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AVP Tour
$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Boulder Open
August 24 - 27, 2006

(8) 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 Boulder Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Tatiana Minello - 5th	Mimi Amaral - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/17-20/2006	Brooklyn Open	8	7th	260	$5,500.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	8	9th	208	$3,300.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	8	5th	216	$5,500.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	9	9th	144	$2,600.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	8	7th	180	$4,250.00
AVP	6/15-18/2006	Sacramento Open	6	9th	208	$2,875.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	4	9th	144	$2,450.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	4	3rd	270	$8,500.00
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

Boulder Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/25/2006

Winner 1

Courtney Guerra / Jenelle Koester (25, Q1)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	21	17	1	0.762	6	2	1	2
	1	11	10	0	0.909	4	1	0	0
	2	10	7	1	0.600	2	1	1	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	18	6	5	0.056	0	9	5	2
	1	8	2	4	-0.250	0	4	3	1
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	5	2	1

Fri, 8/25/2006

Winner 2

Holly McPeak / Logan Tom (9)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	39	17	6	0.282	4	6	2	6
	1	17	8	3	0.294	3	1	2	5
	2	22	9	3	0.273	1	5	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	10	3	4	-0.100	0	9	1	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	4	0	3	-0.750	0	5	1	0

Sat, 8/26/2006

Contender 2

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (10)

Won 19-21, 24-22, 15-11

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	33	16	2	0.424	4	10	1	2
	1	12	7	2	0.417	1	2	1	0
	2	13	6	0	0.462	3	3	0	1
	3	8	3	0	0.375	0	5	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	51	27	4	0.451	1	23	2	3
	1	14	7	1	0.429	0	5	0	2
	2	22	12	1	0.500	0	10	1	1
	3	15	8	2	0.400	1	8	1	0

Sat, 8/26/2006

Contender 3

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (18)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	28	16	3	0.464	0	9	2	0
	1	16	9	2	0.438	0	4	2	0
	2	12	7	1	0.500	0	5	0	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	21	14	3	0.524	0	14	2	0
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	6	2	0
	2	14	8	2	0.429	0	8	0	0

Sat, 8/26/2006

Contender 4

Heidi Ilustre / Diane Pascua (22)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	27	16	4	0.444	0	5	4	2
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	3	3	1
	2	15	8	3	0.333	0	2	1	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	21	12	4	0.381	0	8	2	2
	1	13	6	4	0.154	0	5	1	2
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	3	1	0

Sat, 8/26/2006

Contender 5

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (7)

Lost 18-21, 14-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	22	13	3	0.455	1	4	0	6
	1	12	7	3	0.333	0	3	0	5
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	1	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	29	10	9	0.034	0	11	2	1
	1	14	6	2	0.286	0	5	1	0
	2	15	4	7	-0.200	0	6	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	170	95	19	0.447	15	36	10	18
Tatiana Minello	150	72	29	0.287	1	74	14	9
Total	320	167	48	0.372	16	110	24	27
Opponents	280	137	35	0.364	10	101	17	20

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 22-22 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-10
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	8	21-12, 21-14	0:40
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	8	21-12, 21-13	0:33
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	8	21-16, 21-19	0:37
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 # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-2
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Amaral/Minello	6	21-18, 21-18	0:50
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Amaral/Minello	6	14-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 5 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 Dodd/Fontana 0-4
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 5	Dodd/Fontana	7	Amaral/Minello	8	21-18, 21-14	0:40
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 5	Dodd/Fontana	9	Amaral/Minello	8	21-15, 21-16	0:39
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 3	Dodd/Fontana	8	Amaral/Minello	6	21-15, 21-18	0:43
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Dodd/Fontana	10	Amaral/Minello	4	21-17, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 McPeak/Tom 0-2
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	McPeak/Tom	9	Amaral/Minello	8	21-19, 21-15	0:42
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 5	McPeak/Tom	10	Amaral/Minello	8	21-18, 21-23, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 10 Barnes/Williams 5-2
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 2	Amaral/Minello	8	Barnes/Williams	10	19-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:03
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	8	Barnes/Williams	9	21-19, 21-19	0:44
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Barnes/Williams	11	Amaral/Minello	8	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:02
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	6	Barnes/Williams	11	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:03
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 # 11 Pavley/Straton 2-0
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	8	Pavley/Straton	11	32-30, 35-33	1:04
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	8	Pavley/Straton	14	21-13, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 16 Allen/Snyder 2-1
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	9	Allen/Snyder	24, Q4	21-11, 21-11	0:31
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Allen/Snyder	25, Q2	Amaral/Minello	8	15-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:56
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	4	Allen/Snyder	29, Q25	21-8, 21-8	0:32
Lead the series against # 18 Jameson/Jones 4-0
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	8	Jameson/Jones	18	21-16, 21-18	0:44
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Amaral/Minello	9	Jameson/Jones	10	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	4	Jameson/Jones	13	21-18, 21-15	0:36
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	5	Jameson/Jones	12	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 21 Burdine/Ross 1-0
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	8	Burdine/Ross	21	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Ilustre/Pascua 2-0
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	8	Ilustre/Pascua	22	21-19, 21-17	0:40
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	8	Ilustre/Pascua	24	21-16, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Guerra/Koester 2-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	8	Guerra/Koester	25, Q1	21-13, 21-17	0:37
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Amaral/Minello	9	Guerra/Koester	18	20-22, 21-10, 15-7	0:47