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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Charleston
May 8 - 10, 2008

(3) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	April Ross - 5th	Jennifer Kessy - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	3	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
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 Charleston Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/8/2008

Winner 2

Sara Johnson / Chrissie Zartman (14)

Won 21-11, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	23	13	5	0.348	1	14	0	0
	1	10	6	3	0.300	1	6	0	0
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	8	0	0
April Ross	Total	34	21	1	0.588	2	15	0	2
	1	16	11	0	0.688	1	8	0	1
	2	18	10	1	0.500	1	7	0	1

Fri, 5/9/2008

Winner 3

Angie Akers / Holly McPeak (6)

Won 21-17, 12-21, 15-11

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	22	10	5	0.227	4	10	0	1
	1	11	6	2	0.364	2	6	0	1
	2	7	1	3	-0.286	1	3	0	0
	3	4	3	0	0.750	1	1	0	0
April Ross	Total	45	21	7	0.311	1	15	0	4
	1	16	8	3	0.313	1	6	0	3
	2	20	8	3	0.250	0	6	0	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	0	3	0	1

Fri, 5/9/2008

Winner 4

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (2)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	15	10	1	0.600	3	6	0	2
	1	7	4	1	0.429	1	3	0	1
	2	8	6	0	0.750	2	3	0	1
April Ross	Total	26	20	2	0.692	0	12	1	1
	1	17	12	2	0.588	0	7	0	0
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	5	1	1

Sat, 5/10/2008

Semi-Finals

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (5)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	30	18	2	0.533	4	2	1	0
	1	17	11	1	0.588	3	2	0	0
	2	13	7	1	0.462	1	0	1	0
April Ross	Total	22	12	5	0.318	0	18	2	3
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	9	1	2
	2	10	7	2	0.500	0	9	1	1

Sat, 5/10/2008

Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 20-22, 15-21

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	13	7	3	0.308	1	2	0	0
	1	8	5	2	0.375	1	2	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	0	0	0
April Ross	Total	25	11	4	0.280	0	6	0	2
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	1	0	2
	2	14	3	3	0.000	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	103	58	16	0.408	13	34	1	3
April Ross	152	85	19	0.434	3	66	3	12

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 32-27 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 3-10
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Kessy/Ross	3	22-20, 21-15	0:54
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-18, 21-17	0:43
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 # 2 Scott/Turner 3-11
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	3	Scott/Turner	2	21-17, 21-13	0:42
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 5	Scott/Turner	4	Kessy/Ross	3	21-12, 21-19	0:52
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 6-3
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	6	Kessy/Ross	3	12-21, 31-29, 15-13	1:13
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 # 5 DeNecochea/Fontana 9-2
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-17, 21-17	0:49
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-16, 21-16	0:44
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 # 6 Akers/McPeak 3-0
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	3	Akers/McPeak	6	21-17, 12-21, 15-11	1:03
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	4	Akers/McPeak	7	21-15, 21-19	0:41
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 Kropp/Reynolds 1-0
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	3	Kropp/Reynolds	10	21-11, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Barnes/Williams 2-0
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	3	Barnes/Williams	14	21-18, 21-14	0:39
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Barnes/Williams	13	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
Series tied with # 12 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 # 14 Johnson/Zartman 2-0
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	3	Johnson/Zartman	14	21-11, 21-19	0:42
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Johnson/Zartman	20, Q1	21-12, 21-12	0:33