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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Muskegon Open presented by Gatorade
August 20 - 23, 2009

(6) 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 Muskegon Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	7	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	8/6-8/2009	Hermosa Beach Open	6	17	190	$960.00
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	4	3	540	$14,200.00
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

Muskegon Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/21/2009

Winner 1

Jaimi Gregory / Amy Hvitfeldtsen (27, Q4)

Won 21-8, 21-8

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	17	10	0	0.588	5	6	0	0
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	3	0	0
	2	10	5	0	0.500	5	3	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	25	13	2	0.440	0	10	7	3
	1	11	8	2	0.545	0	7	3	1
	2	14	5	0	0.357	0	3	4	2

Fri, 8/21/2009

Winner 2

Angela Lewis / Diane Pascua (11)

Won 21-13, 21-5

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	19	9	2	0.368	3	6	5	0
	1	11	5	2	0.273	2	2	1	0
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	4	4	0
Brooke Niles	Total	26	16	1	0.577	0	13	1	0
	1	15	9	1	0.533	0	8	1	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	5	0	0

Sat, 8/22/2009

Winner 3

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Lost 20-22, 19-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	31	12	2	0.323	1	8	0	1
	1	18	8	2	0.333	0	5	0	1
	2	13	4	0	0.308	1	3	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	41	20	5	0.366	0	23	1	0
	1	20	9	3	0.300	0	11	0	0
	2	21	11	2	0.429	0	12	1	0

Sat, 8/22/2009

Contender 4

Claire D'Amore / Jennifer Snyder (15)

Won 20-22, 21-14, 15-13

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	43	21	5	0.372	7	7	1	1
	1	17	9	3	0.353	1	2	0	1
	2	12	7	1	0.500	5	2	0	0
	3	14	5	1	0.286	1	3	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	31	18	2	0.516	0	19	2	1
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	0	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	0	10	1	1
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	5	1	0

Sat, 8/22/2009

Contender 5

Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift (7)

Won 18-21, 21-17, 17-15

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	24	15	1	0.583	1	2	0	2
	1	8	5	0	0.625	1	0	0	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	0	0	1
	3	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	45	25	3	0.489	0	17	0	1
	1	17	6	2	0.235	0	6	0	0
	2	14	11	1	0.714	0	7	0	1
	3	14	8	0	0.571	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/23/2009

Contender 6

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	24	13	1	0.500	1	2	0	1
	1	14	9	0	0.643	0	2	0	0
	2	10	4	1	0.300	1	0	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	37	14	3	0.297	0	17	0	1
	1	16	5	2	0.188	0	7	0	1
	2	21	9	1	0.381	0	10	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	158	80	11	0.437	18	31	6	5
Brooke Niles	205	106	16	0.439	0	99	11	6

Head to Head Results
Fitzgerald/Niles lead the series against the field 21-13

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-5
8/23/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	21-19, 21-17	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-3
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	22-20, 21-19	0:45
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 # 4 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 # 5 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 5	Fitzgerald/Niles	8	Fopma/Hochevar	12	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 7 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 2-2
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 5	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	7	18-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:01
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	11	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	21-19, 21-15	0:43
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 3	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	8	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	10-21, 21-9, 16-14	0:49
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	10	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Series tied with # 8 Fontana/Kropp 1-1
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	Fontana/Kropp	10	21-19, 21-16	0:43
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Kropp	5	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:57
Series tied with # 9 Jameson/Jones 2-2
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 3	Jameson/Jones	12	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-13, 21-15	0:39
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Jameson/Jones	12	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	21-12, 21-17	0:37
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 # 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 # 11 Lewis/Pascua 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	Lewis/Pascua	11	21-13, 21-5	0:33
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 # 15 D'Amore/Snyder 3-0
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	D'Amore/Snyder	15	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:01
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 # 17 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 # 26, Q3 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 # 27, Q4 Gregory/Hvitfeldtsen 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	6	Gregory/Hvitfeldtsen	27, Q4	21-8, 21-8	0:30