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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Charleston Open
June 14 - 17, 2007

(6) 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 Charleston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	4	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	5	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	5	5th	216	$6,000.00
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

Charleston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/15/2007

Winner 2

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (11)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	11	8	2	0.545	0	7	0	1
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	4	0	0
	2	4	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	1
April Ross	Total	34	20	3	0.500	0	1	0	2
	1	16	8	1	0.438	0	1	0	1
	2	18	12	2	0.556	0	0	0	1

Fri, 6/15/2007

Contender 1

Tara Kuk / Jill Muhe (21, Q2)

Won 21-9, 21-11

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	15	13	0	0.867	0	10	2	3
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	1	2
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	7	1	1
April Ross	Total	19	17	1	0.842	1	7	2	4
	1	10	10	0	1.000	1	4	2	2
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	3	0	2

Sat, 6/16/2007

Contender 2

Jenny Kropp / Jenny Pavley (14)

Won 21-12, 21-13

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	12	7	0	0.583	1	3	1	3
	1	5	2	0	0.400	1	3	1	0
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	0	0	3
April Ross	Total	34	21	4	0.500	0	13	6	3
	1	19	11	2	0.474	0	5	4	1
	2	15	10	2	0.533	0	8	2	2

Sat, 6/16/2007

Contender 3

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (9)

Won 21-17, 27-25

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	25	12	3	0.360	0	14	2	3
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	5	0	3
	2	18	8	3	0.278	0	9	2	0
April Ross	Total	36	21	1	0.556	4	9	1	2
	1	16	9	1	0.500	4	3	0	1
	2	20	12	0	0.600	0	6	1	1

Sat, 6/16/2007

Contender 4

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (4)

Won 21-12, 23-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	28	19	3	0.571	0	3	1	4
	1	10	9	1	0.800	0	3	1	1
	2	18	10	2	0.444	0	0	0	3
April Ross	Total	17	11	2	0.529	1	7	1	4
	1	7	6	0	0.857	1	5	1	3
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	2	0	1

Sun, 6/17/2007

Contender 5

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (2)

Lost 14-21, 21-14, 13-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	31	17	4	0.419	0	16	1	4
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	6	0	1
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	7	1	2
	3	11	6	2	0.364	0	3	0	1
April Ross	Total	36	17	5	0.333	0	9	1	2
	1	19	6	4	0.105	0	3	1	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	0	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	122	76	12	0.525	1	53	7	18
April Ross	176	107	16	0.517	6	46	11	17

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 18-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 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 1-3
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	4	21-19, 21-17	0:48
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 Scott/Turner 0-7
6/17/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 5	Scott/Turner	2	Kessy/Ross	6	21-14, 14-21, 15-13	1:05
6/10/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 5	Scott/Turner	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-15, 21-19	0:47
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
Trail the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 5-1
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	6	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-12, 23-21	0:49
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Kessy/Ross	5	21-15, 21-16	0:49
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 # 5 McPeak/Tom 2-0
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	McPeak/Tom	5	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:10
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	11	McPeak/Tom	6	21-19, 21-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 7 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-1
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	8	Kessy/Ross	5	23-21, 21-18	0:48
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 # 8 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 # 9 Akers/Niles 2-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	6	Akers/Niles	9	21-17, 27-25	0:58
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Akers/Niles	12	21-12, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 11 Lewis/Lima 0-1
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Lewis/Lima	11	Kessy/Ross	6	21-18, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Kropp/Pavley 2-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Kropp/Pavley	14	21-12, 21-13	0:38
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Kropp/Pavley	13	21-17, 21-11	0:38
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Kuk/Muhe 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 1	Kessy/Ross	6	Kuk/Muhe	21, Q2	21-9, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 Fopma/Romias 1-0
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Fopma/Romias	21	21-12, 21-16	0:38