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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 18 - 20, 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1997	Did not play	Liz Masakayan - 4th
1999	Did not play	Liz Masakayan - 1st
2001	Did not play	Barbra Fontana - 2nd
2002	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 1st
2003	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 2nd
2004	Lauren Fendrick - 9th	Holly McPeak - 1st
2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Rachel Scott - 2nd
2006	Holly McPeak - 7th	Rachel Scott - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	2	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	2	2nd	324	$15,000.00
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

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 1

Alexandra Jupiter / Leilani Kamahoahoa (31, Q10)

Won 21-12, 21-6

0:29

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	17	14	2	0.706	6	7	3	2
	1	11	9	2	0.636	3	2	2	1
	2	6	5	0	0.833	3	5	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	4	3
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	1	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	3	2

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 2

Jenny Kropp / Jenny Pavley (15)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	18	1	0.607	3	6	3	2
	1	12	9	1	0.667	3	1	0	1
	2	16	9	0	0.563	0	5	3	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	15	10	1	0.600	0	8	5	3
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	2	5	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	6	0	2

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 3

Holly McPeak / Logan Tom (7)

Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-8

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	38	16	7	0.237	1	16	2	6
	1	14	6	4	0.143	0	6	0	2
	2	13	5	1	0.308	0	6	2	3
	3	11	5	2	0.273	1	4	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	22	15	0	0.682	0	11	6	5
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	4	2	2
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	1	2
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	5	3	1

Sun, 5/20/2007

Winner 4

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-12

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	31	17	4	0.419	1	10	2	3
	1	13	8	1	0.538	1	5	1	1
	2	10	4	3	0.100	0	4	1	1
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	1	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	28	19	4	0.536	1	7	2	2
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	2	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	3	0	1
	3	8	6	2	0.500	1	0	0	0

Sun, 5/20/2007

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 15-21, 17-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	35	14	6	0.229	0	5	4	3
	1	17	7	3	0.235	0	3	1	1
	2	18	7	3	0.222	0	2	3	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	20	9	5	0.200	1	10	1	0
	1	9	4	2	0.222	1	2	1	0
	2	11	5	3	0.182	0	8	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	149	79	20	0.396	11	44	14	16
Elaine Youngs	94	60	10	0.532	2	38	18	13

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 25-10 (Lead 14 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 1-7
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 21-17	0:43
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 2-0
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Scott/Turner	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	1:00
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Scott/Turner	3	17-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:04
Series tied with # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 1-1
5/13/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 21-17	0:45
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 5 Kessy/Ross 3-1
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	6	17-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:07
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 # 6 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 # 7 McPeak/Tom 2-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	McPeak/Tom	7	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:48
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Tom	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	22-20, 13-21, 15-12	0:59
8/20/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	McPeak/Tom	10	21-17, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Davis/Johnson Jordan 1-0
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	25-27, 21-14, 15-10	1:17
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 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 # 13 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 # 14 Barnes/Williams 2-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Barnes/Williams	15	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	1:08
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Barnes/Williams	10	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 Kropp/Pavley 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kropp/Pavley	15	21-14, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 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 # 31, Q10 Jupiter/Kamahoahoa 2-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Jupiter/Kamahoahoa	31, Q10	21-12, 21-6	0:29
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Jupiter/Kamahoahoa	31, Q13	21-13, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # Q7 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