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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Louisville Open
May 24 - 27, 2007

(10) Angie Akers/Brooke Niles

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

Brooke Niles

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1981 (44 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

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

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 Louisville Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	12	7th	180	$4,600.00
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

Louisville Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/25/2007

Winner 1

Angela Knopf / Catie Mintz (23, Q6)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	23	12	3	0.391	1	9	2	2
	1	15	7	3	0.267	1	8	1	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	1	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	28	18	3	0.536	0	9	5	2
	1	13	7	0	0.538	0	3	3	1
	2	15	11	3	0.533	0	6	2	1

Fri, 5/25/2007

Winner 2

Holly McPeak / Logan Tom (7)

Lost 14-21, 18-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	24	11	4	0.292	0	6	1	3
	1	12	4	3	0.083	0	3	0	3
	2	12	7	1	0.500	0	3	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	21	9	6	0.143	0	11	1	3
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	5	0	1
	2	13	5	4	0.077	0	6	1	2

Fri, 5/25/2007

Contender 1

Chara Harris / Brooke Langston (24, Q16)

Won 21-15, 22-20

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	18	12	0	0.667	4	5	1	2
	1	13	9	0	0.692	2	4	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	2	1	1	2
Brooke Niles	Total	32	14	4	0.313	0	15	0	3
	1	14	8	2	0.429	0	12	0	1
	2	18	6	2	0.222	0	3	0	2

Sat, 5/26/2007

Contender 2

Ashley Ivy Swift / Heather Lowe (16)

Lost 21-18, 21-23, 13-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	38	18	7	0.289	4	4	2	1
	1	14	7	3	0.286	2	1	2	0
	2	14	6	2	0.286	1	2	0	1
	3	10	5	2	0.300	1	1	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	30	14	1	0.433	0	17	2	3
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	1	1
	2	19	7	1	0.316	0	11	1	1
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	103	53	14	0.379	9	24	6	8
Brooke Niles	111	55	14	0.369	0	52	8	11

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	17	0	1	1	0	3	1	5	3	2	0	0	$77,200.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
Total	18	0	1	1	0	4	1	5	3	2	0	0	$85,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Angie Akers												Brooke Niles
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
26	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	4	0	$66,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	0	$41,400.00
113	0	4	16	2	35	43	7	3	0	$288,760.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	94	0	2	4	2	20	37	17	2	0	$171,407.50
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	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$17,750.00
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$5,850.00	Tour Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,000.00
155	0	4	17	2	44	56	13	7	0	$393,965.00	Total	124	1	2	6	2	25	44	24	4	0	$249,557.50

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$6,450.00	6	6	50.0 %
2007	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$17,400.00	15	12	55.6 %
Total	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	$23,850.00	21	18	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Angie Akers													Brooke Niles
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	$7,095.00	2002	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$10,250.00	2003	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$0.00
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	0	5	4	1	0	$4,742.50
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	13	0	0	0	0	4	8	1	0	0	$22,062.50
14	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	$11,725.00	2006	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	2	6	6	0	0	$14,325.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$8,700.00	2007	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$8,700.00
63	0	0	1	0	19	31	8	0	4	$76,532.50	Total	Total	49	0	0	0	0	8	22	12	2	5	$49,830.00

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	36	72.0%	8	16.0%	6	12.0%	44-6	88.0%	6	17.6%	4	11.8%	24	70.6%	6-28	17.6%	36-24	60.0%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	50-34	59.5%
2006-2007	36	72.0%	8	16.0%	6	12.0%	44-6	88.0%	6	17.6%	4	11.8%	24	70.6%	6-28	17.6%	36-24	60.0%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	50-34	59.5%
Against the Field	17	63.0%	4	14.8%	6	22.2%	21-6	77.8%	5	17.9%	2	7.1%	21	75.0%	5-23	17.9%	34-42	44.7%	18-16	52.9%	0	0	26-29	47.3%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	45	31
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	48	33

Head to Head Results
Akers/Niles trail the series against the field 10-13 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 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
Trail the series against # 7 McPeak/Tom 1-2
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	McPeak/Tom	7	Akers/Niles	10	21-14, 21-18	0:45
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 # 16 Ivy Swift/Lowe 2-2
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 2	Ivy Swift/Lowe	16	Akers/Niles	10	18-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:00
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
Series tied with # 17 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 # 18 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 # 23, Q6 Knopf/Mintz 1-0
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	10	Knopf/Mintz	23, Q6	21-17, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 24, Q16 Harris/Langston 1-0
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 1	Akers/Niles	10	Harris/Langston	24, Q16	21-15, 22-20	0:38