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AVP Tour
$125,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
June 4 - 6, 2004

(6) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1991	Holly McPeak - 7th	Did not play
WPVA 1992	Deb Richardson - 9th	Did not play
WPVA 1993	Lori Forsythe - 3rd	Did not play
WPVA 1994	Lori Forsythe - 2nd	Did not play
2001	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Heather Lowe - 9th
2002	Dianne DeNecochea - 5th	Cary Wendell - 9th
2003	Danalee Bragado-Corso - 13th	Jenny Pavley - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	5	2	324	$9,750.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 1

Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (27, Q5)

Won 21-9, 21-10

0:27

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	17	13	0	0.765	0	10	0	0
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	4	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	6	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	11	6	1	0.455	1	4	1	0
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	0	1	0
	2	7	3	1	0.286	1	4	0	0

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 2

Heather Lowe / Jenny Pavley (11)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	25	11	1	0.400	0	9	0	1
	1	11	4	1	0.273	0	3	0	1
	2	14	7	0	0.500	0	6	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	28	19	1	0.643	2	8	0	3
	1	14	10	1	0.643	1	4	0	1
	2	14	9	0	0.643	1	4	0	2

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 3

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Lost 23-25, 16-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	23	9	3	0.261	0	8	0	0
	1	9	2	1	0.111	0	2	0	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	0	6	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	41	22	7	0.366	0	12	0	1
	1	26	17	3	0.538	0	8	0	0
	2	15	5	4	0.067	0	4	0	1

Sat, 6/5/2004

Contender 4

Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (17)

Won 21-10, 21-13

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	31	20	2	0.581	0	10	0	0
	1	15	10	1	0.600	0	6	0	0
	2	16	10	1	0.563	0	4	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	5	5	0	1.000	7	4	1	0
	1	4	4	0	1.000	3	2	1	0
	2	1	1	0	1.000	4	2	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Contender 5

Jennifer Meredith / Wendy Stammer (7)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	24	11	2	0.375	0	15	2	0
	1	9	3	1	0.222	0	8	1	0
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	7	1	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	17	1	0.552	6	8	1	1
	1	20	12	0	0.600	3	3	1	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	3	5	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Contender 6

Carrie Dodd / Nancy Reynolds (5)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	41	18	3	0.366	0	11	0	0
	1	23	7	1	0.261	0	6	0	0
	2	18	11	2	0.500	0	5	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	9	3	0.300	2	11	0	2
	1	12	7	2	0.417	1	7	0	1
	2	8	2	1	0.125	1	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	161	82	11	0.441	0	63	2	1
Jennifer Kessy	134	78	13	0.485	18	47	3	7

Head to Head Results
Fontana/Kessy lead the series against the field 18-12

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
Trail the series against # 2 McPeak/Youngs 0-3
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 5	McPeak/Youngs	2	Fontana/Kessy	8	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:49
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Youngs	2	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-11, 21-16	0:41
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Youngs	2	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-9, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-2
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Fontana/Kessy	6	25-23, 21-16	0:43
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 4 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
Series tied with # 5 Dodd/Reynolds 2-2
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Dodd/Reynolds	5	Fontana/Kessy	6	21-18, 21-15	0:42
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 # 7 Meredith/Stammer 3-1
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Kessy	6	Meredith/Stammer	7	21-19, 21-12	0:38
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 # 9 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 # 11 Lowe/Pavley 2-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	6	Lowe/Pavley	11	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	8	Lowe/Pavley	9	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 17 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 2-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	6	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	17	21-10, 21-13	0:30
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 # 26 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Manole/Van Fleet 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	6	Manole/Van Fleet	27, Q5	21-9, 21-10	0:27
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q11 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