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AVP Tour
$183,000 Tempe Open presented by Bud Light
May 5 - 7, 2006

(10) 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 Tempe Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Courtney Guerra - 25th	Angie Akers - 5th
2004	Courtney Guerra - 17th	Angie Akers - 9th
2005	Courtney Guerra - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	9	9th	144	$2,450.00
AVP	10/1-2/2005	Best of the Beach	8	7th	0	$5,000.00
AVP	9/1-4/2005	Chicago Open	8	9th	312	$4,725.00
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

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/6/2006

Winner 1

Catie Mintz / Beth Van Fleet (23, Q3)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	32	16	5	0.344	0	18	1	2
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	9	1	1
	2	19	9	3	0.316	0	9	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	29	14	3	0.379	0	12	1	2
	1	15	5	3	0.133	0	4	1	2
	2	14	9	0	0.643	0	8	0	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Winner 2

Jennifer Kessy / Nancy Reynolds (7)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	40	15	8	0.175	0	15	3	2
	1	20	6	4	0.100	0	7	2	0
	2	20	9	4	0.250	0	8	1	2
Sarah Straton	Total	23	9	1	0.348	4	7	1	2
	1	14	6	1	0.357	2	4	1	1
	2	9	3	0	0.333	2	3	0	1

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 1

Stacy Brannon / Jennifer Fopma (24, Q5)

Won 21-8, 21-17

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	21	13	4	0.429	0	10	1	2
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	7	1	2
	2	11	6	3	0.273	0	3	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	21	17	1	0.762	3	3	1	2
	1	9	9	0	1.000	2	1	0	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	1	2	1	1

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 2

Jenny Pavley / Paula Roca (15)

Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-13

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	29	16	4	0.414	0	13	0	1
	1	10	9	1	0.800	0	4	0	0
	2	10	2	2	0.000	0	6	0	1
	3	9	5	1	0.444	0	3	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	24	18	1	0.708	8	6	0	2
	1	9	6	0	0.667	3	1	0	2
	2	11	9	0	0.818	3	4	0	0
	3	4	3	1	0.500	2	1	0	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 3

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (5)

Won 27-25, 21-13

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	17	8	0	0.471	0	9	3	2
	1	14	5	0	0.357	0	5	2	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	4	1	2
Sarah Straton	Total	28	16	1	0.536	4	4	3	4
	1	17	9	0	0.529	2	1	0	4
	2	11	7	1	0.545	2	3	3	0

Sun, 5/7/2006

Contender 4

Mimi Amaral / Tatiana Minello (6)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	16	7	2	0.313	0	5	1	0
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	1	1	0
	2	7	2	1	0.143	0	4	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	23	9	4	0.217	2	6	0	2
	1	8	2	1	0.125	0	3	0	2
	2	15	7	3	0.267	2	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	155	75	23	0.335	0	70	9	9
Sarah Straton	148	83	11	0.486	21	38	6	14
Total	303	158	34	0.409	21	108	15	23
Opponents	301	146	51	0.316	10	112	13	18

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	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	$38,475.00	24	18	57.1 %
2006	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$6,700.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	0	0	0	0	$45,175.00	30	22	57.7 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	4	8	1	0	0	$22,062.50	2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	$19,937.50
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,350.00	2006	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,350.00
31	0	0	0	0	5	14	5	2	5	$30,155.00	Total	Total	98	1	0	2	3	20	33	27	9	3	$130,142.50

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%
2005-2006	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%
Against the Field	9	60.0%	1	6.7%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	3	12.0%	4	16.0%	18	72.0%	3-22	12.0%	18-36	33.3%	8-18	30.8%	0	0	13-27	32.5%

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 trail the series against the field 9-16 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-5
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Niles/Straton	9	21-8, 21-14	0:30
10/1/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Niles/Straton	8	21-14, 21-18	0:34
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 # 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
Lead the series against # 5 DeNecochea/Leibl 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Niles/Straton	10	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	27-25, 21-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Amaral/Minello 1-3
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	6	Niles/Straton	10	21-16, 21-16	0:36
10/1/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Contender 1	Amaral/Minello	4	Niles/Straton	8	21-13, 21-16	0:33
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 Kessy/Reynolds 1-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Reynolds	7	Niles/Straton	10	21-19, 21-17
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Niles/Straton	9	Kessy/Reynolds	8	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 11 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
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Jameson/Jones 0-2
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Jameson/Jones	19	Niles/Straton	9	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	0:45
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Jameson/Jones	8	Niles/Straton	9	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Pavley/Roca 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Niles/Straton	10	Pavley/Roca	15	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 23, Q3 Mintz/Van Fleet 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	10	Mintz/Van Fleet	23, Q3	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Brannon/Fopma 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Niles/Straton	10	Brannon/Fopma	24, Q5	21-8, 21-17	0:31