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$183,000 Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 9 - 11, 2006

(19) Denise Johns/Alicia Polzin

Denise Johns

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Luxembourg

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Cincinnati

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career AVP Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$69,406.88

Alicia Polzin

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 6, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2007)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Chicago 2007)

Career Winnings:

$71,517.50

Awards

Most Inspirational 2010

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	11	0	$39,650.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Saralyn Smith - 53rd
2003	Jenelle Koester - 17th	Sharman Mitchell - 13th
2004	Karen Reitz - 25th	Ali Wood - 17th
2005	Alicia Polzin - 13th	Denise Johns - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	22	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	5/18-20/2006	Santa Barbara Open	21	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	17	17th	72	$750.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	17	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	9/1-4/2005	Chicago Open	15	17th	156	$1,200.00
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	13	17th	72	$650.00
AVP	8/18-20/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	12	13th	156	$2,000.00
AVP	8/11-14/2005	Huntington Beach Open	14	9th	208	$3,150.00
AVP	7/21-24/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	15	13th	156	$2,000.00
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	12	17th	72	$550.00
AVP	6/30-7/2/2005	Cincinnati Open	16	13th	156	$2,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	18	5th	216	$5,000.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/10/2006

Winner 1

Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (14)

Lost 18-21, 21-19, 13-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	22	14	3	0.500	1	16	1	4
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	1	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	1	9	0	3
	3	5	4	1	0.600	0	4	0	1
Alicia Polzin	Total	35	22	8	0.400	1	7	1	3
	1	11	6	5	0.091	1	4	0	1
	2	15	10	2	0.533	0	2	0	1
	3	9	6	1	0.556	0	1	1	1

Sat, 6/10/2006

Contender 1

Joy Akins / Amber Willey (30, Q22)

Won 21-11, 22-20

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	21	8	8	0.000	0	8	5	1
	1	10	5	4	0.100	0	4	4	1
	2	11	3	4	-0.091	0	4	1	0
Alicia Polzin	Total	26	16	3	0.500	2	2	2	1
	1	9	6	1	0.556	1	0	1	1
	2	17	10	2	0.471	1	2	1	0

Sat, 6/10/2006

Contender 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (13)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	30	14	4	0.333	2	15	1	5
	1	17	6	2	0.235	1	10	1	3
	2	13	8	2	0.462	1	5	0	2
Alicia Polzin	Total	21	12	1	0.524	2	6	2	2
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	2	1	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	2	4	1	1

Sat, 6/10/2006

Contender 3

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (12)

Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-12

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	27	12	3	0.333	0	21	2	2
	1	10	4	2	0.200	0	6	0	0
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	10	1	1
	3	5	2	0	0.400	0	5	1	1
Alicia Polzin	Total	49	20	9	0.224	2	22	1	1
	1	12	7	2	0.417	1	6	0	1
	2	23	6	5	0.043	0	10	0	0
	3	14	7	2	0.357	1	6	1	0

Sat, 6/10/2006

Contender 4

Nicole Branagh / Holly McPeak (7)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	16	5	2	0.188	0	12	1	3
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	0	1
	2	11	2	2	0.000	0	9	1	2
Alicia Polzin	Total	25	14	5	0.360	0	2	0	2
	1	15	8	5	0.200	0	1	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	116	53	20	0.284	3	72	10	15
Alicia Polzin	156	84	26	0.372	7	39	6	9
Total	272	137	46	0.335	10	111	16	24
Opponents	279	119	47	0.258	5	103	12	22

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	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	11	0	0	$34,350.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,300.00
Total	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	11	0	0	$39,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Denise Johns												Alicia Polzin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,100.00	World Championships
23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,150.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
88	0	0	0	0	3	11	28	13	0	$49,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	81	0	0	1	0	3	34	33	5	0	$61,050.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$575.00	Satellite
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,150.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$7,150.00
											Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$630.00
119	0	0	0	1	3	14	30	16	0	$63,600.00	Total	91	0	0	1	0	3	40	35	5	0	$69,480.00

