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AVP Tour
$250,000 Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 10 - 12, 2006

(12) Denise Johns/Alicia Polzin

Denise Johns

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1978 (45 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 (53 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

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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Sharman Mitchell - 33rd
2003	Jenelle Koester - 17th	Sharman Mitchell - 17th
2004	Jenelle Koester - 17th	Ali Wood - 13th
2005	Alicia Polzin - 13th	Denise Johns - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	10	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	10	17th	72	$600.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	13	9th	144	$2,600.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	14	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	6/15-18/2006	Sacramento Open	14	7th	260	$4,650.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	19	9th	144	$2,450.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 1

Angela Bryan / Lisa Fitzgerald (21, Q7)

Won 21-14, 23-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	23	13	2	0.478	0	14	2	4
	1	14	9	1	0.571	0	9	0	1
	2	9	4	1	0.333	0	5	2	3
Alicia Polzin	Total	32	17	2	0.469	1	6	1	0
	1	16	8	0	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	16	9	2	0.438	1	2	1	0

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 2

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (5)

Lost 17-21, 9-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	29	14	4	0.345	0	8	0	3
	1	15	7	1	0.400	0	5	0	1
	2	14	7	3	0.286	0	3	0	2
Alicia Polzin	Total	13	9	0	0.692	1	6	1	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	1	3	1	2
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/11/2006

Contender 2

Heidi Ilustre / Diane Pascua (22)

Won 21-15, 21-18

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	24	11	4	0.292	0	6	0	2
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	3	0	1
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	3	0	1
Alicia Polzin	Total	26	19	1	0.692	2	3	3	1
	1	14	10	1	0.643	0	1	2	0
	2	12	9	0	0.750	2	2	1	1

Fri, 8/11/2006

Contender 3

Brooke Niles / Logan Tom (20)

Won 21-19, 22-20

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	36	17	4	0.361	2	22	4	2
	1	20	7	3	0.200	1	12	3	1
	2	16	10	1	0.563	1	10	1	1
Alicia Polzin	Total	32	12	3	0.281	1	7	2	1
	1	12	5	0	0.417	0	2	2	0
	2	20	7	3	0.200	1	5	0	1

Fri, 8/11/2006

Contender 4

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (7)

Lost 26-28, 15-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	Total	19	5	2	0.158	0	9	3	2
	1	9	2	1	0.111	0	7	2	0
	2	10	3	1	0.200	0	2	1	2
Alicia Polzin	Total	40	22	5	0.425	1	5	2	3
	1	28	14	5	0.321	1	5	2	1
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Denise Johns	131	60	16	0.336	2	59	9	13
Alicia Polzin	143	79	11	0.476	6	27	9	7
Total	274	139	27	0.409	8	86	18	20
Opponents	262	137	22	0.439	13	97	7	15

Head to Head Results
Johns/Polzin trail the series against the field 14-21 (Lead 8 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 0-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Johns/Polzin	17	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-3
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Johns/Polzin	12	21-17, 21-9	0:39
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Johns/Polzin	14	21-11, 21-13	0:29
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Johns/Polzin	14	21-13, 20-22, 15-8	0:59
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 Dodd/Fontana 0-2
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Dodd/Fontana	7	Johns/Polzin	12	28-26, 21-15	0:48
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Dodd/Fontana	7	Johns/Polzin	10	21-11, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Turner/Wilson 0-5
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Turner/Wilson	9	Johns/Polzin	10	22-24, 21-16, 15-13	1:00
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Turner/Wilson	9	Johns/Polzin	10	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:57
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Turner/Wilson	8	Johns/Polzin	13	21-15, 21-14	0:37
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 Barnes/Williams 3-1
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Johns/Polzin	13	Barnes/Williams	12	24-22, 26-24	0:56
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 2	Johns/Polzin	14	Barnes/Williams	11	21-17, 21-18	0:52
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 # 14 Jameson/Jones 3-2
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Jameson/Jones	11	Johns/Polzin	14	21-13, 21-19	0:37
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 # 15 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
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
Series tied with # 17 Burdine/Ross 1-1
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Burdine/Ross	20, Q1	Johns/Polzin	13	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:44
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 3	Johns/Polzin	14	Burdine/Ross	24, Q15	13-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 18 Allen/Snyder 0-1
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Allen/Snyder	23	Johns/Polzin	10	21-19, 27-25	0:55
Lead the series against # 20 Niles/Tom 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Johns/Polzin	12	Niles/Tom	20	21-19, 22-20
Lead the series against # 21, Q7 Bryan/Fitzgerald 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Johns/Polzin	12	Bryan/Fitzgerald	21, Q7	21-14, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # 22 Ilustre/Pascua 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Johns/Polzin	12	Ilustre/Pascua	22	21-15, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Brannon/Fopma 2-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 1	Johns/Polzin	10	Brannon/Fopma	26	17-21, 21-9, 16-14	0:58
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Johns/Polzin	21	Brannon/Fopma	28, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 Hughes/Roberts 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Johns/Polzin	15	Hughes/Roberts	31, Q23	21-15, 21-9	0:39