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AVP Tour
$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 26 - 28, 2006

(4) Mimi Amaral/Tatiana Minello

Semírames Perazzo Mimi Amaral Marins

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vitoria

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$83,037.50

Tatiana Minello

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Maria

Height:

5'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Brisbane 2001)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$430,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	21	0	2	2	0	6	6	5	0	0	0	$143,775.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-20/2006	Santa Barbara Open	6	9th	208	$3,300.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	6	5th	216	$5,500.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	4	7th	180	$4,250.00
AVP	10/1-2/2005	Best of the Beach	4	5th	0	$7,000.00
AVP	9/1-4/2005	Chicago Open	6	2nd	702	$30,000.00
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	5	5th	216	$5,000.00
AVP	8/18-20/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	4	7th	260	$5,000.00
AVP	6/30-7/2/2005	Cincinnati Open	4	3rd	390	$12,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	5	2nd	324	$14,000.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 1

Nicki Fusco / Alicia Zamparelli-Flavia (29, Q6)

Won 21-14, 21-6

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	13	5	3	0.154	2	5	4	2
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	4	4	1
	2	7	2	1	0.143	2	1	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	25	17	3	0.560	0	12	6	3
	1	14	9	2	0.500	0	5	1	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	7	5	2

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 2

Lauren Fendrick / Pat Keller (20)

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

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	11	7	0	0.636	1	3	2	4
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	0	2	2
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	1	0	2
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	0	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	51	31	5	0.510	0	15	0	2
	1	20	12	3	0.450	0	7	0	0
	2	19	13	1	0.632	0	3	0	2
	3	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	0	0

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 3

Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (5)

Won 21-12, 21-12

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	19	7	5	0.105	2	5	2	3
	1	10	4	3	0.100	1	1	2	1
	2	9	3	2	0.111	1	4	0	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	21	16	0	0.762	0	12	3	2
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	8	1	1
	2	10	9	0	0.900	0	4	2	1

Sun, 5/28/2006

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 11-21, 19-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	24	12	6	0.250	1	0	2	2
	1	10	4	4	0.000	0	0	1	1
	2	14	8	2	0.429	1	0	1	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	15	5	5	0.000	0	3	0	2
	1	9	3	3	0.000	0	1	0	0
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	2

Sun, 5/28/2006

Contender 6

Brooke Niles / Sarah Straton (10)

Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	32	18	4	0.438	3	12	1	7
	1	10	8	1	0.700	0	4	0	2
	2	12	5	2	0.250	2	5	1	3
	3	10	5	1	0.400	1	3	0	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	34	17	5	0.353	0	13	0	4
	1	12	9	2	0.583	0	3	0	1
	2	12	4	3	0.083	0	5	0	2
	3	10	4	0	0.400	0	5	0	1

Sun, 5/28/2006

Semi-Finals

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 15-21, 12-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	8	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	4
	1	6	1	2	-0.167	0	2	0	1
	2	2	1	0	0.500	0	1	0	3
Tatiana Minello	Total	29	14	4	0.345	0	3	2	2
	1	14	7	2	0.357	0	3	2	1
	2	15	7	2	0.333	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	107	51	20	0.290	9	28	11	22
Tatiana Minello	175	100	22	0.446	0	58	11	15
Total	282	151	42	0.387	9	86	22	37
Opponents	280	137	39	0.350	16	93	11	30

Head to Head Results
Amaral/Minello lead the series against the field 26-21 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 4 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 0-7
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	4	21-11, 21-19	0:36
9/4/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	6	21-16, 21-16	0:56
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	5	21-14, 21-15	0:29
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	4	21-15, 21-12	0:33
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	5	23-21, 21-19	0:52
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	5	21-18, 21-11	0:30
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	9	21-13, 27-25	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Scott/Youngs 0-5
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	4	21-15, 21-12	0:41
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 5	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	6	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	1:02
10/2/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	4	21-19, 21-13	0:37
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	4	By Forfeit
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 6	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	9	21-12, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Amaral/Minello	6	14-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:51
Series tied with # 5 Turner/Wilson 2-2
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Amaral/Minello	4	Turner/Wilson	5	21-12, 21-12	0:39
10/1/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Turner/Wilson	5	Amaral/Minello	4	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:57
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Amaral/Minello	5	Turner/Wilson	4	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Turner/Wilson	5	Amaral/Minello	4	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 DeNecochea/Leibl 3-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	4	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	21-18, 21-16	0:46
9/8/05	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Pool B	Amaral/Minello	Q6	DeNecochea/Leibl	8, Q10	24-22, 25-23	0:45
9/4/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	6	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	Amaral/Minello	5	23-21, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Kessy/Reynolds 0-1
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Reynolds	8	Amaral/Minello	4	21-0, 21-18	0:23
Lead the series against # 9 Branagh/McPeak 2-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	8	Amaral/Minello	6	26-24, 17-21, 16-14	1:07
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	6	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-19, 21-16	0:44
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	4	Branagh/McPeak	7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 10 Niles/Straton 4-1
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	4	Niles/Straton	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	6	Niles/Straton	10	21-16, 21-16	0:36
10/1/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Contender 1	Amaral/Minello	4	Niles/Straton	8	21-13, 21-16	0:33
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Niles/Straton	9	Amaral/Minello	4	21-19, 21-17	0:39
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	5	Niles/Straton	12	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 12 Barnes/Williams 2-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Barnes/Williams	20	Amaral/Minello	4	15-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:54
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	6	Barnes/Williams	22	21-8, 21-13	0:33
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	9	Barnes/Williams	24	26-24, 21-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 13 Jameson/Jones 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	5	Jameson/Jones	12	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 14 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 4-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	6	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	11	21-9, 21-16	0:36
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	11	Amaral/Minello	6	21-16, 26-24	0:45
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	6	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	9	21-15, 21-13	0:32
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Amaral/Minello	4	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	12	21-17, 21-14	0:38
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	9	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	13	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 15 Hochevar/Tom 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Amaral/Minello	6	Hochevar/Tom	20	19-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 17 Lewis/Lima 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Amaral/Minello	6	Lewis/Lima	12	21-19, 22-20	0:51
Lead the series against # 20 Fendrick/Keller 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	4	Fendrick/Keller	20	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 22 Johns/Polzin 1-0
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	5	Johns/Polzin	18	21-18, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 25 Baily/Romias 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	5	Baily/Romias	28, Q3	21-14, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Mintz/Van Fleet 1-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	6	Mintz/Van Fleet	27, Q3	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 Fusco/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	4	Fusco/Zamparelli-Flavia	29, Q6	21-14, 21-6	0:49
Lead the series against # Q14 D'Amore/Rodriguez 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	4	D'Amore/Rodriguez	29, Q24	21-16, 21-11	0:32