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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Louisville Open
May 24 - 27, 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 Louisville Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	4	7	180	$4,600.00
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

Louisville Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/25/2007

Winner 2

Keao Burdine / Nancy Reynolds (13)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	25	15	4	0.440	3	7	3	3
	1	12	6	3	0.250	2	3	2	2
	2	13	9	1	0.615	1	4	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	23	13	2	0.478	0	9	0	0
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	3	0	0
	2	12	7	1	0.500	0	6	0	0

Fri, 5/25/2007

Winner 3

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (5)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	18	9	3	0.333	2	4	0	2
	1	10	4	2	0.200	0	3	0	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	2	1	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	30	12	2	0.333	0	14	0	0
	1	14	7	1	0.429	0	9	0	0
	2	16	5	1	0.250	0	5	0	0

Sat, 5/26/2007

Contender 3

Ashley Ivy Swift / Heather Lowe (16)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	24	14	3	0.458	5	2	6	3
	1	11	6	2	0.364	3	1	3	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	2	1	3	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	12	8	1	0.583	0	10	0	1
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	0	1
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	7	0	0

Sat, 5/26/2007

Contender 4

Jenny Pavley / Alicia Polzin (14)

Won 21-19, 21-13

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	23	14	3	0.478	3	1	2	2
	1	14	8	1	0.500	1	1	2	1
	2	9	6	2	0.444	2	0	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	25	15	0	0.600	0	14	1	1
	1	15	7	0	0.467	0	8	1	0
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	6	0	1

Sun, 5/27/2007

Contender 5

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (6)

Won 21-14, 22-24, 15-10

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	37	21	4	0.459	2	11	0	3
	1	10	5	2	0.300	1	4	0	1
	2	15	8	2	0.400	0	3	0	1
	3	12	8	0	0.667	1	4	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	27	11	1	0.370	0	11	1	0
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	5	1	0
	2	8	2	0	0.250	0	3	0	0
	3	6	2	0	0.333	0	3	0	0

Sun, 5/27/2007

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	30	12	7	0.167	0	4	1	2
	1	17	7	5	0.118	0	2	0	1
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	2	1	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	26	11	3	0.308	0	13	0	1
	1	11	5	0	0.455	0	6	0	0
	2	15	6	3	0.200	0	7	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	157	85	24	0.389	15	29	12	15
Barbra Fontana	143	70	9	0.427	0	71	2	3

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 20-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-5
5/27/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-14	0:42
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 0-4
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-18, 21-16	0:50
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 3-0
5/27/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Dodd/Minello	6	21-14, 22-24, 15-10	1:05
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
Series tied with # 10 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 # 13 Burdine/Reynolds 2-0
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Burdine/Reynolds	13	21-15, 21-14	0:41
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Burdine/Reynolds	12	21-12, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 14 Pavley/Polzin 1-0
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Pavley/Polzin	14	21-19, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 Ivy Swift/Lowe 1-0
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Ivy Swift/Lowe	16	21-16, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 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 # 21, Q2 Kuk/Whitney 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Kuk/Whitney	22, Q3	21-23, 21-14, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # 22, 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