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$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 3 - 6, 2007

(6) Jennifer Kessy/April Ross

Jennifer Kessy

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

264

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,459.50

April Ross

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

271

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,045,362.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2007
Best Hitter 2009, 2011
Best Offensive Player 2009
Best Server 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	CQ	Money
AVP	51	12	13	15	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$769,750.00
FIVB	78	10	12	9	4	20	3	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$1,204,850.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,100.00
NVL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00
P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Overall	136	26	26	26	4	28	6	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$2,042,700.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Heather Lowe - 13th	Did not play
2003	Barbra Fontana - 9th	Did not play
2004	Barbra Fontana - 2nd	Did not play
2005	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Did not play
2006	Nancy Reynolds - 7th	Keao Burdine - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/19-22/2007	Dallas Open	8	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	11	2nd	324	$15,000.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 1

Lauren Chun / Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson (27, Q2)

Won 21-11, 21-13

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	15	7	1	0.400	0	8	1	2
	1	4	0	1	-0.250	0	4	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	4	1	2
April Ross	Total	22	19	2	0.773	2	10	4	2
	1	15	13	2	0.733	2	4	3	0
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	6	1	2

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 2

Stacy Brannon / Jennifer Fopma (11)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	13	9	2	0.538	0	6	1	3
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	4	1	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	2	0	2
April Ross	Total	34	21	3	0.529	1	7	3	4
	1	14	9	2	0.500	0	1	1	3
	2	20	12	1	0.550	1	6	2	1

Sat, 5/5/2007

Winner 3

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 21-9, 24-26, 11-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	32	12	4	0.250	1	5	0	7
	1	6	2	0	0.333	0	1	0	1
	2	20	8	2	0.300	1	2	0	6
	3	6	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	0
April Ross	Total	38	18	2	0.421	1	11	8	4
	1	13	8	0	0.615	1	4	5	1
	2	16	8	2	0.375	0	3	2	1
	3	9	2	0	0.222	0	4	1	2

Sat, 5/5/2007

Contender 4

Jenny Pavley / Sarah Straton (9)

Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-9

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	31	20	3	0.548	1	11	0	1
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	5	0	1
	2	14	12	1	0.786	1	3	0	0
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	3	0	0
April Ross	Total	38	17	4	0.342	1	8	3	6
	1	18	5	4	0.056	1	4	1	2
	2	9	4	0	0.444	0	0	1	3
	3	11	8	0	0.727	0	4	1	1

Sat, 5/5/2007

Contender 5

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (7)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	31	15	5	0.323	0	11	2	2
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	4	1	1
	2	23	9	4	0.217	0	7	1	1
April Ross	Total	20	8	6	0.100	4	10	4	3
	1	10	5	4	0.100	2	5	1	3
	2	10	3	2	0.100	2	5	3	0

Sun, 5/6/2007

Contender 6

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (4)

Won 21-17, 22-20

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	22	9	4	0.227	0	9	3	3
	1	14	5	2	0.214	0	4	2	1
	2	8	4	2	0.250	0	5	1	2
April Ross	Total	25	14	1	0.520	0	8	5	2
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	5	1	2
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	3	4	0

Sun, 5/6/2007

Semi-Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	10	6	0.200	0	4	0	5
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	2	0	3
	2	10	5	3	0.200	0	2	0	2
April Ross	Total	28	12	8	0.143	0	5	2	1
	1	15	6	4	0.133	0	3	1	1
	2	13	6	4	0.154	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	164	82	25	0.348	2	54	7	23
April Ross	205	109	26	0.405	9	59	29	22

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$81,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	4	3	4	2	10	0	10	0	1	1	0	$588,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	14	19	17	2	15	6	2	1	2	1	0	$1,089,300.00
Manhattan Beach	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$92,000.00
Tour Championships	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$67,500.00
Total	124	21	24	22	4	27	6	12	1	3	2	0	$1,918,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jennifer Kessy												April Ross
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$46,075.00	World Championships	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$105,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$46,000.00
53	4	3	4	2	12	14	7	5	0	$355,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	67	13	5	4	5	18	15	3	3	0	$694,950.00
156	15	25	35	3	38	20	13	3	0	$757,282.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	145	40	24	23	3	30	11	8	3	0	$859,512.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger
11	0	1	3	0	4	3	0	0	0	$66,660.00	Manhattan Beach	10	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$102,400.00
5	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$40,610.00	Tour Championships	9	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$95,450.00
											Gold Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00
234	23	30	43	5	56	39	22	8	0	$1,272,177.50	Total	251	65	34	34	9	54	31	13	6	0	$1,914,062.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2007	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$29,150.00	12	5	70.6 %
Total	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$29,150.00	12	5	70.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jennifer Kessy													April Ross
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$2,157.00	2000	BVA
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$3,535.00	2001	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	BVA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$3,680.00	2002	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$6,900.00	2003	AVP
12	0	1	3	0	7	1	0	0	0	$32,912.50	2004	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
14	0	2	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	$80,650.00	2005	AVP
8	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	1	$30,875.00	2005	FIVB
16	0	4	5	0	6	1	0	0	0	$76,850.00	2006	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	2	$6,287.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	$15,100.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,575.00	2007	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,575.00
92	1	8	18	1	23	17	13	4	7	$270,234.50	Total	Total	18	0	1	1	0	1	3	7	2	3	$22,362.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	161	81.3%	25	12.6%	12	6.1%	186-12	93.9%	21	29.2%	10	13.9%	41	56.9%	21-51	29.2%	161-41	79.7%	46-22	67.6%	0	1	207-64	76.4%
2006-2007	40	83.3%	5	10.4%	3	6.3%	45-3	93.8%	5	17.2%	5	17.2%	19	65.5%	5-24	17.2%	40-19	67.8%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	50-27	64.9%
Against the Field	48	66.7%	15	20.8%	9	12.5%	63-9	87.5%	13	22.4%	9	15.5%	36	62.1%	13-45	22.4%	96-70	57.8%	56-36	60.9%	0	1	76-54	58.5%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	5	0	86	16	0	0	45	21	7	6	4	2	4	3	152	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	6	1	0	0	196	48	33	18	6	2	5	8	336	113
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	5
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Total	1	1	7	0	105	19	0	0	261	72	45	25	10	4	10	12	530	171

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 11-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-1
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	8	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs 1-2
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	6	21-14, 21-16	0:43
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	11	21-19, 21-15	0:56
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	11	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 3 Scott/Turner 0-2
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	6	9-21, 26-24, 15-11	0:59
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 4	Scott/Turner	5	Kessy/Ross	8	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 2-0
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	6	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 22-20	0:48
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	11	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-14, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-0
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	14-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:10
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	11	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 7 Dodd/Minello 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	6	Dodd/Minello	7	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 McPeak/Tom 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	11	McPeak/Tom	6	21-19, 21-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 9 Pavley/Straton 2-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	6	Pavley/Straton	9	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	1:04
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	8	Pavley/Straton	9	26-24, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Brannon/Fopma 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Brannon/Fopma	11	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q2 Chun/Fuamatu-Anderson 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	6	Chun/Fuamatu-Anderson	27, Q2	21-11, 21-13	0:42