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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP esurance Tampa Open
May 31 - June 3, 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 Tampa Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	4	3	270	$9,500.00
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

Tampa Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/1/2007

Winner 2

Ashley Ivy Swift / Heather Lowe (13)

Won 21-12, 21-23, 15-11

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	31	24	2	0.710	9	3	2	3
	1	10	9	0	0.900	4	1	1	2
	2	12	9	2	0.583	2	1	1	1
	3	9	6	0	0.667	3	1	0	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	27	12	2	0.370	0	10	0	4
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	0	0	2
	2	15	6	2	0.267	0	4	0	0
	3	8	3	0	0.375	0	6	0	2

Sat, 6/2/2007

Winner 3

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (5)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	23	19	0	0.826	3	2	3	1
	1	7	6	0	0.857	2	1	1	0
	2	16	13	0	0.813	1	1	2	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	26	10	4	0.231	0	21	2	2
	1	17	6	3	0.176	0	12	1	1
	2	9	4	1	0.333	0	9	1	1

Sat, 6/2/2007

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 14-21, 19-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	33	21	4	0.515	1	3	0	4
	1	16	9	0	0.563	1	1	0	0
	2	17	12	4	0.471	0	2	0	4
Barbra Fontana	Total	23	8	5	0.130	0	10	0	1
	1	11	3	4	-0.091	0	6	0	1
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	4	0	0

Sat, 6/2/2007

Contender 5

Holly McPeak / Logan Tom (7)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	25	13	4	0.360	4	4	2	2
	1	13	6	1	0.385	2	2	0	2
	2	12	7	3	0.333	2	2	2	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	15	11	0	0.733	0	14	0	1
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	8	0	1
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	6	0	0

Sat, 6/2/2007

Semi-Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (3)

Lost 14-21, 12-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	31	17	4	0.419	2	0	0	2
	1	14	8	2	0.429	2	0	0	1
	2	17	9	2	0.412	0	0	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	12	3	2	0.083	0	6	0	2
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	1
	2	5	1	0	0.200	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	143	94	14	0.559	19	12	7	12
Barbra Fontana	103	44	13	0.301	0	61	2	10

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 23-17

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-6
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-14, 21-19	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 Branagh/Youngs 1-2
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-14, 21-12	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 5 Kessy/Ross 1-4
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Kessy/Ross	5	21-15, 21-16	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 7 McPeak/Tom 1-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	McPeak/Tom	7	21-16, 21-18	0:44
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 # 11 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 Ivy Swift/Lowe 2-0
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Ivy Swift/Lowe	13	21-12, 21-23, 15-11	0:59
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 # 15 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 # 16 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 # 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 # 19 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 # 20, Q1 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 # 22, 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 # Q3 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