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

(4) Lisa Fitzgerald/Brooke Niles

Lisa Rutledge Fitzgerald

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 10, 1981 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vista, CA

Resides:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (Wide Open Siesta Key 2011)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (San Diego 2009)

Career Winnings:

$137,465.00

Brooke Niles

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodland Hills, CA

Resides:

Ventura, CA

Height:

5'8"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Huntington Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$341,770.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
AVP	19	0	1	5	0	3	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$127,930.00
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	US$11,900.00
Overall	26	0	1	5	0	4	4	5	0	2	0	1	3	1	US$139,830.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Courtney Guerra - 33rd
2004	Did not play	Courtney Guerra - 17th
2005	Angela Bryan - 41st	Sarah Straton - 5th
2006	Angela Bryan - 25th	Logan Tom - 13th
2007	Angela Bryan - 25th	Angie Akers - 5th
2008	Julie Romias - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/2-4/2009	Coney Island Open	1	7	370	$5,280.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	3	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	2	3	540	$10,200.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	4	3	540	$10,200.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	5	3	540	$10,200.00
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	7	2	640	$18,000.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	8	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	7	9	300	$3,960.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/17/2009

Winner 1

Dawn Cline / JoAnna Papageorgiou (61, Q17)

Won 21-8, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	15	10	3	0.467	1	4	1	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	1	2	0	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	2	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	22	19	1	0.818	0	6	2	4
	1	10	9	1	0.800	0	5	1	2
	2	12	10	0	0.833	0	1	1	2

Fri, 7/17/2009

Winner 2

Chara Harris / Megan Wallin-Brockway (29)

Won 21-13, 21-9

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	16	9	1	0.500	5	2	1	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	1	1	0	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	4	1	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	28	18	1	0.607	0	20	0	3
	1	17	12	0	0.706	0	11	0	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	9	0	2

Sat, 7/18/2009

Winner 3

Claire D'Amore / Jennifer Snyder (13)

Won 21-18, 21-13

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	22	13	5	0.364	4	5	1	1
	1	11	8	2	0.545	1	1	1	1
	2	11	5	3	0.182	3	4	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	34	15	7	0.235	0	17	1	1
	1	16	5	4	0.063	0	5	0	0
	2	18	10	3	0.389	0	12	1	1

Sat, 7/18/2009

Winner 4

Priscilla Lima / Tatiana Minello (5)

Won 16-21, 21-13, 17-15

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	32	17	8	0.281	9	7	1	1
	1	13	8	3	0.385	3	3	0	0
	2	12	6	3	0.250	3	1	1	1
	3	7	3	2	0.143	3	3	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	35	18	2	0.457	0	21	0	2
	1	8	2	1	0.125	0	5	0	2
	2	16	10	0	0.625	0	12	0	0
	3	11	6	1	0.455	0	4	0	0

Sat, 7/18/2009

Winner 5

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 18-21, 10-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	15	3	5	-0.133	4	1	0	1
	1	6	1	4	-0.500	4	0	0	0
	2	9	2	1	0.111	0	1	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	28	10	3	0.250	0	9	0	2
	1	16	8	2	0.375	0	5	0	2
	2	12	2	1	0.083	0	4	0	0

Sun, 7/19/2009

Contender 8

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (10)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	21	15	1	0.667	1	2	0	0
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	0	0	0
	2	11	7	1	0.545	1	2	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	27	15	0	0.556	0	22	2	1
	1	16	7	0	0.438	0	14	1	1
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	8	1	0

Sun, 7/19/2009

Semi-Finals

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Lost 11-21, 19-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	10	5	0	0.500	1	0	0	0
	1	4	1	0	0.250	0	0	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	0	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	47	19	6	0.277	0	18	0	0
	1	25	7	4	0.120	0	6	0	0
	2	22	12	2	0.455	0	12	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	131	72	23	0.374	25	21	4	5
Brooke Niles	221	114	20	0.425	0	113	5	13

Head to Head Results
Fitzgerald/Niles lead the series against the field 21-9

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-4
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 5	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-18, 21-10	0:45
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-15, 27-29, 15-10	1:12
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	21-11, 22-20	0:45
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-18, 21-15	0:47
Series tied with # 2 DeNecochea/Dodd 2-2
5/31/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Fitzgerald/Niles	2	21-18, 21-11	0:41
5/24/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:01
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	21-18, 21-15	0:45
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	21-18, 21-19	0:46
Series tied with # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-2
7/19/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-11, 21-19	0:47
6/21/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Fitzgerald/Niles	3	21-23, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	9-21, 27-25, 15-10	1:10
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 5	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 5 Lima/Minello 2-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Lima/Minello	5	16-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:01
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	Lima/Minello	11	21-16, 23-21	0:48
Lead the series against # 6 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 5	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	Fopma/Hochevar	12	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Fontana/Kropp 0-1
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Kropp	5	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 8 Jameson/Jones 2-0
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	2	Jameson/Jones	7	23-21, 21-18	0:45
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	Jameson/Jones	7	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Brannon/Pavlik 1-0
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Brannon/Pavlik	12	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 10 Barnes/Williams 1-0
7/19/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 8	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Barnes/Williams	10	21-14, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Smith/Van Fleet 2-0
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
Lead the series against # 13 D'Amore/Snyder 2-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	D'Amore/Snyder	13	21-18, 21-13	0:46
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	D'Amore/Snyder	21	21-11, 20-22, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 16 Allen/Masler 2-0
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	2	Allen/Masler	18	20-22, 21-12, 15-7	0:50
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Allen/Masler	20	21-12, 21-8	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Bryan/Guerra 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	Bryan/Guerra	20	21-8, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 27 Engle/Groothuis 1-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Engle/Groothuis	29, Q7	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 29 Harris/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Harris/Wallin-Brockway	29	21-13, 21-9	0:41
Lead the series against # 61, Q17 Cline/Papageorgiou 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	Cline/Papageorgiou	61, Q17	21-8, 21-17	0:36