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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 1 - 3, 2008

(5) 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
2007	Barbra Fontana - 5th	Dianne DeNecochea - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	5	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	9/14-16/2007	San Francisco Best of the Beach	6	3rd	0	$12,000.00
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 Gold Crown Huntington Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/2/2008

Winner 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (12)

Lost 22-20, 14-21, 13-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	36	15	5	0.278	0	8	2	4
	1	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	0	3
	2	17	6	2	0.235	0	3	1	1
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	1	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	53	17	4	0.245	0	27	0	0
	1	24	9	2	0.292	0	15	0	0
	2	15	3	1	0.133	0	7	0	0
	3	14	5	1	0.286	0	5	0	0

Fri, 5/2/2008

Contender 1

Jennifer Fopma / Jenny Pavley (11)

Won 21-14, 23-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	33	18	5	0.394	2	3	2	4
	1	11	5	1	0.364	2	3	1	2
	2	22	13	4	0.409	0	0	1	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	17	8	1	0.412	0	15	1	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	8	0	0
	2	7	2	0	0.286	0	7	1	0

Fri, 5/2/2008

Contender 2

Sara Johnson / Chrissie Zartman (19)

Won 21-11, 21-14

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	32	20	1	0.594	1	13	2	2
	1	16	9	1	0.500	0	5	2	1
	2	16	11	0	0.688	1	8	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	26	8	2	0.231	0	18	0	0
	1	13	4	1	0.231	0	9	0	0
	2	13	4	1	0.231	0	9	0	0

Fri, 5/2/2008

Contender 3

Jenny Kropp / Nancy Reynolds (10)

Lost 15-21, 21-19, 12-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	36	17	4	0.361	1	13	3	6
	1	13	4	3	0.077	0	5	2	3
	2	12	8	0	0.667	1	5	0	1
	3	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	1	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	41	16	2	0.341	0	15	1	1
	1	13	5	2	0.231	0	3	0	1
	2	16	7	0	0.438	0	7	1	0
	3	12	4	0	0.333	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	137	70	15	0.401	4	37	9	16
Barbra Fontana	137	49	9	0.292	0	75	2	1

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 31-31 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 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
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross 2-8
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-16, 21-16	0:44
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 # 4 Scott/Turner 4-3
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 3	Scott/Turner	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-11, 21-16	0:42
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 # 6 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
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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Kropp/Reynolds 1-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 3	Kropp/Reynolds	10	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:59
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Kropp/Reynolds	12	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Fopma/Pavley 1-0
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Fopma/Pavley	11	21-14, 23-21	0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Jameson/Jones 3-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Jameson/Jones	12	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:02
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Jameson/Jones	19	21-19, 21-18	0:39
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Jameson/Jones	20	21-16, 21-13	0:37
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 # 13 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 # 14 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 # 19 Johnson/Zartman 1-0
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Johnson/Zartman	19	21-11, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # Q9 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