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AVP Tour
$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Boulder Open
August 24 - 27, 2006

(2) Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs

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

Elaine Youngs

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1970 (54 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

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 Boulder Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Angie Akers - 5th	Rachel Scott - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/17-20/2006	Brooklyn Open	2	3rd	390	$12,000.00

Boulder Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/25/2006

Winner 1

Dana Rothman / Alicia Zamparelli-Flavia (31, Q10)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	32	17	7	0.313	0	7	2	4
	1	16	8	4	0.250	0	2	1	1
	2	16	9	3	0.375	0	5	1	3
Elaine Youngs	Total	11	8	2	0.545	1	4	4	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	1	1	4	1
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	3	0	1

Fri, 8/25/2006

Winner 2

Stacy Brannon / Jennifer Fopma (15)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	20	3	0.515	1	2	3	6
	1	16	9	1	0.500	0	1	3	3
	2	17	11	2	0.529	1	1	0	3
Elaine Youngs	Total	9	6	1	0.556	0	7	3	3
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	3	2	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	4	1	3

Sat, 8/26/2006

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (7)

Won 21-13, 16-21, 18-16

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	54	34	3	0.574	1	10	3	11
	1	12	9	0	0.750	1	2	2	4
	2	23	12	2	0.435	0	2	0	4
	3	19	13	1	0.632	0	6	1	3
Elaine Youngs	Total	11	6	1	0.455	1	7	2	5
	1	4	2	1	0.250	1	3	1	1
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	1	3
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	0	1

Sat, 8/26/2006

Winner 4

Jennifer Kessy / Rachel Scott (3)

Lost 20-22, 27-25, 16-18

1:26

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	71	34	6	0.394	1	17	2	4
	1	23	8	2	0.261	1	6	2	2
	2	30	14	2	0.400	0	4	0	1
	3	18	12	2	0.556	0	7	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	17	7	2	0.294	4	11	5	5
	1	4	1	1	0.000	1	4	1	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	1	7	4	4
	3	2	0	0	0.000	2	0	0	1

Sun, 8/27/2006

Contender 6

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (5)

Lost 19-21, 18-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	26	16	7	0.346	0	7	0	3
	1	12	7	4	0.250	0	3	0	2
	2	14	9	3	0.429	0	4	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	18	10	4	0.333	1	4	2	3
	1	9	4	3	0.111	1	2	2	2
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	216	121	26	0.440	3	43	10	28
Elaine Youngs	66	37	10	0.409	7	33	16	18
Total	282	158	36	0.433	10	76	26	46
Opponents	229	123	22	0.441	17	83	9	24

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 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 0-2
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Scott	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	22-20, 25-27, 18-16	1:26
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Scott	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 5 DeNecochea/Leibl 0-1
8/27/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 6	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-19, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 7 Dodd/Fontana 2-0
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Fontana	7	21-13, 16-21, 18-16	1:01
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 # 9 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 # 13 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 # 15 Brannon/Fopma 1-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Brannon/Fopma	15	21-15, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Rothman/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Rothman/Zamparelli-Flavia	31, Q10	21-16, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q9 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