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AVP Tour
$375,000 Chicago Open Presented by McDonald's
September 1 - 4, 2005

(8) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2000	Did not play	Annette Huygens Tholen - 17th
2003	Did not play	Angie Akers - 9th
2004	Courtney Guerra - 13th	Tammy Leibl - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	8	9th	144	$2,200.00
AVP	8/18-20/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	9	5th	312	$7,000.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 1

Kimberly Coleman / Jeannette Hecker (25, Q3)

Won 21-12, 15-21, 15-7

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	24	8	4	0.167	0	21	2	1
	1	14	5	4	0.071	0	9	1	0
	2	6	2	0	0.333	0	8	0	1
	3	4	1	0	0.250	0	4	1	0
Sarah Straton	Total	45	22	4	0.400	4	10	0	0
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	2	0	0
	2	22	7	1	0.273	1	5	0	0
	3	11	7	2	0.455	2	3	0	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 2

Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (9)

Won 25-23, 18-21, 15-11

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	16	8	2	0.375	0	14	0	2
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	8	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	0	0
	3	1	0	1	-1.000	0	2	0	2
Sarah Straton	Total	50	25	4	0.420	6	6	2	2
	1	20	11	2	0.450	2	3	1	0
	2	18	8	1	0.389	1	1	0	0
	3	12	6	1	0.417	3	2	1	2

Sat, 9/3/2005

Winner 3

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 14-21, 10-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	27	7	4	0.111	0	14	0	1
	1	12	4	1	0.250	0	7	0	0
	2	15	3	3	0.000	0	7	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	33	8	8	0.000	0	6	0	0
	1	18	5	5	0.000	0	1	0	0
	2	15	3	3	0.000	0	5	0	0

Sat, 9/3/2005

Contender 4

Brittany Hochevar / Paula Roca (20)

Lost 12-21, 21-18, 13-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	27	8	5	0.111	0	13	0	2
	1	15	4	4	0.000	0	7	0	0
	2	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	0	1
	3	8	2	1	0.125	0	4	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	33	19	1	0.545	1	7	0	2
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	1	0	1
	2	15	11	0	0.733	1	4	0	1
	3	9	4	0	0.444	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	94	31	15	0.170	0	62	2	6
Sarah Straton	161	74	17	0.354	11	29	2	4
Total	255	105	32	0.286	11	91	4	10
Opponents	287	120	48	0.251	6	103	12	13

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	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	$33,475.00	24	16	60.0 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	$33,475.00	24	16	60.0 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	0	0	$19,562.50	2005	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$17,437.50
28	0	0	0	0	3	13	5	2	5	$24,305.00	Total	Total	95	1	0	2	3	18	32	27	9	3	$124,292.50

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	9.1%	4	18.2%	16	72.7%	2-20	9.1%	28-32	46.7%	12-18	40.0%	0	0	20-25	44.4%

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 trail the series against the field 14-15 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 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 0-3
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Niles/Straton	8	21-14, 21-10	0:33
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Niles/Straton	8	21-14, 21-14	0:31
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
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 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
Series tied with # 7 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 # 9 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 2-2
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Niles/Straton	8	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	9	25-23, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	9	Niles/Straton	8	21-13, 10-21, 15-12	0:50
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
Trail the series against # 10 Akers/Branagh 0-1
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 3	Akers/Branagh	11	Niles/Straton	8	16-21, 21-10, 15-13
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 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 # 17 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 # 18 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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Hochevar/Roca 0-1
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Hochevar/Roca	20	Niles/Straton	8	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	0:49
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, Q2 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, Q3 Coleman/Hecker 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	8	Coleman/Hecker	25, Q3	21-12, 15-21, 15-7	0:44
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 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