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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Miami Open
April 13 - 15, 2007

(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 Miami Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	8	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	8	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	11	4th	420	US$12,000.00
AVP	8/31-9/3/2006	Cincinnati Open	2	5th	312	$7,500.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	2	5th	216	$5,500.00
AVP	8/17-20/2006	Brooklyn Open	2	3rd	390	$12,000.00

Miami Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/14/2007

Winner 2

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (18)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	19	3	0.533	2	11	0	2
	1	15	8	2	0.400	2	4	0	1
	2	15	11	1	0.667	0	7	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	18	10	4	0.333	0	3	4	3
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	4	2
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	1	0	1

Sat, 4/14/2007

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (7)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	29	18	2	0.552	1	5	3	4
	1	15	9	2	0.467	1	3	2	3
	2	14	9	0	0.643	0	2	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	15	9	0	0.600	0	6	2	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	4	0	1
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	2	2	1

Sun, 4/15/2007

Winner 4

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (11)

Lost 17-21, 21-17, 12-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	40	18	6	0.300	0	8	4	4
	1	13	5	3	0.154	0	3	1	3
	2	13	6	3	0.231	0	3	3	0
	3	14	7	0	0.500	0	2	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	28	12	0	0.429	0	4	2	5
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	2	1	4
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	1	1	0
	3	13	2	0	0.154	0	1	0	1

Sun, 4/15/2007

Contender 5

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (12)

Won 21-11, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	19	13	1	0.632	0	5	1	5
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	3	1	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	2	0	3
Elaine Youngs	Total	14	10	2	0.571	0	6	5	3
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	3	2
	2	9	7	2	0.556	0	3	2	1

Sun, 4/15/2007

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	32	18	5	0.406	0	9	4	3
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	5	3	1
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	4	1	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	24	12	3	0.375	0	11	1	3
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	0	1
	2	12	6	2	0.333	0	6	1	2

Sun, 4/15/2007

Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (11)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	34	18	3	0.441	3	8	2	3
	1	16	9	1	0.500	1	3	0	3
	2	18	9	2	0.389	2	5	2	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	15	10	1	0.600	0	10	2	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	8	1	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	184	104	20	0.457	6	46	14	21
Elaine Youngs	114	63	10	0.465	0	40	16	16

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	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00	9	6	60.0 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$26,500.00	10	7	58.8 %
2007	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	AVP	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00	14	7	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$26,500.00	10	7	58.8 %

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
16	0	2	6	1	4	3	0	0	0	$65,850.00	2006	AVP	15	2	5	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	$98,150.00
8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	$21,450.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	$39,400.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2007	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
41	1	2	6	2	8	13	3	1	5	$114,442.50	Total	Total	162	36	34	32	16	28	12	3	1	0	$1,075,243.75

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%
2006-2007	45	72.6%	12	19.4%	5	8.1%	57-5	91.9%	11	40.7%	4	14.8%	12	44.4%	11-16	40.7%	45-12	78.9%	23-9	71.9%	1	2	69-23	75.0%
Against the Field	58	69.9%	16	19.3%	9	10.8%	74-9	89.2%	20	41.7%	10	20.8%	18	37.5%	20-28	41.7%	116-30	79.5%	72-38	65.5%	1	2	95-36	72.5%

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 10-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 1-4
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	21-19, 21-19	0:43
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	8	22-20, 21-15	0:58
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Bronze Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Branagh/Youngs	11	21-17, 21-15	0:41
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Branagh/Youngs	11	21-18, 21-18	0:38
8/20/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Dodd/Minello 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Minello	7	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 9 Barnes/Williams 1-0
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Barnes/Williams	10	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Brannon/Fopma 1-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Brannon/Fopma	15	21-15, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 11 Kessy/Ross 1-1
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	11	21-19, 21-15	0:56
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	11	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 12 Akers/Niles 1-0
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	2	Akers/Niles	12	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Ilustre/Pascua 1-0
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Ilustre/Pascua	15	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Lewis/Lima 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Lewis/Lima	18	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q8 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