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AVP Tour
$150,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 7 - 9, 2003

(8) Angie Akers/Sarah Straton

Angie Akers

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ft. Wayne, IN

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Notre Dame

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$434,452.50

Sarah Straton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Perth, Western Australia

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Western Australia

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

1 (AVP Muskegon 2001)

Career Winnings:

$182,065.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	0	$24,750.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	1	US$24,750.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1994	Did not play	Melanie Sullivan - 13th
2001	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 5th
2002	Jenny Pavley - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	9	7th	180	$2,500.00
AVP	6/13-15/2003	San Diego Open	8	9th	144	$1,600.00
AVP	6/6-8/2003	Hermosa Beach Open	9	7th	216	$3,000.00
AVP	4/25-27/2003	Tempe Open	11	5th	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	8	13th	108	$1,050.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/8/2003

Winner 1

Daven Allison / Kim Zuffelato (25)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
Sarah Straton	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	1	N/A

Fri, 8/8/2003

Winner 2

Jennifer Meredith / Wendy Stammer (9)

Lost 13-21, 18-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Sarah Straton	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A

Fri, 8/8/2003

Contender 2

Barbara Khozam / Kristin Schritter (23)

Won 21-19, 20-22, 15-8

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Sarah Straton	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Fri, 8/8/2003

Contender 3

Erin Galli / Ali Wood (18)

Won 25-23, 21-14

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	4	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	3	N/A
Sarah Straton	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	1	N/A

Fri, 8/8/2003

Contender 4

Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley (6)

Lost 11-21, 8-21

0:21

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
Sarah Straton	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	6	N/A
Sarah Straton	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	N/A	2	N/A
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	N/A	8	N/A
Opponents	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	12	N/A

Head to Head Results
Akers/Straton lead the series against the field 15-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 McPeak/Youngs 0-1
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	McPeak/Youngs	2	Akers/Straton	11	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 1-0
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Akers/Straton	11	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	18-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 DeNecochea/Reynolds 1-0
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Akers/Straton	11	DeNecochea/Reynolds	6	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 Dodd/McSorley 0-2
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Dodd/McSorley	6	Akers/Straton	8	21-11, 21-8	0:21
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Dodd/McSorley	7	Akers/Straton	9	21-10, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 7 Hanley/Masakayan 1-4
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 3	Akers/Straton	9	Hanley/Masakayan	6	15-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:53
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Hanley/Masakayan	6	Akers/Straton	8	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:50
6/8/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Hanley/Masakayan	7	Akers/Straton	9	21-13, 21-14	0:32
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 5	Hanley/Masakayan	8	Akers/Straton	11	21-17, 21-16	0:37
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Hanley/Masakayan	9	Akers/Straton	8	21-11, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 Meredith/Stammer 0-3
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	9	Akers/Straton	8	21-13, 21-18	0:49
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	8	Akers/Straton	9	24-22, 20-22, 15-10	1:04
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	8	Akers/Straton	9	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:59
Series tied with # 10 Kessy/Pavley 1-1
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Pavley	9	Akers/Straton	8	26-24, 25-23	0:47
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Akers/Straton	9	Kessy/Pavley	11	26-24, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Roca/Santana-Baeni 1-0
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	9	Roca/Santana-Baeni	16, Q1	21-17, 25-23	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Jameson/Jones 1-0
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	9	Jameson/Jones	16	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 1-0
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	8	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	15	21-10, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Galli/Wood 1-0
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Akers/Straton	8	Galli/Wood	18	25-23, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 23 Khozam/Schritter 1-0
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	8	Khozam/Schritter	23	21-19, 20-22, 15-8	1:03
Lead the series against # 24, Q6 Johns/Koester 1-0
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	9	Johns/Koester	23, Q14	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 25 Allison/Zuffelato 3-0
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Akers/Straton	8	Allison/Zuffelato	25	21-15, 21-14	0:36
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Akers/Straton	11	Allison/Zuffelato	22, Q3	19-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:51
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	8	Allison/Zuffelato	23, Q2	12-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Birnbaum/Smith 1-0
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	8	Birnbaum/Smith	23, Q10	21-10, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 28, Q9 Fendrick/Romias 1-0
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	9	Fendrick/Romias	23, Q17	21-15, 21-17	0:34