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$250,000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 21 - 24, 2005

(11) Brooke Niles/Sarah Straton

Brooke Niles

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodland Hills, CA

Height:

5'8"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Huntington Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$341,770.00

Sarah Straton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1970 (55 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	17	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	1	3	0	$56,875.00

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
2003	Courtney Guerra - 35th	Angie Akers - 7th
2004	Courtney Guerra - 9th	Tammy Leibl - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	9	9th	144	$2,200.00
AVP	6/30-7/2/2005	Cincinnati Open	11	7th	260	$5,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	12	9th	144	$2,200.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 1

Ashley Ivy Swift / Ella Vakhidova (22)

Won 22-20, 21-10

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	25	9	3	0.240	0	18	2	1
	1	13	5	2	0.231	0	7	1	1
	2	12	4	1	0.250	0	11	1	0
Sarah Straton	Total	31	19	2	0.548	2	8	0	2
	1	14	9	2	0.500	1	2	0	1
	2	17	10	0	0.588	1	6	0	1

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 2

Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley (6)

Won 21-17, 22-20

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	27	14	2	0.444	0	17	1	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	8	1	1
	2	18	9	1	0.444	0	9	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	30	14	1	0.433	1	2	0	1
	1	15	8	0	0.533	1	1	0	0
	2	15	6	1	0.333	0	1	0	1

Sat, 7/23/2005

Winner 3

Jennifer Kessy / Holly McPeak (3)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	23	9	3	0.261	0	13	1	0
	1	13	4	2	0.154	0	6	1	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	7	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	33	11	4	0.212	1	1	1	1
	1	16	4	3	0.063	1	1	0	1
	2	17	7	1	0.353	0	0	1	0

Sat, 7/23/2005

Contender 4

Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (10)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	14	6	2	0.286	0	4	0	2
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	2
Sarah Straton	Total	33	17	5	0.364	0	8	1	1
	1	19	8	4	0.211	0	7	1	1
	2	14	9	1	0.571	0	1	0	0

Sat, 7/23/2005

Contender 5

Mimi Amaral / Paula Roca (7)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	19	11	1	0.526	0	16	1	0
	1	12	6	0	0.500	0	13	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	3	1	0
Sarah Straton	Total	25	16	4	0.480	3	6	1	1
	1	16	10	2	0.500	0	3	1	0
	2	9	6	2	0.444	3	3	0	1

Sat, 7/23/2005

Contender 6

Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (4)

Lost 15-21, 20-22

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	41	8	12	-0.098	0	18	2	1
	1	14	2	3	-0.071	0	7	1	0
	2	27	6	9	-0.111	0	11	1	1
Sarah Straton	Total	20	9	1	0.400	3	5	0	4
	1	13	6	0	0.462	1	5	0	2
	2	7	3	1	0.286	2	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	149	57	23	0.228	0	86	7	5
Sarah Straton	172	86	17	0.401	10	30	3	10
Total	321	143	40	0.321	10	116	10	15
Opponents	333	148	41	0.321	14	110	9	25

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	1	3	0	0	$44,875.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	1	3	0	0	$51,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Brooke Niles												Sarah Straton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,700.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	0	$41,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,375.00
94	0	2	4	2	20	37	17	2	0	$171,407.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	1	0	1	1	19	49	32	7	0	$143,220.00
8	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$17,750.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	$11,675.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,000.00	Tour Championships
124	1	2	6	2	25	44	24	4	0	$249,557.50	Total	130	1	0	1	1	21	53	38	9	0	$162,970.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2005	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$16,400.00	14	8	63.6 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$16,400.00	14	8	63.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Brooke Niles													Sarah Straton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1994	WPVA	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	2	0	$1,220.00
											1995	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	$6,000.00
											1996	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$16,575.00
											1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$8,550.00
											1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$11,175.00
											1999	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$10,250.00
											2000	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	$9,250.00
											2001	AVP	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$17,850.00
											2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$0.00	2003	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$10,250.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	$4,742.50	2004	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	$11,860.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$11,025.00	2005	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$8,900.00
24	0	0	0	0	2	10	5	2	5	$15,767.50	Total	Total	91	1	0	2	3	17	29	27	9	3	$115,755.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	29	67.4%	8	18.6%	6	14.0%	37-6	86.0%	4	12.5%	7	21.9%	21	65.6%	4-28	12.5%	29-21	58.0%	12-13	48.0%	0	0	41-34	54.7%
2004-2005	14	53.8%	8	30.8%	4	15.4%	22-4	84.6%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	10	62.5%	2-14	12.5%	14-10	58.3%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	24-18	57.1%
Against the Field	14	66.7%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	2	10.0%	4	20.0%	14	70.0%	2-18	10.0%	28-28	50.0%	12-14	46.2%	0	0	20-21	48.8%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	30
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	32

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 7-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/McPeak 0-1
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/McPeak	3	Niles/Straton	11	21-14, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Turner/Wilson 0-2
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Turner/Wilson	4	Niles/Straton	11	21-15, 22-20	0:39
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Turner/Wilson	6	Niles/Straton	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
Series tied with # 6 Dodd/McSorley 1-1
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Niles/Straton	11	Dodd/McSorley	6	21-17, 22-20	0:41
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Dodd/McSorley	6	Niles/Straton	11	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 7 Amaral/Roca 1-0
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Niles/Straton	11	Amaral/Roca	7	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Jameson/Jones 0-1
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Jameson/Jones	8	Niles/Straton	9	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:46
Series tied with # 10 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 1-1
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Niles/Straton	11	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	10	21-19, 21-17	0:40
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	12	Niles/Straton	11	22-20, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Lowe/Pavley 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Niles/Straton	11	Lowe/Pavley	14	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Johns/Polzin 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Johns/Polzin	18	Niles/Straton	12	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Ivy Swift/Vakhidova 2-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	11	Ivy Swift/Vakhidova	22	22-20, 21-10	0:44
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 3	Niles/Straton	11	Ivy Swift/Vakhidova	24, Q7	21-19, 15-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Barnes/Williams 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	12	Barnes/Williams	21	19-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:51