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AVP Tour
$280,000 McDonald's AVP Chicago Open presented by Nautica
August 2 - 5, 2007

(8) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2000	Did not play	Annette Huygens Tholen - 17th
2003	Gracie Santana-Baeni - 17th	Angie Akers - 9th
2004	Gracie Santana-Baeni - 9th	Tammy Leibl - 9th
2005	Brittany Hochevar - 7th	Brooke Niles - 9th
2006	Priscilla Lima - 9th	Jenny Pavley - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/19-21/2007	Long Beach Open	14	9th	208	$3,600.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

Courtney Guerra / Chrissie Zartman (25)

Won 21-19, 20-22, 15-9

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	35	16	4	0.343	3	19	1	3
	1	19	9	2	0.368	0	11	1	1
	2	11	3	2	0.091	0	5	0	1
	3	5	4	0	0.800	3	3	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	31	19	2	0.548	3	9	0	2
	1	9	6	0	0.667	3	4	0	0
	2	16	10	1	0.563	0	4	0	2
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 2

Brittany Hochevar / Holly McPeak (9)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	23	12	5	0.304	0	11	0	2
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	5	0	1
	2	13	7	3	0.308	0	6	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	27	14	1	0.481	1	9	3	4
	1	12	8	0	0.667	1	3	1	3
	2	15	6	1	0.333	0	6	2	1

Sat, 8/4/2007

Winner 3

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (1)

Lost 15-21, 21-19, 14-16

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	38	16	6	0.263	0	18	1	0
	1	14	4	3	0.071	0	8	0	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	3	1	0
	3	15	6	3	0.200	0	7	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	51	21	3	0.353	2	19	1	1
	1	14	8	0	0.571	0	5	1	0
	2	24	10	2	0.333	1	7	0	0
	3	13	3	1	0.154	1	7	0	1

Sat, 8/4/2007

Contender 4

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (11)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	26	13	1	0.462	2	13	2	1
	1	11	5	1	0.364	2	7	2	0
	2	15	8	0	0.533	0	6	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	31	17	1	0.516	0	11	0	5
	1	16	8	1	0.438	0	7	0	2
	2	15	9	0	0.600	0	4	0	3

Sat, 8/4/2007

Contender 5

Leanne McSorley / Nancy Reynolds (12)

Won 24-22, 21-19

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	25	14	3	0.440	0	12	1	1
	1	16	8	3	0.313	0	8	1	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	4	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	34	21	2	0.559	2	4	0	2
	1	17	8	2	0.353	2	3	0	1
	2	17	13	0	0.765	0	1	0	1

Sun, 8/5/2007

Contender 6

Barbra Fontana / Alicia Polzin (7)

Lost 21-23, 15-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	Total	32	16	2	0.438	0	13	1	1
	1	19	11	0	0.579	0	10	0	0
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	3	1	1
Sarah Straton	Total	20	10	3	0.350	1	5	0	1
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	1	0	1
	2	10	4	3	0.100	1	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paula Roca	179	87	21	0.369	5	86	6	8
Sarah Straton	194	102	12	0.464	9	57	4	15

Head to Head Results
Roca/Straton lead the series against the field 13-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-1
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	1	Roca/Straton	8	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	1:01
Lead the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Fontana/Polzin 0-1
8/5/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Fontana/Polzin	7	Roca/Straton	8	23-21, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 9 Hochevar/McPeak 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Roca/Straton	8	Hochevar/McPeak	9	21-14, 21-18	0:42
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 # 10 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
Series tied with # 11 Jameson/Jones 1-1
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Roca/Straton	8	Jameson/Jones	11	21-17, 21-16	0:39
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 # 12 McSorley/Reynolds 1-0
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Roca/Straton	8	McSorley/Reynolds	12	24-22, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 25 Guerra/Zartman 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Roca/Straton	8	Guerra/Zartman	25	21-19, 20-22, 15-9	1:07
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 1	Roca/Straton	10	Guerra/Zartman	24, Q4	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 27 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