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AVP Tour
$150,000 Las Vegas Aquafina AVP Shootout Presented by Bud Light
September 4 - 6, 2003

(8) Angie Akers/Sarah Straton

Angie Akers

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1976 (49 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 (55 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

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

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 Las Vegas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Jenny Pavley - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/28-30/2003	Chicago Open	10	9th	172	$1,920.00
AVP	8/14-16/2003	Huntington Beach Open	9	13th	130	$1,260.00
AVP	8/7-9/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	8	9th	172	$1,920.00
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

Las Vegas AVP Shootout Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 9/4/2003

Winner 1

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 15-21, 15-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	33	9	N/A	N/A	0	12	0	N/A
	1	16	4	N/A	N/A	0	5	0	N/A
	2	17	5	N/A	N/A	0	7	0	N/A
Sarah Straton	Total	26	11	N/A	N/A	0	7	1	N/A
	1	13	5	N/A	N/A	0	4	0	N/A
	2	13	6	N/A	N/A	0	3	1	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	33	9	N/A	N/A	0	12	0	N/A
Sarah Straton	26	11	N/A	N/A	0	7	1	N/A
Total	59	20	N/A	N/A	0	19	1	N/A
Opponents	58	32	N/A	N/A	2	24	0	N/A

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	0	$19,080.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,920.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	0	0	0	$21,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Angie Akers												Sarah Straton
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,700.00
26	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	4	0	$66,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,375.00
113	0	4	16	2	35	43	7	3	0	$288,760.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	1	0	1	1	19	49	32	7	0	$143,220.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger
8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$20,105.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	$11,675.00
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$5,850.00	Tour Championships
155	0	4	17	2	44	56	13	7	0	$393,965.00	Total	130	1	0	1	1	21	53	38	9	0	$162,970.00

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
2003	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	$20,500.00	22	17	56.4 %
Total	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	$20,500.00	22	17	56.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Angie Akers													Sarah Straton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1994	WPVA	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	2	0	$1,220.00
											1995	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	$6,000.00
											1996	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$16,575.00
											1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$8,550.00
											1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$11,175.00
											1999	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$10,250.00
											2000	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	$9,250.00
											2001	AVP	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$17,850.00
											2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	$7,095.00	2002	AVP
9	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$10,250.00	2003	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$10,250.00
16	0	0	0	0	7	6	2	0	1	$17,345.00	Total	Total	75	1	0	2	3	11	20	27	9	2	$94,995.00

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	19	65.5%	4	13.8%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	6	26.1%	4	17.4%	13	56.5%	6-17	26.1%	19-13	59.4%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	29-23	55.8%
2002-2003	14	66.7%	2	9.5%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	6	33.3%	1	5.6%	11	61.1%	6-12	33.3%	14-11	56.0%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	22-17	56.4%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	10	71.4%	2-12	14.3%	0-20	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	2-15	11.8%

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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	20
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	23

Head to Head Results
Akers/Straton trail the series against the field 2-14 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-1
9/4/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Akers/Straton	8	21-15, 21-15	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 4 Dodd/McSorley 0-3
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Dodd/McSorley	5	Akers/Straton	10	21-18, 21-16	0:37
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 # 5 Meredith/Stammer 0-5
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	7	Akers/Straton	10	10-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	8	Akers/Straton	9	21-17, 23-21	0:44
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
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