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$200,000 AVP Seaside Heights Open presented by Bud Light
July 5 - 8, 2007

(7) 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 Seaside Heights Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Heather Lowe - 13th	Sarah Straton - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	9	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	9	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	11	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	10	13th	108	$1,700.00
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

Seaside Heights Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 1

Tiffany Rodriguez / Chrissie Zartman (26)

Won 21-13, 21-13

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	24	18	2	0.667	3	3	0	2
	1	14	11	1	0.714	2	1	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	1	2	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	20	13	0	0.650	0	5	4	2
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	3	1	1
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	2	3	1

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 2

Ashley Ivy Swift / Heather Lowe (10)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	12	5	3	0.167	2	2	0	1
	1	6	2	3	-0.167	2	0	0	1
	2	6	3	0	0.500	0	2	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	30	15	6	0.300	0	11	1	5
	1	15	8	4	0.267	0	5	0	2
	2	15	7	2	0.333	0	6	1	3

Sat, 7/7/2007

Contender 2

Angela Knopf / Catie Mintz (25, Q1)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	14	10	0	0.714	4	3	0	2
	1	8	6	0	0.750	1	2	0	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	3	1	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	32	20	2	0.563	0	14	2	0
	1	16	11	1	0.625	0	7	0	0
	2	16	9	1	0.500	0	7	2	0

Sat, 7/7/2007

Contender 3

Keao Burdine / Brittany Hochevar (15)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	13	7	0	0.538	1	5	4	4
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	3	1
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	3	1	3
Brooke Niles	Total	27	18	1	0.630	0	10	4	1
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	6	1	1
	2	14	9	1	0.571	0	4	3	0

Sat, 7/7/2007

Contender 4

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (4)

Lost 27-29, 24-26

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	31	17	3	0.452	1	6	2	5
	1	18	8	1	0.389	1	3	1	2
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	3	1	3
Brooke Niles	Total	47	16	10	0.128	0	20	2	2
	1	22	8	3	0.227	0	7	1	1
	2	25	8	7	0.040	0	13	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	94	57	8	0.521	11	19	6	14
Brooke Niles	156	82	19	0.404	0	60	13	10

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	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00	27	20	57.4 %
Total	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	3	2	0	0	$38,200.00	33	26	55.9 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	$15,875.00	2007	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	$15,875.00
67	0	0	1	0	20	34	8	0	4	$83,707.50	Total	Total	53	0	0	0	0	9	25	12	2	5	$57,005.00

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	21	70.0%	4	13.3%	5	16.7%	25-5	83.3%	5	20.0%	2	8.0%	18	72.0%	5-20	20.0%	42-36	53.8%	18-14	56.3%	0	0	30-25	54.5%

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 lead the series against the field 18-17 (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 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
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 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-3
6/10/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	7	Akers/Niles	9	30-28, 21-16	0:57
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	8	Akers/Niles	11	21-16, 22-20	0:33
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Akers/Niles	13	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 1-2
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Akers/Niles	7	29-27, 26-24	1:06
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 0-2
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	6	Akers/Niles	9	21-17, 27-25	0:58
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Akers/Niles	12	21-12, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # 6 McPeak/Tom 2-2
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Akers/Niles	9	McPeak/Tom	5	21-13, 21-19	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 8 Lewis/Lima 2-0
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	9	Lewis/Lima	8	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 3	Akers/Niles	12	Lewis/Lima	18	25-23, 21-19
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 Ivy Swift/Lowe 3-3
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Ivy Swift/Lowe	10	Akers/Niles	7	21-15, 21-18	0:37
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Akers/Niles	9	Ivy Swift/Lowe	11	21-19, 21-18	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 13 Kropp/Pavley 1-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 2	Akers/Niles	11	Kropp/Pavley	14	21-18, 23-21
Lead the series against # 15 Burdine/Hochevar 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Akers/Niles	7	Burdine/Hochevar	15	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 16 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 # 17 Kuk/Whitney 1-0
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	11	Kuk/Whitney	22, Q2	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Kimball/Masler 1-0
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	9	Kimball/Masler	24, Q13	21-13, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 21, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Knopf/Mintz 2-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	Akers/Niles	7	Knopf/Mintz	25, Q1	21-18, 21-15	0:40
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 # 26 Rodriguez/Zartman 2-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	7	Rodriguez/Zartman	26	21-13, 21-13	0:33
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	9	Rodriguez/Zartman	24, Q3	30-28, 21-12	0:50