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AVP Tour
$125,000 Bud Light Huntington Beach Open Presented by Shark Energy Drink
May 28 - 30, 2004

(5) Barbra Fontana/Jennifer Kessy

Barbra Fontana

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1965 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

5'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,005,704.50

Jennifer Kessy

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Resides:

Hollis Center, ME

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

264

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,459.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
AVP	12	0	1	3	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$56,245.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00
Overall	14	0	1	3	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	US$56,245.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1995	Cammy Ciarelli - 9th	Did not play
WPVA 1996	Linda Hanley - 2nd	Did not play
WPVA 1997	Linda Hanley - 2nd	Did not play
SG 1998	Various - 3rd	Did not play
USAV 1999	Lisa Arce - 1st	Did not play
2002	Dianne DeNecochea - 2nd	Heather Lowe - 13th
2003	Jennifer Kessy - 9th	Barbra Fontana - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	Q22	33	18	US$0.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	8	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	10	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	10	9	144	$1,600.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
AVP	8/28-30/2003	Chicago Open	11	7	216	$3,000.00
AVP	8/14-16/2003	Huntington Beach Open	10	9	172	$1,920.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/29/2004

Winner 1

Holly Reisor / Ella Vakhidova (28, Q12)

Won 21-16, 21-11

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	16	13	1	0.750	0	13	2	1
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	6	2	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	7	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	10	8	1	0.700	4	4	3	1
	1	5	4	1	0.600	2	2	1	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	2	2	2	1

Sat, 5/29/2004

Winner 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (12)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	44	22	4	0.409	0	14	0	1
	1	21	11	2	0.429	0	3	0	1
	2	23	11	2	0.391	0	11	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	13	9	1	0.615	4	4	0	1
	1	6	5	0	0.833	1	4	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	3	0	0	0

Sat, 5/29/2004

Winner 3

Jennifer Meredith / Wendy Stammer (4)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	33	20	0	0.606	0	11	1	0
	1	20	12	0	0.600	0	3	1	0
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	8	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	16	0	0.552	3	8	1	0
	1	13	8	0	0.615	2	3	1	0
	2	16	8	0	0.500	1	5	0	0

Sun, 5/30/2004

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 11-21, 10-21

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	27	9	4	0.185	0	6	0	1
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	2	0	1
	2	15	4	2	0.133	0	4	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	19	6	5	0.053	0	3	0	2
	1	11	3	4	-0.091	0	1	0	1
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	2	0	1

Sun, 5/30/2004

Contender 6

Lisa Arce / Leanne McSorley (2)

Won 21-19, 12-21, 15-11

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	41	18	4	0.341	0	14	1	1
	1	14	6	1	0.357	0	6	0	0
	2	11	3	2	0.091	0	3	0	1
	3	16	9	1	0.500	0	5	1	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	17	7	2	0.294	4	9	0	0
	1	6	4	0	0.667	2	5	0	0
	2	9	3	2	0.111	2	3	0	0
	3	2	0	0	0.000	0	1	0	0

Sun, 5/30/2004

Semi-Finals

Carrie Dodd / Nancy Reynolds (3)

Won 19-21, 21-16, 18-16

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	43	23	2	0.488	0	15	1	2
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	4	0	1
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	5	1	1
	3	18	9	1	0.444	0	6	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	27	14	4	0.370	4	9	0	2
	1	10	5	2	0.300	2	1	0	1
	2	11	6	2	0.364	1	3	0	1
	3	6	3	0	0.500	1	5	0	0

Sun, 5/30/2004

Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 12-21, 13-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	32	11	9	0.063	0	4	0	0
	1	17	8	5	0.176	0	3	0	0
	2	15	3	4	-0.067	0	1	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	18	8	3	0.278	2	2	0	1
	1	9	3	1	0.222	0	1	0	0
	2	9	5	2	0.333	2	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	236	116	24	0.390	0	77	5	6
Jennifer Kessy	133	68	16	0.391	21	39	4	7

Head to Head Results
Fontana/Kessy lead the series against the field 14-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-3
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	5	21-12, 21-13	0:45
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	5	21-11, 21-10	0:32
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	8	21-13, 21-10	0:30
Series tied with # 2 Arce/McSorley 1-1
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Fontana/Kessy	5	Arce/McSorley	2	21-19, 12-21, 15-11	1:01
4/25/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 5	Arce/McSorley	5	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 3 Dodd/Reynolds 2-1
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Kessy	5	Dodd/Reynolds	3	19-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:59
5/19/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Country Quota	Fontana/Kessy	Q22	Dodd/Reynolds		21-15, 21-19	0:37
3/9/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Dodd/Reynolds	16, Q1	Fontana/Kessy		22-20, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Meredith/Stammer 2-1
5/29/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Kessy	5	Meredith/Stammer	4	21-16, 21-16	0:49
4/25/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	10	Meredith/Stammer	6	21-10, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Meredith/Stammer	7	Fontana/Kessy	11	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 6 Roca/Santana-Baeni 2-0
5/19/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Country Quota	Fontana/Kessy	Q22	Roca/Santana-Baeni		21-14, 21-11	0:37
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	8	Roca/Santana-Baeni	13	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Lowe/Pavley 1-0
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	8	Lowe/Pavley	9	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 1-0
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Fontana/Kessy	10	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	17	21-14, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Jameson/Jones 1-0
5/29/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	5	Jameson/Jones	12	21-19, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 22 Audette/Reale 2-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	10	Audette/Reale	23, Q5	21-13, 22-20	0:35
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	11	Audette/Reale	22, Q5	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 28, Q12 Reisor/Vakhidova 1-0
5/29/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	5	Reisor/Vakhidova	28, Q12	21-16, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # Q5 Mintz/Rowe 1-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	10	Mintz/Rowe	23, Q12	21-9, 21-12	0:28