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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Louisville presented by Kentucky Unbridled Spirit
May 24 - 26, 2008

(3) Dianne DeNecochea/Barbra Fontana

Dianne Shoemaker DeNecochea

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1967 (58 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 (60 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 Louisville Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Barbra Fontana - 3rd	Dianne DeNecochea - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	5	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	5	9th	144	$2,875.00
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 Louisville Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/24/2008

Winner 2

Whitney Pavlik / Jennifer Snyder (14)

Lost 21-19, 16-21, 13-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	27	15	0	0.556	5	5	1	5
	1	16	9	0	0.563	2	3	1	3
	2	6	3	0	0.500	1	2	0	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	2	0	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	46	20	7	0.283	0	17	0	1
	1	16	6	3	0.188	0	10	0	1
	2	17	8	2	0.353	0	4	0	0
	3	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	0	0

Sun, 5/25/2008

Contender 1

Jennifer Fopma / Jenny Pavley (11)

Won 21-12, 22-20

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	23	12	2	0.435	3	4	1	1
	1	8	5	0	0.625	2	3	0	1
	2	15	7	2	0.333	1	1	1	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	33	14	1	0.394	1	21	2	1
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	7	2	0
	2	18	6	0	0.333	1	14	0	1

Sun, 5/25/2008

Contender 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (8)

Lost 21-23, 21-16, 12-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	33	20	3	0.515	3	6	2	3
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	0	1	2
	2	15	7	1	0.400	2	4	1	0
	3	9	6	2	0.444	0	2	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	54	16	2	0.259	0	30	0	1
	1	18	10	1	0.500	0	13	0	1
	2	17	1	0	0.059	0	7	0	0
	3	19	5	1	0.211	0	10	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	83	47	5	0.506	11	15	4	9
Barbra Fontana	133	50	10	0.301	1	68	2	3

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	4	11	0	8	4	5	1	2	0	0	$246,320.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,900.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,200.00
Total	40	0	4	11	0	11	4	7	1	2	0	0	$291,420.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dianne DeNecochea												Barbra Fontana
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$8,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	$23,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	$35,500.00
105	2	7	26	1	41	22	3	1	0	$347,295.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	142	4	12	24	12	54	25	7	1	0	$476,077.50
											Goodwill Games	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,750.00
9	0	0	2	1	4	2	0	0	0	$37,775.00	Manhattan Beach	8	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$31,980.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$6,475.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,975.00
126	2	7	28	2	47	34	3	1	0	$423,045.00	Total	165	6	12	26	14	62	32	8	2	0	$577,032.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2002	AVP	7	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$48,300.00	19	11	63.3 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$37,570.00	19	15	55.9 %
2007	AVP	14	0	1	8	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$127,050.00	46	27	63.0 %
2008	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$19,900.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	AVP	25	0	4	10	0	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	$195,250.00	73	46	61.3 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$37,570.00	19	15	55.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dianne DeNecochea													Barbra Fontana
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1984	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1985	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1991	WPVA	17	0	0	0	1	8	7	1	0	0	$12,660.00
											1992	WPVA	16	0	0	1	2	5	8	0	0	0	$17,225.00
											1993	WPVA	14	1	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	$23,580.00
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,375.00
											1994	WPVA	14	3	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$52,425.00
											1994	FIVB	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00
											1995	WPVA	13	1	1	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	$21,950.00
											1995	FIVB	11	1	0	1	4	2	1	2	0	0	$19,000.00
											1996	WPVA	14	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$70,862.50
											1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	$25,550.00
											1997	WPVA	12	0	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	$35,020.00
											1997	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$19,000.00
											1998	SG	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
											1998	FIVB	8	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	$56,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	1999	AVP	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$19,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	USAV	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$16,250.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	$32,750.00
											2000	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$3,891.00	2000	BVA	6	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00
											2000	USAV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2000	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	$38,000.00
5	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	$16,085.00	2001	AVP	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2001	BVA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	0	$23,500.00	2001	FIVB	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$88,750.00
7	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$24,150.00	2002	AVP	7	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$24,150.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$18,785.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$18,785.00
8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$22,090.00	2003	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,090.00
7	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	$29,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$3,800.00	2004	AVP	11	0	1	3	0	6	1	0	0	0	$28,912.50
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
13	0	0	4	0	5	4	0	0	0	$43,900.00	2005	AVP
16	0	0	5	0	6	5	0	0	0	$53,600.00	2006	AVP	15	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	$33,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
18	0	1	8	0	6	3	0	0	0	$72,375.00	2007	AVP	18	0	1	9	0	5	3	0	0	0	$74,775.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$9,950.00	2008	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$9,950.00
107	1	5	25	2	31	35	5	1	2	$325,751.00	Total	Total	265	20	37	44	21	89	43	6	2	3	$871,060.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	75	73.5%	16	15.7%	11	10.8%	91-11	89.2%	15	21.1%	11	15.5%	45	63.4%	15-56	21.1%	75-45	62.5%	31-22	58.5%	0	0	106-67	61.3%
2007-2008	59	71.1%	15	18.1%	9	10.8%	74-9	89.2%	13	21.7%	8	13.3%	39	65.0%	13-47	21.7%	59-39	60.2%	28-17	62.2%	0	0	87-56	60.8%
Against the Field	25	58.1%	11	25.6%	7	16.3%	36-7	83.7%	6	20.0%	4	13.3%	20	66.7%	6-24	20.0%	50-40	55.6%	34-22	60.7%	0	0	42-31	57.5%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	0	54	29	4	11	0	0	0	0	99	64
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	16	8	0	0	62	34	4	11	0	0	0	0	114	73

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 28-18 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 2 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
Lead the series against # 2 Davis/Johnson Jordan 7-4
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-19, 13-21, 20-18	1:07
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 # 5 Dodd/Minello 6-0
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Dodd/Minello	7	21-16, 19-21, 15-5	1:00
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 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 # 7 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 # 8 Jameson/Jones 3-2
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Jameson/Jones	8	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	23-21, 16-21, 15-12	1:04
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 # 9 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 # 11 Fopma/Pavley 2-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	Fopma/Pavley	11	21-12, 22-20	0:51
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 Lewis/Lima 3-0
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Lewis/Lima	12	23-21, 21-16	0:51
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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Pavlik/Snyder 0-1
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Pavlik/Snyder	14	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:06
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