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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Louisville Open
May 24 - 27, 2007

(5) Jennifer Kessy/April Ross

Jennifer Kessy

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (47 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 (42 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

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 Louisville Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	5	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	6	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	6	3rd	270	$9,500.00
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

Louisville Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/25/2007

Winner 2

Tara Kuk / Kim Whitney (21, Q2)

Won 26-24, 21-12

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	37	16	2	0.378	0	13	1	2
	1	25	10	1	0.360	0	8	1	2
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	0	0
April Ross	Total	22	15	0	0.682	1	11	1	3
	1	13	8	0	0.615	0	9	0	2
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	2	1	1

Fri, 5/25/2007

Winner 3

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (4)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	33	15	6	0.273	1	8	0	2
	1	13	6	1	0.385	1	5	0	2
	2	20	9	5	0.200	0	3	0	0
April Ross	Total	31	18	2	0.516	0	12	2	3
	1	19	11	2	0.474	0	4	1	2
	2	12	7	0	0.583	0	8	1	1

Sat, 5/26/2007

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 10-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	22	9	3	0.273	0	10	0	3
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	3	0	1
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	7	0	2
April Ross	Total	35	12	6	0.171	0	10	0	1
	1	13	3	3	0.000	0	0	0	1
	2	22	9	3	0.273	0	10	0	0

Sun, 5/27/2007

Contender 5

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	24	9	2	0.292	3	10	0	0
	1	13	3	2	0.077	2	6	0	0
	2	11	6	0	0.545	1	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	42	17	9	0.190	0	14	0	2
	1	19	8	3	0.263	0	7	0	1
	2	23	9	6	0.130	0	7	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	116	49	13	0.310	4	41	1	7
April Ross	130	62	17	0.346	1	47	3	9

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 13-10 (Lead 6 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 1-2
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	5	21-10, 21-17	0:40
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	21-23, 24-22, 15-10	1:07
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 1-3
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	6	17-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:07
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 0-5
5/27/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 5	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 21-19	0:51
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 16-21, 18-16	1:05
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	6	23-21, 22-20	0:52
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 4-0
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-18, 21-16	0:50
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	1:04
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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 10 Akers/Niles 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Akers/Niles	12	21-12, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Kuk/Whitney 2-0
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Kuk/Whitney	21, Q2	26-24, 21-12	0:48
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	11	Kuk/Whitney	22, Q3	21-12, 21-16	0:35