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AVP Tour
$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 (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 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

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