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$252,000 AVP Crocs Slam Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
July 16 - 19, 2009

(12) Saralyn Smith/Beth Van Fleet

Saralyn Smith

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Key West, FL

Resides:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Hartford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NORCECA Guatemala City 2009)

Career AVP Best:

9th (12 times)

Career Winnings:

$52,742.50

Beth Van Fleet

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 27, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tampa, FL

Resides:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Georgia State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NORCECA Guatemala City 2009)

Career AVP Best:

9th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$33,155.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	10	0	$33,960.00
NORCECA	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,750.00
Overall	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	5	10	0	US$35,710.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Barb Birnbaum - 25th	Did not play
2003	Barb Birnbaum - 25th	Karen Holman - 33rd
2004	Barbara Khozam - 17th	Suzana Manole - 17th
2005	Ann Windes - 13th	Suzana Manole - 17th
2006	Ann Windes - 17th	Cinta Preston - 17th
2007	Pat Keller - 17th	Suzana Manole - 17th
2008	Did not play	Jenelle Koester - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/2-4/2009	Coney Island Open	11	17	190	$960.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	14	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	13	13	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	13	17	190	$960.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	16	13	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	17	17	190	$1,200.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	16	13	240	$1,800.00
NORCECA	4/1-5/2009	Guatemala		2	180	US$1,000.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	18	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	22	17	104	$800.00
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	21	17	104	$500.00
AVP	7/24-27/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	18	17	104	$800.00
AVP	7/10-13/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	20	17	104	$700.00
AVP	7/4-6/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	19	9	208	$2,100.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/17/2009

Winner 1

Julie Knytych / Jennifer Sharp (53, Q6)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Saralyn Smith	Total	26	12	4	0.308	5	6	0	0
	1	15	7	4	0.200	1	2	0	0
	2	11	5	0	0.455	4	4	0	0
Beth Van Fleet	Total	26	15	0	0.577	0	12	1	1
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	6	1	1
	2	17	8	0	0.471	0	6	0	0

Fri, 7/17/2009

Winner 2

Diane Copenhagen / Cayley Thurlby (44)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Saralyn Smith	Total	30	19	5	0.467	1	13	1	1
	1	17	10	3	0.412	1	6	1	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	7	0	0
Beth Van Fleet	Total	22	12	0	0.545	0	9	3	1
	1	8	3	0	0.375	0	5	3	1
	2	14	9	0	0.643	0	4	0	0

Sat, 7/18/2009

Winner 3

Priscilla Lima / Tatiana Minello (5)

Lost 15-21, 14-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Saralyn Smith	Total	30	12	3	0.300	0	7	0	0
	1	17	10	0	0.588	0	3	0	0
	2	13	2	3	-0.077	0	4	0	0
Beth Van Fleet	Total	31	13	0	0.419	0	16	1	2
	1	13	4	0	0.308	0	9	1	1
	2	18	9	0	0.500	0	7	0	1

Sat, 7/18/2009

Contender 4

Kathleen Olsovsky / Nancy Reynolds (11)

Won 17-21, 26-24, 15-10

1:18

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Saralyn Smith	Total	37	21	4	0.459	3	9	0	0
	1	17	9	2	0.412	1	3	0	0
	2	13	7	2	0.385	1	5	0	0
	3	7	5	0	0.714	1	1	0	0
Beth Van Fleet	Total	48	21	6	0.313	0	19	1	2
	1	14	5	2	0.214	0	8	0	0
	2	24	11	3	0.333	0	9	1	1
	3	10	5	1	0.400	0	2	0	1

Sat, 7/18/2009

Contender 5

Claire D'Amore / Jennifer Snyder (13)

Won 27-29, 21-18, 15-13

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Saralyn Smith	Total	38	16	5	0.289	3	9	0	1
	1	17	6	4	0.118	2	5	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	2	0	0
	3	11	4	1	0.273	1	2	0	0
Beth Van Fleet	Total	50	24	7	0.340	0	16	9	5
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	3	5	4
	2	19	9	4	0.263	0	7	3	1
	3	14	7	1	0.429	0	6	1	0

Sat, 7/18/2009

Contender 6

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (10)

Lost 21-16, 22-24, 10-15

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Saralyn Smith	Total	44	18	6	0.273	2	13	0	2
	1	15	9	1	0.533	1	6	0	1
	2	17	8	3	0.294	0	6	0	0
	3	12	1	2	-0.083	1	1	0	1
Beth Van Fleet	Total	48	21	2	0.396	0	18	2	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	1	2
	2	21	7	1	0.286	0	7	1	1
	3	15	6	0	0.400	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Saralyn Smith	205	98	27	0.346	14	57	1	4
Beth Van Fleet	225	106	15	0.404	0	90	17	14

Head to Head Results
Smith/Van Fleet trail the series against the field 9-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	1	Smith/Van Fleet	16	21-17, 21-10	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 DeNecochea/Dodd 0-1
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Smith/Van Fleet	13	21-19, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Fitzgerald/Niles 0-2
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	3	Smith/Van Fleet	14	21-9, 21-13	0:38
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	Smith/Van Fleet	16	21-19, 21-13
Trail the series against # 5 Lima/Minello 0-1
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Lima/Minello	5	Smith/Van Fleet	12	21-15, 21-14	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Fontana/Kropp 0-1
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kropp	9	Smith/Van Fleet	14	21-19, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 8 Jameson/Jones 0-1
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 2	Jameson/Jones	7	Smith/Van Fleet	16	21-13, 21-15	0:40
Series tied with # 9 Brannon/Pavlik 2-2
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Brannon/Pavlik	12	Smith/Van Fleet	13	21-15, 21-16	0:41
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 1	Smith/Van Fleet	18	Brannon/Pavlik	15	21-16, 21-15	0:41
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 1	Smith/Van Fleet	22	Brannon/Pavlik	11	21-14, 13-21, 19-17	1:05
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Brannon/Pavlik	13	Smith/Van Fleet	20	24-22, 21-16	0:52
Trail the series against # 10 Barnes/Williams 0-1
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Barnes/Williams	10	Smith/Van Fleet	12	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:11
Lead the series against # 11 Olsovsky/Reynolds 1-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Smith/Van Fleet	12	Olsovsky/Reynolds	11	17-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:18
Trail the series against # 13 D'Amore/Snyder 1-2
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Smith/Van Fleet	12	D'Amore/Snyder	13	27-29, 21-18, 15-13	1:11
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 2	D'Amore/Snyder	12	Smith/Van Fleet	11	21-19, 21-19	0:38
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 1	D'Amore/Snyder	17	Smith/Van Fleet	16	21-15, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Ferreira/Roca 0-1
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Ferreira/Roca	14	Smith/Van Fleet	13	21-17, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 16 Allen/Masler 0-1
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Allen/Masler	20	Smith/Van Fleet	13	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 22 Kuk/Wing 0-1
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 1	Kuk/Wing	22	Smith/Van Fleet	11	21-18, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 27 Engle/Groothuis 1-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Smith/Van Fleet	13	Engle/Groothuis	29, Q7	24-22, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 29 Harris/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 1	Smith/Van Fleet	11	Harris/Wallin-Brockway	27, Q7	21-14, 17-21, 17-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 31 Carter/Pavels 1-0
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 2	Smith/Van Fleet	14	Carter/Pavels	29, Q12	21-13, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # 44 Copenhagen/Thurlby 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Smith/Van Fleet	12	Copenhagen/Thurlby	44	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 53, Q6 Knytych/Sharp 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Smith/Van Fleet	12	Knytych/Sharp	53, Q6	21-15, 21-17	0:40