Angie Akers had her best finish as a professional volleyball player
this weekend at the AVP McDonald’s Chicago Open on
The Notre Dame graduate and Fort Wayne native and her partner, Brooke Hanson were the No. 6 seed this
weekend and qualified for their first-ever AVP Tour final, but fell to
top-seeded Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson
“It definitely gave us a lot of confidence,” Akers said by phone
after he match. “From now on it’s a race, all the tournaments are double points
so it is a race to get to the end of the year tournament.”
The Top 8 teams qualify for the season-ending tournament in San Francisco and Akers-Hanson’s runner-up finish moved
them into a tie for eighth place with Angela Lewis and Priscilla Lima entering
this weekend’s tournament in
“Going into the weekend everyone thought the top four teams aren’t
here so now is the chance,” Akers said. “It is everybody’s weekend. We tried to
stay focused and take care of business and it was great.”
Akers and Hanson split $21,000 for their finish. The duo teamed
with Dianne DeNecochea and Angela Lewis to win the first 4-on-4 tournament held
by the tour, defeating Holly McPeak, Johnson Jordan, Davis and Jennifer Fopma 11-15,
15-13, 15-13.
-By Michael Rothstein of The Journal Gazette
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