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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 25 - July 4, 2009

(6) Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States

Angie Akers
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ft. Wayne, IN

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

8

Tournaments:

52

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$166,650.00

Tyra Harper Turner
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fort Myers Beach, FL

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

7

Tournaments:

53

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$231,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	24	0	2	2	2	6	2	4	2	1	3	US$240,300.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Rachel Scott - 41st
2008	Did not play	Rachel Scott - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	26	4th	420	US$11,200.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool F

Isabelle Forrer / Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland (43)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	13	8	1	0.538	1	4	3	4
	1	5	4	0	0.800	1	1	2	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	1	2
Tyra Turner	Total	15	10	3	0.467	2	5	1	0
	1	5	3	1	0.400	1	2	1	0
	2	10	7	2	0.500	1	3	0	0

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool F

Deborah Giaoui / Eva Hamzaoui, France (30)

Won 23-25, 21-16, 15-13

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	37	22	5	0.459	0	8	3	0
	1	16	10	2	0.500	0	2	1	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	4	2	0
	3	10	6	2	0.400	0	2	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	20	12	3	0.450	0	7	2	2
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	1	1	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	0	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	1	1

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool F

Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (19)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	35	17	8	0.257	0	5	2	3
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	1	2	1
	2	21	11	5	0.286	0	4	0	2
Tyra Turner	Total	14	3	4	-0.071	1	5	1	1
	1	6	1	3	-0.333	1	2	1	1
	2	8	2	1	0.125	0	3	0	0

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Marie-Andree Lessard / Annie Martin, Canada (28)

Won 18-21, 24-22, 17-15

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	51	28	8	0.392	0	17	0	2
	1	20	9	5	0.200	0	4	0	1
	2	18	10	2	0.444	0	6	0	1
	3	13	9	1	0.615	0	7	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	30	17	7	0.333	2	11	0	2
	1	5	3	1	0.400	2	2	0	1
	2	15	10	3	0.467	0	4	0	1
	3	10	4	3	0.100	0	5	0	0

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (10)

Won 17-21, 23-21, 15-11

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	35	25	5	0.571	1	13	1	3
	1	18	11	5	0.333	0	5	0	1
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	4	1	2
	3	7	6	0	0.857	1	4	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	27	16	4	0.444	1	5	1	3
	1	4	2	1	0.250	1	2	0	0
	2	14	9	2	0.500	0	2	0	2
	3	9	5	1	0.444	0	1	1	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 3

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)

Lost 21-17, 12-21, 9-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	37	14	8	0.162	1	6	0	2
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	2	0	1
	2	19	4	5	-0.053	1	2	0	1
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	2	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	16	13	2	0.688	1	9	0	4
	1	9	8	1	0.778	1	5	0	2
	2	4	3	1	0.500	0	2	0	2
	3	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	208	114	35	0.380	3	53	9	14
Tyra Turner	122	71	23	0.393	7	42	5	12
Total	330	185	58	0.385	10	95	14	26
Opponents	339	174	45	0.381	14	62	28	41

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Rachel Scott - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Nicole Branagh - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	6	5th	600	US$18,000.00

Head to Head Results
Akers/Turner lead the series against the field 8-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Akers/Turner	6	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
5/24/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Akers/Turner	26	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	26	Salgado/Salgado	2	13-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-0
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	1:01
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Akers/Turner	26	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 14 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
5/24/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Bronze Medal	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Akers/Turner	26	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 19 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-1
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool F	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	19	Akers/Turner	6	21-17, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Akers/Turner	26	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	26	Petrova/Skalnikova	23, Q2	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 28 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Akers/Turner	6	Lessard/Martin	28	18-21, 24-22, 17-15	1:01
Lead the series against # 30 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool F	Akers/Turner	6	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	30	23-25, 21-16, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 43 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool F	Akers/Turner	6	Forrer/Schmocker	43	21-13, 21-19	0:32