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AVP Tour
$280,000 Bud Light AVP Long Beach Open
July 19 - 21, 2007

(14) 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 Long Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	9	9th	144	$2,600.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	10	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	11	17th	72	$800.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	11	5th	216	$6,000.00

Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 1

Tara Kuk / Kim Whitney (19)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	20	8	2	0.300	0	12	4	0
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	3	0
	2	12	3	1	0.167	0	9	1	0
Sarah Straton	Total	34	18	0	0.529	4	8	0	0
	1	16	10	0	0.625	1	5	0	0
	2	18	8	0	0.444	3	3	0	0

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 2

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	30	14	3	0.367	0	18	0	3
	1	16	8	1	0.438	0	10	0	0
	2	14	6	2	0.286	0	8	0	3
Sarah Straton	Total	33	6	2	0.121	1	12	1	1
	1	13	2	1	0.077	1	4	1	0
	2	20	4	1	0.150	0	8	0	1

Fri, 7/20/2007

Contender 2

Ashley Ivy Swift / Heather Lowe (13)

Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-10

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	35	18	3	0.429	1	18	0	2
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	8	0	1
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	6	0	0
	3	9	5	0	0.556	1	4	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	32	20	3	0.531	0	7	1	0
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	2	1	0
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	3	0	0
	3	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	0	0

Fri, 7/20/2007

Contender 3

Brittany Hochevar / Holly McPeak (11)

Won 21-14, 19-21, 15-11

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	26	15	2	0.500	0	13	2	3
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	6	1	0
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	4	1	3
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	36	22	2	0.556	1	5	5	2
	1	12	9	0	0.750	0	3	1	0
	2	14	7	1	0.429	1	1	1	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	0	1	3	2

Fri, 7/20/2007

Contender 4

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (9)

Lost 21-15, 17-21, 17-19

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	24	12	5	0.292	0	15	2	0
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	3	1	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	7	0	0
	3	8	2	2	0.000	0	5	1	0
Sarah Straton	Total	46	28	4	0.522	1	8	1	5
	1	10	9	0	0.900	0	3	1	1
	2	20	9	1	0.400	0	3	0	3
	3	16	10	3	0.438	1	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	135	67	15	0.385	1	76	8	8
Sarah Straton	181	94	11	0.459	7	40	8	8

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 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 0-3
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Scott/Turner	3	Roca/Straton	14	21-17, 21-16	0:47
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	1	Roca/Straton	9	21-17, 23-21	0:44
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	3	Roca/Straton	11	21-17, 22-20	0:47
Trail the series against # 6 Kessy/Ross 0-1
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	5	Roca/Straton	10	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # 7 Dodd/Minello 1-1
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	Dodd/Minello	6	Roca/Straton	11	21-13, 21-18	0:37
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 2-1
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Lewis/Lima	9	Roca/Straton	14	15-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:03
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Roca/Straton	9	Lewis/Lima	8	21-18, 21-17	0:49
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 # 11 Hochevar/McPeak 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 3	Roca/Straton	14	Hochevar/McPeak	11	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	1:15
Lead the series against # 13 Ivy Swift/Lowe 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Roca/Straton	14	Ivy Swift/Lowe	13	17-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 19 Kuk/Whitney 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Roca/Straton	14	Kuk/Whitney	19	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 20 Jameson/Jones 0-1
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	Jameson/Jones	19	Roca/Straton	9	21-19, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 Byrd/Jensen 2-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Roca/Straton	9	Byrd/Jensen	24	18-21, 21-13, 15-7	1:00
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 1	Roca/Straton	11	Byrd/Jensen	22, Q4	21-13, 21-16	0:33