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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Cincinnati Open Presented by Liftoff
June 30 - July 2, 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 Mason Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	9	9th	144	$2,200.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	10	7th	180	$3,500.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 1

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (23, Q4)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	18	9	2	0.389	0	4	0	1
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	1	0	1
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	3	0	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	32	20	3	0.531	3	4	1	4
	1	12	9	1	0.667	1	1	1	2
	2	20	11	2	0.450	2	3	0	2

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 2

Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (7)

Lost 18-21, 14-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	14	3	3	0.000	0	7	1	1
	1	6	2	2	0.000	0	2	1	0
	2	8	1	1	0.000	0	5	0	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	27	7	5	0.074	0	1	2	3
	1	16	4	3	0.063	0	1	2	0
	2	11	3	2	0.091	0	0	0	3

Fri, 7/1/2005

Contender 1

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (9)

Lost 15-21, 17-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	15	6	2	0.267	0	8	0	1
	1	9	2	0	0.222	0	5	0	0
	2	6	4	2	0.333	0	3	0	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	25	18	2	0.640	0	5	1	8
	1	15	11	0	0.733	0	4	1	5
	2	10	7	2	0.500	0	1	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	47	18	7	0.234	0	19	1	3
Nicole Branagh	84	45	10	0.417	3	10	4	15
Total	131	63	17	0.351	3	29	5	18
Opponents	117	68	17	0.436	6	38	9	16

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,750.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,750.00	7	6	53.8 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	$8,625.00	2005	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$4,025.00
37	0	0	1	0	16	13	3	0	4	$45,420.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	2	$6,455.00

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	55.6%	4	22.2%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	9	60.0%	2-13	13.3%	20-18	52.6%	12-16	42.9%	0	0	16-17	48.5%

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
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 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 # 3 Kessy/McPeak 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Kessy/McPeak	3	Akers/Branagh	9	19-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Turner/Wilson 0-2
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Turner/Wilson	7	Akers/Branagh	10	21-18, 21-14	0:37
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 5	Turner/Wilson	6	Akers/Branagh	10	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 8 Jameson/Jones 1-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Jameson/Jones	8	Akers/Branagh	9	24-26, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Akers/Branagh	10	Jameson/Jones	7	21-16, 26-24	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 DeNecochea/Leibl 0-1
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Leibl	9	Akers/Branagh	10	21-15, 21-17	0:44
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 # 17 Allison/Coleman 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Akers/Branagh	9	Allison/Coleman	15	21-11, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 23, Q4 Barnes/Williams 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	10	Barnes/Williams	23, Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 24, Q7 Ivy Swift/Vakhidova 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Akers/Branagh	9	Ivy Swift/Vakhidova	23, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q6 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