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AVP Tour
$280,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 9 - 11, 2007

(7) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Jenny Pavley - 9th	Did not play
2003	Sarah Straton - 9th	Courtney Guerra - 33rd
2004	Rachel Scott - 7th	Courtney Guerra - 17th
2005	Nicole Branagh - 9th	Sarah Straton - 5th
2006	Heather Lowe - 13th	Logan Tom - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/2-5/2007	Chicago Open	6	2nd	468	$21,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 1

Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (26, Q4)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	13	9	2	0.538	1	4	1	1
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	1	0	1
	2	7	5	1	0.571	1	3	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	35	20	6	0.400	0	6	0	2
	1	21	9	5	0.190	0	6	0	2
	2	14	11	1	0.714	0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 2

Barbra Fontana / Alicia Polzin (10)

Won 21-12, 21-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	20	15	2	0.650	1	5	1	1
	1	10	9	0	0.900	0	2	0	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	1	3	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	28	13	2	0.393	0	13	3	1
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	8	1	1
	2	15	6	1	0.333	0	5	2	0

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 3

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (2)

Won 13-21, 24-22, 15-11

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	31	18	3	0.484	3	3	3	3
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	0	0	1
	2	16	10	2	0.500	1	1	3	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	2	2	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	39	17	1	0.410	0	14	2	3
	1	9	2	0	0.222	0	2	2	3
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	5	0	0
	3	16	9	0	0.563	0	7	0	0

Sat, 8/11/2007

Winner 4

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Lost 13-21, 19-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	18	10	4	0.333	0	1	0	1
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	0	0	1
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	1	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	29	12	3	0.310	0	11	0	0
	1	12	4	1	0.250	0	3	0	0
	2	17	8	2	0.353	0	8	0	0

Sat, 8/11/2007

Contender 6

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (4)

Lost 19-21, 22-24

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	17	13	0	0.765	2	2	1	2
	1	10	7	0	0.700	1	1	1	2
	2	7	6	0	0.857	1	1	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	35	18	8	0.286	0	10	1	1
	1	13	6	3	0.231	0	3	1	1
	2	22	12	5	0.318	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	99	65	11	0.545	7	15	6	8
Brooke Niles	166	80	20	0.361	0	54	6	7

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 20-20 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 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
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Akers/Niles	9	21-15, 21-9	0:36
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Akers/Niles	9	21-14, 21-12	0:32
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Akers/Niles	17	21-11, 21-12	0:32
Series tied with # 2 Branagh/Youngs 1-1
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Akers/Niles	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	13-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:06
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 0-5
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Akers/Niles	7	21-13, 21-19	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 4 Scott/Turner 0-3
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Scott/Turner	4	Akers/Niles	7	21-19, 24-22	0:43
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 # 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 # 8 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 # 10 Fontana/Polzin 2-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	7	Fontana/Polzin	10	21-12, 21-15	0:43
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Akers/Niles	6	Fontana/Polzin	7	21-19, 21-23, 16-14	1:12
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13 Jameson/Jones 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	6	Jameson/Jones	11	21-17, 21-12	0:42
Series tied with # 15 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 # 16 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
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 20 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 # 24 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, Q4 Manole/Van Fleet 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	7	Manole/Van Fleet	26, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q5 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