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AVP Tour
$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Houston Open presented by Warehouse Pool Supply
May 15 - 17, 2009

(5) Lisa Fitzgerald/Brooke Niles

Lisa Rutledge Fitzgerald

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 10, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vista, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (Wide Open Siesta Key 2011)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (San Diego 2009)

Career Winnings:

$137,465.00

Brooke Niles

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodland Hills, CA

Height:

5'8"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Huntington Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$341,770.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
AVP	19	0	1	5	0	3	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$127,930.00
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	US$11,900.00
Overall	26	0	1	5	0	4	4	5	0	2	0	1	3	1	US$139,830.00

Previous Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	7	2nd	640	$18,000.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	8	5th	450	$6,240.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	7	9th	300	$3,960.00

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Heather Lowe / Paula Roca (12)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	27	15	4	0.407	8	5	1	0
	1	13	8	2	0.462	5	2	0	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	3	3	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	25	11	3	0.320	0	11	0	2
	1	11	4	2	0.182	0	5	0	1
	2	14	7	1	0.429	0	6	0	1

Sat, 5/16/2009

Winner 3

Dianne DeNecochea / Carrie Dodd (4)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	18	10	3	0.389	3	3	0	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	2	2	0	2
	2	7	3	2	0.143	1	1	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	21	10	2	0.381	0	7	1	1
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	4	0	1
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	1	0

Sat, 5/16/2009

Contender 3

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (7)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	20	13	1	0.600	2	8	1	0
	1	8	4	1	0.375	1	4	0	0
	2	12	9	0	0.750	1	4	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	38	17	3	0.368	0	18	1	2
	1	25	12	3	0.360	0	11	0	1
	2	13	5	0	0.385	0	7	1	1

Sun, 5/17/2009

Contender 4

Angie Akers / Tyra Turner (6)

Won 21-19, 15-21, 15-12

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	24	14	5	0.375	4	6	4	2
	1	9	5	2	0.333	2	0	2	2
	2	11	5	3	0.182	2	3	1	0
	3	4	4	0	1.000	0	3	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	43	21	4	0.395	0	14	0	2
	1	14	6	1	0.357	0	6	0	1
	2	15	6	2	0.267	0	4	0	1
	3	14	9	1	0.571	0	4	0	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Contender 5

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-13

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	26	17	2	0.577	9	4	0	2
	1	10	5	0	0.500	5	1	0	0
	2	10	7	1	0.600	3	2	0	2
	3	6	5	1	0.667	1	1	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	40	15	5	0.250	0	19	3	1
	1	20	6	3	0.150	0	11	2	0
	2	8	3	0	0.375	0	4	0	0
	3	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	1	1

Sun, 5/17/2009

Semi-Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 11-21, 20-22

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	14	9	3	0.429	4	1	0	1
	1	4	2	2	0.000	1	1	0	0
	2	10	7	1	0.600	3	0	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	30	13	3	0.333	0	10	0	0
	1	15	5	2	0.200	0	4	0	0
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	129	78	18	0.465	30	27	6	7
Brooke Niles	197	87	20	0.340	0	79	5	8

Head to Head Results
Fitzgerald/Niles lead the series against the field 12-7 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-2
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	21-11, 22-20	0:45
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-18, 21-15	0:47
Series tied with # 2 Kessy/Ross 1-1
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	Kessy/Ross	2	21-23, 22-20, 15-9	1:09
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 1-0
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 5	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:00
Series tied with # 4 DeNecochea/Dodd 1-1
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	21-18, 21-15	0:45
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	21-18, 21-19	0:46
Series tied with # 6 Akers/Turner 1-1
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Akers/Turner	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	1:00
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 6	Akers/Turner	4	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	21-12, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 7 Jameson/Jones 1-0
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Jameson/Jones	7	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Lima/Minello 1-0
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	Lima/Minello	11	21-16, 23-21	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Reynolds/Williams 0-2
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Reynolds/Williams	9	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	21-18, 24-22	0:41
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Reynolds/Williams	10	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-17, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 1-0
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	10	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 Lowe/Roca 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Lowe/Roca	12	21-15, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 5	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	Fopma/Hochevar	12	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Smith/Van Fleet 1-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	Smith/Van Fleet	16	21-19, 21-13
Lead the series against # 17 D'Amore/Snyder 1-0
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	D'Amore/Snyder	21	21-11, 20-22, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 23 Bryan/Waldowski 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	Bryan/Waldowski	23, Q1	21-10, 21-16	0:44