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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 (44 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 (54 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

Anne McArthur / Josie Schatz (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

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 McArthur/Schatz 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 1	Knopf/Straton	19	McArthur/Schatz	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