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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 18 - 20, 2007

(11) Paula Roca/Sarah Straton

Paula Roca

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 17, 1971 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Recife, Brazil

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

South Florida

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2007)

Career AVP Best:

5th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

$116,292.50

Sarah Straton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Perth, Western Australia

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Western Australia

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

1 (AVP Muskegon 2001)

Career Winnings:

$182,065.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	$34,275.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1994	Did not play	Elizabeth Chavez - 9th
FIVB 1995	Did not play	Chris Wilson - 13th
FIVB 1996	Did not play	Tania Gooley - 17th
1999	Did not play	Annette Huygens Tholen - 9th
2001	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 4th
2002	Lynda Street - 29th	Did not play
2003	Gracie Santana-Baeni - 13th	Angie Akers - 7th
2004	Gracie Santana-Baeni - 13th	Tammy Leibl - 9th
2005	Mimi Amaral - 7th	Brooke Niles - 5th
2006	Jenny Pavley - 9th	Brooke Niles - 13th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 1

Pat Keller / Julie Romias (22)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	34	16	2	0.412	0	13	1	1
	1	19	8	1	0.368	0	6	1	0
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	7	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	28	16	0	0.571	0	13	1	3
	1	13	8	0	0.615	0	8	1	1
	2	15	8	0	0.533	0	5	0	2

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 2

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (6)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	32	16	0	0.500	0	20	1	2
	1	15	8	0	0.533	0	8	1	2
	2	17	8	0	0.471	0	12	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	31	13	0	0.419	1	12	3	2
	1	17	7	0	0.412	1	6	1	1
	2	14	6	0	0.429	0	6	2	1

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 3

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 17-21, 20-22

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	23	11	4	0.304	0	9	0	1
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	0	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	0	6	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	21	9	2	0.333	2	6	2	2
	1	10	4	0	0.400	1	3	0	1
	2	11	5	2	0.273	1	3	2	1

Sat, 5/19/2007

Contender 4

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (9)

Won 21-14, 21-12

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	19	13	1	0.632	0	10	2	1
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	0	1
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	7	2	0
Sarah Straton	Total	23	16	0	0.696	3	4	1	3
	1	9	8	0	0.889	3	1	0	2
	2	14	8	0	0.571	0	3	1	1

Sun, 5/20/2007

Contender 5

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (12)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	16	11	0	0.688	0	8	2	0
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	4	0	0
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	4	2	0
Sarah Straton	Total	23	14	1	0.565	2	6	0	0
	1	12	9	0	0.750	1	2	0	0
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	4	0	0

Sun, 5/20/2007

Contender 6

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 15-21, 10-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	25	10	4	0.240	0	12	0	1
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	6	0	1
	2	13	4	3	0.077	0	6	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	30	7	4	0.100	1	10	0	2
	1	19	6	1	0.263	0	6	0	2
	2	11	1	3	-0.182	1	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	149	77	11	0.443	0	72	6	6
Sarah Straton	156	75	7	0.436	9	51	7	12

Head to Head Results
Roca/Straton lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-1
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Roca/Straton	11	21-15, 21-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Scott/Turner 0-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	3	Roca/Straton	11	21-17, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 6 Dodd/Minello 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Roca/Straton	11	Dodd/Minello	6	21-18, 21-17	0:54
Lead the series against # 9 Lewis/Lima 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Roca/Straton	11	Lewis/Lima	9	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Akers/Niles 1-0
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 # 22 Keller/Romias 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Roca/Straton	11	Keller/Romias	22	21-15, 21-19	0:44