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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 18 - 20, 2007

(12) Angie Akers/Brooke Niles

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

Brooke Niles

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodland Hills, CA

Height:

5'8"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Huntington Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$341,770.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
AVP	18	0	1	1	1	4	1	5	3	2	0	0	$95,700.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	20	0	1	1	1	5	1	5	3	2	0	1	US$95,700.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Jenny Pavley - 17th	Did not play
2003	Sarah Straton - 7th	Courtney Guerra - 35th
2004	Rachel Scott - 5th	Courtney Guerra - 9th
2005	Nicole Branagh - 9th	Sarah Straton - 5th
2006	Heather Lowe - 9th	Sarah Straton - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	13	13th	108	$1,700.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	14	9th	144	$2,600.00
AVP	4/19-22/2007	Dallas Open	12	17th	72	$800.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	12	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	8/31-9/3/2006	Cincinnati Open	13	13th	156	$2,550.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	12	17th	72	$600.00
AVP	8/17-20/2006	Brooklyn Open	17	9th	208	$3,300.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 1

Mimi Amaral / Jaimie Lee (21)

Won 21-15, 21-10

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	12	10	0	0.833	0	6	3	4
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	3	3	1
	2	5	5	0	1.000	0	3	0	3
Brooke Niles	Total	23	16	1	0.652	0	12	4	0
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	7	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	5	4	0

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 2

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (5)

Lost 12-21, 15-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	18	10	2	0.444	0	2	1	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	1	0	2
	2	9	4	1	0.333	0	1	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	25	6	3	0.120	0	11	0	2
	1	10	1	0	0.100	0	5	0	1
	2	15	5	3	0.133	0	6	0	1

Sat, 5/19/2007

Contender 2

Pat Keller / Julie Romias (22)

Won 21-12, 21-12

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	22	16	2	0.636	0	9	4	4
	1	13	11	0	0.846	0	7	1	2
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	2	3	2
Brooke Niles	Total	23	15	1	0.609	0	8	2	1
	1	13	7	0	0.538	0	3	0	0
	2	10	8	1	0.700	0	5	2	1

Sat, 5/19/2007

Contender 3

Claire D'Amore / Alicia Polzin (20)

Won 21-13, 17-21, 15-6

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	28	19	1	0.643	0	9	1	2
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	3	1	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	4	0	0
	3	9	5	0	0.556	0	2	0	2
Brooke Niles	Total	31	15	2	0.419	0	11	3	2
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	2	1
	2	16	5	1	0.250	0	4	0	1
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	5	1	0

Sat, 5/19/2007

Contender 4

Holly McPeak / Logan Tom (7)

Won 14-21, 21-12, 16-14

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	32	13	6	0.219	1	10	1	3
	1	11	4	4	0.000	0	3	0	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	1	1	1	0
	3	12	4	1	0.250	0	6	0	2
Brooke Niles	Total	53	23	6	0.321	0	29	0	2
	1	20	8	4	0.200	0	9	0	1
	2	15	7	1	0.400	0	10	0	0
	3	18	8	1	0.389	0	10	0	1

Sun, 5/20/2007

Contender 5

Paula Roca / Sarah Straton (11)

Lost 16-21, 18-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	36	23	4	0.528	0	5	2	4
	1	21	13	4	0.429	0	3	1	3
	2	15	10	0	0.667	0	2	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	16	8	1	0.438	0	7	0	1
	1	4	2	0	0.500	0	0	0	1
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	148	91	15	0.514	1	41	12	19
Brooke Niles	171	83	14	0.404	0	78	9	8

Head to Head Results
Akers/Niles lead the series against the field 14-12 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 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
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Akers/Niles	17	21-11, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs 0-1
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	2	Akers/Niles	12	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Scott/Turner 0-2
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Scott/Turner	3	Akers/Niles	14	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	4	Akers/Niles	12	16-21, 21-16, 19-17	0:58
Series tied with # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 1-1
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Akers/Niles	13	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:02
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	12	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	26-24, 19-21, 15-12	1:08
Trail the series against # 5 Kessy/Ross 0-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Akers/Niles	12	21-12, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # 7 McPeak/Tom 1-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Akers/Niles	12	McPeak/Tom	7	14-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:59
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	McPeak/Tom	8	Akers/Niles	14	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-1
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Akers/Niles	13	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 9 Lewis/Lima 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 3	Akers/Niles	12	Lewis/Lima	18	25-23, 21-19
Trail the series against # 11 Roca/Straton 0-1
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Roca/Straton	11	Akers/Niles	12	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 14 Barnes/Williams 1-1
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 1	Barnes/Williams	11	Akers/Niles	12	23-21, 23-21	0:53
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 3	Akers/Niles	17	Barnes/Williams	9	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 16 Brannon/Fopma 2-1
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 1	Akers/Niles	13	Brannon/Fopma	14	21-17, 21-13	0:36
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Akers/Niles	14	Brannon/Fopma	11	21-14, 21-14	0:31
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Brannon/Fopma	11	Akers/Niles	13	24-22, 13-21, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 18 Ivy Swift/Lowe 2-1
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	13	Ivy Swift/Lowe	20	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	1:00
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	14	Ivy Swift/Lowe	19	21-13, 21-19	0:39
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 1	Ivy Swift/Lowe	21	Akers/Niles	12	20-22, 22-20, 21-19	1:10
Lead the series against # 20 D'Amore/Polzin 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Akers/Niles	12	D'Amore/Polzin	20	21-13, 17-21, 15-6	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 Amaral/Lee 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	12	Amaral/Lee	21	21-15, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 Keller/Romias 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Akers/Niles	12	Keller/Romias	22	21-12, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 23 Allen/Snyder 2-0
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	13	Allen/Snyder	20	22-20, 21-19	0:38
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	17	Allen/Snyder	16	21-11, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 24 Koester/Smith 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	12	Koester/Smith	21	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:44