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$280,000 McDonald's AVP Chicago Open presented by Nautica
August 2 - 5, 2007

(6) 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 Chicago Results

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
PAN AM	7/16-21/2007	XV Pan Am Games	9	5th	0	US$0.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	7	9th	144	$2,600.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

Erin Byrd / Paige Jensen (27)

Won 21-6, 21-8

0:25

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	17	14	0	0.824	1	7	1	3
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	3	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	4	1	2
Brooke Niles	Total	18	11	1	0.556	0	11	1	1
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	5	1	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	1

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (11)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	10	5	2	0.300	1	7	1	0
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	0	0
	2	5	1	2	-0.200	1	4	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	38	20	1	0.500	0	25	1	1
	1	21	10	1	0.429	0	14	0	1
	2	17	10	0	0.588	0	11	1	0

Sat, 8/4/2007

Winner 3

Jenny Kropp / Jenny Pavley (14)

Won 27-25, 21-15

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	22	15	2	0.591	3	4	0	1
	1	8	7	1	0.750	2	3	0	0
	2	14	8	1	0.500	1	1	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	43	24	6	0.419	0	18	2	1
	1	28	14	5	0.321	0	10	2	0
	2	15	10	1	0.600	0	8	0	1

Sat, 8/4/2007

Winner 4

Barbra Fontana / Alicia Polzin (7)

Won 21-19, 21-23, 16-14

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	27	16	4	0.444	1	10	3	0
	1	11	6	3	0.273	1	4	1	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	2	1	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	44	23	6	0.386	0	13	1	0
	1	15	7	2	0.333	0	6	0	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	1	1	0
	3	16	8	2	0.375	0	6	0	0

Sun, 8/5/2007

Semi-Finals

Jenny Kropp / Jenny Pavley (14)

Won 21-11, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	17	7	2	0.294	2	4	0	2
	1	7	3	1	0.286	2	3	0	1
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	1	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	34	19	3	0.471	0	15	0	3
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	5	0	1
	2	19	11	2	0.474	0	10	0	2

Sun, 8/5/2007

Finals

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (1)

Lost 16-21, 22-24

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	26	15	3	0.462	0	8	0	3
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	0	0	0
	2	21	12	2	0.476	0	8	0	3
Brooke Niles	Total	40	13	4	0.225	0	20	0	0
	1	19	6	1	0.263	0	10	0	0
	2	21	7	3	0.190	0	10	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	119	72	13	0.496	8	40	5	9
Brooke Niles	217	110	21	0.410	0	102	5	6

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	11	0	1	0	0	2	1	4	2	1	0	0	$52,750.00	32	21	60.4 %
2007	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	14	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	3	2	0	0	$59,200.00	38	27	58.5 %
Total	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
11	0	1	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	$26,375.00	2007	AVP	11	0	1	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	$26,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
69	0	1	1	0	21	34	8	0	4	$94,207.50	Total	Total	55	0	1	0	0	10	25	12	2	5	$67,505.00

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	18	75.0%	3	12.5%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	9	81.8%	2-9	18.2%	36-18	66.7%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	23-12	65.7%

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	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 17-10 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-4
8/5/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	1	Akers/Niles	6	21-16, 24-22	1:07
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
Lead the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 Dodd/Minello 1-1
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	9	Dodd/Minello	8	21-19, 21-18	0:37
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 2	Dodd/Minello	6	Akers/Niles	11	29-31, 21-17, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 7 Fontana/Polzin 1-0
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Akers/Niles	6	Fontana/Polzin	7	21-19, 21-23, 16-14	1:12
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 11 Jameson/Jones 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	6	Jameson/Jones	11	21-17, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Kropp/Pavley 3-0
8/5/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Akers/Niles	6	Kropp/Pavley	14	21-11, 21-19	0:43
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Akers/Niles	6	Kropp/Pavley	14	27-25, 21-15	0:47
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 2	Akers/Niles	11	Kropp/Pavley	14	21-18, 23-21
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 # 20, Q3 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 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 # 22 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 # 27 Byrd/Jensen 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	6	Byrd/Jensen	27	21-6, 21-8	0:25