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National Volleyball League
$50,000 NVL Preakness
May 17 - 19, 2012

(1) 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:

263

Career Wins:

Career NVL Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,209.50

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:

269

Career Wins:

Career NVL Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,029,112.50

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 Baltimore Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	5	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
Pro Beach	9/23-25/2011	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	1	1st	720	$15,000.00
Pro Beach	9/16-18/2011	Miami Beach Pro	1	3rd	576	$7,500.00
NVL	9/10-11/2011	NVL Miami Beach	1	1st	1500	$20,000.00
Wide Open	9/1-4/2011	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	1	3rd	0	$7,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	8	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	5	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB C&S	8/9-14/2011	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	3	2nd	0	US$1,100.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	5	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	1	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	1	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	3	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	3	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	3	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	2	3rd	480	US$15,000.00

NVL Preakness Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/18/2012

Winner 1

Jessica Jones / Josie Lehman (16, Q4)

Won 21-9, 21-10

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	16	12	1	0.688	1	1	2	1
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	0	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	1	1	2	1
April Ross	Total	18	15	0	0.833	0	1	4	3
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	0	4	2
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	1	0	1

Fri, 5/18/2012

Winner 2

Jess Clausen / Priscilla Lima (8)

Won 21-13, 21-13

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	16	10	2	0.500	1	10	1	3
	1	7	3	2	0.143	1	3	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	7	1	2
April Ross	Total	29	17	4	0.448	0	13	0	2
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	7	0	1
	2	16	10	2	0.500	0	6	0	1

Fri, 5/18/2012

Winner 3

Kristen Batt-Rohr / Tealle Hunkus (5)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	20	2	0.621	2	5	1	0
	1	16	12	1	0.688	1	3	0	0
	2	13	8	1	0.538	1	2	1	0
April Ross	Total	19	12	2	0.526	1	11	2	2
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	1	1
	2	10	8	0	0.800	1	8	1	1

Fri, 5/18/2012

Semi-Finals

Jess Clausen / Priscilla Lima (8)

Won 21-8, 21-16

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	11	3	0.400	3	8	0	1
	1	5	3	1	0.400	3	4	0	1
	2	15	8	2	0.400	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	21	15	1	0.667	0	10	3	2
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	5	2	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	5	1	1

Fri, 5/18/2012

Finals

Jenny Kropp / Whitney Pavlik (2)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	23	11	5	0.261	0	11	0	0
	1	11	4	2	0.182	0	7	0	0
	2	12	7	3	0.333	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	24	17	0	0.708	4	4	2	3
	1	13	8	0	0.615	2	4	1	3
	2	11	9	0	0.818	2	0	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	104	64	13	0.490	7	35	4	5
April Ross	111	76	7	0.622	5	39	11	12

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	15	0	2	4	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	$132,550.00	50	27	64.9 %
2007	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	$106,100.00	29	14	67.4 %
2008	AVP	12	0	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$199,000.00	43	21	67.2 %
2008	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	$174,600.00	53	17	75.7 %
2009	AVP	11	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$219,700.00	51	7	87.9 %
2009	FIVB	12	3	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$278,200.00	58	13	81.7 %
2010	AVP	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$95,500.00	31	4	88.6 %
2010	P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	4	0	100.0 %
2010	FIVB	15	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	$213,350.00	61	25	70.9 %
2011	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2011	Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	9	1	90.0 %
2011	FIVB	14	1	3	3	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	67	22	75.3 %
2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00	6	1	85.7 %
2012	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	5	0	100.0 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$32,400.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	AVP	44	8	12	13	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	$646,750.00	175	59	74.8 %
Total	P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	4	0	100.0 %
Total	NVL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00	11	0	100.0 %
Total	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	9	1	90.0 %
Total	FIVB	64	9	10	8	3	15	3	8	1	3	2	2	$1,035,650.00	277	97	74.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00	6	1	85.7 %

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
16	0	2	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	$73,525.00	2007	AVP	16	0	2	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	$76,025.00
8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00	2007	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00
13	1	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$125,250.00	2008	AVP	13	0	5	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	$104,750.00
12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00	2008	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00
12	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$133,550.00	2009	AVP	12	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$110,350.00
12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00	2009	FIVB	12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00
6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,750.00	2010	AVP	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2010	P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00	2010	FIVB	15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2011	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,250.00	2011	Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,250.00
14	1	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2011	FIVB	14	1	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	$115,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00	2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2012	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$16,200.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$16,200.00
207	24	30	40	4	52	26	16	6	9	$1,187,609.50	Total	Total	133	21	23	23	3	31	13	10	4	5	$898,537.50

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	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	9-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	0	11-0	100.0%
2011-2012	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	9-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	0	11-0	100.0%
Against the Field	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	10-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	5-0	100.0%

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 lead the series against the field 9-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Kropp/Pavlik 3-2
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	2	21-13, 21-16	0:44
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	4	21-12, 21-16	0:50
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	4	21-19, 21-16	0:49
9/18/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Semi-Finals	Kropp/Pavlik	4	Kessy/Ross	1	21-19, 11-21, 15-12	1:05
9/4/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Semi-Finals	Kropp/Pavlik	4	Kessy/Ross	1	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 4 Capers/McGuire 1-0
9/2/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Capers/McGuire	8	21-13, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Batt-Rohr/Hunkus 1-0
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Batt-Rohr/Hunkus	5	21-17, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Harris/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Harris/Wallin-Brockway	18	21-9, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Clausen/Lima 2-0
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Clausen/Lima	8	21-8, 21-16	0:34
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Clausen/Lima	8	21-13, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 16, Q4 Jones/Lehman 1-0
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Jones/Lehman	16, Q4	21-9, 21-10	0:35