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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Huntington Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 21 - 24, 2009

(4) 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Courtney Guerra - 51st
2004	Did not play	Courtney Guerra - 17th
2005	Did not play	Sarah Straton - 9th
2006	Angela Bryan - 57th	Sarah Straton - 5th
2007	Angela Bryan - 17th	Angie Akers - 9th
2008	Angela Bryan - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	5	3rd	540	$10,200.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/22/2009

Winner 1

Christal Engle / Ashley Groothuis (29, Q7)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	10	8	0	0.800	7	2	2	0
	1	4	4	0	1.000	3	0	2	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	4	2	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	28	16	3	0.464	0	14	3	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	7	2	0
	2	19	11	2	0.474	0	7	1	1

Fri, 5/22/2009

Winner 2

Janelle Allen / Rosalinda Masler (20)

Won 21-12, 21-8

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	17	10	1	0.529	3	2	1	1
	1	7	4	1	0.429	2	0	0	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	2	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	22	14	2	0.545	0	13	1	1
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	7	1	0
	2	11	6	2	0.364	0	6	0	1

Sat, 5/23/2009

Winner 3

Stacy Brannon / Whitney Pavlik (12)

Won 20-22, 21-18, 15-12

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	38	22	3	0.500	4	9	0	1
	1	19	9	3	0.316	2	4	0	0
	2	11	8	0	0.727	2	2	0	0
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	3	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	27	12	1	0.407	0	19	0	2
	1	9	2	1	0.111	0	6	0	1
	2	10	5	0	0.500	0	7	0	1
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	6	0	0

Sat, 5/23/2009

Winner 4

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 15-21, 29-27, 10-15

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	37	18	6	0.324	3	4	0	0
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	2	0	0
	2	16	8	3	0.313	2	1	0	0
	3	9	3	1	0.222	1	1	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	42	19	6	0.310	0	14	2	3
	1	13	3	4	-0.077	0	2	1	2
	2	21	13	1	0.571	0	8	0	1
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	4	1	0

Sun, 5/24/2009

Contender 6

Dianne DeNecochea / Carrie Dodd (5)

Won 16-21, 22-20, 15-11

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	29	15	3	0.414	4	4	0	2
	1	11	4	1	0.273	2	1	0	0
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	2	0	2
	3	7	4	1	0.429	2	1	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	42	18	2	0.381	0	24	2	0
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	5	0	0
	2	20	8	2	0.300	0	13	0	0
	3	11	4	0	0.364	0	6	2	0

Sun, 5/24/2009

Semi-Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (2)

Lost 17-21, 13-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	25	8	12	-0.160	4	0	0	0
	1	11	4	5	-0.091	2	0	0	0
	2	14	4	7	-0.214	2	0	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	20	7	5	0.100	0	11	2	0
	1	11	4	3	0.091	0	6	2	0
	2	9	3	2	0.111	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	156	81	25	0.359	25	21	3	4
Brooke Niles	181	86	19	0.370	0	95	10	7

Head to Head Results
Fitzgerald/Niles lead the series against the field 14-8 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-3
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-15, 27-29, 15-10	1:12
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
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross 1-2
5/24/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-17, 21-13	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 5 DeNecochea/Dodd 2-1
5/24/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:01
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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 10 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 # 11 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 # 12 Brannon/Pavlik 1-0
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Brannon/Pavlik	12	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 18 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 # 20 Allen/Masler 1-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Allen/Masler	20	21-12, 21-8	0:33
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Engle/Groothuis 1-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Engle/Groothuis	29, Q7	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q1 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