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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(11) Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh, United States

Angie Akers
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ft. Wayne, IN

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$166,650.00

Nicole Branagh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orinda, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$392,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	2	0	2	US$76,900.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Tyra Turner - 9th	Misty May-Treanor - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	12, Q2	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	8	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	13	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool K

Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (14)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	30	17	2	0.500	0	11	1	0
	1	16	10	0	0.625	0	6	1	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	0	5	0	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	16	9	2	0.438	3	4	3	1
	1	5	4	0	0.800	1	1	1	0
	2	11	5	2	0.273	2	3	2	1

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool K

Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (35)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	23	15	5	0.435	0	6	2	1
	1	10	5	4	0.100	0	3	0	0
	2	13	10	1	0.692	0	3	2	1
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	15	2	0.591	2	9	2	2
	1	15	10	2	0.533	2	5	1	1
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	4	1	1

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool K

Katrien Gielen / Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium (38)

Won 22-24, 21-15, 15-13

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	21	14	1	0.619	1	8	1	2
	1	9	5	0	0.556	1	3	1	1
	2	6	6	0	1.000	0	2	0	1
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	3	0	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	44	29	3	0.591	1	10	4	6
	1	15	10	1	0.600	1	2	0	2
	2	15	10	1	0.600	0	5	2	2
	3	14	9	1	0.571	0	3	2	2

Thu, 6/16/2011

Winner 1

Lenka Hajeckova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (22)

Lost 22-24, 21-19, 13-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	Total	47	29	3	0.553	0	12	0	2
	1	20	13	1	0.600	0	3	0	2
	2	19	12	1	0.579	0	6	0	0
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	0	0
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	12	3	0.321	1	13	3	3
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	6	2	1
	2	10	5	0	0.500	1	5	0	1
	3	10	4	1	0.300	0	2	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angie Akers	121	75	11	0.529	1	37	4	5
Nicole Branagh	110	65	10	0.500	7	36	12	12
Total	231	140	21	0.515	8	73	16	17
Opponents	230	118	21	0.422	1	58	15	20

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Elaine Youngs - 5th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Tyra Turner - 5th	Elaine Youngs - 5th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Emily Capers - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	11	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Akers/Branagh lead the series against the field 15-10 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
4/30/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Akers/Branagh	13	21-13, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-1
4/30/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 5	Akers/Branagh	13	Kessy/Ross	6	31-29, 21-18	0:57
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	8	Akers/Branagh	12	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Akers/Branagh	7	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 5 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Akers/Branagh	12, Q2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	5	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:49
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	5	Akers/Branagh	13	15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Akers/Branagh	12	24-22, 31-29	0:54
Lead the series against # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Akers/Branagh	12	Salgado/Salgado	5	21-19, 21-23, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 13 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-2
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Akers/Branagh	12, Q2	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Akers/Branagh	8	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 3-1
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Akers/Branagh	11	Gioria/Momoli	14	21-15, 21-17	0:39
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Akers/Branagh	7	Gioria/Momoli	24, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:39
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	25	Akers/Branagh	8	21-12, 21-19	0:34
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	12	Gioria/Momoli	21, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Hinchley/Rohkamper, Australia 1-0
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Akers/Branagh	13	Hinchley/Rohkamper	29, Q19	21-14, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Akers/Branagh	7	Lessard/Martin	18	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Akers/Branagh	8	Kolocova/Slukova	10	11-21, 21-15, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Akers/Branagh	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	18	21-14, 28-26	0:43
Trail the series against # 22 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	22	Akers/Branagh	11	24-22, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 23 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Baquerizo/Fernandez	21	Akers/Branagh	12, Q2	12-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 32 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Akers/Branagh	12, Q2	Candelas/Garcia	28, Q7	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 35 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Akers/Branagh	11	Jursone/Minusa	35	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 38 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Akers/Branagh	11	Gielen/Mouha	38	22-24, 21-15, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 41 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Akers/Branagh	12, Q2	Dampney/Mullin	Q15	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 42 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Akers/Branagh	8	Meppelink/Wesselink	24	21-19, 21-17	0:34