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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Louisville Open
May 24 - 27, 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 Louisville Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	2	3rd	270	$9,500.00
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

Louisville Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/25/2007

Winner 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (15)

Won 22-20, 21-16

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	32	23	0	0.719	2	7	1	2
	1	19	13	0	0.684	0	3	0	1
	2	13	10	0	0.769	2	4	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	28	13	1	0.429	0	10	0	4
	1	14	7	0	0.500	0	8	0	3
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	2	0	1

Fri, 5/25/2007

Winner 3

Holly McPeak / Logan Tom (7)

Lost 20-22, 11-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	19	8	4	0.211	0	6	3	3
	1	9	4	0	0.444	0	3	2	1
	2	10	4	4	0.000	0	3	1	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	33	11	10	0.030	0	6	0	3
	1	18	7	6	0.056	0	4	0	1
	2	15	4	4	0.000	0	2	0	2

Sat, 5/26/2007

Contender 3

Tara Kuk / Kim Whitney (21, Q2)

Won 21-8, 21-14

0:29

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	34	17	3	0.412	1	5	4	5
	1	16	6	1	0.313	0	1	4	1
	2	18	11	2	0.500	1	4	0	4
Elaine Youngs	Total	23	8	2	0.261	1	4	2	0
	1	17	4	2	0.118	0	1	1	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	3	1	0

Sat, 5/26/2007

Contender 4

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	41	12	7	0.122	1	14	0	5
	1	21	6	5	0.048	1	6	0	2
	2	20	6	2	0.200	0	8	0	3
Elaine Youngs	Total	21	9	2	0.333	1	14	1	1
	1	12	6	1	0.417	1	8	1	1
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	126	60	14	0.365	4	32	8	15
Elaine Youngs	105	41	15	0.248	2	34	3	8

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	6	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$70,150.00	23	8	74.2 %
Total	AVP	9	1	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	$95,150.00	32	14	69.6 %
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
6	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$35,075.00	2007	AVP	6	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$35,075.00
46	1	4	7	2	10	13	3	1	5	$139,517.50	Total	Total	167	36	36	33	16	30	12	3	1	0	$1,100,318.75

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	59	70.2%	16	19.0%	9	10.7%	75-9	89.3%	20	41.7%	10	20.8%	18	37.5%	20-28	41.7%	118-30	79.7%	72-38	65.5%	1	2	96-36	72.7%

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 23-12 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 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 2-1
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 4	Scott/Turner	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 21-16	0:46
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
Series tied with # 7 McPeak/Tom 2-2
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Tom	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	22-20, 21-11	0:38
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 # 10 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 # 12 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 # 15 Jameson/Jones 2-0
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Jameson/Jones	15	22-20, 21-16	0:50
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 # 17 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 # 21, Q2 Kuk/Whitney 1-0
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kuk/Whitney	21, Q2	21-8, 21-14	0:29
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