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AVP Tour
$280,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 9 - 11, 2007

(5) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Heather Lowe - 9th	Did not play
2002	Cary Wendell - 9th	Did not play
2003	Jenny Pavley - 13th	Did not play
2004	Barbra Fontana - 5th	Did not play
2005	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Did not play
2006	Rachel Scott - 5th	Keao Burdine - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	22	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	16	37th	40	US$3,400.00
AVP	7/19-21/2007	Long Beach Open	6	3rd	390	$13,300.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	16, Q8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	5	2nd	324	$15,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 1

Sara Johnson / Jill Muhe (28, Q2)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	22	17	2	0.682	1	12	2	3
	1	11	8	2	0.545	0	5	1	2
	2	11	9	0	0.818	1	7	1	1
April Ross	Total	21	14	2	0.571	0	2	2	5
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	1	1	3
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	1	1	2

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 2

Paula Roca / Sarah Straton (12)

Won 21-12, 21-13

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	18	9	3	0.333	1	9	3	5
	1	9	4	2	0.222	1	5	2	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	1	4
April Ross	Total	23	16	2	0.609	1	4	3	3
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	2	3	2
	2	12	9	2	0.583	1	2	0	1

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 3

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (4)

Won 21-16, 24-22

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	27	14	3	0.407	0	10	0	4
	1	14	6	2	0.286	0	7	0	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	3	0	2
April Ross	Total	24	13	5	0.333	0	7	6	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	1	4	1
	2	16	8	4	0.250	0	6	2	0

Sat, 8/11/2007

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	17	13	1	0.706	0	6	0	2
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	1	0	2
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	5	0	0
April Ross	Total	38	15	9	0.158	0	10	1	2
	1	18	9	3	0.333	0	3	0	1
	2	20	6	6	0.000	0	7	1	1

Sat, 8/11/2007

Contender 6

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 17-21, 21-14, 20-22

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	41	18	6	0.293	5	9	0	3
	1	14	5	2	0.214	2	2	0	1
	2	9	4	1	0.333	2	2	0	1
	3	18	9	3	0.333	1	5	0	1
April Ross	Total	32	20	5	0.469	4	14	2	4
	1	11	7	2	0.455	1	5	0	2
	2	11	7	1	0.545	1	5	2	0
	3	10	6	2	0.400	2	4	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	125	71	15	0.448	7	46	5	17
April Ross	138	78	23	0.399	5	37	14	15

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	12	0	2	3	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	$102,750.00	41	21	66.1 %
2007	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	$68,100.00	19	9	67.9 %
Total	AVP	12	0	2	3	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	$102,750.00	41	21	66.1 %
Total	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	$68,100.00	19	9	67.9 %

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
12	0	2	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	$51,375.00	2007	AVP	12	0	2	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	$51,375.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	$34,050.00	2007	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	$34,050.00
106	2	9	20	1	30	18	13	4	9	$341,084.50	Total	Total	32	1	2	3	0	8	4	7	2	5	$93,212.50

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	43	66.2%	13	20.0%	9	13.8%	56-9	86.2%	10	19.2%	7	13.5%	35	67.3%	10-42	19.2%	86-68	55.8%	46-32	59.0%	0	1	66-51	56.4%

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 trail the series against the field 22-23 (Lead 11 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 1-6
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	5	21-16, 21-16	0:43
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	22	25-23, 21-17	0:42
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	21-14, 22-20	0:39
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 Branagh/Youngs 2-6
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 14-21, 22-20	1:17
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool I	Branagh/Youngs	9	Kessy/Ross	16	15-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:59
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 4-1
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-19, 21-19	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 4 Scott/Turner 2-9
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	Scott/Turner	4	21-16, 24-22	0:55
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	6	22-20, 21-12	0:47
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	6	21-17, 21-15	0:42
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
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
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 Fendrick/Leibl 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	6	Fendrick/Leibl	8	21-17, 21-16	0:42
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 # 12 Roca/Straton 2-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Roca/Straton	12	21-12, 21-13	0:42
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	5	Roca/Straton	10	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Jameson/Jones 1-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	6	Jameson/Jones	20	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 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 D'Amore/Koester 1-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	6	D'Amore/Koester	22, Q3	21-12, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Manole/Van Fleet 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	6	Manole/Van Fleet	27, Q7	21-14, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Johnson/Muhe 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Johnson/Muhe	28, Q2	21-17, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # Q9 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