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AVP Tour
$200,000 Pringles Smart Flavors Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife
August 30 - September 2, 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:

13

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

2

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:

21

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

20

Career AVP Wins:

2

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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Tammy Leibl - 9th	Did not play
2006	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Carrie Dodd - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/23-26/2007	Brooklyn Open	6	5th	312	$8,500.00
AVP	8/16-19/2007	Boston Open	6	3rd	390	$13,300.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	4	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	4	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	3	3rd	270	$9,500.00
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 2

Alicia Polzin / Jennifer Snyder (13)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	27	17	2	0.556	3	5	2	4
	1	10	7	1	0.600	2	1	0	1
	2	17	10	1	0.529	1	4	2	3
Barbra Fontana	Total	16	13	1	0.750	0	11	1	0
	1	10	8	1	0.700	0	6	1	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	5	0	0

Sat, 9/1/2007

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (5)

Won 22-20, 21-14

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	28	15	4	0.393	3	5	3	2
	1	17	8	2	0.353	2	2	1	1
	2	11	7	2	0.455	1	3	2	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	22	13	1	0.545	0	11	0	0
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	0	0
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	7	0	0

Sat, 9/1/2007

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 16-21, 18-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	22	14	4	0.455	2	5	1	5
	1	10	7	2	0.500	0	2	0	2
	2	12	7	2	0.417	2	3	1	3
Barbra Fontana	Total	32	10	3	0.219	0	7	1	0
	1	16	6	1	0.313	0	4	1	0
	2	16	4	2	0.125	0	3	0	0

Sun, 9/2/2007

Contender 5

Nancy Reynolds / Logan Tom (6)

Won 20-22, 21-19, 21-19

1:22

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	42	17	6	0.262	7	5	1	4
	1	16	5	1	0.250	2	3	0	2
	2	9	7	1	0.667	3	2	0	1
	3	17	5	4	0.059	2	0	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	46	23	2	0.457	0	31	1	2
	1	17	10	1	0.529	0	10	0	0
	2	18	8	0	0.444	0	10	0	1
	3	11	5	1	0.364	0	11	1	1

Sun, 9/2/2007

Semi-Finals

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (3)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	16	9	2	0.438	4	5	1	4
	1	7	4	2	0.286	1	1	1	3
	2	9	5	0	0.556	3	4	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	33	17	2	0.455	0	13	1	0
	1	16	11	0	0.688	0	5	0	0
	2	17	6	2	0.235	0	8	1	0

Sun, 9/2/2007

Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 17-21, 15-21

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	29	18	2	0.552	1	3	1	1
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	2	0	0
	2	15	10	1	0.600	1	1	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	29	9	5	0.138	0	14	0	0
	1	18	7	3	0.222	0	10	0	0
	2	11	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	164	90	20	0.427	20	28	9	20
Barbra Fontana	178	85	14	0.399	0	87	4	2

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 25-14 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 1 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 0-9
9/2/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-15	1:01
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-16, 21-18	0:45
8/19/07	AVP	Boston Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-11, 21-14	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 2 Davis/Johnson Jordan 5-4
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:55
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	17-21, 21-12, 15-10	1:00
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 # 3 Akers/Niles 3-1
9/2/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Akers/Niles	3	21-18, 21-17	0:45
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Akers/Niles	7	29-27, 26-24	1:06
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 # 5 Dodd/Minello 5-0
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Dodd/Minello	5	22-20, 21-14	0:43
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 # 6 Reynolds/Tom 1-0
9/2/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Reynolds/Tom	6	20-22, 21-19, 21-19	1:22
Lead the series against # 7 Roca/Straton 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Roca/Straton	11	21-13, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Lewis/Lima 2-0
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Lewis/Lima	11	21-16, 21-14	0:38
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 # 9 Kropp/Pavley 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Kropp/Pavley	13	22-20, 21-16	0:44
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 # 12 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 # 13 Polzin/Snyder 1-0
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Polzin/Snyder	13	21-15, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Burdine/Hochevar 1-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Burdine/Hochevar	18	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q5 Hall/Mills 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Hall/Mills	27, Q5	21-12, 21-19	0:34