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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Charleston
May 8 - 10, 2008

(5) 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 Charleston Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Barbra Fontana - 7th	Dianne DeNecochea - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	5	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	5	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	9/14-16/2007	San Francisco Best of the Beach	6	3	0	$12,000.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2007	Cincinnati Open	4	2	468	$15,000.00
AVP	8/23-26/2007	Brooklyn Open	6	5	312	$8,500.00
AVP	8/16-19/2007	Boston Open	6	3	390	$13,300.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	4	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	4	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	3	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	4	3	270	$9,500.00
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

AVP Charleston Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/8/2008

Winner 2

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (12)

Won 23-21, 21-16

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	30	26	0	0.867	2	3	0	3
	1	18	15	0	0.833	0	2	0	2
	2	12	11	0	0.917	2	1	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	16	8	3	0.313	0	13	0	0
	1	8	3	3	0.000	0	5	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	8	0	0

Fri, 5/9/2008

Winner 3

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (4)

Won 21-19, 13-21, 20-18

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	34	23	5	0.529	1	3	2	5
	1	15	9	2	0.467	1	2	2	1
	2	9	8	1	0.778	0	1	0	2
	3	10	6	2	0.400	0	0	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	39	21	2	0.487	0	16	0	1
	1	13	8	0	0.615	0	8	0	1
	2	10	3	2	0.100	0	2	0	0
	3	16	10	0	0.625	0	6	0	0

Fri, 5/9/2008

Winner 4

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 21-17, 17-21, 9-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	23	15	4	0.478	2	3	1	3
	1	13	9	2	0.538	1	3	1	1
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
	3	6	2	2	0.000	1	0	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	32	13	7	0.188	0	17	0	1
	1	7	1	2	-0.143	0	3	0	1
	2	18	9	3	0.333	0	8	0	0
	3	7	3	2	0.143	0	6	0	0

Sat, 5/10/2008

Contender 4

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (7)

Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-5

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	33	21	2	0.576	4	8	4	3
	1	16	9	0	0.563	2	4	1	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	1	2	0	2
	3	4	3	0	0.750	1	2	3	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	30	12	3	0.300	0	17	3	0
	1	11	3	1	0.182	0	9	1	0
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	4	1	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	4	1	0

Sat, 5/10/2008

Semi-Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (3)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	32	15	6	0.281	2	3	0	2
	1	14	6	3	0.214	1	1	0	0
	2	18	9	3	0.333	1	2	0	2
Barbra Fontana	Total	22	8	1	0.318	0	11	1	0
	1	14	4	1	0.214	0	7	1	0
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	152	100	17	0.546	11	20	7	16
Barbra Fontana	139	62	16	0.331	0	74	4	2

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 30-22

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 1-5
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:02
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-12, 21-17	0:46
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-19, 21-14	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 2 Scott/Turner 4-3
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 3	Scott/Turner	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-11, 21-16	0:42
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Scott/Turner	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Scott/Turner	3	21-15, 21-15	0:45
6/10/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Turner	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	21-18, 30-28	0:55
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 Kessy/Ross 2-9
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-17, 21-17	0:49
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-16, 21-16	0:44
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-16, 21-10	0:45
8/19/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Kessy/Ross	5	23-21, 23-25, 15-11	1:12
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-13, 21-19	0:45
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	6	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-12, 23-21	0:49
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 # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan 7-4
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-19, 13-21, 20-18	1:07
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-17, 17-21, 17-15	1:03
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:55
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	17-21, 21-12, 15-10	1:00
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	7	34-32, 16-21, 16-14	1:20
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 # 7 Dodd/Minello 6-0
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Dodd/Minello	7	21-16, 19-21, 15-5	1:00
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Dodd/Minello	5	22-20, 21-14	0:43
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	Dodd/Minello	6	30-28, 21-17	0:56
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 Kropp/Reynolds 1-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 3	Kropp/Reynolds	10	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:59
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Kropp/Reynolds	12	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Barnes/Williams 2-0
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	Barnes/Williams	19	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:22
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 # 11 Fopma/Pavley 1-0
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Fopma/Pavley	11	21-14, 23-21	0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Lewis/Lima 3-0
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Lewis/Lima	12	23-21, 21-16	0:51
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Lewis/Lima	11	21-16, 21-14	0:38
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 # 14 Johnson/Zartman 1-0
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Johnson/Zartman	19	21-11, 21-14	0:41