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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Santa Barbara
September 6 - 7, 2008

(8) 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 Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1991	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 13th
2001	Liz Masakayan - 1st	Elaine Youngs - 3rd
2002	Barbra Fontana - 2nd	Dianne DeNecochea - 2nd
2005	Nancy Reynolds - 3rd	Did not play
2006	Tammy Leibl - 3rd	Carrie Dodd - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	6	7th	260	$4,650.00
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	3	5th	312	$5,300.00
AVP	7/24-27/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	7	13th	156	$1,700.00
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 Shootout Santa Barbara Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 9/6/2008

Winner 1

Jenny Kropp / Nancy Reynolds (9)

Lost 18-21, 22-20, 12-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	41	22	5	0.415	2	7	2	3
	1	16	7	0	0.438	0	6	1	1
	2	18	10	4	0.333	1	1	1	1
	3	7	5	1	0.571	1	0	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	38	19	1	0.474	0	19	0	1
	1	17	7	0	0.412	0	8	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	5	0	0
	3	10	4	0	0.400	0	6	0	0

Sat, 9/6/2008

Contender 1

Sara Johnson / Chrissie Zartman (16)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	28	16	3	0.464	1	11	3	3
	1	15	9	1	0.533	1	6	2	2
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	5	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	26	12	2	0.385	0	13	0	1
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	3	0	1
	2	16	7	2	0.313	0	10	0	0

Sat, 9/6/2008

Contender 2

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (6)

Won 13-21, 24-22, 22-20

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	38	26	4	0.579	2	12	0	1
	1	8	1	3	-0.250	0	1	0	0
	2	14	11	1	0.714	1	6	0	0
	3	16	14	0	0.875	1	5	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	54	19	9	0.185	0	15	1	0
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	2	1	0
	2	23	7	3	0.174	0	7	0	0
	3	18	5	4	0.056	0	6	0	0

Sat, 9/6/2008

Contender 3

Lauren Fendrick / Paula Roca (13)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	26	15	6	0.346	0	6	0	0
	1	9	5	4	0.111	0	2	0	0
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	4	0	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	27	15	5	0.370	0	6	1	0
	1	15	9	1	0.533	0	4	0	0
	2	12	6	4	0.167	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	133	79	18	0.459	5	36	5	7
Barbra Fontana	145	65	17	0.331	0	53	2	2

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana trail the series against the field 45-51 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 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
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs 1-6
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	1:08
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 # 3 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 # 4 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 # 5 Akers/McPeak 2-3
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 4	Akers/McPeak	7	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-14, 21-19	0:48
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 3	Akers/McPeak	6	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	14-21, 21-17, 24-22	1:09
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
Lead the series against # 6 Scott/Turner 7-3
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	8	Scott/Turner	6	13-21, 24-22, 22-20	1:14
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 # 7 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
Series tied with # 9 Kropp/Reynolds 3-3
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 1	Kropp/Reynolds	9	DeNecochea/Fontana	8	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	1:05
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Kropp/Reynolds	9	27-25, 21-14	0:57
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 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 # 11 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 # 12 Fitzgerald/Romias 1-0
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	Fitzgerald/Romias	19	21-16, 21-8	0:39
Series tied with # 13 Fendrick/Roca 1-1
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Contender 3	Fendrick/Roca	13	DeNecochea/Fontana	8	21-17, 21-19	0:48
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Fendrick/Roca	12	21-19, 21-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 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 # 16 Johnson/Zartman 3-0
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	8	Johnson/Zartman	16	21-18, 21-15	0:40
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