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AVP Tour
$250,000 Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 10 - 12, 2006

(15) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 9th
2002	Jenny Pavley - 9th	Katie Jameson - 13th
2003	Sarah Straton - 9th	Did not play
2004	Rachel Scott - 7th	Jenny Pavley - 9th
2005	Nicole Branagh - 9th	Jenny Pavley - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	12	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	13	13th	108	$1,400.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 1

Janelle Allen / Jennifer Snyder (18)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	20	8	5	0.150	2	5	0	2
	1	9	3	3	0.000	1	2	0	1
	2	11	5	2	0.273	1	3	0	1
Heather Lowe	Total	23	14	5	0.391	0	9	0	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	4	0	1
	2	14	8	4	0.286	0	5	0	1

Fri, 8/11/2006

Contender 1

Lisa Marshall / Marla O'Hara (31, Q12)

Won 21-9, 21-6

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	14	7	2	0.357	1	7	3	0
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	2	0	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	1	5	3	0
Heather Lowe	Total	19	14	2	0.632	1	8	4	0
	1	14	10	2	0.571	0	6	3	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	1	2	1	0

Fri, 8/11/2006

Contender 2

Keao Burdine / April Ross (17)

Won 21-17, 24-22

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	31	14	1	0.419	1	12	0	1
	1	13	6	1	0.385	1	7	0	0
	2	18	8	0	0.444	0	5	0	1
Heather Lowe	Total	24	12	4	0.333	1	3	1	4
	1	11	6	1	0.455	1	1	0	0
	2	13	6	3	0.231	0	2	1	4

Fri, 8/11/2006

Contender 3

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (9)

Lost 10-21, 18-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	18	5	6	-0.056	0	6	0	4
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	0	3
	2	12	2	4	-0.167	0	3	0	1
Heather Lowe	Total	31	10	5	0.161	2	7	0	1
	1	17	5	4	0.059	0	3	0	0
	2	14	5	1	0.286	2	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	83	34	14	0.241	4	30	3	7
Heather Lowe	97	50	16	0.351	4	27	5	7
Total	180	84	30	0.300	8	57	8	14
Opponents	177	78	32	0.260	11	53	7	14

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$15,600.00	19	20	48.7 %
Total	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$15,600.00	19	20	48.7 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	$8,500.00	2006	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	$8,100.00
54	0	0	1	0	17	26	6	0	4	$64,607.50	Total	Total	54	1	0	0	0	4	28	18	1	2	$37,221.00

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	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	10	76.9%	2-11	15.4%	12-20	37.5%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	8-12	40.0%

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 8-12 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 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 # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-2
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Akers/Lowe	12	22-20, 21-17	0:45
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 # 9 Barnes/Williams 0-2
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Barnes/Williams	9	Akers/Lowe	15	21-10, 21-18	0:39
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 # 12 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
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 Burdine/Ross 2-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Akers/Lowe	15	Burdine/Ross	17	21-17, 24-22	0:44
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Akers/Lowe	13	Burdine/Ross	20	22-24, 21-16, 15-11	1:04
Trail the series against # 18 Allen/Snyder 1-2
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Allen/Snyder	18	Akers/Lowe	15	21-18, 21-17	0:38
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Allen/Snyder	22	Akers/Lowe	12	21-17, 21-15	0:34
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 # 21, Q7 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Marshall/O'Hara 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Akers/Lowe	15	Marshall/O'Hara	31, Q12	21-9, 21-6	0:33