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AVP Tour
$175,000 Boulder Open
August 26 - 28, 2005

(11) 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 Boulder Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-20/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	10	9th	208	$3,150.00
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

Boulder Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/27/2005

Winner 1

Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (22, Q3)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	11	6	1	0.455	0	1	1	3
	1	4	2	0	0.500	0	1	1	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	0	0	2
Nicole Branagh	Total	31	19	3	0.516	1	5	1	1
	1	17	8	1	0.412	1	3	0	1
	2	14	11	2	0.643	0	2	1	0

Sat, 8/27/2005

Winner 2

Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley (6)

Lost 20-22, 21-18, 12-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	37	21	6	0.405	0	12	0	2
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	5	0	1
	2	17	11	2	0.529	0	4	0	0
	3	7	3	3	0.000	0	3	0	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	40	16	5	0.275	2	8	2	5
	1	13	6	3	0.231	1	2	1	2
	2	13	5	1	0.308	0	3	1	3
	3	14	5	1	0.286	1	3	0	0

Sat, 8/27/2005

Contender 1

Patti Cook / Jill Muhe (21, Q4)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	10	7	1	0.600	1	5	0	1
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	2	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	1	3	0	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	16	3	0.591	2	4	0	3
	1	10	6	2	0.400	2	2	0	2
	2	12	10	1	0.750	0	2	0	1

Sat, 8/27/2005

Contender 2

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (19)

Won 21-17, 21-15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	16	9	0	0.563	1	7	2	0
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	5	1	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	1	2	1	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	18	3	0.536	1	9	1	2
	1	18	11	3	0.444	0	6	0	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	1	3	1	1

Sat, 8/27/2005

Contender 3

Brooke Niles / Sarah Straton (8)

Won 16-21, 21-10, 15-13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	34	15	3	0.353	0	13	2	1
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	4	2	1
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	4	0	0
	3	11	4	1	0.273	0	5	0	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	34	21	3	0.529	0	13	3	4
	1	13	8	3	0.385	0	1	1	3
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	10	2	0
	3	11	6	0	0.545	0	2	0	1

Sun, 8/28/2005

Contender 4

Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (4)

Won 23-21, 15-21, 15-13

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	18	8	2	0.333	0	6	2	4
	1	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	2	2
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	2	0	2
	3	3	1	0	0.333	0	3	0	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	52	24	12	0.231	3	5	3	3
	1	22	12	2	0.455	2	3	0	1
	2	14	4	7	-0.214	1	1	0	2
	3	16	8	3	0.313	0	1	3	0

Sun, 8/28/2005

Contender 5

Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley (6)

Lost 22-24, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	17	10	2	0.471	2	2	0	1
	1	9	7	0	0.778	2	1	0	0
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	1	0	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	31	19	5	0.452	0	2	1	4
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	1	0	1
	2	15	10	2	0.533	0	1	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	143	76	15	0.427	4	46	7	12
Nicole Branagh	238	133	34	0.416	9	46	11	22
Total	381	209	49	0.420	13	92	18	34
Opponents	358	185	59	0.352	22	98	15	20

Head to Head Results
Akers/Branagh lead the series against the field 21-16 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 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 Turner/Wilson 1-5
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 4	Akers/Branagh	11	Turner/Wilson	4	23-21, 15-21, 15-13	0:57
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 # 5 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 # 6 Dodd/McSorley 0-2
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 5	Dodd/McSorley	6	Akers/Branagh	11	24-22, 21-17	0:40
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Dodd/McSorley	6	Akers/Branagh	11	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:57
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 Niles/Straton 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 3	Akers/Branagh	11	Niles/Straton	8	16-21, 21-10, 15-13
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 12 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 # 13 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 # 16 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 # 18 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 # 19 Lewis/Lima 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 2	Akers/Branagh	11	Lewis/Lima	19	21-17, 21-15
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 21, Q4 Cook/Muhe 2-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 1	Akers/Branagh	11	Cook/Muhe	21, Q4	21-15, 21-14	0:34
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, Q3 Manole/Van Fleet 4-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	11	Manole/Van Fleet	22, Q3	21-16, 21-18	0:39
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
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # 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