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AVP Tour
$225,000 Chicago Championships
August 31 - September 3, 2017

(11) Amanda Lawson/Irene Pollock

Amanda Dowdy Lawson

Photo: Michael Gomez

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1990 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Austin, TX

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Texas Tech

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Shepparton 2018)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$105,350.00

Irene Hester Pollock

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 1988 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fort Worth, TX

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Texas Christian

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

3rd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$82,337.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
AVP	10	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	$42,425.00
FIVB	15	1	0	1	0	5	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	US$18,700.00
NORCECA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
Overall	26	1	1	3	0	5	3	5	3	2	1	1	1	US$62,125.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Heather McGuire - 3rd	Did not play
2016	Whitney Pavlik - 9th	Emily Capers - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/17-20/2017	Manhattan Beach Open	13	9	480	$3,225.00
FIVB	7/20-22/2017	Ulsan One Star	6	5	80	US$500.00
FIVB	7/14-16/2017	Daegu One Star	7	5	80	US$500.00
AVP	7/6-9/2017	San Francisco Open	7	13	240	$2,000.00
FIVB	6/23-25/2017	Nantong Two Star	24	9	120	US$1,700.00
FIVB	6/16-18/2017	Tangshan Two Star	17	9	120	US$1,700.00
AVP	6/8-11/2017	New York City Open	9	9	360	$3,000.00
AVP	5/18-21/2017	Austin Open	9	3	540	$7,000.00
AVP	5/4-7/2017	Huntington Beach Open	12	13	240	$2,000.00

Chicago Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/1/2017

Winner 1

Aurora Davis / Bree Scarbrough (22, Q6)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	Total	23	17	3	0.609	0	0	0	3
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	0	0	3
	2	12	10	1	0.750	0	0	0	0
Irene Pollock	Total	7	4	1	0.429	0	3	3	3
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	0	2	2
	2	2	1	1	0.000	0	3	1	1

Fri, 9/1/2017

Contender 1

Kim DiCello / Emily Stockman (5)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	Total	25	17	2	0.600	3	6	0	1
	1	14	9	1	0.571	3	4	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	0
Irene Pollock	Total	25	17	2	0.600	0	16	0	3
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	2
	2	14	11	1	0.714	0	10	0	1

Sat, 9/2/2017

Contender 2

Priscilla Lima / Brittany Tiegs (19, Q3)

Won 21-17, 23-21

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	Total	28	20	1	0.679	2	2	2	2
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	2	0	1
	2	19	13	1	0.632	1	0	2	1
Irene Pollock	Total	28	16	0	0.571	0	14	0	2
	1	16	10	0	0.625	0	7	0	1
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	7	0	1

Sat, 9/2/2017

Contender 3

Angela Bensend / Geena Urango (7)

Won 13-21, 21-12, 15-11

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	Total	49	24	3	0.429	4	2	1	5
	1	17	7	2	0.294	0	0	0	3
	2	17	7	1	0.353	3	1	1	2
	3	15	10	0	0.667	1	1	0	0
Irene Pollock	Total	20	7	4	0.150	0	13	1	6
	1	7	0	4	-0.571	0	4	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	6	1	3
	3	3	1	0	0.333	0	3	0	2

Sat, 9/2/2017

Contender 4

Nicole Branagh / Brandie Wilkerson (8)

Lost 8-21, 15-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	Total	23	12	5	0.304	0	2	2	2
	1	8	4	4	0.000	0	2	0	1
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	0	2	1
Irene Pollock	Total	25	8	4	0.160	0	3	2	0
	1	10	0	3	-0.300	0	3	1	0
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	0	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Amanda Lawson	148	90	14	0.514	9	12	5	13
Irene Pollock	105	52	11	0.390	0	49	6	14

Head to Head Results
Lawson/Pollock trail the series against the field 8-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ross/Sweat 0-1
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Ross/Sweat	5	Lawson/Pollock	13	21-14, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # 4 Flint/Kolinske 1-1
7/21/17	FIVB	Ulsan One Star	Winner 2	Flint/Kolinske	3	Lawson/Pollock	6	21-12, 21-18	0:35
5/19/17	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Lawson/Pollock	9	Flint/Kolinske	1	21-12, 14-21, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 DiCello/Stockman 1-2
9/1/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 1	Lawson/Pollock	11	DiCello/Stockman	5	21-17, 21-16	0:43
5/21/17	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	DiCello/Stockman	3	Lawson/Pollock	9	21-13, 17-21, 15-13	0:59
5/5/17	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	DiCello/Stockman	5	Lawson/Pollock	12	21-14, 21-13	0:45
Series tied with # 7 Bensend/Urango 2-2
9/2/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 3	Lawson/Pollock	11	Bensend/Urango	7	13-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:56
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Lawson/Pollock	13	Bensend/Urango	4	21-19, 21-12	0:45
6/10/17	AVP	New York City Open	Contender 2	Bensend/Urango	6	Lawson/Pollock	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
5/20/17	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Bensend/Urango	4	Lawson/Pollock	9	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 8 Branagh/Wilkerson 0-2
9/2/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 4	Branagh/Wilkerson	8	Lawson/Pollock	11	21-8, 21-15	0:48
8/19/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Wilkerson	15	Lawson/Pollock	13	24-22, 21-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 14 Marciniak/VanZwieten 2-0
5/20/17	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Lawson/Pollock	9	Marciniak/VanZwieten	8	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:06
5/19/17	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Lawson/Pollock	9	Marciniak/VanZwieten	8	18-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:54
Trail the series against # 16 Allen/Hinga 0-1
5/5/17	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Allen/Hinga	13, Q1	Lawson/Pollock	12	21-16, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 Cook/Spieler 1-0
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Lawson/Pollock	13	Cook/Spieler	20, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 Lima/Tiegs 1-0
9/2/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 2	Lawson/Pollock	11	Lima/Tiegs	19, Q3	21-17, 23-21	0:56
Trail the series against # 22, Q6 Davis/Scarbrough 0-1
9/1/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Winner 1	Davis/Scarbrough	22, Q6	Lawson/Pollock	11	21-16, 21-17	0:40