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$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 26 - 28, 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Courtney Guerra - 51st	Angie Akers - 13th
2004	Courtney Guerra - 17th	Tammy Leibl - 7th
2005	Sarah Straton - 9th	Brooke Niles - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-20/2006	Santa Barbara Open	10	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	10	7th	180	$4,250.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 1

Patti Cook / Ashley Ivy Swift (23)

Won 32-30, 21-17

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	26	12	3	0.346	0	14	6	5
	1	16	9	0	0.563	0	9	3	2
	2	10	3	3	0.000	0	5	3	3
Sarah Straton	Total	33	20	3	0.515	1	5	3	0
	1	21	12	3	0.429	0	3	2	0
	2	12	8	0	0.667	1	2	1	0

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 2

Jennifer Kessy / Nancy Reynolds (7)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	30	15	7	0.267	0	15	3	1
	1	19	9	4	0.263	0	10	2	1
	2	11	6	3	0.273	0	5	1	0
Sarah Straton	Total	26	13	4	0.346	2	2	0	0
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	1	0	0
	2	15	7	3	0.267	2	1	0	0

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 3

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 9-21, 14-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	22	7	7	0.000	0	10	1	1
	1	12	4	5	-0.083	0	4	0	1
	2	10	3	2	0.100	0	6	1	0
Sarah Straton	Total	25	8	4	0.160	0	1	1	3
	1	10	3	3	0.000	0	0	0	1
	2	15	5	1	0.267	0	1	1	2

Sat, 5/27/2006

Contender 4

Saralyn Smith / Ann Windes (19)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	24	9	4	0.208	1	12	2	2
	1	11	5	0	0.455	1	5	2	2
	2	13	4	4	0.000	0	7	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	20	8	4	0.200	3	4	2	3
	1	10	3	4	-0.100	1	3	0	2
	2	10	5	0	0.500	2	1	2	1

Sun, 5/28/2006

Contender 5

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Won 19-21, 26-24, 15-12

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	42	14	4	0.238	1	22	1	0
	1	14	5	1	0.286	0	10	1	0
	2	17	4	2	0.118	0	5	0	0
	3	11	5	1	0.364	1	7	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	43	22	3	0.442	0	14	3	1
	1	17	6	1	0.294	0	5	1	1
	2	18	10	2	0.444	0	8	2	0
	3	8	6	0	0.750	0	1	0	0

Sun, 5/28/2006

Contender 6

Mimi Amaral / Tatiana Minello (4)

Lost 21-17, 19-21, 11-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	46	21	7	0.304	1	19	0	3
	1	13	6	3	0.231	0	4	0	0
	2	15	8	2	0.400	1	9	0	3
	3	18	7	2	0.278	0	6	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	22	10	3	0.318	2	8	2	1
	1	10	6	0	0.600	1	3	1	0
	2	7	3	0	0.429	0	3	1	1
	3	5	1	3	-0.400	1	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	190	78	32	0.242	3	92	13	12
Sarah Straton	169	81	21	0.355	8	34	11	8
Total	359	159	53	0.295	11	126	24	20
Opponents	357	167	56	0.311	15	141	15	30

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$13,000.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	0	1	0	0	$51,475.00	35	26	57.4 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$6,500.00	2006	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$6,500.00
33	0	0	0	0	6	14	6	2	5	$33,305.00	Total	Total	100	1	0	2	3	21	33	28	9	3	$133,292.50

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%
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	18	72.0%	2	8.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	3	11.5%	5	19.2%	18	69.2%	3-23	11.5%	36-36	50.0%	10-20	33.3%	0	0	23-28	45.1%

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 18-20 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 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 # 2 Scott/Youngs 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Scott/Youngs	2	Niles/Straton	10	21-9, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 1-0
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Niles/Straton	10	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	19-21, 26-24, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # 4 Amaral/Minello 1-4
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	4	Niles/Straton	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
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
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
Lead the series against # 6 DeNecochea/Leibl 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Niles/Straton	10	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	27-25, 21-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 7 Kessy/Reynolds 2-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Niles/Straton	10	Kessy/Reynolds	7	21-19, 21-17	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 9 Branagh/McPeak 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Branagh/McPeak	8	Niles/Straton	10	21-23, 21-13, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 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 # 19 Smith/Windes 2-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Niles/Straton	10	Smith/Windes	19	21-17, 21-12	0:30
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 Fendrick/Keller 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Fendrick/Keller	23	Niles/Straton	10	21-18, 11-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 22 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 Cook/Ivy Swift 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	10	Cook/Ivy Swift	23	32-30, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 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 # 25 Baily/Romias 3-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Niles/Straton	10	Baily/Romias	26, Q1	21-16, 21-12	0:36
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	9	Baily/Romias	24	21-11, 21-11	0:33
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	8	Baily/Romias	25, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 27, 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