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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 18 - 20, 2007

(4) Dianne DeNecochea/Barbra Fontana

Dianne Shoemaker DeNecochea

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1967 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brooklyn, MI

Resides:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Tennessee

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$491,586.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	37	0	4	13	0	10	6	2	1	1	0	$291,000.00
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	US$37,570.00
Overall	45	0	4	13	0	12	6	7	1	2	0	US$328,570.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
P&R 1985	Did not play	Debbie Black - 3rd
WPVA 1991	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 9th
WPVA 1992	Did not play	Deb Richardson - 4th
WPVA 1993	Did not play	Lori Forsythe - 2nd
WPVA 1994	Did not play	Lori Forsythe - 5th
WPVA 1995	Did not play	Lori Forsythe - 3rd
FIVB 1995	Did not play	Lori Forsythe - 5th
WPVA 1996	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 1st
FIVB 1996	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 7th
WPVA 1997	Did not play	Linda Hanley - 2nd
1999	Paula Weishoff - 9th	Lisa Arce - 2nd
BVA 2000	Missy Ross - 17th	Did not play
2001	Wendy Stammer - 5th	Elaine Youngs - 2nd
2002	Barbra Fontana - 2nd	Dianne DeNecochea - 2nd
2003	Nancy Reynolds - 5th	Did not play
2004	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd
2005	Tammy Leibl - 9th	Did not play
2006	Tammy Leibl - 5th	Carrie Dodd - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	4	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	4	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/19-22/2007	Dallas Open	4	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	5	3	270	$9,500.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 1

Erin Byrd / Paige Jensen (29, Q4)

Won 21-8, 21-10

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	19	13	0	0.684	3	6	2	2
	1	10	7	0	0.700	1	5	2	1
	2	9	6	0	0.667	2	1	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	21	16	1	0.714	0	12	2	1
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	4	0	1
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	8	2	0

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 2

Claire D'Amore / Alicia Polzin (20)

Won 21-7, 21-12

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	14	12	2	0.714	3	3	2	2
	1	6	5	1	0.667	1	1	1	2
	2	8	7	1	0.750	2	2	1	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	16	10	0	0.625	0	9	3	0
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	7	2	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	2	1	0

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 3

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (5)

Lost 19-21, 21-13, 11-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	23	15	2	0.565	2	3	3	3
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	2	1	1
	2	4	3	0	0.750	2	1	2	1
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	0	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	30	15	4	0.367	0	15	0	2
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	0	1
	2	11	7	2	0.455	0	5	0	1
	3	7	2	1	0.143	0	5	0	0

Sat, 5/19/2007

Contender 4

Janelle Allen / Jennifer Snyder (23)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	33	20	3	0.515	5	2	3	3
	1	16	11	2	0.563	2	2	0	1
	2	17	9	1	0.471	3	0	3	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	16	9	2	0.438	0	13	1	0
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	7	1	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	6	0	0

Sun, 5/20/2007

Contender 5

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (8)

Lost 18-21, 30-32

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	40	22	5	0.425	4	5	0	4
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	2	0	2
	2	28	15	3	0.429	4	3	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	33	16	5	0.333	0	12	0	0
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	19	8	4	0.211	0	8	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	129	82	12	0.543	17	19	10	14
Barbra Fontana	116	66	12	0.466	0	61	6	3

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 16-13

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-4
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:55
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-13, 21-19	0:40
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-16, 21-18	0:47
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Series tied with # 2 Branagh/Youngs 1-1
5/13/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 21-17	0:45
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 3 Scott/Turner 2-1
5/13/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Turner	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:56
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Scott/Turner	5	21-17, 21-19	0:52
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Scott/Turner	4	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:04
Trail the series against # 5 Kessy/Ross 0-3
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	1:04
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	6	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 22-20	0:48
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	11	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-14, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 Dodd/Minello 2-0
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Dodd/Minello	7	23-21, 14-21, 15-8	0:57
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Dodd/Minello	7	23-25, 24-22, 15-6	1:05
Series tied with # 8 Davis/Johnson Jordan 3-3
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	8	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-18, 32-30	1:01
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-13, 23-21	0:46
9/7/02	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Semi-Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	22-20, 21-16	0:39
8/24/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-17, 21-12	0:45
6/16/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	DeNecochea/Fontana	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-14, 21-15	0:41
6/9/02	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	Winner 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	25-23, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 9 Lewis/Lima 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Lewis/Lima	12	21-14, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Burdine/Reynolds 1-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Burdine/Reynolds	12	21-12, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Series tied with # 12 Akers/Niles 1-1
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Akers/Niles	13	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:02
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Akers/Niles	12	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	26-24, 19-21, 15-12	1:08
Lead the series against # 14 Barnes/Williams 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Barnes/Williams	13	21-15, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 17 Jameson/Jones 1-0
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	2	Jameson/Jones	13	21-8, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 D'Amore/Polzin 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	D'Amore/Polzin	20	21-7, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Allen/Snyder 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Allen/Snyder	23	21-18, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Byrd/Jensen 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Byrd/Jensen	29, Q4	21-8, 21-10	0:35