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	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	$17,100.00	15	18	45.5 %
2006	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$6,800.00	8	10	44.4 %
Total	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	6	0	0	$23,900.00	23	28	45.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Denise Johns													Alicia Polzin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$630.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	$900.00	2003	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	$3,350.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	$1,775.00	2004	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	$4,787.50
12	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	0	$12,025.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	0	$9,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$575.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$3,400.00	2006	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$3,400.00
36	0	0	0	1	2	9	17	1	6	$18,675.00	Total	Total	42	0	0	0	0	1	19	14	3	5	$22,667.50

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	26	66.7%	5	12.8%	8	20.5%	31-8	79.5%	8	17.4%	6	13.0%	32	69.6%	8-38	17.4%	26-32	44.8%	13-14	48.1%	0	0	39-46	45.9%
2005-2006	26	66.7%	5	12.8%	8	20.5%	31-8	79.5%	8	17.4%	6	13.0%	32	69.6%	8-38	17.4%	26-32	44.8%	13-14	48.1%	0	0	39-46	45.9%
Against the Field	12	60.0%	4	20.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	7	18.9%	4	10.8%	26	70.3%	7-30	18.9%	24-52	31.6%	22-16	57.9%	0	0	23-34	40.4%

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	11	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	42
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	46

Head to Head Results
Johns/Polzin trail the series against the field 12-20 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 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
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Johns/Polzin	17	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Series tied with # 2 Scott/Youngs 1-1
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Scott/Youngs	2	Johns/Polzin	15	21-12, 21-15	0:35
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Johns/Polzin	18	Scott/Youngs	2	23-21, 22-20	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Amaral/Minello 0-1
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	5	Johns/Polzin	18	21-18, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Kessy/Reynolds 0-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Reynolds	8	Johns/Polzin	17	25-23, 21-17	0:47
Trail the series against # 6 DeNecochea/Leibl 0-3
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	Johns/Polzin	22	21-12, 21-14	0:38
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	Johns/Polzin	14	21-15, 21-12	0:35
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Leibl	9	Johns/Polzin	16	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Branagh/McPeak 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	7	Johns/Polzin	19	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Turner/Wilson 0-2
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Turner/Wilson	5	Johns/Polzin	12	21-18, 21-19	0:39
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Turner/Wilson	7	Johns/Polzin	18	23-21, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 9 Niles/Straton 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Johns/Polzin	18	Niles/Straton	12	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:49
Series tied with # 11 Pavley/Roca 1-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Johns/Polzin	22	Pavley/Roca	11	21-13, 21-17	0:38
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Pavley/Roca	15	Johns/Polzin	17	21-13, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 12 Barnes/Williams 1-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Johns/Polzin	19	Barnes/Williams	12	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	1:01
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Barnes/Williams	12	Johns/Polzin	21	21-17, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Jameson/Jones 3-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Johns/Polzin	19	Jameson/Jones	13	21-16, 21-15	0:43
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Jameson/Jones	13	Johns/Polzin	22	24-22, 21-8	0:40
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Johns/Polzin	12	Jameson/Jones	11	17-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:53
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Johns/Polzin	14	Jameson/Jones	12	18-21, 27-25, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 14 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 1-3
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	14	Johns/Polzin	19	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:57
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	11	Johns/Polzin	21	21-18, 21-18	0:36
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	10	Johns/Polzin	15	21-16, 21-17	0:41
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Johns/Polzin	20	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	13	22-20, 22-24, 15-10	1:03
Lead the series against # 16 Smith/Windes 1-0
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Johns/Polzin	15	Smith/Windes	16	17-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 17 Akers/Lowe 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Akers/Lowe	16	Johns/Polzin	17	15-21, 21-15, 19-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Lewis/Lima 0-3
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Lewis/Lima	16	Johns/Polzin	15	21-18, 21-18	0:37
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 1	Lewis/Lima	19	Johns/Polzin	13	22-24, 21-16, 15-10	0:55
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Lewis/Lima	19	Johns/Polzin	14	28-26, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Pascua/Vakhidova 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Johns/Polzin	22	Pascua/Vakhidova	21	21-16, 20-22, 15-4	1:00
Lead the series against # 30, Q22 Akins/Willey 1-0
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Johns/Polzin	19	Akins/Willey	30, Q22	21-11, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # Q2 Brannon/Fopma 1-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Johns/Polzin	21	Brannon/Fopma	28, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:39