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AVP Tour
$183,000 Birmingham-Hoover Open presented by Vault
July 13 - 16, 2006

(13) Angie Akers/Heather Lowe

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

Heather Lowe

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cypress, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Oregon State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

155

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$119,528.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$15,600.00

Previous Birmingham Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	15	9th	144	$2,600.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	15	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	6/15-18/2006	Sacramento Open	13	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	17	9th	144	$2,450.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	16	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	5/18-20/2006	Santa Barbara Open	14	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	16	13th	108	$1,550.00

Birmingham-Hoover Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 1

Keao Burdine / April Ross (20)

Won 22-24, 21-16, 15-11

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	34	15	6	0.265	1	14	1	1
	1	16	8	4	0.250	1	8	1	1
	2	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	0	0
	3	6	1	0	0.167	0	2	0	0
Heather Lowe	Total	31	17	0	0.548	2	9	3	2
	1	14	7	0	0.500	2	4	1	1
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	4	0	0
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	1	2	1

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 2

Jennifer Kessy / Nancy Reynolds (4)

Lost 17-21, 22-24

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	15	9	3	0.400	2	11	1	3
	1	8	3	3	0.000	2	4	1	1
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	7	0	2
Heather Lowe	Total	33	18	5	0.394	1	3	0	2
	1	14	9	0	0.643	1	3	0	1
	2	19	9	5	0.211	0	0	0	1

Sat, 7/15/2006

Contender 2

Courtney Guerra / Jenelle Koester (19)

Won 21-18, 32-34, 15-9

1:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	24	22	1	0.875	1	13	1	2
	1	8	7	0	0.875	1	3	0	1
	2	8	7	1	0.750	0	5	1	1
	3	8	8	0	1.000	0	5	0	0
Heather Lowe	Total	41	21	7	0.341	1	8	2	0
	1	12	6	4	0.167	0	5	1	0
	2	24	14	1	0.542	1	2	0	0
	3	5	1	2	-0.200	0	1	1	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Contender 3

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (12)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	25	8	2	0.240	0	11	1	1
	1	12	4	1	0.250	0	5	1	0
	2	13	4	1	0.231	0	6	0	1
Heather Lowe	Total	24	10	3	0.292	2	5	1	1
	1	15	8	2	0.400	2	3	1	1
	2	9	2	1	0.111	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	98	54	12	0.429	4	49	4	7
Heather Lowe	129	66	15	0.395	6	25	6	5
Total	227	120	27	0.410	10	74	10	12
Opponents	255	141	36	0.412	5	75	14	21

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	$13,200.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,400.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$15,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Angie Akers												Heather Lowe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships
26	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	4	0	$66,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
113	0	4	16	2	35	43	7	3	0	$288,760.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	95	0	0	0	0	8	41	34	5	0	$74,817.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,350.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$20,105.00	Manhattan Beach	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	1	$7,960.00
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$5,850.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,210.00
155	0	4	17	2	44	56	13	7	0	$393,965.00	Total	110	1	0	0	0	8	50	36	6	1	$87,337.50

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
2006	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	$12,400.00	16	16	50.0 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	$12,400.00	16	16	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Angie Akers													Heather Lowe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	BVA	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$1,266.00
											2000	USAV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											2001	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$3,185.00
											2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	$7,095.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$3,295.00
9	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$10,250.00	2003	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
12	0	0	1	0	5	6	0	0	0	$19,450.00	2004	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	$9,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	5	6	1	0	0	$19,312.50	2005	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	$7,325.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	$6,900.00	2006	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	$6,500.00
52	0	0	1	0	17	25	5	0	4	$63,007.50	Total	Total	52	1	0	0	0	4	27	17	1	2	$35,621.00

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	12	75.0%	3	18.8%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	4	17.4%	3	13.0%	16	69.6%	4-19	17.4%	12-16	42.9%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	19-20	48.7%
2005-2006	12	75.0%	3	18.8%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	4	17.4%	3	13.0%	16	69.6%	4-19	17.4%	12-16	42.9%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	19-20	48.7%
Against the Field	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	16	76.2%	3-18	14.3%	16-32	33.3%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	12-19	38.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	18
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	20

Head to Head Results
Akers/Lowe trail the series against the field 10-15 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 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 0-3
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Akers/Lowe	17	21-12, 21-7	0:26
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Akers/Lowe	16	21-19, 21-16	0:34
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Akers/Lowe	16	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Scott/Youngs 0-2
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Scott/Youngs	2	Akers/Lowe	15	21-17, 21-19	0:41
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Scott/Youngs	2	Akers/Lowe	15	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Reynolds 0-3
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Reynolds	4	Akers/Lowe	13	21-17, 24-22	0:48
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Reynolds	4	Akers/Lowe	13	21-9, 21-13	0:34
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Kessy/Reynolds	4	Akers/Lowe	14	21-16, 21-11	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-1
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Akers/Lowe	15	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 DeNecochea/Leibl 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	Akers/Lowe	17	22-20, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Dodd/Fontana 0-2
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Dodd/Fontana	8	Akers/Lowe	16	21-12, 19-21, 15-5	0:51
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Dodd/Fontana	9	Akers/Lowe	16	21-23, 21-19, 15-10	1:03
Trail the series against # 8 Amaral/Minello 0-1
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	8	Akers/Lowe	15	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 Johns/Polzin 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Akers/Lowe	16	Johns/Polzin	17	15-21, 21-15, 19-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Barnes/Williams 0-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 3	Barnes/Williams	12	Akers/Lowe	13	21-17, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 Smith/Windes 2-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Akers/Lowe	15	Smith/Windes	17	21-17, 21-18	0:39
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Akers/Lowe	17	Smith/Windes	16	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Guerra/Koester 3-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Akers/Lowe	13	Guerra/Koester	19	21-18, 32-34, 15-9	1:35
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Akers/Lowe	15	Guerra/Koester	18	21-18, 21-15	0:35
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	Akers/Lowe	15	Guerra/Koester	17	21-17, 21-14	0:36
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 1	Guerra/Koester	19	Akers/Lowe	13	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 20 Burdine/Ross 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Akers/Lowe	13	Burdine/Ross	20	22-24, 21-16, 15-11	1:04
Lead the series against # 22 Cook/Ivy Swift 1-0
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 1	Akers/Lowe	13	Cook/Ivy Swift	20	17-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:59
Lead the series against # 23 Allen/Snyder 1-0
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Akers/Lowe	15	Allen/Snyder	24, Q4	27-25, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 24, Q6 Bryan/Fitzgerald 1-0
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Akers/Lowe	17	Bryan/Fitzgerald	31, Q39	21-14, 21-11	0:31