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$100,000 DO AC Pro Beach Volleyball Invitational
September 6 - 8, 2013

(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:

264

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,459.50

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:

271

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,045,362.50

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 Atlantic City Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/30-9/2/2013	AVP Cincinnati Open	1	3rd	540	$6,500.00
AVP	8/23-25/2013	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	1	3rd	540	$8,500.00
AVP	8/15-18/2013	AVP Salt Lake City Open	1	1st	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	5	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	1	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	7	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	2	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	2	4th	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	4	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	4	5th	300	US$6,500.00
FIVB	10/23-28/2012	Bangsaen Open	2	1st	600	US$30,000.00
AVP	9/7-9/2012	AVP Championships	1	1st	4500	$47,500.00

Atlantic City Invitational Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 9/7/2013

Winner 1

Kristen Batt-Rohr / Raquel Ferreira (8)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	26	17	1	0.615	0	9	0	4
	1	17	11	1	0.588	0	7	0	3
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	2	0	1
April Ross	Total	25	13	1	0.480	0	15	3	4
	1	12	4	0	0.333	0	8	1	1
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	7	2	3

Sat, 9/7/2013

Winner 2

Christal Engle / Tealle Hunkus (5)

Won 21-17, 21-8

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	24	18	1	0.708	3	4	1	3
	1	14	10	0	0.714	1	1	1	2
	2	10	8	1	0.700	2	3	0	1
April Ross	Total	14	7	2	0.357	1	6	4	3
	1	10	4	2	0.200	0	4	1	1
	2	4	3	0	0.750	1	2	3	2

Sat, 9/7/2013

Semi-Finals

Lauren Fendrick / Brittany Hochevar (4)

Won 22-20, 17-21, 15-12

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	36	20	7	0.361	0	9	0	5
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	2	0	3
	2	14	8	3	0.357	0	3	0	2
	3	11	6	2	0.364	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	30	19	4	0.500	1	6	4	4
	1	11	7	3	0.364	1	3	2	2
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	1	1	1
	3	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	1	1

Sat, 9/7/2013

Finals

Emily Capers / Summer Ross (7, Q1)

Won 23-25, 21-16, 15-13

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	42	21	4	0.405	0	12	3	3
	1	23	10	1	0.391	0	6	1	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	2	2	2
	3	9	5	3	0.222	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	27	21	2	0.704	1	7	4	6
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	2	2
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	3	0	3
	3	8	7	1	0.750	1	1	2	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	128	76	13	0.492	3	34	4	15
April Ross	96	60	9	0.531	3	34	15	17

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	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$67,500.00	10	0	100.0 %
2012	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	5	0	100.0 %
2012	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$138,200.00	43	14	75.4 %
2013	AVP	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$43,000.00	17	4	81.0 %
2013	FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$63,400.00	26	10	72.2 %
Total	AVP	50	12	12	15	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	$757,250.00	202	63	76.2 %
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	78	10	12	9	4	20	3	12	1	3	2	2	$1,204,850.00	337	115	74.6 %
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
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,750.00	2012	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,750.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2012	NVL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
10	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$69,100.00	2012	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$69,100.00
4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,500.00	2013	AVP	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,500.00
7	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	$31,700.00	2013	FIVB	9	0	1	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	$48,450.00
228	29	32	43	5	57	31	16	6	9	$1,327,459.50	Total	Total	156	27	25	26	5	36	18	10	4	5	$1,055,137.50

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	161	81.3%	25	12.6%	12	6.1%	186-12	93.9%	21	29.2%	10	13.9%	41	56.9%	21-51	29.2%	161-41	79.7%	46-22	67.6%	0	1	207-64	76.4%
2012-2013	25	83.3%	3	10.0%	2	6.7%	28-2	93.3%	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4-3	57.1%	25-1	96.2%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	32-5	86.5%
Against the Field	11	68.8%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3-3	50.0%	22-2	91.7%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	17-5	77.3%

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 15-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Pavlik/Walsh Jennings 1-1
9/2/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Pavlik/Walsh Jennings	2	Kessy/Ross	1	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:55
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Pavlik/Walsh Jennings	2	23-25, 21-17, 17-15	1:05
Lead the series against # 3 Fopma/Sweat 3-2
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fopma/Sweat	3	Kessy/Ross	1	23-21, 21-17	0:42
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fopma/Sweat	16	Kessy/Ross	5	21-12, 21-13	0:32
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	7	Fopma/Sweat	24, Q3	21-15, 21-19	0:40
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Fopma/Sweat	29, Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:41
9/1/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Fopma/Sweat	6	21-18, 21-12
Lead the series against # 4 Fendrick/Hochevar 2-1
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Hochevar	4	22-20, 17-21, 15-12	0:59
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fendrick/Hochevar	4	Kessy/Ross	1	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Hochevar	5	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	1:11
Lead the series against # 5 Engle/Hunkus 3-1
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Engle/Hunkus	5	21-17, 21-8	0:36
9/1/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Engle/Hunkus	5	21-19, 21-9	0:38
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Engle/Hunkus	8	21-15, 21-19	0:42
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Winner 2	Engle/Hunkus	8	Kessy/Ross	1	13-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 7, Q1 Capers/Ross 1-0
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Capers/Ross	7, Q1	23-25, 21-16, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # 8 Batt-Rohr/Ferreira 2-0
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Batt-Rohr/Ferreira	8	21-17, 21-12	0:40
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Batt-Rohr/Ferreira	4	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q2 Carico/McGuire 2-0
9/1/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Carico/McGuire	9	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	1:05
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	1	Carico/McGuire	11	21-13, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # Q4 Pazo/VanZwieten 1-0
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Pazo/VanZwieten	12	21-17, 21-17