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AVP Tour
$125,000 Fort Lauderdale Open
April 2 - 4, 2004

(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 Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Sarah Straton - 13th	Angie Akers - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q29	41st	18	US$0.00
AVP	9/4-6/2003	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	8	5th	260	$3,750.00
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

Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/3/2004

Winner 2

Heather Lowe / Jenny Pavley (9)

Lost 20-22, 9-21

0:33

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

Sat, 4/3/2004

Contender 1

Catie Mintz / Kelly Rowe (23, Q12)

Won 21-6, 21-7

0:30

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	1	N/A	2	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	1	N/A	1	N/A

Sat, 4/3/2004

Contender 2

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (16)

Lost 17-21, 21-16, 11-15

0:51

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	3	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	2	N/A
	3	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	5	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
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	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	5	N/A
Sarah Straton	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	N/A	3	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	5	N/A	7	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 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,050.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	$21,550.00	23	19	54.8 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00	2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00
18	0	0	0	0	7	7	2	0	2	$17,870.00	Total	Total	77	1	0	2	3	11	21	27	9	3	$95,520.00

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%
2003-2004	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%
Against the Field	10	62.5%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	1	9.1%	4	36.4%	6	54.5%	1-10	9.1%	20-12	62.5%	6-16	27.3%	0	0	13-14	48.1%

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 7-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 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 0-1
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 # 4 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 # 6 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 # 9 Lowe/Pavley 0-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Lowe/Pavley	9	Akers/Straton	8	22-20, 21-9	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Jameson/Jones 1-0
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	9	Jameson/Jones	16	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Series tied with # 13 Roca/Santana-Baeni 1-1
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Roca/Santana-Baeni	16	Akers/Straton	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:02
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	9	Roca/Santana-Baeni	16, Q1	21-17, 25-23	0:46
Trail the series against # 16 DeNecochea/Leibl 0-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Leibl	16	Akers/Straton	8	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 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 # 20 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 # 23, Q12 Mintz/Rowe 1-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	8	Mintz/Rowe	23, Q12	21-6, 21-7	0:30
Lead the series against # Q9 McArthur/White 1-0
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Akers/Straton	10	McArthur/White	23, Q11	21-18, 21-17	0:33