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AVP Tour
$250,000 Brooklyn Open presented by Cushman & Wakefield
August 17 - 20, 2006

(2) Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs

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

Elaine Youngs

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orange, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

233

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,764,008.75

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	43	14	15	8	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	$760,950.00
FIVB	25	1	3	5	3	8	0	0	4	1	0	0	US$366,100.00
Overall	68	15	18	13	3	12	1	1	4	1	0	0	US$1,127,050.00

Previous Brooklyn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Brooklyn Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/18/2006

Winner 1

Angela Knopf / Carrie Wright (31, Q10)

Won 21-12, 21-15

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	25	1	0.800	0	7	3	4
	1	14	12	1	0.786	0	3	1	3
	2	16	13	0	0.813	0	4	2	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	9	7	1	0.667	2	6	3	3
	1	3	3	0	1.000	2	3	2	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	3	1	1

Fri, 8/18/2006

Winner 2

Priscilla Lima / Paula Roca (15)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	34	26	3	0.676	0	9	2	4
	1	17	14	1	0.765	0	5	2	1
	2	17	12	2	0.588	0	4	0	3
Elaine Youngs	Total	10	6	1	0.500	0	6	2	2
	1	2	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	5	2	1

Sat, 8/19/2006

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (7)

Won 15-21, 21-18, 16-14

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	45	30	4	0.578	0	8	2	7
	1	16	8	3	0.313	0	3	1	3
	2	17	10	1	0.529	0	3	1	3
	3	12	12	0	1.000	0	2	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	13	7	1	0.462	0	8	3	4
	1	1	1	0	1.000	0	1	1	1
	2	6	3	0	0.500	0	4	2	0
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	3	0	3

Sat, 8/19/2006

Winner 4

Jennifer Kessy / Rachel Scott (3)

Lost 21-13, 15-21, 13-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	44	22	4	0.409	2	3	4	3
	1	13	7	0	0.538	1	2	2	0
	2	18	8	2	0.333	1	1	0	2
	3	13	7	2	0.385	0	0	2	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	15	8	6	0.133	0	5	2	0
	1	7	5	2	0.429	0	2	2	0
	2	4	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	0
	3	4	1	2	-0.250	0	2	0	0

Sun, 8/20/2006

Contender 6

Holly McPeak / Logan Tom (10)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	14	5	0.321	1	7	0	3
	1	16	10	2	0.500	1	4	0	2
	2	12	4	3	0.083	0	3	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	20	12	1	0.550	1	10	4	0
	1	11	6	1	0.455	1	5	1	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	5	3	0

Sun, 8/20/2006

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost By Forfeit

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	181	117	17	0.552	3	34	11	21
Elaine Youngs	67	40	10	0.448	3	35	14	9
Total	248	157	27	0.524	6	69	25	30
Opponents	226	117	30	0.385	12	61	8	14

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	$180,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	13	12	9	3	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	$730,650.00
Manhattan Beach	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$99,500.00
Tour Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Total	64	14	16	12	3	13	1	4	1	0	0	0	$1,061,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Elaine Youngs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	7	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	$59,000.00
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	2	4	4	3	5	7	1	0	0	$218,250.00
115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	152	38	35	34	11	23	8	2	1	0	$1,037,177.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00	Manhattan Beach	9	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$97,550.00
7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00	Tour Championships	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,350.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Gold Series
177	19	28	22	7	33	41	12	6	0	$937,617.50	Total	199	43	46	42	15	34	15	3	1	0	$1,435,077.50

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
2006	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Elaine Youngs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	WPVA	6	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$17,741.25
											1997	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$13,050.00
											1998	SG	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
											1998	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	$27,025.00
											1999	AVP	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$32,250.00
											1999	USAV	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$17,625.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	$44,000.00
											2000	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,200.00
											2000	BVA	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$17,250.00
											2000	USAV	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$6,125.00
											2000	FIVB	11	3	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	$59,500.00
											2001	AVP	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$37,275.00
											2001	BVA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
											2001	FIVB	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$88,750.00
											2002	AVP	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$58,300.00
											2002	FIVB	8	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,507.50
											2003	AVP	9	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50,812.50
											2003	FIVB	7	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	$44,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	$2,430.00	2004	AVP	11	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$69,407.50
											2004	FIVB	8	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	$66,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$14,712.50	2005	AVP	14	3	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	$119,425.00
											2005	FIVB	7	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$56,700.00
12	0	2	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	$52,350.00	2006	AVP	12	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	$82,900.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	$8,200.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	$26,150.00
33	0	2	6	0	5	11	3	1	5	$77,692.50	Total	Total	155	35	34	31	15	25	11	3	1	0	$1,036,743.75

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	135	79.9%	24	14.2%	10	5.9%	159-10	94.1%	26	44.8%	12	20.7%	20	34.5%	26-32	44.8%	135-20	87.1%	50-22	69.4%	1	2	186-44	80.9%
2005-2006	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	7-2	77.8%	2-3	40.0%	0	1	9-6	60.0%
Against the Field	25	62.5%	8	20.0%	7	17.5%	33-7	82.5%	11	34.4%	7	21.9%	14	43.8%	11-21	34.4%	50-24	67.6%	38-28	57.6%	0	2	44-28	61.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	14	7	2	2	2	0	0	2	47	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	128	20	25	12	3	3	1	1	203	57
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	17	4
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	0	0	40	3	0	0	160	32	30	15	5	3	1	3	285	77

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-1
8/20/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Scott 0-1
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Scott	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 7 Dodd/Fontana 1-0
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Fontana	7	15-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 10 McPeak/Tom 1-0
8/20/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	McPeak/Tom	10	21-17, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 Lima/Roca 1-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Lima/Roca	15	21-16, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Knopf/Wright 1-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Knopf/Wright	31, Q10	21-12, 21-15	0:34