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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 20, 2005

(9) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1994	Did not play	Melanie Sullivan - 13th
2001	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 5th
2003	Courtney Guerra - 33rd	Angie Akers - 9th
2004	Courtney Guerra - 17th	Tammy Leibl - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-14/2005	Huntington Beach Open	8	9th	208	$3,150.00
AVP	7/21-24/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	11	5th	312	$7,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (24, Q1)

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

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	33	16	6	0.303	0	23	1	3
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	9	1	3
	2	10	4	2	0.200	0	3	0	0
	3	15	6	3	0.200	0	11	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	26	14	2	0.462	3	6	2	1
	1	10	6	1	0.500	2	1	0	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	1	1	0
	3	8	3	1	0.250	1	4	1	0

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 2

Jennifer Meredith / Nancy Reynolds (8)

Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-12

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	53	20	8	0.226	0	31	0	1
	1	18	5	3	0.111	0	13	0	0
	2	16	5	4	0.063	0	6	0	1
	3	19	10	1	0.474	0	12	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	36	18	0	0.500	3	8	1	2
	1	20	10	0	0.500	1	2	0	1
	2	12	6	0	0.500	2	4	1	0
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	0	1

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 3

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 13-21, 11-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	9	3	4	-0.111	0	7	0	1
	1	6	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	0
	2	3	1	2	-0.333	0	3	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	34	14	3	0.324	2	1	1	0
	1	17	8	2	0.353	1	0	0	0
	2	17	6	1	0.294	1	1	1	0

Fri, 8/19/2005

Contender 4

Ashley Ivy Swift / Ella Vakhidova (19)

Won 21-12, 21-14

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	24	12	3	0.375	0	20	3	1
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	8	2	0
	2	13	6	3	0.231	0	12	1	1
Sarah Straton	Total	23	10	1	0.391	3	3	1	0
	1	11	5	1	0.364	2	1	1	0
	2	12	5	0	0.417	1	2	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 5

Mimi Amaral / Tatiana Minello (4)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	32	13	3	0.313	0	16	1	3
	1	14	3	2	0.071	0	4	1	1
	2	18	10	1	0.500	0	12	0	2
Sarah Straton	Total	23	12	0	0.522	3	8	2	0
	1	10	6	0	0.600	2	4	2	0
	2	13	6	0	0.462	1	4	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 6

Jennifer Kessy / Holly McPeak (3)

Lost 15-21, 13-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	16	4	3	0.063	0	13	0	0
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	7	0	0
	2	10	1	3	-0.200	0	6	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	34	16	5	0.324	2	5	1	0
	1	19	9	1	0.421	1	2	0	0
	2	15	7	4	0.200	1	3	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	167	68	27	0.246	0	110	5	9
Sarah Straton	176	84	11	0.415	16	31	8	3
Total	343	152	38	0.332	16	141	13	12
Opponents	383	164	56	0.282	13	141	12	20

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	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$26,550.00	21	12	63.6 %
Total	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$26,550.00	21	12	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
10	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	$16,100.00	2005	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	$13,975.00
26	0	0	0	0	3	11	5	2	5	$20,842.50	Total	Total	93	1	0	2	3	18	30	27	9	3	$120,830.00

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	60.9%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	2	10.0%	3	15.0%	15	75.0%	2-18	10.0%	28-30	48.3%	12-16	42.9%	0	0	20-23	46.5%

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
Niles/Straton lead the series against the field 13-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 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
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Niles/Straton	9	21-13, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/McPeak 0-2
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/McPeak	3	Niles/Straton	9	21-15, 21-13	0:35
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/McPeak	3	Niles/Straton	11	21-14, 21-17	0:41
Series tied with # 4 Amaral/Minello 1-1
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Niles/Straton	9	Amaral/Minello	4	21-19, 21-17	0:39
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	5	Niles/Straton	12	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 8 Meredith/Reynolds 1-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Niles/Straton	9	Meredith/Reynolds	8	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:59
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Meredith/Reynolds	6	Niles/Straton	8	21-12, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 18 Smith/Windes 1-0
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Niles/Straton	8	Smith/Windes	17	21-18, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 19 Ivy Swift/Vakhidova 3-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Niles/Straton	9	Ivy Swift/Vakhidova	19	21-12, 21-14	0:31
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 # 22 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Manole/Van Fleet 2-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	9	Manole/Van Fleet	24, Q1	21-10, 16-21, 15-10	0:49
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	9	Manole/Van Fleet	24, Q1	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Hecker/Mintz 1-0
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Niles/Straton	8	Hecker/Mintz	26, Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 28 Baily/Romias 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	8	Baily/Romias	25, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:38