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AVP Tour
$280,000 AVP Brooklyn Open presented by Cushman & Wakefield
August 23 - 26, 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 Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Rachel Scott - 2nd	Keao Burdine - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/16-19/2007	Boston Open	5	5th	312	$8,500.00
AVP	8/9-11/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	5	5th	312	$8,500.00
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

Brooklyn Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/24/2007

Winner 1

Erin Byrd / Stephanie Chapek (28, Q3)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	13	12	0	0.923	1	7	0	4
	1	6	6	0	1.000	1	4	0	1
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	3	0	3
April Ross	Total	23	14	2	0.522	0	1	7	6
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	1	3	4
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	0	4	2

Fri, 8/24/2007

Winner 2

Jenny Kropp / Jenny Pavley (12)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	34	23	4	0.559	0	13	0	3
	1	17	12	1	0.647	0	7	0	1
	2	17	11	3	0.471	0	6	0	2
April Ross	Total	15	8	2	0.400	1	6	1	1
	1	5	3	1	0.400	1	1	1	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	5	0	1

Sat, 8/25/2007

Winner 3

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (4)

Lost 13-21, 16-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	12	7	3	0.333	0	7	0	2
	1	7	4	2	0.286	0	5	0	1
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	2	0	1
April Ross	Total	33	18	5	0.394	0	3	2	3
	1	18	8	3	0.278	0	1	0	2
	2	15	10	2	0.533	0	2	2	1

Sat, 8/25/2007

Contender 4

Jennifer Fopma / Holly McPeak (15)

Won 21-14, 27-29, 15-12

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	54	27	10	0.315	1	12	3	4
	1	12	5	0	0.417	1	3	0	2
	2	29	14	7	0.241	0	7	1	1
	3	13	8	3	0.385	0	2	2	1
April Ross	Total	31	18	3	0.484	1	16	5	7
	1	15	10	1	0.600	0	7	2	3
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	7	1	3
	3	2	0	1	-0.500	1	2	2	1

Sat, 8/25/2007

Contender 5

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (8)

Won 21-14, 17-21, 15-12

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	38	21	5	0.421	0	9	0	3
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	3	0	2
	2	18	8	4	0.222	0	4	0	0
	3	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	0	1
April Ross	Total	15	12	1	0.733	0	7	6	4
	1	6	6	0	1.000	0	3	3	3
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	2	3	1
	3	6	5	0	0.833	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/25/2007

Contender 6

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (6)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	23	17	1	0.696	0	7	3	2
	1	12	10	0	0.833	0	4	2	1
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	1	1
April Ross	Total	25	14	1	0.520	1	10	2	5
	1	15	7	1	0.400	0	3	1	4
	2	10	7	0	0.700	1	7	1	1

Sun, 8/26/2007

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 11-21, 12-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	33	10	5	0.152	1	5	0	3
	1	14	6	1	0.357	0	3	0	2
	2	19	4	4	0.000	1	2	0	1
April Ross	Total	18	8	4	0.222	0	6	0	3
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	1	0	1
	2	10	4	3	0.100	0	5	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	207	117	28	0.430	3	60	6	21
April Ross	160	92	18	0.463	3	49	23	29

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 31-28 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 1-7
8/26/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	5	21-11, 21-12	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 3 Scott/Turner 2-10
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	4	Kessy/Ross	5	21-16, 21-17	0:41
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 # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan 4-2
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Kessy/Ross	5	21-13, 21-16	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 6 DeNecochea/Fontana 7-2
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	21-16, 21-10	0:45
8/19/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	6	Kessy/Ross	5	23-21, 23-25, 15-11	1:12
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 # 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 2-0
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	5	Dodd/Minello	8	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
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 Reynolds/Tom 1-0
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Reynolds/Tom	12	22-20, 18-21, 19-17	1:04
Series tied with # 10 Lewis/Lima 1-1
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	5	Lewis/Lima	11	21-18, 21-14	0:48
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Lewis/Lima	11	Kessy/Ross	6	21-18, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 Kropp/Pavley 3-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Kropp/Pavley	12	21-15, 21-16	0:46
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 # 15 Fopma/McPeak 1-0
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	5	Fopma/McPeak	15	21-14, 27-29, 15-12	1:17
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 27, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q3 Byrd/Chapek 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Byrd/Chapek	28, Q3	21-14, 21-13	0:40