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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour World Challenge – USA vs. Brazil presented by Sanderson Ford
September 25 - 27, 2009

Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes

Maria Elisa Mendes Ticon Antonelli

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1984 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Resende

Height:

5'9"

Seasons:

17

Tournaments:

163

Career Wins:

14

Career AVP Best:

4th (Glendale 2009)

Career Winnings:

$1,038,250.00

Talita Da Rocha Antunes

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aquidauana

Height:

5'11"

Seasons:

21

Tournaments:

213

Career Wins:

37

Career AVP Best:

4th (Glendale 2009)

Career Winnings:

$1,682,975.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
FIVB	52	8	6	11	8	10	0	6	1	2	0	US$915,050.00
Overall	53	8	6	11	9	10	0	6	1	2	0	US$921,050.00

Previous Glendale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	2	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	2	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	2	4th	560	US$16,800.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	2	3rd	800	US$35,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	4	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	5	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	7	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	7	13th	180	US$4,250.00

AVP World Challenge Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/25/2009

Pool A

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan

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

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	41	20	7	0.317	0	9	1	3
	1	15	7	3	0.267	0	3	1	1
	2	11	6	2	0.364	0	4	0	0
	3	15	7	2	0.333	0	2	0	2
Talita Antunes	Total	23	11	4	0.304	4	6	2	1
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	0
	2	12	7	1	0.500	2	3	2	1
	3	4	2	1	0.250	2	2	0	0

Fri, 9/25/2009

Pool A

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs

Lost 17-21, 21-17, 12-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	24	14	3	0.458	0	10	6	8
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	4	2	5
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	2	2
	3	5	5	0	1.000	0	2	2	1
Talita Antunes	Total	42	21	9	0.286	0	9	0	1
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	1	0	0
	2	20	10	4	0.300	0	4	0	0
	3	13	5	4	0.077	0	4	0	1

Sat, 9/26/2009

Pool A

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings

Lost 21-16, 18-21, 12-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	38	19	7	0.316	0	14	1	7
	1	9	6	0	0.667	0	4	0	3
	2	17	7	6	0.059	0	6	1	3
	3	12	6	1	0.417	0	4	0	1
Talita Antunes	Total	36	22	4	0.500	4	4	0	2
	1	15	10	3	0.467	3	2	0	1
	2	13	6	0	0.462	1	1	0	0
	3	8	6	1	0.625	0	1	0	1

Sat, 9/26/2009

Pool A

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross

Lost 16-21, 25-27

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	25	11	6	0.200	1	9	2	3
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	3	0	2
	2	17	7	4	0.176	1	6	2	1
Talita Antunes	Total	28	16	7	0.321	0	5	1	1
	1	9	5	3	0.222	0	0	0	0
	2	19	11	4	0.368	0	5	1	1

Sun, 9/27/2009

Bronze Medal

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	27	13	5	0.296	1	13	1	1
	1	16	7	2	0.313	0	9	0	0
	2	11	6	3	0.273	1	4	1	1
Talita Antunes	Total	25	12	5	0.280	2	5	0	0
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	0	0	0
	2	15	6	3	0.200	1	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	155	77	28	0.316	2	55	11	22
Talita Antunes	154	82	29	0.344	10	29	3	5
Total	309	159	57	0.330	12	84	14	27
Opponents	277	143	35	0.390	18	82	12	15

Head to Head Results
Antonelli/Antunes trail the series against the field 6-12 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with Branagh/Youngs 1-1
9/25/09	AVP	AVP World Challenge	Pool A	Branagh/Youngs		Antonelli/Antunes		21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:00
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Branagh/Youngs	4	21-18, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against Davis/Johnson Jordan 1-0
9/25/09	AVP	AVP World Challenge	Pool A	Antonelli/Antunes		Davis/Johnson Jordan		12-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against Felisberta/Maestrini 1-6
9/13/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-17, 28-26	0:55
8/29/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-16, 21-15	0:37
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:50
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:58
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
5/24/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	5	26-24, 19-21, 18-16	1:05
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	5	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against Kessy/Ross 3-4
9/27/09	AVP	AVP World Challenge	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross		Antonelli/Antunes		21-18, 21-15	0:43
9/26/09	AVP	AVP World Challenge	Pool A	Kessy/Ross		Antonelli/Antunes		21-16, 27-25	0:52
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Kessy/Ross	3	21-17, 21-8	0:35
8/22/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	21-16, 21-18	0:42
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-16, 21-13	0:38
5/31/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Kessy/Ross	1	22-20, 21-16	0:45
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Kessy/Ross	1	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-1
9/26/09	AVP	AVP World Challenge	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings		Antonelli/Antunes		16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:56