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August 27 - 30, 2009

(9) 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:

11

Tournaments:

95

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:

15

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

7

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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Courtney Guerra - 13th
2005	Did not play	Sarah Straton - 9th
2006	Angela Bryan - 33rd	Logan Tom - 17th
2007	Angela Bryan - 17th	Angie Akers - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	6	5th	450	$6,240.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	7	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	8/6-8/2009	Hermosa Beach Open	6	17th	190	$960.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 1

Paige Jensen / Jenelle Koester (24)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	20	15	3	0.600	4	3	0	1
	1	9	7	2	0.556	2	1	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	2	2	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	24	12	1	0.458	0	10	2	1
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	6	0	0
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	4	2	1

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 2

Angie Akers / Tyra Turner (8)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	17	9	3	0.353	3	2	0	1
	1	6	2	1	0.167	2	0	0	0
	2	11	7	2	0.455	1	2	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	27	11	7	0.148	0	6	0	0
	1	16	6	4	0.125	0	4	0	0
	2	11	5	3	0.182	0	2	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 2

Heather Lowe / Alicia Polzin (26, Q2)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	21	14	4	0.476	4	4	1	2
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	0	1	2
	2	14	8	3	0.357	4	4	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	24	15	3	0.500	0	9	3	1
	1	9	8	1	0.778	0	3	3	1
	2	15	7	2	0.333	0	6	0	0

Sat, 8/29/2009

Contender 3

Whitney Pavlik / Nancy Reynolds (17)

Won 21-14, 21-8

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	21	14	1	0.619	8	6	0	2
	1	15	10	1	0.600	2	3	0	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	6	3	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	24	14	0	0.583	0	15	1	4
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	8	0	3
	2	14	8	0	0.571	0	7	1	1

Sat, 8/29/2009

Contender 4

Holly McPeak / Kerri Walsh Jennings (6)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	23	10	2	0.348	1	5	1	0
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	2	0	0
	2	12	4	1	0.250	1	3	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	47	16	4	0.255	0	20	0	3
	1	22	6	1	0.227	0	11	0	2
	2	25	10	3	0.280	0	9	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	102	62	13	0.480	20	20	2	6
Brooke Niles	146	68	15	0.363	0	60	6	9

Head to Head Results
Fitzgerald/Niles lead the series against the field 29-22 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 4 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-5
8/23/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	21-19, 21-17	0:46
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 1-4
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
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
Trail the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-3
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	22-20, 21-19	0:45
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 # 4 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
Series tied with # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 McPeak/Walsh Jennings 0-1
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	McPeak/Walsh Jennings	6	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 7 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 5	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	Fopma/Hochevar	12	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 8 Akers/Turner 2-2
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	8	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	21-18, 21-15	0:37
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
Series tied with # 10 Jameson/Jones 2-2
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 3	Jameson/Jones	12	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-13, 21-15	0:39
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
Series tied with # 11 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 2-2
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 5	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	7	18-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:01
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
Series tied with # 12 Fontana/Kropp 1-1
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	Fontana/Kropp	10	21-19, 21-16	0:43
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Kropp	5	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 Lewis/Pascua 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	Lewis/Pascua	11	21-13, 21-5	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 D'Amore/Snyder 3-0
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	D'Amore/Snyder	15	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:01
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 # 17 Pavlik/Reynolds 1-0
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	Pavlik/Reynolds	17	21-14, 21-8	0:33
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 23 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 # 24 Jensen/Koester 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	Jensen/Koester	24	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 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 # 26, Q2 Lowe/Polzin 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	Lowe/Polzin	26, Q2	21-14, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q7 Gregory/Hvitfeldtsen 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	Gregory/Hvitfeldtsen	27, Q4	21-8, 21-8	0:30