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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 5 - 7, 2008

(18) Angela Knopf/Sarah Straton

Angela Knopf

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 27, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Troutdale, OR

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Colorado State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (NORCECA Boca Chica 2009)

Career AVP Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$21,030.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$4,400.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1994	Did not play	Elizabeth Chavez - 9th
FIVB 1995	Did not play	Chris Wilson - 13th
FIVB 1996	Did not play	Tania Gooley - 17th
1999	Did not play	Annette Huygens Tholen - 9th
2001	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 4th
2003	Did not play	Angie Akers - 7th
2004	Krista Swartzendruber - 41st	Tammy Leibl - 9th
2005	Leilani Kamahoahoa - 33rd	Brooke Niles - 5th
2006	Meri-de Goltz - 41st	Brooke Niles - 13th
2007	Catie Mintz - 33rd	Paula Roca - 5th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

AVP Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 1

Stacy Brannon / Whitney Pavlik (15)

Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-7

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Knopf	Total	16	6	5	0.063	0	7	1	1
	1	10	4	3	0.100	0	7	0	0
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	0	1	1
Sarah Straton	Total	21	12	2	0.476	6	8	1	0
	1	11	6	0	0.545	1	4	0	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	5	4	1	0

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 2

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Knopf	Total	24	9	5	0.167	0	8	0	0
	1	12	3	4	-0.083	0	3	0	0
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	20	9	1	0.400	4	3	0	2
	1	11	5	0	0.455	3	2	0	1
	2	9	4	1	0.333	1	1	0	1

Fri, 6/6/2008

Contender 2

Angela Bryan / Lisa Fitzgerald (17)

Won 21-12, 18-21, 15-9

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Knopf	Total	23	15	3	0.522	0	14	0	0
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	6	0	0
	2	6	3	2	0.167	0	5	0	0
	3	6	4	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	39	23	5	0.462	2	7	1	0
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	3	0	0
	2	22	11	5	0.273	0	3	0	0
	3	8	5	0	0.625	2	1	1	0

Fri, 6/6/2008

Contender 3

Paige Jensen / Alicia Polzin (26)

Lost 21-18, 18-21, 10-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Knopf	Total	26	13	4	0.346	0	11	1	1
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	5	0	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	1	1
	3	6	2	1	0.167	0	3	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	42	21	3	0.429	3	4	1	1
	1	14	8	1	0.500	3	1	1	1
	2	17	7	1	0.353	0	2	0	0
	3	11	6	1	0.455	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Knopf	89	43	17	0.292	0	40	2	2
Sarah Straton	122	65	11	0.443	15	22	3	3

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$4,400.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$4,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Angela Knopf												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
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,700.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,375.00
47	0	0	0	0	1	6	20	9	0	$16,990.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	1	0	1	1	19	49	32	7	0	$143,220.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,090.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	$11,675.00
52	0	0	0	0	2	6	21	9	0	$20,080.00	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
2008	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Angela Knopf													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
											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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2004	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	$11,860.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	$19,937.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$350.00	2006	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	3	7	4	0	0	$18,175.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	2	$2,500.00	2007	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	2	12	2	0	0	$23,412.50
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$6,425.00	2008	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$4,050.00
32	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	5	14	$9,275.00	Total	Total	133	1	0	2	3	24	54	37	9	3	$172,430.00

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	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	2-5	28.6%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-7	36.4%
2007-2008	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	2-5	28.6%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-7	36.4%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	2-8	20.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%

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	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs 0-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Knopf/Straton	18	21-14, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 Brannon/Pavlik 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Knopf/Straton	18	Brannon/Pavlik	15	18-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:53
Lead the series against # 17 Bryan/Fitzgerald 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Knopf/Straton	18	Bryan/Fitzgerald	17	21-12, 18-21, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 26 Jensen/Polzin 0-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Jensen/Polzin	26	Knopf/Straton	18	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	1:07