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$280,000 AVP Brooklyn Open presented by Cushman & Wakefield
August 23 - 26, 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 Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Brooke Niles - 9th	Angie Akers - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/9-11/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	7	5th	312	$8,500.00
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

Brooklyn Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/24/2007

Winner 1

Laura Ratto / Colleen Smith (26, Q8)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	24	18	3	0.625	0	5	3	1
	1	13	9	2	0.538	0	4	0	0
	2	11	9	1	0.727	0	1	3	1
Brooke Niles	Total	14	6	2	0.286	0	5	2	4
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	3	1	2
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	2	1	2

Fri, 8/24/2007

Winner 2

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (10)

Won 24-22, 21-19

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	17	12	2	0.588	2	6	1	3
	1	12	8	2	0.500	2	5	1	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	0	2
Brooke Niles	Total	38	17	5	0.316	0	12	0	0
	1	18	7	2	0.278	0	5	0	0
	2	20	10	3	0.350	0	7	0	0

Sat, 8/25/2007

Winner 3

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 18-21, 22-20, 11-15

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	23	15	1	0.609	2	1	3	4
	1	8	7	0	0.875	1	0	1	2
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	0	1	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	37	19	4	0.405	0	14	0	1
	1	13	5	3	0.154	0	4	0	0
	2	16	11	0	0.688	0	8	0	1
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/25/2007

Contender 4

Jenny Kropp / Jenny Pavley (12)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	28	18	4	0.500	5	3	0	2
	1	13	9	2	0.538	2	1	0	0
	2	15	9	2	0.467	3	2	0	2
Brooke Niles	Total	20	13	2	0.550	0	18	1	2
	1	10	8	1	0.700	0	10	0	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	8	1	1

Sat, 8/25/2007

Contender 5

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (16)

Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-7

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	30	18	6	0.400	1	3	2	2
	1	13	6	4	0.154	0	1	1	1
	2	15	10	2	0.533	0	2	0	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	1	0	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	32	19	1	0.563	0	22	2	0
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	7	0	0
	2	12	4	0	0.333	0	8	1	0
	3	9	6	1	0.556	0	7	1	0

Sat, 8/25/2007

Contender 6

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (4)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	19	11	2	0.474	0	4	0	1
	1	6	4	2	0.333	0	0	0	0
	2	13	7	0	0.538	0	4	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	32	11	5	0.188	0	12	1	2
	1	14	7	2	0.357	0	5	1	2
	2	18	4	3	0.056	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	141	92	18	0.525	10	22	9	13
Brooke Niles	173	85	19	0.382	0	83	6	9

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	13	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	1	0	0	$69,750.00	39	25	60.9 %
2007	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	16	0	1	0	0	4	1	5	3	2	0	0	$76,200.00	45	31	59.2 %
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
13	0	1	0	0	5	6	1	0	0	$34,875.00	2007	AVP	14	0	1	0	0	5	7	1	0	0	$36,075.00
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
71	0	1	1	0	23	34	8	0	4	$102,707.50	Total	Total	58	0	1	0	0	12	26	12	2	5	$77,205.00

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	62.1%	5	17.2%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	4	16.0%	2	8.0%	19	76.0%	4-21	16.0%	36-38	48.6%	18-16	52.9%	0	0	27-27	50.0%

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 22-24 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 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
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs 1-2
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Akers/Niles	7	21-18, 20-22, 15-11	1:09
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 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 # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-6
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Akers/Niles	7	21-17, 21-16	0:42
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 # 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
Trail the series against # 6 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
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 Lewis/Lima 3-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	7	Lewis/Lima	10	24-22, 21-19	0:49
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 # 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
Lead the series against # 12 Kropp/Pavley 4-0
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 4	Akers/Niles	7	Kropp/Pavley	12	21-13, 21-19	0:39
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 # 13 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 Barnes/Williams 2-1
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 5	Akers/Niles	7	Barnes/Williams	16	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	1:00
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 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
Lead the series against # 19, Q1 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 # 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 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 # 24, 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 # 26, Q8 Ratto/Smith 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Akers/Niles	7	Ratto/Smith	26, Q8	21-12, 21-16	0:31