16-14	1:20
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	8	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-18, 32-30	1:01
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 # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 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 # 11 Ivy Swift/Lowe 2-0
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Ivy Swift/Lowe	13	21-12, 21-23, 15-11	0:59
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Ivy Swift/Lowe	16	21-16, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 D'Amore/Polzin 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	D'Amore/Polzin	20	21-7, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 15 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 Allen/Snyder 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Allen/Snyder	23	21-18, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 Barnes/Williams 2-0
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	Barnes/Williams	19	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:22
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 # Q2 Byrd/Jensen 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Byrd/Jensen	29, Q4	21-8, 21-10	0:35