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August 27 - 30, 2009

(8) 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:

12

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:

10

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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Jenny Pavley - 17th	Did not play
2003	Sarah Straton - 9th	Kerri Eich - 27th
2004	Rachel Scott - 5th	Makare Wilson - 9th
2005	Nicole Branagh - 9th	Makare Wilson - 5th
2006	Heather Lowe - 17th	Makare Wilson - 9th
2007	Brooke Niles - 2nd	Did not play
2008	Holly McPeak - 9th	Rachel Scott - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	7	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	6	7	300	US$7,600.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	9	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	8/6-8/2009	Hermosa Beach Open	8	3	540	$14,200.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	5	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	11	5	480	US$11,400.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	6	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	6	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	6	5	600	US$18,000.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	6	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	5	7	370	$5,280.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	26	4	420	US$11,200.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	6	7	370	$5,280.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 1

Chara Harris / Megan Wallin-Brockway (25, Q1)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	18	12	3	0.500	0	8	4	0
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	3	0
	2	10	7	2	0.500	0	5	1	0
Tyra Turner	Total	30	18	4	0.467	1	14	1	1
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	7	1	1
	2	17	9	4	0.294	1	7	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 2

Lisa Fitzgerald / Brooke Niles (9)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	16	8	3	0.313	0	8	1	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	6	0	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	2	1	0
Tyra Turner	Total	31	21	6	0.484	3	5	1	3
	1	19	11	6	0.263	2	3	0	2
	2	12	10	0	0.833	1	2	1	1

Sat, 8/29/2009

Winner 3

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 18-21, 10-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	36	18	6	0.333	2	4	0	2
	1	21	12	4	0.381	0	3	0	2
	2	15	6	2	0.267	2	1	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	6	3	2	0.167	2	3	1	2
	1	3	2	1	0.333	2	1	1	1
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	2	0	1

Sat, 8/29/2009

Contender 4

Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift (11)

Won 21-15, 18-21, 22-20

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	46	21	2	0.413	0	22	0	2
	1	16	8	0	0.500	0	8	0	1
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	6	0	0
	3	21	10	1	0.429	0	8	0	1
Tyra Turner	Total	37	21	5	0.432	4	7	2	4
	1	6	3	1	0.333	2	2	0	1
	2	19	10	3	0.368	2	2	1	2
	3	12	8	1	0.583	0	3	1	1

Sat, 8/29/2009

Contender 5

Dianne DeNecochea / Carrie Dodd (5)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	37	16	8	0.216	0	14	1	1
	1	16	6	3	0.188	0	6	1	1
	2	21	10	5	0.238	0	8	0	0
Tyra Turner	Total	15	10	2	0.533	1	0	0	1
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	0	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	1	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	153	75	22	0.346	2	56	6	6
Tyra Turner	119	73	19	0.454	11	29	5	11

Head to Head Results
Akers/Turner trail the series against the field 14-20

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-6
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	8	21-18, 21-10	0:43
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	9	21-14, 25-23	0:48
8/8/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	8	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	1:15
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	8	21-18, 22-24, 15-11	1:06
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 0-4
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	2	Akers/Turner	6	21-17, 21-17	0:39
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	3	Akers/Turner	11	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Akers/Turner	6	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:51
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Akers/Turner	4	21-15, 21-18	0:46
Series tied with # 4 Lima/Minello 1-1
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 5	Akers/Turner	6	Lima/Minello	7	21-17, 21-13	0:41
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Lima/Minello	6	Akers/Turner	5	21-18, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 DeNecochea/Dodd 2-4
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	Akers/Turner	8	21-17, 21-18	0:44
8/8/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Akers/Turner	8	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	21-19, 21-17	0:46
6/21/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 6	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Akers/Turner	6	18-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:51
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Akers/Turner	5	21-17, 21-16	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 7 Fopma/Hochevar 2-0
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	9	Fopma/Hochevar	8	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	8	Fopma/Hochevar	9	21-19, 19-21, 16-14	1:06
Series tied with # 9 Fitzgerald/Niles 2-2
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	8	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	21-18, 21-15	0:37
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	3	Akers/Turner	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
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
Lead the series against # 10 Jameson/Jones 2-1
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Akers/Turner	8	Jameson/Jones	12	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:48
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 4	Akers/Turner	6	Jameson/Jones	8	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
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 # 11 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 4-2
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Akers/Turner	8	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	11	21-15, 18-21, 22-20	1:12
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 3	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	11	Akers/Turner	9	26-28, 22-20, 15-11	1:11
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Akers/Turner	5	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	10	21-18, 24-22	0:43
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 # 25, Q1 Harris/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Akers/Turner	8	Harris/Wallin-Brockway	25, Q1	21-13, 21-19	0:40