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AVP Tour
$200,000 Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach
September 14 - 17, 2006

(6) 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 Lake Tahoe Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/31-9/3/2006	Cincinnati Open	8	7th	260	$5,500.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	8	7th	180	$4,250.00
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

Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 9/14/2006

Winner 1

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (3)

Won 21-16, 10-21, 19-17

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	32	14	4	0.313	1	6	2	5
	1	18	10	1	0.500	1	2	2	2
	2	5	1	2	-0.200	0	3	0	1
	3	9	3	1	0.222	0	1	0	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	39	18	6	0.308	0	13	0	6
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	2
	2	16	5	4	0.063	0	3	0	3
	3	16	11	0	0.688	0	5	0	1

Fri, 9/15/2006

Winner 2

Jennifer Kessy / Rachel Scott (2)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	18	9	3	0.333	0	2	0	1
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	0	0	1
	2	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	0	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	32	18	7	0.344	0	10	1	1
	1	12	9	3	0.500	0	3	1	0
	2	20	9	4	0.250	0	7	0	1

Sat, 9/16/2006

Contender 2

Nicole Branagh / Holly McPeak (4)

Lost 21-16, 15-21, 18-20

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	50	22	5	0.340	3	7	2	4
	1	16	7	0	0.438	0	2	2	2
	2	18	7	4	0.167	2	4	0	1
	3	16	8	1	0.438	1	1	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	21	9	2	0.333	0	20	1	4
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	8	1	2
	2	5	1	0	0.200	0	6	0	2
	3	7	3	1	0.286	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	100	45	12	0.330	4	15	4	10
Tatiana Minello	92	45	15	0.326	0	43	2	11
Total	192	90	27	0.328	4	58	6	21
Opponents	175	92	20	0.411	6	67	6	15

Head to Head Results
Amaral/Minello trail the series against the field 11-25 (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 # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-11
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	8	21-9, 21-17	0:31
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 # 2 Kessy/Scott 0-1
9/15/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Winner 2	Kessy/Scott	2	Amaral/Minello	6	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 3 DeNecochea/Leibl 4-1
9/14/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	6	DeNecochea/Leibl	3	21-16, 10-21, 19-17	0:49
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 # 4 Branagh/McPeak 2-4
9/16/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Branagh/McPeak	4	Amaral/Minello	6	16-21, 21-15, 20-18	1:01
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 6	Branagh/McPeak	3	Amaral/Minello	8	21-15, 21-17	0:48
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Branagh/McPeak	3	Amaral/Minello	9	21-19, 21-19	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 5 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
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
Lead the series against # 8 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