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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP San Francisco Best of the Beach
September 14 - 16, 2007

(6) 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 San Francisco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/30-9/2/2007	Cincinnati Open	4	2nd	468	$15,000.00
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

San Francisco Best of the Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/14/2007

Winner 1

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-13

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	38	22	4	0.474	2	6	3	4
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	3	2	1
	2	21	11	1	0.476	2	2	1	1
	3	8	6	1	0.625	0	1	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	30	14	3	0.367	0	14	3	2
	1	17	9	2	0.412	0	7	1	1
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	6	0	1
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	1	2	0

Fri, 9/14/2007

Winner 2

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (7)

Lost 15-21, 21-18, 9-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	29	18	7	0.379	1	4	1	4
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	2	0	1
	2	12	9	0	0.750	1	1	0	2
	3	8	3	5	-0.250	0	1	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	35	15	0	0.429	0	16	1	2
	1	17	7	0	0.412	0	9	1	1
	2	11	5	0	0.455	0	6	0	1
	3	7	3	0	0.429	0	1	0	0

Sat, 9/15/2007

Contender 2

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (4)

Won 21-17, 17-21, 17-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	31	16	5	0.355	2	5	3	2
	1	11	6	2	0.364	1	1	0	1
	2	10	5	3	0.200	1	1	3	0
	3	10	5	0	0.500	0	3	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	39	19	2	0.436	0	21	0	0
	1	13	8	0	0.615	0	8	0	0
	2	14	4	2	0.143	0	8	0	0
	3	12	7	0	0.583	0	5	0	0

Sat, 9/15/2007

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 9-21, 11-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	25	12	5	0.280	2	2	0	1
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	1	0	1
	2	13	6	3	0.231	2	1	0	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	27	3	5	-0.074	0	11	1	0
	1	15	1	3	-0.133	0	6	1	0
	2	12	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	0

Sun, 9/16/2007

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (7)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	27	18	3	0.556	5	4	1	0
	1	16	8	3	0.313	3	4	0	0
	2	11	10	0	0.909	2	0	1	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	16	7	1	0.375	0	10	3	1
	1	11	4	1	0.273	0	6	1	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	2	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	150	86	24	0.413	12	21	8	11
Barbra Fontana	147	58	11	0.320	0	72	8	5

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana trail the series against the field 22-29 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 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 0-10
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-9, 21-11	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs 1-4
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-12, 21-17	0:46
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-19, 21-14	0:40
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-14, 21-12	0:43
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 4-2
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Scott/Turner	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Scott/Turner	3	21-15, 21-15	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan 6-4
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-17, 17-21, 17-15	1:03
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
Trail the series against # 5 Kessy/Ross 2-7
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-16, 21-10	0:45
8/19/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Kessy/Ross	5	23-21, 23-25, 15-11	1:12
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-13, 21-19	0:45
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	6	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-12, 23-21	0:49
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 # 7 Akers/Niles 4-2
9/16/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach		DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Akers/Niles	7	21-19, 21-17	0:44
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	7	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:56
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 # 8 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