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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 5 - 7, 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 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
2007	Barbra Fontana - 7th	Dianne DeNecochea - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	4	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	3	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	5	3	270	$9,500.00
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 Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 1

Courtney Guerra / Kelly Wing (28, Q3)

Won 21-17, 21-7

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	20	14	2	0.600	5	5	0	3
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	3	0	3
	2	10	8	0	0.800	4	2	0	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	21	15	1	0.667	0	13	1	0
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	10	0	0
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	3	1	0

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 2

Lauren Fendrick / Paula Roca (12)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	19	13	3	0.526	1	4	0	1
	1	8	5	2	0.375	0	2	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	2	0	0
Barbra Fontana	Total	29	19	2	0.586	0	9	1	2
	1	15	8	2	0.400	0	6	1	1
	2	14	11	0	0.786	0	3	0	1

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (4)

Lost 20-22, 19-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	18	8	3	0.278	4	1	0	2
	1	11	6	2	0.364	4	0	0	1
	2	7	2	1	0.143	0	1	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	37	18	2	0.432	0	20	1	0
	1	18	9	1	0.444	0	9	0	0
	2	19	9	1	0.421	0	11	1	0

Fri, 6/6/2008

Contender 4

Paige Jensen / Alicia Polzin (26)

Won 21-9, 21-15

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	18	12	0	0.667	5	1	3	2
	1	8	6	0	0.750	2	1	1	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	3	0	2	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	19	12	2	0.526	0	8	1	1
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	1	1	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	7	0	0

Sat, 6/7/2008

Contender 5

Jenny Kropp / Nancy Reynolds (9)

Lost 19-21, 18-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	Total	32	16	4	0.375	2	4	1	3
	1	12	7	2	0.417	2	1	1	2
	2	20	9	2	0.350	0	3	0	1
Barbra Fontana	Total	34	12	4	0.235	0	14	0	2
	1	16	6	2	0.250	0	5	0	0
	2	18	6	2	0.222	0	9	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dianne DeNecochea	107	63	12	0.477	17	15	4	11
Barbra Fontana	140	76	11	0.464	0	64	4	5

Head to Head Results
DeNecochea/Fontana lead the series against the field 34-26

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-11
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-14, 21-8	0:37
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-9, 21-11	0:34
9/2/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-15	1:01
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-16, 21-18	0:45
8/19/07	AVP	Boston Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-11, 21-14	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 4 Dodd/Minello 6-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Dodd/Minello	4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	22-20, 21-19	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 6 Akers/McPeak 0-1
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 4	Akers/McPeak	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-19, 21-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 Jameson/Jones 3-2
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Jameson/Jones	8	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	23-21, 16-21, 15-12	1:04
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Jameson/Jones	12	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:02
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Jameson/Jones	19	21-19, 21-18	0:39
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Jameson/Jones	20	21-16, 21-13	0:37
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	2	Jameson/Jones	13	21-8, 23-21	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Kropp/Reynolds 1-2
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Kropp/Reynolds	9	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-19, 21-18	0:53
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 # 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 Lewis/Lima 4-0
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Lewis/Lima	12	21-13, 13-21, 15-9	1:12
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 # 12 Fendrick/Roca 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Fendrick/Roca	12	21-19, 21-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Burdine/Hochevar 1-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Burdine/Hochevar	18	21-14, 21-17	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 22 Fopma/Pavley 2-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	3	Fopma/Pavley	11	21-12, 22-20	0:51
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 # 26 Jensen/Polzin 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Jensen/Polzin	26	21-9, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 28, Q3 Guerra/Wing 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	Guerra/Wing	28, Q3	21-17, 21-7	0:43
Lead the series against # Q7 Hall/Mills 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Hall/Mills	27, Q5	21-12, 21-19	0:34