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AVP Tour
$175,000 Santa Barbara Open
May 20 - 22, 2005

(10) Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh

Angie Akers

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ft. Wayne, IN

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Notre Dame

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$434,452.50

Nicole Branagh

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orinda, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Minnesota

Seasons:

Tournaments:

193

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,100,692.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
AVP	10	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	1	0	0	$28,125.00
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	2	0	2	US$76,900.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Overall	24	0	0	1	0	3	2	11	2	3	0	2	US$108,025.00

Previous Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Jenny Pavley - 5th	Did not play
2004	Rachel Scott - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/21/2005

Winner 1

Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (23)

Won 21-14, 26-24

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	19	11	3	0.421	1	6	2	3
	1	4	4	0	1.000	1	1	2	3
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	5	0	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	25	17	4	0.520	1	7	4	1
	1	10	8	1	0.700	1	2	1	1
	2	15	9	3	0.400	0	5	3	0

Sat, 5/21/2005

Winner 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (7)

Won 21-16, 26-24

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	32	21	3	0.563	2	7	0	1
	1	8	7	0	0.875	2	3	0	0
	2	24	14	3	0.458	0	4	0	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	25	17	3	0.560	0	7	0	4
	1	15	12	2	0.667	0	5	0	2
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	2	0	2

Sat, 5/21/2005

Winner 3

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	27	12	9	0.111	1	5	1	3
	1	13	6	4	0.154	0	1	0	1
	2	14	6	5	0.071	1	4	1	2
Nicole Branagh	Total	17	10	1	0.529	0	2	0	5
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	2	0	3
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	0	0	2

Sat, 5/21/2005

Contender 4

Heather Lowe / Jenny Pavley (14)

Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-10

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	31	17	5	0.387	1	14	1	0
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	1	1	0
	2	12	4	3	0.083	0	6	0	0
	3	10	7	2	0.500	0	7	0	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	40	12	6	0.150	2	9	1	5
	1	13	5	1	0.308	0	4	1	2
	2	20	3	5	-0.100	2	4	0	1
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	1	0	2

Sun, 5/22/2005

Contender 5

Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (6)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	8	2	2	0.000	0	9	0	2
	1	6	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	1
	2	2	0	0	0.000	0	5	0	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	37	12	10	0.054	1	5	0	1
	1	15	3	4	-0.067	0	3	0	1
	2	22	9	6	0.136	1	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	117	63	22	0.350	5	41	4	9
Nicole Branagh	144	68	24	0.306	4	30	5	16
Total	261	131	46	0.326	9	71	9	25
Opponents	261	134	41	0.356	11	80	9	22

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$34,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	2	1	0	0	$60,575.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,150.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	23	0	0	1	0	3	1	11	2	3	0	0	$105,025.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Angie Akers												Nicole Branagh
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00
26	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	4	0	$66,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00
113	0	4	16	2	35	43	7	3	0	$288,760.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger
8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$20,105.00	Manhattan Beach	9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$5,850.00	Tour Championships	7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00
											Gold Series	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
155	0	4	17	2	44	56	13	7	0	$393,965.00	Total	177	19	28	22	7	33	41	12	6	0	$937,617.50

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
2005	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Angie Akers													Nicole Branagh
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	$7,095.00	2002	AVP
9	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$10,250.00	2003	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
12	0	0	1	0	5	6	0	0	0	$19,450.00	2004	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	$2,430.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2005	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,400.00
35	0	0	1	0	16	12	2	0	4	$43,795.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	2	$4,830.00

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	19	67.9%	5	17.9%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	10	58.8%	2-15	11.8%	19-10	65.5%	7-9	43.8%	0	0	26-19	57.8%
2004-2005	19	67.9%	5	17.9%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	10	62.5%	2-14	12.5%	19-10	65.5%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	26-18	59.1%
Against the Field	10	62.5%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	20-10	66.7%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	14-11	56.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	2	3	0	8	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	28
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	2	2	3	0	11	4	0	0	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	60	42

Head to Head Results
Akers/Branagh lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Scott/Youngs 0-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Scott/Youngs	2	Akers/Branagh	10	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Turner/Wilson 0-1
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 5	Turner/Wilson	6	Akers/Branagh	10	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Jameson/Jones 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Akers/Branagh	10	Jameson/Jones	7	21-16, 26-24	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Lowe/Pavley 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Akers/Branagh	10	Lowe/Pavley	14	21-17, 14-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 23 Manole/Van Fleet 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	10	Manole/Van Fleet	23	21-14, 26-24	0:48