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$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Long Beach Open
July 24 - 27, 2008

(7) 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1993	Did not play	Lori Forsythe - 2nd
WPVA 1994	Did not play	Lori Forsythe - 2nd
WPVA 1995	Did not play	Cammy Ciarelli - 9th
BVA 2000	Missy Ross - 9th	Lisa Arce - 3rd
2007	Logan Tom - 7th	Alicia Polzin - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/18-20/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	7	3rd	390	$9,500.00
AVP	7/10-13/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	7	5th	312	$6,000.00
AVP	7/4-6/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	4	3rd	390	$9,500.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	6/5-7/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	5	7th	180	$4,600.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	4	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	3	9th	144	$2,875.00
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 Slam Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 2

Jennifer Fopma / Brittany Hochevar (23, Q4)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	29	17	4	0.448	3	1	1	5
	1	13	9	1	0.615	2	0	0	4
	2	16	8	3	0.313	1	1	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	12	6	1	0.417	0	6	1	1
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	2	0	1
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	4	1	0

Fri, 7/25/2008

Contender 1

Lynne Galli / Carol Welcher (24, Q31)

Won 21-18, 21-11

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	20	12	2	0.500	0	5	3	3
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	2	2
	2	9	4	1	0.333	0	3	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	29	20	1	0.655	0	12	1	4
	1	16	10	1	0.563	0	6	0	1
	2	13	10	0	0.769	0	6	1	3

Sat, 7/26/2008

Contender 2

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (2)

Lost 21-19, 17-21, 17-19

1:18

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	29	17	3	0.483	8	6	2	5
	1	10	6	1	0.500	3	2	0	3
	2	10	5	2	0.300	1	2	0	2
	3	9	6	0	0.667	4	2	2	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	52	20	2	0.346	0	20	2	2
	1	23	12	1	0.478	0	8	0	2
	2	15	6	0	0.400	0	5	2	0
	3	14	2	1	0.071	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	78	46	9	0.474	11	12	6	13
Barbra Fontana	93	46	4	0.452	0	38	4	7

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 49-46 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 4 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 0-12
7/6/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-18, 16-21, 15-7	0:54
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-14, 21-8	0:37
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 8-7
7/26/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	19-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:18
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:03
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	12-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:59
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-16, 21-14	0:42
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
Trail the series against # 3 Branagh/Youngs 1-5
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:02
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 # 4 Kessy/Ross 2-11
7/20/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	4	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	21-19, 27-25	0:59
7/13/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	4	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	21-15, 21-14	0:42
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-17, 21-17	0:49
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 # 5 Scott/Turner 6-3
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	Scott/Turner	6	23-21, 16-21, 15-13	1:15
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	Scott/Turner	6	21-11, 22-20	0:42
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 Dodd/Minello 6-2
6/22/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Dodd/Minello	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-14, 21-16	0:46
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Dodd/Minello	4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	22-20, 21-19	0:55
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 # 8 Akers/McPeak 2-1
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Akers/McPeak	5	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	1:08
6/22/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Akers/McPeak	3	22-20, 21-19	0:49
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 4	Akers/McPeak	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-19, 21-16	0:50
Series tied with # 9 Kropp/Reynolds 2-2
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Kropp/Reynolds	5	21-15, 15-21, 15-11	1:12
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Kropp/Reynolds	9	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-19, 21-18	0:53
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 # 10 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 Jameson/Jones 5-2
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	Jameson/Jones	10	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	Jameson/Jones	10	22-20, 18-21, 15-9	0:58
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 # 12 Brannon/Pavlik 1-0
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	Brannon/Pavlik	13	22-20, 21-12	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Fendrick/Roca 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Fendrick/Roca	12	21-19, 21-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 14 Pavley/Polzin 1-0
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Pavley/Polzin	14	21-19, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 15 Lewis/Lima 4-0
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Lewis/Lima	12	21-13, 13-21, 15-9	1:12
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 # 16 Johnson/Zartman 2-0
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Johnson/Zartman	13	21-19, 25-23	0:49
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 # 17 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q4 Fopma/Hochevar 0-1
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Fopma/Hochevar	23, Q4	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 24, Q31 Galli/Welcher 1-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	Galli/Welcher	24, Q31	21-18, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # Q7 Masler/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	Masler/Zamparelli-Flavia	26, Q2	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q8 Groothuis/Roubanis 1-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Groothuis/Roubanis	29	21-12, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q10 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