Match Recap

AVP Tour
$122,500 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Boulder Open
Sunday, August 27, 2006

Match #59: Semi-Finals

(1) Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings
def.
(5) Dianne DeNecochea/Tammy Leibl
18-21, 21-14, 15-11 (0:58)

Misty May-Treanor

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Monica, CA

Resides:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

5'9"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

198

Career Wins:

112

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,144,382.50

Kerri Walsh Jennings

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Clara, CA

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

263

Career Wins:

135

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,651,635.00

Dianne Shoemaker DeNecochea

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1967 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brooklyn, MI

Resides:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Tennessee

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$491,586.00

Tammy Liley Leibl

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 6, 1965 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Resides:

Del Mar, CA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Arizona State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (7 times)

Career Winnings:

$107,497.50

(1) Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings

(5) Dianne DeNecochea/Tammy Leibl

Stats

Game 1
Statistics	Misty May-Treanor	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Dianne DeNecochea	Tammy Leibl
ATTACK
Attacks	5	25	11	19
Kills	3	10	5	8
Errors	0	6	3	0
Hitting Pct	0.600	0.160	0.182	0.421
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	1
Errors	0	1	2	0
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	1	2	0
Digs	12	2	3	7

Game 2
Statistics	Misty May-Treanor	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Dianne DeNecochea	Tammy Leibl
ATTACK
Attacks	7	14	7	19
Kills	5	7	4	8
Errors	0	0	1	3
Hitting Pct	0.714	0.500	0.429	0.263
SERVE
Aces	0	1	1	0
Errors	0	1	0	3
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	2	0	0
Digs	4	4	1	8

Game 3
Statistics	Misty May-Treanor	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Dianne DeNecochea	Tammy Leibl
ATTACK
Attacks	3	12	3	13
Kills	3	8	2	7
Errors	0	1	0	3
Hitting Pct	1.000	0.583	0.667	0.308
SERVE
Aces	0	0	1	0
Errors	0	0	0	1
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	0	1	0
Digs	1	2	0	3

Match Total
Statistics	Misty May-Treanor	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Dianne DeNecochea	Tammy Leibl
ATTACK
Attacks	15	51	21	51
Kills	11	25	11	23
Errors	0	7	4	6
Hitting Pct	0.733	0.353	0.333	0.333
SERVE
Aces	0	1	2	1
Errors	0	2	2	4
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	3	3	0
Digs	17	8	4	18

