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AVP Tour
$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Houston Open presented by Warehouse Pool Supply
May 15 - 17, 2009

(6) Angie Akers/Tyra Turner

Angie Akers

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ft. Wayne, IN

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Notre Dame

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$434,452.50

Tyra Harper Turner

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fort Myers Beach, FL

Resides:

Fort Myers Beach, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Central Florida

Seasons:

Tournaments:

155

Career Wins:

1 (AVP San Diego 2008)

Career Winnings:

$573,135.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	17	0	1	8	0	2	4	1	1	0	0	$136,940.00
FIVB	24	0	2	2	2	6	2	4	2	1	3	US$240,300.00
P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Overall	42	0	3	11	2	8	6	5	3	1	3	US$382,240.00

Previous Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	4	7	370	$5,280.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	4	3	540	$10,200.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	4	3	540	$10,200.00

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift (11)

Lost 16-21, 20-22

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	8	5	2	0.375	1	2	0	1
	1	2	1	1	0.000	1	0	0	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	29	19	6	0.448	4	2	0	3
	1	14	10	3	0.500	0	0	0	1
	2	15	9	3	0.400	4	2	0	2

Fri, 5/15/2009

Contender 1

Courtney Guerra / Chrissie Zartman (21)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	23	15	2	0.565	2	7	0	2
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	4	0	1
	2	12	7	1	0.500	2	3	0	1
Tyra Turner	Total	30	18	2	0.533	1	5	0	0
	1	14	8	1	0.500	1	0	0	0
	2	16	10	1	0.563	0	5	0	0

Sat, 5/16/2009

Contender 2

Diane Pascua / Alicia Polzin (20)

Won 14-21, 21-12, 15-9

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	13	8	0	0.615	1	1	4	1
	1	3	1	0	0.333	1	0	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	0	3	1
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	1	0
Tyra Turner	Total	43	26	10	0.372	1	15	1	1
	1	19	9	6	0.158	0	3	0	0
	2	15	11	2	0.600	1	8	0	0
	3	9	6	2	0.444	0	4	1	1

Sat, 5/16/2009

Contender 3

Nancy Reynolds / Michelle Williams (9)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	20	13	0	0.650	2	6	2	3
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	2	1	2
	2	11	7	0	0.636	1	4	1	1
Tyra Turner	Total	29	22	2	0.690	0	7	0	0
	1	14	12	1	0.786	0	5	0	0
	2	15	10	1	0.600	0	2	0	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Contender 4

Lisa Fitzgerald / Brooke Niles (5)

Lost 19-21, 21-15, 12-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	19	10	3	0.368	1	11	0	2
	1	7	5	2	0.429	0	6	0	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	3	4	0	0	0.000	1	1	0	1
Tyra Turner	Total	48	29	4	0.521	2	11	0	2
	1	17	8	3	0.294	1	3	0	2
	2	16	10	1	0.563	1	5	0	0
	3	15	11	0	0.733	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	83	51	7	0.530	7	27	6	9
Tyra Turner	179	114	24	0.503	8	40	1	6

Head to Head Results
Akers/Turner lead the series against the field 9-7

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-2
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	4	21-19, 21-18	0:49
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	4	30-28, 21-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross 0-1
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Akers/Turner	4	21-15, 21-18	0:46
Series tied with # 4 DeNecochea/Dodd 1-1
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	Akers/Turner	4	21-18, 21-18	0:48
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	4	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	21-19, 21-16	0:48
Series tied with # 5 Fitzgerald/Niles 1-1
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Akers/Turner	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	1:00
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 6	Akers/Turner	4	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	21-12, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Jameson/Jones 0-1
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Jameson/Jones	6	Akers/Turner	4	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 9 Reynolds/Williams 1-0
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 3	Akers/Turner	6	Reynolds/Williams	9	21-15, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 2-1
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	11	Akers/Turner	6	21-16, 22-20	0:44
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Akers/Turner	4	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	10	24-22, 21-17	0:43
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	4	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	12	21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Lowe/Roca 2-0
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	4	Lowe/Roca	13	19-21, 21-14, 23-21	1:15
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	4	Lowe/Roca	13	21-16, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 Pascua/Polzin 1-0
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 2	Akers/Turner	6	Pascua/Polzin	20	14-21, 21-12, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 21 Guerra/Zartman 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 1	Akers/Turner	6	Guerra/Zartman	21	21-19, 21-17	0:39