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$240,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Hermosa Beach Open presented by Virgin America
August 6 - 8, 2009

(6) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Courtney Guerra - 35th
2004	Did not play	Courtney Guerra - 9th
2005	Did not play	Sarah Straton - 5th
2006	Angela Bryan - 17th	Sarah Straton - 13th
2007	Angela Bryan - 25th	Angie Akers - 7th
2008	Angela Bryan - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	4	3rd	540	$14,200.00
AVP	7/2-4/2009	Coney Island Open	1	7th	370	$5,280.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	3	5th	450	$6,240.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	2	3rd	540	$10,200.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	4	3rd	540	$10,200.00
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

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 1

Emily Capers / Christal Engle (27, Q3)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	17	10	1	0.529	6	5	0	1
	1	5	4	0	0.800	3	2	0	0
	2	12	6	1	0.417	3	3	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	31	15	4	0.355	0	16	3	2
	1	17	8	4	0.235	0	9	1	1
	2	14	7	0	0.500	0	7	2	1

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 2

Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift (11)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	20	9	4	0.250	4	1	0	1
	1	14	7	4	0.214	2	1	0	0
	2	6	2	0	0.333	2	0	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	24	10	2	0.333	0	15	1	3
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	10	1	1
	2	13	5	1	0.308	0	5	0	2

Fri, 8/7/2009

Contender 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (12)

Lost 12-21, 17-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	19	8	1	0.368	2	3	0	2
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	1	0	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	2	2	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	45	13	6	0.156	0	24	0	3
	1	24	5	4	0.042	0	13	0	1
	2	21	8	2	0.286	0	11	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	56	27	6	0.375	12	9	0	4
Brooke Niles	100	38	12	0.260	0	55	4	8

Head to Head Results
Fitzgerald/Niles lead the series against the field 24-16 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-4
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 5	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-18, 21-10	0:45
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 1-3
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Fitzgerald/Niles	3	22-20, 21-15	0:48
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
Series tied with # 4 DeNecochea/Dodd 2-2
5/31/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Fitzgerald/Niles	2	21-18, 21-11	0:41
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
Series tied with # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-2
7/19/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-11, 21-19	0:47
6/21/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Fitzgerald/Niles	3	21-23, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	9-21, 27-25, 15-10	1:10
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 # 7 Lima/Minello 2-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Lima/Minello	5	16-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:01
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	Lima/Minello	11	21-16, 23-21	0:48
Lead the series against # 8 Akers/Turner 2-1
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	3	Akers/Turner	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
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 # 9 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 5	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	Fopma/Hochevar	12	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Fontana/Kropp 0-1
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Kropp	5	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 11 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 1-2
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	11	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	21-19, 21-15	0:43
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 3	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	8	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	10-21, 21-9, 16-14	0:49
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 Jameson/Jones 2-1
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Jameson/Jones	12	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	21-12, 21-17	0:37
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	2	Jameson/Jones	7	23-21, 21-18	0:45
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Jameson/Jones	7	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 Barnes/Williams 1-0
7/19/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 8	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Barnes/Williams	10	21-14, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Smith/Van Fleet 2-0
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	3	Smith/Van Fleet	14	21-9, 21-13	0:38
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 2-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	D'Amore/Snyder	13	21-18, 21-13	0:46
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 2-0
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	2	Allen/Masler	18	20-22, 21-12, 15-7	0:50
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 # 27, Q3 Capers/Engle 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	Capers/Engle	27, Q3	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q9 Harris/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Harris/Wallin-Brockway	29	21-13, 21-9	0:41
Lead the series against # Q39 Cline/Papageorgiou 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Cline/Papageorgiou	61, Q17	21-8, 21-17	0:36