Play By Play

Server	Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings	Dianne DeNecochea Tammy Leibl	Play
Game 1
Tammy Leibl	0	1	Tammy with the dig and the roll shot down the line
Tammy Leibl	1	1	Kerri sends the sideout down the left line
Misty May-Treanor	2	1	Heads up play by Misty sets Kerri up for the easy poke
Misty May-Treanor	2	2	Kerri is just short on the cutter
Dianne DeNecochea	3	2	Service error long
Kerri Walsh Jennings	3	3	Tammy with the nice inside out swing to put the ball down the line
Tammy Leibl	4	3	Great rally ends on the Kerri poke down the line
Misty May-Treanor	4	4	Tammy off the block
Dianne DeNecochea	5	4	Great save by Kerri to stop an ace and then the poke over Tammy at the net
Kerri Walsh Jennings	5	5	Service error short
Tammy Leibl	5	6	Dianne saves it with the stab and then hammers it up the middle
Tammy Leibl	5	7	Dianne rejects Kerri at the net
Tammy Leibl	6	7	Kerri with the cross court sideout
Misty May-Treanor	7	7	Incredible rally with a diving save by Misty sends both the Misfits and the May-Niacs into fits of joy -- the point ends on a net foul by Dianne
Misty May-Treanor	8	7	Misty does it again -- the one armed stab of Tammy's spike sails back over the D in one
Misty May-Treanor	9	7	Another great rally comes to an end on a net foul by Dianne
Misty May-Treanor	10	7	Kerri blocks the first and Dianne is short on the second
Misty May-Treanor	10	8	The teams are going back and forth on another great rally -- this time ending as Misty and Kerri can't handle the heat from Tammy
Dianne DeNecochea	11	8	service error
Kerri Walsh Jennings	11	9	Dianne in two
Tammy Leibl	12	9	Kerri with the hammer taking us into the mandatory
Misty May-Treanor	12	10	Dianne sends the bullet down the line after the nice rally
Dianne DeNecochea	13	10	Net foul on Dianne after she blocks Kerri
Kerri Walsh Jennings	13	11	Tammy fires it past Misty at the net
Tammy Leibl	14	11	Kerri cuts it left
Misty May-Treanor	14	12	Tammy off the block
Dianne DeNecochea	15	12	Tammy's dig is not enough as Misty recovers and fires it up the middle
Kerri Walsh Jennings	15	13	Tammy powers the joust past Kerri
Tammy Leibl	15	14	Kerri is long on the kill attempt
Tammy Leibl	15	15	ace
Tammy Leibl	16	15	Great diving stab by Misty and then the hammer up the middle
Misty May-Treanor	17	15	Kerri with the big rejection of Dianne after the one armed stab by Misty -- Dianne and Tammy call time
Misty May-Treanor	17	16	Just an incredible effort by Misty is not enough as Dianne slams it home
Dianne DeNecochea	18	16	Kerri with the cutter right
Kerri Walsh Jennings	18	17	Dianne with the cross court sideout
Tammy Leibl	18	18	Tammy off the block to tie it up
Tammy Leibl	19	18	Dianne blocks the first, but Kerri recovers and pokes the second into the open court
Misty May-Treanor	19	19	Tammy with the poke left
Dianne DeNecochea	19	20	Great serve sets up game point -- Kerri and Misty call time
Dianne DeNecochea	19	21	Kerri misses wide on the cut attempt to end game one. On the outer court Jenny and Annett won game one 21-12 over Rachel and Jen
Server	Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings	Dianne DeNecochea Tammy Leibl	Play
Game 2
Tammy Leibl	1	0	Service error long
Misty May-Treanor	2	0	Kerri with the block and Misty the put away
Misty May-Treanor	3	0	Great rally with two blocks by Kerri ends on the roll shot by Misty
Misty May-Treanor	3	1	Tammy cuts it left
Dianne DeNecochea	4	1	Kerri rolls it right
Kerri Walsh Jennings	4	2	Dianne off Kerri's hands in two
Tammy Leibl	5	2	Kerri with the huge block of Tammy
Misty May-Treanor	5	3	Tammy with authority cross court
Dianne DeNecochea	6	3	An awesome rally with a great joust between Dianne and Kerri ends as Tammy sends the kill attempt just long
Kerri Walsh Jennings	6	4	Off speed shot by Tammy down the right line
Tammy Leibl	7	4	service error long
Misty May-Treanor	8	4	Net foul on Dianne after the nice serve
Misty May-Treanor	9	4	Kerri with another block of Dianne
Misty May-Treanor	9	5	Dianne with the hard shot right after the nice rally
Dianne DeNecochea	10	5	Kerri with the cutter to end the rally
Kerri Walsh Jennings	11	5	Ace
Kerri Walsh Jennings	11	6	service error long
Tammy Leibl	12	6	Kerri with the heads up play in two after the great dig by Misty
Misty May-Treanor	12	7	Dianne in two and off Kerri
Dianne DeNecochea	12	8	ace
Dianne DeNecochea	13	8	Tammy misses wide left after the great serve by Dianne taking us into the mandatory. 18-18 on the outer court
Kerri Walsh Jennings	13	9	Tammy with the poke over Kerri
Tammy Leibl	14	9	Misty absolutely thunders it straight down after the block by Dianne of Kerri
Misty May-Treanor	15	9	Misty is at it again, this time punching it into the open corner and Tammy and Dianne call time
Misty May-Treanor	15	10	Tammy down the line for the sideout
Dianne DeNecochea	16	10	Kerri just catches the sideline with the sideout
Kerri Walsh Jennings	17	10	Misty off the block -- Rachel and Jen win game two 21-18
Kerri Walsh Jennings	17	11	Dianne rolls it right
Tammy Leibl	18	11	Kerri with the roll shot cross court
Misty May-Treanor	18	12	Tammy splits the D with authority up the middle
Dianne DeNecochea	19	12	Misty pokes it left to end the nice rally
Kerri Walsh Jennings	19	13	Tammy catches the sideline on the hard cross court shot
Tammy Leibl	20	13	service error short to set up game point
Misty May-Treanor	20	14	Tammy says not yet with the hammer cross court off Misty
Dianne DeNecochea	21	14	Kerri with the flop shot to force a game three
Server	Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings	Dianne DeNecochea Tammy Leibl	Play
Game 3
Tammy Leibl	1	0	Game three starts with Kerri sending a bullet up the middle
Misty May-Treanor	1	1	Tammy comes right back cutting it left
Dianne DeNecochea	2	1	Kerri with the nice placement right
Kerri Walsh Jennings	2	2	Tammy off the block
Tammy Leibl	3	2	Service error short
Misty May-Treanor	4	2	Misty off the block
Misty May-Treanor	4	3	Tammy with the sideout off the Kerri block
Dianne DeNecochea	5	3	Tammy misses long after the nice dig
Kerri Walsh Jennings	5	4	Dianne catches the sideline on the sideout
Tammy Leibl	6	4	Net foul on Tammy
Misty May-Treanor	7	4	Kerri with the hammer off the poor return
Misty May-Treanor	8	4	Kerri in one after the block and timeout is called
Misty May-Treanor	8	5	Tammy hammers it cross court after the timeout
Dianne DeNecochea	9	5	Kerri looks the D cross and sends it down the line
Kerri Walsh Jennings	9	6	Tammy again from the right side with authority
Tammy Leibl	10	6	Misty with the sideout
Misty May-Treanor	10	7	Tammy wins the joust with Kerri
Dianne DeNecochea	10	8	ace
Dianne DeNecochea	10	9	Dianne with the big block of Kerri
Dianne DeNecochea	11	9	Kerri down the line for the sideout
Kerri Walsh Jennings	12	9	Tammy misses long on the save attempt
Kerri Walsh Jennings	12	10	Tammy with the sideout
Tammy Leibl	13	10	Misty hammers its
Misty May-Treanor	14	10	Kerri catches the back line to set up match point - Jenny and Annett move on to the finals
Misty May-Treanor	14	11	Dianne says not yet with the off the block shot
Dianne DeNecochea	15	11	Kerri ends it with the cutter and will face Jenny and Annett in the finals. Stay tuned for the men's final at 2pm (MT) between Metzger / Lambert and Gibb / Rosenthal. The winner will get the $50k for boulder plus the $25k bonus for the Cuervo Gold Crown title.