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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Miami Open
April 10 - 13, 2008

(4) 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 Miami Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	April Ross - 2nd	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	7	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	4	5th	360	US$10,000.00
AVP	9/14-16/2007	San Francisco Best of the Beach	5	5th	0	$8,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	4	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
AVP	8/23-26/2007	Brooklyn Open	5	3rd	390	$13,300.00
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

AVP Gold Crown Miami Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 4/11/2008

Winner 2

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (13)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-11

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	44	21	10	0.250	2	7	3	2
	1	13	4	5	-0.077	0	5	1	0
	2	19	9	4	0.263	1	1	2	2
	3	12	8	1	0.583	1	1	0	0
April Ross	Total	19	10	4	0.316	0	8	3	4
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	5	2	1
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	0	1	3
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	3	0	0

Sat, 4/12/2008

Winner 3

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (5)

Won 16-21, 24-22, 15-13

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	32	20	5	0.469	0	10	4	3
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	4	0	1
	2	11	7	2	0.455	0	2	3	2
	3	11	7	2	0.455	0	4	1	0
April Ross	Total	38	19	3	0.421	1	8	1	2
	1	12	5	3	0.167	1	1	1	1
	2	19	10	0	0.526	0	5	0	0
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	1

Sat, 4/12/2008

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 21-18, 14-21, 8-15

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	37	20	2	0.486	1	10	3	2
	1	11	6	1	0.455	1	2	2	1
	2	17	10	0	0.588	0	3	1	0
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	5	0	1
April Ross	Total	31	13	6	0.226	0	8	4	2
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	4	2	0
	2	6	1	2	-0.167	0	2	2	2
	3	11	4	3	0.091	0	2	0	0

Sun, 4/13/2008

Contender 5

Angie Akers / Holly McPeak (6)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	23	17	2	0.652	1	7	0	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	3	0	1
	2	16	12	2	0.625	0	4	0	1
April Ross	Total	21	12	0	0.571	1	9	1	4
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	4	1	2
	2	9	5	0	0.556	1	5	0	2

Sun, 4/13/2008

Semi-Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 15-21, 19-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	10	2	0.400	0	6	1	4
	1	7	3	0	0.429	0	2	0	2
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	4	1	2
April Ross	Total	22	12	2	0.455	0	4	2	5
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	1	0	3
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	3	2	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	156	88	21	0.429	4	40	11	13
April Ross	131	66	15	0.389	2	37	11	17

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross trail the series against the field 19-30 (Lead 7 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 1-10
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	4	18-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:52
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	4	21-19, 23-21	0:46
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	5	21-15, 21-18	0:36
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 3-8
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-15, 21-19	0:48
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	5	21-13, 21-13	0:45
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:03
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 # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 6-2
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	16-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:10
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-16, 25-23	0:54
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 Akers/McPeak 1-0
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	4	Akers/McPeak	6	21-13, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 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 # 13 Barnes/Williams 1-0
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Barnes/Williams	13	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
Lead the series against # 24, 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
Lead the series against # 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