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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 21 - 24, 2005

(11) Brooke Niles/Sarah Straton

Brooke Niles

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodland Hills, CA

Resides:

Ventura, CA

Height:

5'8"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Huntington Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$341,770.00

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	Money
AVP	17	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	1	3	0	$56,875.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1994	Did not play	Elizabeth Chavez - 9th
FIVB 1995	Did not play	Chris Wilson - 13th
FIVB 1996	Did not play	Tania Gooley - 17th
1999	Did not play	Annette Huygens Tholen - 9th
2001	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 4th
2003	Courtney Guerra - 35th	Angie Akers - 7th
2004	Courtney Guerra - 9th	Tammy Leibl - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	9	9	144	$2,200.00
AVP	6/30-7/2/2005	Cincinnati Open	11	7	260	$5,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	12	9	144	$2,200.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 1

Ashley Ivy Swift / Ella Vakhidova (22)

Won 22-20, 21-10

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	25	9	3	0.240	0	18	2	1
	1	13	5	2	0.231	0	7	1	1
	2	12	4	1	0.250	0	11	1	0
Sarah Straton	Total	31	19	2	0.548	2	8	0	2
	1	14	9	2	0.500	1	2	0	1
	2	17	10	0	0.588	1	6	0	1

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 2

Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley (6)

Won 21-17, 22-20

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	27	14	2	0.444	0	17	1	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	8	1	1
	2	18	9	1	0.444	0	9	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	30	14	1	0.433	1	2	0	1
	1	15	8	0	0.533	1	1	0	0
	2	15	6	1	0.333	0	1	0	1

Sat, 7/23/2005

Winner 3

Jennifer Kessy / Holly McPeak (3)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	23	9	3	0.261	0	13	1	0
	1	13	4	2	0.154	0	6	1	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	7	0	0
Sarah Straton	Total	33	11	4	0.212	1	1	1	1
	1	16	4	3	0.063	1	1	0	1
	2	17	7	1	0.353	0	0	1	0

Sat, 7/23/2005

Contender 4

Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (10)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	14	6	2	0.286	0	4	0	2
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	2
Sarah Straton	Total	33	17	5	0.364	0	8	1	1
	1	19	8	4	0.211	0	7	1	1
	2	14	9	1	0.571	0	1	0	0

Sat, 7/23/2005

Contender 5

Mimi Amaral / Paula Roca (7)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	19	11	1	0.526	0	16	1	0
	1	12	6	0	0.500	0	13	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	3	1	0
Sarah Straton	Total	25	16	4	0.480	3	6	1	1
	1	16	10	2	0.500	0	3	1	0
	2	9	6	2	0.444	3	3	0	1

Sat, 7/23/2005

Contender 6

Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (4)

Lost 15-21, 20-22

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	Total	41	8	12	-0.098	0	18	2	1
	1	14	2	3	-0.071	0	7	1	0
	2	27	6	9	-0.111	0	11	1	1
Sarah Straton	Total	20	9	1	0.400	3	5	0	4
	1	13	6	0	0.462	1	5	0	2
	2	7	3	1	0.286	2	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brooke Niles	149	57	23	0.228	0	86	7	5
Sarah Straton	172	86	17	0.401	10	30	3	10

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 7-7

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/McPeak 0-1
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/McPeak	3	Niles/Straton	11	21-14, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Turner/Wilson 0-2
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Turner/Wilson	4	Niles/Straton	11	21-15, 22-20	0:39
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Turner/Wilson	6	Niles/Straton	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
Series tied with # 6 Dodd/McSorley 1-1
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Niles/Straton	11	Dodd/McSorley	6	21-17, 22-20	0:41
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Dodd/McSorley	6	Niles/Straton	11	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 7 Amaral/Roca 1-0
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Niles/Straton	11	Amaral/Roca	7	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Jameson/Jones 0-1
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Jameson/Jones	8	Niles/Straton	9	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:46
Series tied with # 10 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 1-1
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Niles/Straton	11	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	10	21-19, 21-17	0:40
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	12	Niles/Straton	11	22-20, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Lowe/Pavley 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Niles/Straton	11	Lowe/Pavley	14	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Johns/Polzin 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Johns/Polzin	18	Niles/Straton	12	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Ivy Swift/Vakhidova 2-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	11	Ivy Swift/Vakhidova	22	22-20, 21-10	0:44
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 3	Niles/Straton	11	Ivy Swift/Vakhidova	24, Q7	21-19, 15-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Barnes/Williams 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Niles/Straton	12	Barnes/Williams	21	19-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:51