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$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 3 - 6, 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1997	Did not play	Liz Masakayan - 7th
SG 1998	Did not play	Various - 6th
USAV 1999	Did not play	Liz Masakayan - 3rd
2002	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 1st
2003	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 2nd
2004	Alicia Zamparelli-Flavia - 33rd	Did not play
2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Rachel Scott - 1st
2006	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Rachel Scott - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/19-22/2007	Dallas Open	2	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	2	1st	360	$20,000.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 1

Alexandra Jupiter / Leilani Kamahoahoa (31, Q13)

Won 21-13, 21-12

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	18	13	1	0.667	3	3	0	1
	1	11	8	0	0.727	2	2	0	1
	2	7	5	1	0.571	1	1	0	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	14	8	1	0.500	1	7	0	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	0	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	1	4	0	0

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (18)

Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-7

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	38	29	3	0.684	1	4	1	2
	1	20	11	3	0.400	0	1	0	1
	2	11	11	0	1.000	0	2	0	1
	3	7	7	0	1.000	1	1	1	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	24	12	7	0.208	1	12	4	2
	1	9	3	4	-0.111	0	7	2	1
	2	10	6	3	0.300	1	4	1	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	1	1	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (7)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	37	19	5	0.378	2	9	0	1
	1	19	10	1	0.474	2	5	0	1
	2	18	9	4	0.278	0	4	0	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	10	6	3	0.300	0	6	3	2
	1	5	2	3	-0.200	0	2	0	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	4	3	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Winner 4

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Won 17-21, 24-22, 15-12

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	44	18	8	0.227	3	9	2	0
	1	16	6	4	0.125	2	3	0	0
	2	16	7	3	0.250	0	5	2	0
	3	12	5	1	0.333	1	1	0	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	21	7	4	0.143	0	11	4	3
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	1	0
	2	15	5	2	0.200	0	6	2	1
	3	3	0	2	-0.667	0	3	1	2

Sun, 5/6/2007

Semi-Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (6)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	19	9	3	0.316	0	6	2	1
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	3	1	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	3	1	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	10	8	0	0.800	5	5	2	2
	1	5	4	0	0.800	2	4	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	3	1	2	2

Sun, 5/6/2007

Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 13-21, 13-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	13	7	0.182	0	4	0	3
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	0	1
	2	19	7	4	0.158	0	2	0	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	16	5	3	0.125	0	6	0	2
	1	10	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	1
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	189	101	27	0.392	9	35	5	8
Elaine Youngs	95	46	18	0.295	7	47	13	13

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	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50,000.00	14	3	82.4 %
Total	AVP	6	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$75,000.00	23	9	71.9 %
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
3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00	2007	AVP	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00
43	1	4	6	2	8	13	3	1	5	$129,442.50	Total	Total	164	36	36	32	16	28	12	3	1	0	$1,090,243.75

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	61	70.9%	16	18.6%	9	10.5%	77-9	89.5%	20	41.7%	10	20.8%	18	37.5%	20-28	41.7%	122-30	80.3%	72-38	65.5%	1	2	98-36	73.1%

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 19-7 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 1 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 1-6
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-13, 21-13	0:46
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-14, 21-19	0:55
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 # 3 Scott/Turner 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Scott/Turner	3	17-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 1-0
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 6 Kessy/Ross 2-1
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	6	21-14, 21-16	0:43
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 # 7 Dodd/Minello 3-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Minello	7	21-19, 21-16	0:45
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Minello	7	21-17, 21-13	0:36
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Minello	7	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 10 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 # 11 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 # 12 Lewis/Lima 2-0
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Lewis/Lima	14	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	1:02
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Lewis/Lima	18	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 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 # 15 Fendrick/Hochevar 1-0
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Fendrick/Hochevar	15	21-18, 21-14	0:49
Lead the series against # 18 Jameson/Jones 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Jameson/Jones	18	19-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:50
Lead the series against # 30, 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q13 Jupiter/Kamahoahoa 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Jupiter/Kamahoahoa	31, Q13	21-13, 21-12	0:36