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$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam McDonalds Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 10 - 13, 2008

(19) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2000	Did not play	Annette Huygens Tholen - 17th
2003	Did not play	Angie Akers - 9th
2004	Did not play	Tammy Leibl - 9th
2005	Did not play	Brooke Niles - 9th
2006	Carrie Wright - 25th	Jenny Pavley - 7th
2007	Catie Mintz - 17th	Paula Roca - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/4-6/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	14	17th	104	$500.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	13	13th	108	$1,700.00
AVP	6/5-7/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	18	13th	108	$1,500.00

AVP Slam Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 1

Lauren Fendrick / Paula Roca (14)

Lost 15-21, 11-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Knopf	Total	11	2	1	0.091	0	5	0	0
	1	4	1	1	0.000	0	3	0	0
	2	7	1	0	0.143	0	2	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	37	15	5	0.270	0	6	1	0
	1	19	10	2	0.421	0	2	1	0
	2	18	5	3	0.111	0	4	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 1

Josie Lehman / Anne McArthur (30, Q16)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Knopf	Total	17	7	0	0.412	0	12	2	0
	1	5	1	0	0.200	0	5	2	0
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	7	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	19	12	2	0.526	2	1	1	4
	1	12	7	1	0.500	2	1	1	2
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	0	2

Sat, 7/12/2008

Contender 2

Stacy Brannon / Whitney Pavlik (13)

Lost 15-21, 21-16, 11-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Knopf	Total	41	24	5	0.463	1	12	0	0
	1	20	11	2	0.450	0	5	0	0
	2	14	10	2	0.571	1	5	0	0
	3	7	3	1	0.286	0	2	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	29	17	2	0.517	1	10	2	1
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	4	1	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	3	1	1
	3	11	8	1	0.636	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Knopf	69	33	6	0.391	1	29	2	0
Sarah Straton	85	44	9	0.412	3	17	4	5

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$4,400.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$4,400.00	4	7	36.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$7,875.00	2008	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	$5,500.00
35	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	5	14	$10,725.00	Total	Total	136	1	0	2	3	24	55	39	9	3	$173,880.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	4-10	28.6%	2-2	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
Knopf/Straton trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 7 DeNecochea/Fontana 0-1
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Knopf/Straton	13	21-16, 21-12	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 Brannon/Pavlik 1-2
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 2	Brannon/Pavlik	13	Knopf/Straton	19	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:43
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 1	Brannon/Pavlik	12	Knopf/Straton	13	21-13, 21-13	0:27
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Knopf/Straton	18	Brannon/Pavlik	15	18-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:53
Trail the series against # 14 Fendrick/Roca 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Fendrick/Roca	14	Knopf/Straton	19	21-15, 21-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 Smith/Van Fleet 0-1
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Smith/Van Fleet	19	Knopf/Straton	14	21-19, 24-22	0:56
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 Lehman/McArthur 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 1	Knopf/Straton	19	Lehman/McArthur	30, Q16	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q5 Martin/Miller 1-0
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 1	Knopf/Straton	13	Martin/Miller	20	21-16, 21-9	0:37