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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Tournament of Champions
September 4 - 6, 2009

(9) 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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Sarah Straton - 7th
2006	Did not play	Angie Akers - 13th
2007	Angela Bryan - 17th	Angie Akers - 3rd
2008	Julie Romias - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/27-30/2009	Chicago Open	9	9	300	$4,250.00
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	6	5	450	$6,240.00
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

Tournament of Champions Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/4/2009

Winner 1

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (8)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	13	7	0	0.538	4	7	0	2
	1	9	6	0	0.667	2	4	0	1
	2	4	1	0	0.250	2	3	0	1
Brooke Niles	Total	52	23	2	0.404	0	22	1	2
	1	22	10	1	0.409	0	10	0	0
	2	30	13	1	0.400	0	12	1	2

Fri, 9/4/2009

Winner 2

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	18	11	1	0.556	3	3	2	1
	1	7	4	1	0.429	3	2	1	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	1	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	32	10	7	0.094	0	6	1	2
	1	19	5	6	-0.053	0	4	1	2
	2	13	5	1	0.308	0	2	0	0

Sat, 9/5/2009

Contender 2

Whitney Pavlik / Nancy Reynolds (14)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	24	13	1	0.500	3	11	0	1
	1	9	4	1	0.333	1	4	0	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	2	7	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	39	20	1	0.487	0	19	2	2
	1	17	12	0	0.706	0	8	1	1
	2	22	8	1	0.318	0	11	1	1

Sat, 9/5/2009

Contender 3

Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift (10)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	20	10	3	0.350	2	4	1	2
	1	9	5	2	0.333	1	2	0	2
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	2	1	0
Brooke Niles	Total	25	15	2	0.520	0	13	4	4
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	2	3	1
	2	15	9	2	0.467	0	11	1	3

Sun, 9/6/2009

Contender 4

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	19	11	1	0.526	3	6	1	2
	1	9	4	0	0.444	1	2	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	2	4	1	1
Brooke Niles	Total	33	17	1	0.485	0	11	3	2
	1	15	9	0	0.600	0	4	1	1
	2	18	8	1	0.389	0	7	2	1

Sun, 9/6/2009

Semi-Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	Total	21	13	2	0.524	3	3	0	0
	1	10	6	2	0.400	2	0	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	1	3	0	0
Brooke Niles	Total	31	15	4	0.355	0	9	2	3
	1	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	1	1
	2	18	9	2	0.389	0	6	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lisa Fitzgerald	115	65	8	0.496	18	34	4	8
Brooke Niles	212	100	17	0.392	0	80	13	15

Head to Head Results
Fitzgerald/Niles lead the series against the field 27-23

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-7
9/6/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	21-17, 21-19	0:45
9/4/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	21-16, 21-16	0:41
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 # 2 Kessy/Ross 1-4
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Fitzgerald/Niles	3	22-20, 21-15	0:48
5/24/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-17, 21-13	0:46
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	Kessy/Ross	2	21-23, 22-20, 15-9	1:09
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Series tied with # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 3-3
9/6/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-18, 21-15	0:42
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
Series tied with # 5 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 # 7 Akers/Turner 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 # 8 Jameson/Jones 3-2
9/4/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	Jameson/Jones	8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
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 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 3-2
9/5/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	10	21-18, 21-18	0:41
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
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 Pavlik/Reynolds 2-0
9/5/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	Pavlik/Reynolds	14	21-13, 21-16	0:40
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Fitzgerald/Niles	9	Pavlik/Reynolds	17	21-14, 21-8	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 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