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AVP Young Guns
$10,000 AVP Qualifier Tour New Orleans
May 29 - 30, 2010

(4) Laryssa Mereszczak/Aurora Paaluhi

Laryssa Mereszczak

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 23, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grangeville, ID

Height:

5'7"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$7,892.50

Aurora Skarra-Gallagher Paaluhi

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 26, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fairbanks, AK

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Cal State Dominguez Hills

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$2,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00
AVP YG	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
Overall	7	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,700.00

Previous New Orleans Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP YG	5/8-9/2010	AVP Qualifier Tour Panama City	4	3rd	150	$550.00
AVP	4/16-18/2010	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Q18	33rd	100	$0.00

AVP Qualifier Tour New Orleans Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 5/29/2010	Winner 2	Meghan Gilroy / Kara Gonzalez (13)	Won 21-19, 24-22
Sat, 5/29/2010	Winner 3	Lynne Galli / Briana Hinga (5)	Lost 12-21, 16-21
Sat, 5/29/2010	Contender 4	Brittany O'Neil / Jessica Skower (9)	Won 24-22, 21-19
Sat, 5/29/2010	Contender 5	Gretchen Duffner-Hand / Carol Welcher (1)	Lost 15-21, 9-21

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laryssa Mereszczak												Aurora Paaluhi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
29	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	$5,980.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$762.50	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
37	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	0	$6,742.50	Total	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$1,400.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2010	AVP YG	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	AVP YG	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laryssa Mereszczak													Aurora Paaluhi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$542.50	2009	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$150.00	2009	AVP YG
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$575.00	2010	AVP YG	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$425.00
18	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	10	$1,267.50	Total	Total	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	$425.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-3	57.1%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
2009-2010	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-3	57.1%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-0		0	0	2-2	50.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Total	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Duffner-Hand/Welcher 0-1
5/29/10	AVP YG	AVP Qualifier Tour New Orleans	Contender 5	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	1	Mereszczak/Paaluhi	4	21-15, 21-9
Trail the series against # 5 Galli/Hinga 0-1
5/29/10	AVP YG	AVP Qualifier Tour New Orleans	Winner 3	Galli/Hinga	5	Mereszczak/Paaluhi	4	21-12, 21-16
Lead the series against # 9 O'Neil/Skower 1-0
5/29/10	AVP YG	AVP Qualifier Tour New Orleans	Contender 4	Mereszczak/Paaluhi	4	O'Neil/Skower	9	24-22, 21-19
Lead the series against # 13 Gilroy/Gonzalez 1-0
5/29/10	AVP YG	AVP Qualifier Tour New Orleans	Winner 2	Mereszczak/Paaluhi	4	Gilroy/Gonzalez	13	21-19, 24-22