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AVP Tour
$200,000 Pringles Smart Flavors Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife
August 30 - September 2, 2007

(3) 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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Nicole Branagh - 17th	Sarah Straton - 7th
2006	Brooke Niles - 13th	Angie Akers - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/23-26/2007	Brooklyn Open	7	5th	312	$8,500.00
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 2

Chara Harris / Brooke Langston (19)

Won 21-13, 21-10

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	13	9	0	0.692	4	8	1	1
	1	10	7	0	0.700	4	6	1	1
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	33	17	3	0.424	0	12	4	2
	1	21	7	3	0.190	0	6	2	1
	2	12	10	0	0.833	0	6	2	1

Sat, 9/1/2007

Winner 3

Nancy Reynolds / Logan Tom (6)

Won 28-26, 17-21, 15-11

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	40	19	3	0.400	3	4	2	5
	1	17	9	2	0.412	2	2	1	2
	2	13	5	1	0.308	1	1	0	2
	3	10	5	0	0.500	0	1	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	52	22	11	0.212	0	35	1	1
	1	21	9	2	0.333	0	13	0	1
	2	20	7	7	0.000	0	14	1	0
	3	11	6	2	0.364	0	8	0	0

Sat, 9/1/2007

Winner 4

Jennifer Fopma / Holly McPeak (10)

Won 21-17, 21-9

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	18	9	2	0.389	2	3	3	2
	1	12	6	0	0.500	0	3	2	1
	2	6	3	2	0.167	2	0	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	38	18	6	0.316	0	22	3	0
	1	22	8	5	0.136	0	11	1	0
	2	16	10	1	0.563	0	11	2	0

Sun, 9/2/2007

Semi-Finals

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (4)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	21	9	6	0.143	1	7	1	3
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	4	0	1
	2	11	3	4	-0.091	0	3	1	2
Brooke Niles	Total	36	16	4	0.333	0	11	1	1
	1	17	7	2	0.294	0	2	0	0
	2	19	9	2	0.368	0	9	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	92	46	11	0.380	10	22	7	11
Brooke Niles	159	73	24	0.308	0	80	9	4

Head to Head Results
Akers/Niles lead the series against the field 23-18 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 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 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 # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 1-3
9/2/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Akers/Niles	3	21-18, 21-17	0:45
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 # 5 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 # 6 Reynolds/Tom 1-0
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Akers/Niles	3	Reynolds/Tom	6	28-26, 17-21, 15-11	1:07
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 Fopma/McPeak 1-0
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Akers/Niles	3	Fopma/McPeak	10	21-17, 21-9	0:39
Series tied with # 11 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 # 12 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 19 Harris/Langston 2-0
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	3	Harris/Langston	19	21-13, 21-10	0:34
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 # 20 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 # 21, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 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