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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Seaside Heights Open presented by Bud Light
July 5 - 8, 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 Seaside Heights Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Nancy Reynolds - 3rd	Keao Burdine - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	29, Q21	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	6	5th	216	$6,000.00
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

Seaside Heights Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 1

Angie Hall / Lauren Mills (28, Q6)

Won 21-12, 21-8

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	22	15	1	0.636	1	6	2	0
	1	9	7	1	0.667	1	4	1	0
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	2	1	0
April Ross	Total	21	12	0	0.571	1	5	1	6
	1	8	4	0	0.500	1	3	0	6
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	2	1	0

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 2

Carrie Dodd / Nancy Reynolds (12)

Won 21-13, 21-18

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	27	16	4	0.444	0	7	1	4
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	6	1	3
	2	16	9	3	0.375	0	1	0	1
April Ross	Total	20	13	0	0.650	1	8	1	3
	1	11	7	0	0.636	1	3	1	1
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	5	0	2

Sat, 7/7/2007

Winner 3

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (4)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	18	12	2	0.556	1	3	3	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	0	2	1
	2	11	7	2	0.455	1	3	1	2
April Ross	Total	14	10	1	0.643	0	6	2	3
	1	6	6	0	1.000	0	3	1	1
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	1	2

Sat, 7/7/2007

Winner 4

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (1)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	11	4	0.350	2	9	1	1
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	3	0	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	1	6	1	0
April Ross	Total	24	10	1	0.375	0	12	3	4
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	3	2
	2	16	5	0	0.313	0	8	0	2

Sun, 7/8/2007

Semi-Finals

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	12	1	0.550	1	7	0	1
	1	13	8	0	0.615	1	5	0	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	2	0	1
April Ross	Total	26	19	1	0.692	0	11	2	5
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	6	2	1
	2	14	11	0	0.786	0	5	0	4

Sun, 7/8/2007

Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 19-21, 21-18, 14-16

1:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	35	16	7	0.257	0	12	0	2
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	4	0	1
	2	17	10	3	0.412	0	7	0	0
	3	9	3	2	0.111	0	1	0	1
April Ross	Total	32	22	2	0.625	2	11	4	7
	1	13	9	1	0.615	1	1	1	3
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	7	2	2
	3	9	8	0	0.889	1	3	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	142	82	19	0.444	5	44	7	11
April Ross	137	86	5	0.591	4	53	13	28

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 24-15 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Scott/Turner 1-7
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	5	Scott/Turner	1	21-16, 21-15	0:43
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 # 2 Branagh/Youngs 2-4
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:41
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Branagh/Youngs	11	22-20, 21-18	0:49
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 # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 3-1
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-14, 21-13	0:44
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 # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 6-1
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-13, 21-19	0:45
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 # 6 McPeak/Tom 3-1
6/25/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	McPeak/Tom		21-14, 23-21	0:42
6/18/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	McPeak/Tom	Q22	Kessy/Ross		25-23, 16-21, 18-16	1:08
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 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 # 8 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 # 9 Roca/Straton 1-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	5	Roca/Straton	10	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 Dodd/Reynolds 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Dodd/Reynolds	12	21-13, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Hall/Mills 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Hall/Mills	28, Q6	21-12, 21-8	0:31