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AVP Tour
$125,000 Austin Open
April 30 - May 2, 2004

(11) 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 Austin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1994	Did not play	Tiffany Anderson - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	12	9th	144	$1,600.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	8	13th	108	$1,050.00
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

Austin Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/1/2004

Winner 1

Denise Johns / Jenelle Koester (22)

Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-13

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	19	7	2	0.263	0	10	0	3
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	1
	2	5	1	0	0.200	0	4	0	1
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	4	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	46	29	1	0.609	0	11	1	2
	1	14	9	1	0.571	0	3	0	1
	2	18	13	0	0.722	0	2	0	1
	3	14	7	0	0.500	0	6	1	0

Sat, 5/1/2004

Winner 2

Jennifer Meredith / Wendy Stammer (6)

Lost 11-21, 22-20, 15-17

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	15	5	2	0.200	1	9	0	3
	1	5	1	0	0.200	1	3	0	1
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	3	0	1
	3	5	2	1	0.200	0	3	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	51	27	9	0.353	1	10	4	3
	1	20	10	3	0.350	0	3	1	1
	2	15	10	3	0.467	1	3	2	1
	3	16	7	3	0.250	0	4	1	1

Sat, 5/1/2004

Contender 1

Pat Keller / Marsha Miller (12)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	6	5	0	0.833	0	5	3	2
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	3	1	1
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	2	2	1
Sarah Straton	Total	29	18	3	0.517	1	5	1	1
	1	16	9	1	0.500	1	3	1	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	2	0	0

Sat, 5/1/2004

Contender 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (14)

Won 23-21, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	20	9	6	0.150	1	7	0	2
	1	10	4	2	0.200	1	4	0	2
	2	10	5	4	0.100	0	3	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	33	21	7	0.424	3	6	1	0
	1	15	9	3	0.400	1	2	0	0
	2	18	12	4	0.444	2	4	1	0

Sun, 5/2/2004

Contender 3

Barbra Fontana / Jennifer Kessy (8)

Lost 10-21, 27-25, 11-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	25	15	2	0.520	0	15	1	7
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	3	0	4
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	8	1	1
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	4	0	2
Sarah Straton	Total	63	28	6	0.349	0	17	0	0
	1	24	7	3	0.167	0	5	0	0
	2	24	15	0	0.625	0	10	0	0
	3	15	6	3	0.200	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	85	41	12	0.341	2	46	4	17
Sarah Straton	222	123	26	0.437	5	49	7	6
Total	307	164	38	0.410	7	95	11	23
Opponents	279	149	27	0.437	9	93	4	11

Head to Head Results
Akers/Straton trail the series against the field 12-14 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 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 # 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 # 5 Arce/McSorley 0-1
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Arce/McSorley	5	Akers/Straton	12	21-14, 27-25	0:47
Trail the series against # 6 Meredith/Stammer 0-6
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	6	Akers/Straton	11	21-11, 20-22, 17-15	0:52
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 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
Trail the series against # 8 Fontana/Kessy 0-2
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 3	Fontana/Kessy	8	Akers/Straton	11	21-10, 25-27, 15-11	0:58
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Fontana/Kessy	10	Akers/Straton	12	9-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:58
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 Keller/Miller 1-0
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	11	Keller/Miller	12	21-17, 21-12	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 14 Jameson/Jones 2-0
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	11	Jameson/Jones	14	23-21, 21-16	0:38
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 # 19 Allison/Fendrick 1-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	12	Allison/Fendrick	20	21-10, 20-22, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 22 Johns/Koester 3-0
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Akers/Straton	11	Johns/Koester	22	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:46
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	12	Johns/Koester	22	21-15, 21-14	0:35
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, Q1 Khozam/Smith 1-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Akers/Straton	12	Khozam/Smith	21, Q2	21-8, 21-16	0:26
Lead the series against # Q9 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