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$240,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Hermosa Beach Open presented by Virgin America
August 6 - 8, 2009

(8) Angie Akers/Tyra Turner

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:

12

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$434,452.50

Tyra Harper Turner

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fort Myers Beach, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Central Florida

Seasons:

10

Tournaments:

155

Career Wins:

1 (AVP San Diego 2008)

Career Winnings:

$573,135.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	17	0	1	8	0	2	4	1	1	0	0	$136,940.00
FIVB	24	0	2	2	2	6	2	4	2	1	3	US$240,300.00
P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Overall	42	0	3	11	2	8	6	5	3	1	3	US$382,240.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Jenny Pavley - 17th	Did not play
2003	Sarah Straton - 7th	Franci Van Zwieten - 13th
2004	Rachel Scott - 5th	Makare Wilson - 5th
2005	Nicole Branagh - 9th	Makare Wilson - 3rd
2006	Heather Lowe - 9th	Makare Wilson - 5th
2007	Brooke Niles - 7th	Rachel Scott - 2nd
2008	Holly McPeak - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$11,400.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	6	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	6	5th	600	US$18,000.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	6	5th	450	$6,240.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	5	7th	370	$5,280.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	26	4th	420	US$11,200.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	6	7th	370	$5,280.00
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	4	7th	370	$5,280.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	4	3rd	540	$10,200.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	4	3rd	540	$10,200.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 1

Heather Lowe / Jenny Pavley (25, Q1)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	20	14	2	0.600	1	9	0	1
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	3	0	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	1	6	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	29	19	2	0.586	0	9	1	1
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	4	1	0
	2	14	9	0	0.643	0	5	0	1

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 2

Jennifer Fopma / Brittany Hochevar (9)

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

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	23	12	1	0.478	1	8	2	1
	1	5	2	0	0.400	0	2	1	1
	2	12	5	0	0.417	1	5	1	0
	3	6	5	1	0.667	0	1	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	38	20	8	0.316	1	5	1	3
	1	14	9	3	0.429	0	2	0	0
	2	13	5	2	0.231	1	0	0	2
	3	11	6	3	0.273	0	3	1	1

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 3

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 18-21, 24-22, 11-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	33	15	3	0.364	0	14	1	1
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	5	1	0
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	5	0	1
	3	10	4	2	0.200	0	4	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	28	14	7	0.250	5	2	1	3
	1	11	2	5	-0.273	1	1	0	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	3	1	1	2
	3	4	3	0	0.750	1	0	0	0

Fri, 8/7/2009

Contender 4

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (12)

Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-10

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	32	16	1	0.469	2	13	1	1
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	5	0	1
	2	10	5	0	0.500	1	3	1	0
	3	10	6	0	0.600	1	5	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	35	24	4	0.571	1	11	2	3
	1	13	7	3	0.308	1	3	0	2
	2	12	9	1	0.667	0	5	2	0
	3	10	8	0	0.800	0	3	0	1

Sat, 8/8/2009

Contender 5

Dianne DeNecochea / Carrie Dodd (4)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	17	11	4	0.412	1	7	2	4
	1	12	7	3	0.333	0	4	2	1
	2	5	4	1	0.600	1	3	0	3
Tyra Turner	Total	30	18	5	0.433	0	2	2	3
	1	17	7	3	0.235	0	1	0	2
	2	13	11	2	0.692	0	1	2	1

Sat, 8/8/2009

Contender 6

Rachel Scott / Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)

Won 21-11, 21-10

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	25	16	1	0.600	0	18	2	5
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	9	1	2
	2	14	11	0	0.786	0	9	1	3
Tyra Turner	Total	23	12	0	0.522	1	13	0	1
	1	16	9	0	0.563	1	10	0	0
	2	7	3	0	0.429	0	3	0	1

Sat, 8/8/2009

Semi-Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 21-18, 12-21, 11-15

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	36	17	6	0.306	0	11	3	8
	1	9	3	1	0.222	0	4	2	2
	2	15	8	3	0.333	0	3	0	6
	3	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	1	0
Tyra Turner	Total	22	12	3	0.409	2	5	1	3
	1	12	7	0	0.583	1	2	0	0
	2	6	2	3	-0.167	0	3	1	0
	3	4	3	0	0.750	1	0	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	186	101	18	0.446	5	80	11	21
Tyra Turner	205	119	29	0.439	10	47	8	17

Head to Head Results
Akers/Turner trail the series against the field 14-15 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-4
8/8/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	8	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	1:15
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	8	21-18, 22-24, 15-11	1:06
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	4	21-19, 21-18	0:49
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	4	30-28, 21-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross 0-3
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	3	Akers/Turner	11	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Akers/Turner	6	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:51
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Akers/Turner	4	21-15, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 3 Scott/Walsh Jennings 1-0
8/8/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Akers/Turner	8	Scott/Walsh Jennings	3	21-11, 21-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 DeNecochea/Dodd 2-3
8/8/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Akers/Turner	8	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	21-19, 21-17	0:46
6/21/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 6	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Akers/Turner	6	18-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:51
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Akers/Turner	5	21-17, 21-16	0:47
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	Akers/Turner	4	21-18, 21-18	0:48
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	4	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	21-19, 21-16	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Fitzgerald/Niles 1-2
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	3	Akers/Turner	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Akers/Turner	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	1:00
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 6	Akers/Turner	4	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	21-12, 21-16	0:43
Series tied with # 7 Lima/Minello 1-1
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 5	Akers/Turner	6	Lima/Minello	7	21-17, 21-13	0:41
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Lima/Minello	6	Akers/Turner	5	21-18, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 9 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	8	Fopma/Hochevar	9	21-19, 19-21, 16-14	1:06
Lead the series against # 11 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 3-1
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Akers/Turner	5	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	10	21-18, 24-22	0:43
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	11	Akers/Turner	6	21-16, 22-20	0:44
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Akers/Turner	4	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	10	24-22, 21-17	0:43
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	4	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	12	21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Jameson/Jones 2-1
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Akers/Turner	8	Jameson/Jones	12	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:48
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 4	Akers/Turner	6	Jameson/Jones	8	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Jameson/Jones	6	Akers/Turner	4	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 13 Brannon/Pavlik 1-0
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	5	Brannon/Pavlik	12	21-12, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Lowe/Pavley 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Akers/Turner	8	Lowe/Pavley	25, Q1	21-13, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 Jensen/Langston 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	4	Jensen/Langston	20	21-10, 21-10	0:38