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AVP Tour
$125,000 Tempe Open
April 23 - 25, 2004

(12) Angie Akers/Sarah Straton

Angie Akers

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ft. Wayne, IN

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Notre Dame

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$434,452.50

Sarah Straton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1970 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Perth, Western Australia

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Western Australia

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

1 (AVP Muskegon 2001)

Career Winnings:

$182,065.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	0	$24,750.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	1	US$24,750.00

Previous Tempe Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Sarah Straton - 5th	Angie Akers - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	8	13	108	$1,050.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q29	41	18	US$0.00
AVP	9/4-6/2003	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	8	5	260	$3,750.00
AVP	8/28-30/2003	Chicago Open	10	9	172	$1,920.00
AVP	8/14-16/2003	Huntington Beach Open	9	13	130	$1,260.00
AVP	8/7-9/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	8	9	172	$1,920.00
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	9	7	180	$2,500.00
AVP	6/13-15/2003	San Diego Open	8	9	144	$1,600.00
AVP	6/6-8/2003	Hermosa Beach Open	9	7	216	$3,000.00
AVP	4/25-27/2003	Tempe Open	11	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	8	13	108	$1,050.00

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/24/2004

Winner 1

Barbara Khozam / Saralyn Smith (21, Q2)

Won 21-8, 21-16

0:26

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	19	10	1	0.474	0	5	2	2
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	1	0
	2	15	7	1	0.400	0	4	1	2
Sarah Straton	Total	12	8	1	0.583	0	2	0	2
	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	1	0	2

Sat, 4/24/2004

Winner 2

Lisa Arce / Leanne McSorley (5)

Lost 14-21, 25-27

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	17	8	3	0.294	0	5	0	4
	1	8	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	0	3
Sarah Straton	Total	39	21	3	0.462	2	11	0	0
	1	15	8	1	0.467	1	6	0	0
	2	24	13	2	0.458	1	5	0	0

Sat, 4/24/2004

Contender 1

Denise Johns / Jenelle Koester (22)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	9	9	0	1.000	0	4	2	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	2	1	1
	2	6	6	0	1.000	0	2	1	1
Sarah Straton	Total	24	21	1	0.833	2	13	0	2
	1	13	13	0	1.000	0	5	0	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	2	8	0	2

Sat, 4/24/2004

Contender 2

Daven Allison / Lauren Fendrick (20)

Won 21-10, 20-22, 15-10

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	16	8	3	0.313	0	5	2	5
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	0	1	1
	2	9	4	3	0.111	0	1	1	3
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	4	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	37	22	4	0.486	3	13	3	3
	1	11	8	1	0.636	1	6	2	1
	2	16	9	2	0.438	2	3	0	1
	3	10	5	1	0.400	0	4	1	1

Sat, 4/24/2004

Contender 3

Barbra Fontana / Jennifer Kessy (10)

Lost 21-9, 16-21, 10-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	19	11	3	0.421	2	11	2	6
	1	5	5	0	1.000	1	5	2	1
	2	9	3	2	0.111	1	3	0	4
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	3	0	1
Sarah Straton	Total	43	21	5	0.372	1	14	0	2
	1	10	6	0	0.600	1	4	0	1
	2	18	8	2	0.333	0	4	0	1
	3	15	7	3	0.267	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	80	46	10	0.450	2	30	8	19
Sarah Straton	155	93	14	0.510	8	53	3	9

Head to Head Results
Akers/Straton trail the series against the field 9-12

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-1
9/4/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Akers/Straton	8	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 McPeak/Youngs 0-1
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	McPeak/Youngs	2	Akers/Straton	11	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan 1-0
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Akers/Straton	11	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	18-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Arce/McSorley 0-1
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Arce/McSorley	5	Akers/Straton	12	21-14, 27-25	0:47
Trail the series against # 6 Meredith/Stammer 0-5
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	7	Akers/Straton	10	10-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	8	Akers/Straton	9	21-17, 23-21	0:44
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	9	Akers/Straton	8	21-13, 21-18	0:49
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	8	Akers/Straton	9	24-22, 20-22, 15-10	1:04
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Meredith/Stammer	8	Akers/Straton	9	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 7 DeNecochea/Leibl 0-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Leibl	16	Akers/Straton	8	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Lowe/Pavley 0-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Lowe/Pavley	9	Akers/Straton	8	22-20, 21-9	0:33
Trail the series against # 10 Fontana/Kessy 0-1
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Fontana/Kessy	10	Akers/Straton	12	9-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:58
Series tied with # 13 Roca/Santana-Baeni 1-1
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Roca/Santana-Baeni	16	Akers/Straton	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:02
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	9	Roca/Santana-Baeni	16, Q1	21-17, 25-23	0:46
Lead the series against # 14 Jameson/Jones 1-0
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	9	Jameson/Jones	16	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 1-0
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	8	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	15	21-10, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 20 Allison/Fendrick 1-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Akers/Straton	12	Allison/Fendrick	20	21-10, 20-22, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Khozam/Smith 1-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Akers/Straton	12	Khozam/Smith	21, Q2	21-8, 21-16	0:26
Lead the series against # 22 Johns/Koester 2-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	12	Johns/Koester	22	21-15, 21-14	0:35
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	9	Johns/Koester	23, Q14	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # Q8 Mintz/Rowe 1-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	Akers/Straton	8	Mintz/Rowe	23, Q12	21-6, 21-7	0:30