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AVP Tour
$240,000 AVP Crocs Slam Lumber Liquidators Coney Island Open presented by Kentucky Grilled Chicken
July 2 - 4, 2009

(1) 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 Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Angela Bryan - 25th	Angie Akers - 9th
2007	Julie Romias - 17th	Angie Akers - 5th
2008	Julie Romias - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Coney Island Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 1

Jess Clausen / Diane Copenhagen (32, Q20)

Won 21-17, 21-11

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	20	11	2	0.450	4	7	0	2
	1	9	5	2	0.333	2	4	0	1
	2	11	6	0	0.545	2	3	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	28	17	3	0.500	0	12	4	2
	1	16	10	2	0.500	0	8	1	2
	2	12	7	1	0.500	0	4	3	0

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Kathleen Olsovsky / Jenny Pavley (17)

Won 21-11, 21-13

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	16	11	2	0.563	6	4	0	0
	1	8	7	0	0.875	3	1	0	0
	2	8	4	2	0.250	3	3	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	27	13	1	0.444	0	12	3	1
	1	13	5	1	0.308	0	8	0	0
	2	14	8	0	0.571	0	4	3	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 3

Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift (8)

Lost 21-10, 9-21, 14-16

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	26	17	4	0.500	4	1	1	1
	1	8	7	0	0.875	1	1	0	0
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	0	1	0
	3	9	6	2	0.444	3	0	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	26	11	4	0.269	0	15	2	1
	1	6	6	0	1.000	0	4	1	1
	2	11	3	3	0.000	0	3	0	0
	3	9	2	1	0.111	0	8	1	0

Fri, 7/3/2009

Contender 4

Angela Bryan / Courtney Guerra (20)

Won 21-8, 21-11

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	12	8	1	0.583	8	3	4	0
	1	6	3	1	0.333	6	1	1	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	2	2	3	0
Brooke Niles	Total	21	11	3	0.381	0	13	0	3
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	7	0	1
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	6	0	2

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 5

Barbra Fontana / Jenny Kropp (5)

Lost 21-16, 16-21, 13-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	52	26	9	0.327	5	7	1	0
	1	16	12	2	0.625	2	1	1	0
	2	22	6	6	0.000	2	4	0	0
	3	14	8	1	0.500	1	2	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	27	11	4	0.259	0	19	0	2
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	6	0	0
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	7	0	1
	3	9	3	2	0.111	0	6	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	126	73	18	0.437	27	22	6	3
Brooke Niles	129	63	15	0.372	0	71	9	9

Head to Head Results
Fitzgerald/Niles lead the series against the field 19-5 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 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
Lead the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-1
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 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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 Jameson/Jones 2-0
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 # 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 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 1-1
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 # 9 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 # 11 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 # 12 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 # 15 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 # 17 Olsovsky/Pavley 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	Olsovsky/Pavley	17	21-11, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Bryan/Guerra 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	Bryan/Guerra	20	21-8, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 32, Q20 Clausen/Copenhagen 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	Clausen/Copenhagen	32, Q20	21-17, 21-11	0:38