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April 29 - May 2, 2010

(30, Q10) Gretchen Duffner-Hand/Carol Welcher

Gretchen Duffner-Hand

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 8, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Louis, MO

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Missouri-St. Louis

Seasons:

10

Tournaments:

43

Career Best:

7th (NVL Mason 2013)

Career AVP Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$6,337.50

Carol Hamilton Welcher

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Cal State Dominguez Hills

Seasons:

9

Tournaments:

31

Career Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$4,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	57	Money
AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	2	1	$4,900.00

Previous Santa Barbara Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/16-18/2010	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	31, Q11	25th	120	$350.00

AVP Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 4/29/2010

Qualifier 2

Michelle Hughes / Laurel Miller (Q23)

Won 21-17, 21-11

0:39

Thu, 4/29/2010

Qualifier 3

Alicia Polzin / Alicia Zamparelli-Flavia (Q7)

Won 21-11, 24-26, 15-6

1:04

Fri, 4/30/2010

Winner 1

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (3)

Lost 12-21, 13-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gretchen Duffner-Hand	Total	30	8	5	0.100	0	7	0	0
	1	19	4	3	0.053	0	6	0	0
	2	11	4	2	0.182	0	1	0	0
Carol Welcher	Total	22	11	6	0.227	1	7	1	3
	1	11	5	2	0.273	1	4	0	1
	2	11	6	4	0.182	0	3	1	2

Fri, 4/30/2010

Contender 1

Heather Lowe / Beth Van Fleet (19)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gretchen Duffner-Hand	Total	25	10	4	0.240	0	6	0	1
	1	10	3	1	0.200	0	4	0	1
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	2	0	0
Carol Welcher	Total	27	15	5	0.370	0	9	4	5
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	5	3	3
	2	12	5	3	0.167	0	4	1	2

Fri, 4/30/2010

Contender 2

Raquel Ferreira / Angela Lewis (13)

Lost 21-19, 15-21, 12-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gretchen Duffner-Hand	Total	43	20	3	0.395	0	13	2	1
	1	14	9	1	0.571	0	3	1	0
	2	15	5	1	0.267	0	3	1	1
	3	14	6	1	0.357	0	7	0	0
Carol Welcher	Total	29	12	6	0.207	1	12	1	2
	1	10	4	2	0.200	1	5	1	1
	2	11	5	3	0.182	0	5	0	1
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gretchen Duffner-Hand	98	38	12	0.265	0	26	2	2
Carol Welcher	78	38	17	0.269	2	28	6	10

Head to Head Results
Duffner-Hand/Welcher lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross 0-1
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	2	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	31, Q11	21-16, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Scott/Youngs 0-1
4/30/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Scott/Youngs	3	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	30, Q10	21-12, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 13 Ferreira/Lewis 0-1
4/30/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Ferreira/Lewis	13	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	30, Q10	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Lowe/Van Fleet 1-0
4/30/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	30, Q10	Lowe/Van Fleet	19	21-19, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Locascio/Morin 1-0
4/16/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 3	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	31, Q11	Locascio/Morin	Q6	21-18, 21-13	0:46
Lead the series against # Q7 Polzin/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
4/29/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 3	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	30, Q10	Polzin/Zamparelli-Flavia	Q7	21-11, 24-26, 15-6	1:04
Lead the series against # Q23 Hughes/Miller 1-0
4/29/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 2	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	30, Q10	Hughes/Miller	Q23	21-17, 21-11	0:39