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AVP Tour
$280,000 Bud Light AVP Long Beach Open
July 19 - 21, 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
BVA 2000	Did not play	Nancy Reno - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$13,200.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	2	1st	360	$20,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$13,200.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	3	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	3	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	2	7th	180	$4,650.00
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

Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 1

Stacy Loyal / Alicia Zamparelli-Flavia (31, Q12)

Won 21-7, 21-11

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	13	9	1	0.615	1	10	1	1
	1	7	7	0	1.000	1	5	0	0
	2	6	2	1	0.167	0	5	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	19	15	2	0.684	0	4	6	3
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	1	3	2
	2	14	10	2	0.571	0	3	3	1

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 2

Stacy Brannon / Jenelle Koester (15)

Won 21-11, 21-11

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	13	7	1	0.462	6	6	4	1
	1	5	3	0	0.600	3	4	1	1
	2	8	4	1	0.375	3	2	3	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	14	10	1	0.643	0	4	2	2
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	4	2	0
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	0	0	2

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 3

Barbra Fontana / Alicia Polzin (10)

Won 21-18, 21-12

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	17	1	0.727	0	8	5	4
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	5	3	3
	2	10	9	1	0.800	0	3	2	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	12	9	1	0.667	0	0	1	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	0	0	1
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	0	1	0

Sat, 7/21/2007

Winner 4

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 21-16, 19-21, 13-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	49	23	6	0.347	1	16	1	8
	1	15	9	1	0.533	0	8	0	4
	2	16	6	3	0.188	1	4	0	3
	3	18	8	2	0.333	0	4	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	27	14	2	0.444	1	13	1	4
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	3	0	2
	2	13	7	2	0.385	1	6	1	1
	3	4	1	0	0.250	0	4	0	1

Sat, 7/21/2007

Contender 6

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (9)

Won 21-9, 21-18

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	23	21	1	0.870	1	8	2	3
	1	11	10	1	0.818	1	6	1	2
	2	12	11	0	0.917	0	2	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	17	11	1	0.588	1	5	0	4
	1	7	3	0	0.429	1	1	0	2
	2	10	8	1	0.700	0	4	0	2

Sat, 7/21/2007

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost By Forfeit

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	120	77	10	0.558	9	48	13	17
Elaine Youngs	89	59	7	0.584	2	26	10	14

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 36-14 (Lead 15 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 1-10
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	By Forfeit
6/17/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	3	21-13, 21-12	0:51
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	3	21-19, 21-15	0:56
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 5-2
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 4	Scott/Turner	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:04
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Scott/Turner	1	21-19, 10-21, 15-12	1:01
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	3	Scott/Turner	2	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:59
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	3	Scott/Turner	2	25-23, 16-21, 15-13	1:09
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
Lead the series against # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan 3-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	17-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:06
6/17/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	7	21-18, 14-21, 15-10	1:03
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 # 6 Kessy/Ross 4-2
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:41
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Branagh/Youngs	11	22-20, 21-18	0:49
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 # 7 Dodd/Minello 4-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	3	Dodd/Minello	6	By Forfeit
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 # 9 Lewis/Lima 4-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	Lewis/Lima	9	21-9, 21-18	0:35
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	3	Lewis/Lima	11	21-10, 21-10	0:32
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 Fontana/Polzin 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Fontana/Polzin	10	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Ivy Swift/Lowe 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Ivy Swift/Lowe	10	21-17, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Brannon/Koester 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Brannon/Koester	15	21-11, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 16 Kropp/Pavley 3-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kropp/Pavley	14	21-11, 21-15	0:33
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kropp/Pavley	14	21-14, 21-15	0:34
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 # 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 # 19 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 # 20 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 # 30, Q8 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 # 31, Q12 Loyal/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Loyal/Zamparelli-Flavia	31, Q12	21-7, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # Q11 Bowman/Chapek 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Bowman/Chapek	31, Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:39