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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam McDonalds Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2000	Angie Simpson - 41st	Did not play
2002	Cary Wendell - 9th	Did not play
2003	Barbra Fontana - 7th	Did not play
2004	Barbra Fontana - 7th	Did not play
2005	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Did not play
2006	Nancy Reynolds - 5th	Keao Burdine - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	8	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	8	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	5	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	6	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	7	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	7	5th	360	US$8,500.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	3	2nd	324	$15,000.00
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 Slam Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 1

Sara Fredrickson / Kimberly Vicknair (29, Q12)

Won 21-7, 21-15

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	16	8	1	0.438	3	8	4	0
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	3	3	0
	2	9	3	1	0.222	2	5	1	0
April Ross	Total	18	12	2	0.556	2	7	5	0
	1	6	3	0	0.500	1	4	5	0
	2	12	9	2	0.583	1	3	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 2

Stacy Brannon / Whitney Pavlik (13)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	14	11	2	0.643	0	9	0	1
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	5	0	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	22	13	3	0.455	0	8	6	6
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	4	3	3
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	4	3	3

Sat, 7/12/2008

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (5)

Won 21-8, 9-21, 15-11

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	22	13	2	0.500	1	9	0	0
	1	9	5	0	0.556	1	3	0	0
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	0
	3	7	6	0	0.857	0	2	0	0
April Ross	Total	29	14	7	0.241	1	7	5	2
	1	4	2	2	0.000	1	1	5	0
	2	15	6	3	0.200	0	1	0	0
	3	10	6	2	0.400	0	5	0	2

Sat, 7/12/2008

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 18-21, 13-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	24	13	1	0.500	0	3	0	3
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	3	0	1
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	0	0	2
April Ross	Total	25	11	6	0.200	0	7	2	1
	1	11	5	0	0.455	0	3	1	1
	2	14	6	6	0.000	0	4	1	0

Sun, 7/13/2008

Contender 6

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (7)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	14	9	1	0.571	0	10	0	0
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	6	0	0
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	24	19	1	0.750	3	4	2	6
	1	15	11	1	0.667	2	3	1	2
	2	9	8	0	0.889	1	1	1	4

Sun, 7/13/2008

Semi-Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (3)

Lost 18-21, 14-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	17	6	4	0.118	1	5	0	0
	1	6	3	0	0.500	1	0	0	0
	2	11	3	4	-0.091	0	5	0	0
April Ross	Total	27	15	5	0.370	2	5	2	3
	1	11	8	1	0.636	2	0	2	1
	2	16	7	4	0.188	0	5	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	107	60	11	0.458	5	44	4	4
April Ross	145	84	24	0.414	8	38	22	18

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross trail the series against the field 41-44 (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 1-14
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	4	21-18, 21-13	0:44
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	8	21-19, 21-17	0:40
6/21/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	7	21-16, 21-18	0:46
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	4	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
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
Lead the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Branagh/Youngs 4-12
7/13/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	4	21-18, 21-14	0:51
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	7	21-10, 21-17	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 5 Dodd/Minello 3-0
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Dodd/Minello	5	21-8, 9-21, 15-11	0:52
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
Trail the series against # 6 Scott/Turner 4-12
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Scott/Turner	6	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 21-16	0:42
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	6	Scott/Turner	8	21-19, 17-21, 16-14	0:55
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 # 7 DeNecochea/Fontana 10-2
7/13/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	4	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	21-15, 21-14	0:42
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 # 8 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 # 9 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 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 # 11 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
Lead the series against # 13 Brannon/Pavlik 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Brannon/Pavlik	13	21-14, 21-11	0:41
Series tied with # 15 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 # 16 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
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 29, Q12 Fredrickson/Vicknair 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	4	Fredrickson/Vicknair	29, Q12	21-7, 21-15	0:36