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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 20, 2005

(10) Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh

Angie Akers

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1976 (48 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 (45 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

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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Jenny Pavley - 9th	Did not play
2003	Sarah Straton - 9th	Did not play
2004	Rachel Scott - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-14/2005	Huntington Beach Open	10	9th	208	$3,150.00
AVP	7/21-24/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	12	9th	208	$3,150.00
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	11	9th	144	$2,200.00
AVP	6/30-7/2/2005	Cincinnati Open	10	17th	104	$1,050.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Kimberly Coleman / Brittany Hochevar (23, Q2)

Won 21-10, 21-9

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	12	6	0	0.500	3	10	2	2
	1	6	3	0	0.500	1	6	1	1
	2	6	3	0	0.500	2	4	1	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	21	13	1	0.571	2	9	4	4
	1	13	8	0	0.615	1	6	1	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	1	3	3	3

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 2

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (7)

Lost 21-14, 17-21, 11-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	24	14	2	0.500	2	7	3	5
	1	8	5	0	0.625	1	1	2	3
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	4	1	1
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	0	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	42	21	6	0.357	1	3	2	6
	1	12	12	0	1.000	1	1	0	3
	2	11	3	2	0.091	0	0	1	1
	3	19	6	4	0.105	0	2	1	2

Fri, 8/19/2005

Contender 2

Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (24, Q1)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	12	4	2	0.167	3	12	3	1
	1	6	1	1	0.000	1	7	2	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	2	5	1	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	41	22	5	0.415	2	9	0	2
	1	22	13	3	0.455	1	4	0	1
	2	19	9	2	0.368	1	5	0	1

Fri, 8/19/2005

Contender 3

Heather Lowe / Jenny Pavley (15)

Won 21-18, 21-12

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	29	17	4	0.448	0	8	2	1
	1	15	9	3	0.400	0	4	1	1
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	4	1	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	19	12	3	0.474	1	11	2	5
	1	12	8	2	0.500	0	5	1	2
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	6	1	3

Fri, 8/19/2005

Contender 4

Mimi Amaral / Tatiana Minello (4)

Lost 22-24, 21-18, 13-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	39	19	2	0.436	0	17	1	3
	1	17	10	1	0.529	0	10	1	0
	2	13	5	0	0.385	0	3	0	2
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	4	0	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	31	13	3	0.323	1	13	4	3
	1	15	4	2	0.133	0	6	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	1	3	2	1
	3	9	4	0	0.444	0	4	2	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	116	60	10	0.431	8	54	11	12
Nicole Branagh	154	81	18	0.409	7	45	12	20
Total	270	141	28	0.419	15	99	23	32
Opponents	267	107	44	0.236	10	96	15	18

Head to Head Results
Akers/Branagh lead the series against the field 16-14 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 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 # 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 # 4 Amaral/Minello 0-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	4	Akers/Branagh	10	24-22, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
Trail the series against # 5 Turner/Wilson 0-5
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Turner/Wilson	4	Akers/Branagh	10	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:56
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Turner/Wilson	4	Akers/Branagh	12	21-13, 21-18	0:38
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Turner/Wilson	6	Akers/Branagh	11	16-21, 21-9, 15-9	0:50
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
Trail the series against # 7 DeNecochea/Leibl 0-3
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	Akers/Branagh	10	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:04
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	Akers/Branagh	10	21-16, 21-15	0:41
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 1	DeNecochea/Leibl	9	Akers/Branagh	10	21-15, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 8 Meredith/Reynolds 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Akers/Branagh	12	Meredith/Reynolds	5	27-25, 18-21, 15-11	1:08
Trail the series against # 11 Jameson/Jones 1-2
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Jameson/Jones	8	Akers/Branagh	11	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	0:57
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
Lead the series against # 12 Johns/Polzin 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Akers/Branagh	11	Johns/Polzin	12	10-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 14 Keller/Koester 0-1
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Keller/Koester	18	Akers/Branagh	12	21-19, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Lowe/Pavley 3-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Akers/Branagh	10	Lowe/Pavley	15	21-18, 21-12	0:41
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 3	Akers/Branagh	11	Lowe/Pavley	14	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
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 Pascua/Wood 1-0
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Akers/Branagh	10	Pascua/Wood	16	21-10, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Ivy Swift/Vakhidova 2-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	11	Ivy Swift/Vakhidova	22	21-19, 21-19	0:50
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 # 21 Cook/Muhe 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	12	Cook/Muhe	21	21-8, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 23, Q2 Coleman/Hochevar 2-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	10	Coleman/Hochevar	23, Q2	21-10, 21-9	0:34
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Akers/Branagh	10	Coleman/Hochevar	24, Q1	21-16, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Manole/Van Fleet 3-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Akers/Branagh	10	Manole/Van Fleet	24, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:40
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	10	Manole/Van Fleet	23	21-12, 21-16	0:43
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	10	Manole/Van Fleet	23	21-14, 26-24	0:48