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AVP Tour
$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Riverside Open presented by Riverside Convention and Visitor's Bureau
April 16 - 19, 2009

(1) 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:

15

Tournaments:

193

Career Wins:

20

Career AVP Wins:

17

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:

14

Tournaments:

233

Career Wins:

51

Career AVP Wins:

34

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 Riverside Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	1	1st	750	$24,000.00
AVP	9/17-20/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	2	3rd	390	$44,500.00
AVP	9/12-14/2008	AVP Shootout San Francisco	3	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	2	3rd	270	$10,500.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	3	1st	520	$20,000.00
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	5	5th	0	US$0.00
AVP	7/24-27/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	3	3rd	390	$9,500.00
AVP	7/18-20/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	3	5th	312	$6,000.00
AVP	7/10-13/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	3	2nd	468	$15,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	1	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	2	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	4	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$13,200.00
AVP	6/5-7/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	2	3rd	270	$9,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	2	1st	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	2	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	2	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	1	1st	360	$20,000.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	2	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	2	2nd	324	$15,000.00

Riverside Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 4/17/2009

Winner 1

Meri-de Goltz / Iwona Lodzik (32, Q37)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	12	8	2	0.500	1	9	3	2
	1	8	6	2	0.500	0	7	1	1
	2	4	2	0	0.500	1	2	2	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	30	17	7	0.333	1	3	1	1
	1	15	8	4	0.267	1	0	1	1
	2	15	9	3	0.400	0	3	0	0

Fri, 4/17/2009

Winner 2

Saralyn Smith / Beth Van Fleet (16)

Won 21-17, 21-10

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	13	7	1	0.462	2	9	1	1
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	2	1	0
	2	8	3	0	0.375	2	7	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	31	24	1	0.742	1	10	0	2
	1	14	11	1	0.714	0	2	0	1
	2	17	13	0	0.765	1	8	0	1

Sat, 4/18/2009

Winner 3

Nancy Reynolds / Michelle Williams (9)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-7

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	29	20	3	0.586	3	8	3	3
	1	11	8	1	0.636	2	3	1	0
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	1	3
	3	9	5	2	0.333	1	3	1	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	34	18	5	0.382	0	6	1	1
	1	12	5	5	0.000	0	4	0	0
	2	17	9	0	0.529	0	2	0	1
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	0	1	0

Sat, 4/18/2009

Winner 4

Angie Akers / Tyra Turner (4)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	9	3	0.300	0	15	1	1
	1	8	2	3	-0.125	0	10	0	0
	2	12	7	0	0.583	0	5	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	37	23	4	0.514	1	9	2	2
	1	21	14	2	0.571	0	6	1	2
	2	16	9	2	0.438	1	3	1	0

Sun, 4/19/2009

Semi-Finals

Dianne DeNecochea / Carrie Dodd (5)

Won 34-32, 21-17

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	18	1	0.607	0	7	1	2
	1	17	11	0	0.647	0	6	1	2
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	1	0	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	30	16	4	0.400	1	8	3	5
	1	19	10	2	0.421	0	3	3	4
	2	11	6	2	0.364	1	5	0	1

Sun, 4/19/2009

Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (2)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	14	2	0.429	1	20	2	3
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	12	2	2
	2	11	6	0	0.545	1	8	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	28	12	2	0.357	2	8	1	2
	1	16	5	1	0.250	1	6	0	0
	2	12	7	1	0.500	1	2	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	130	76	12	0.492	7	68	11	12
Elaine Youngs	190	110	23	0.458	6	44	8	13

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 40-11 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross 17-7
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Kessy/Ross	2	21-18, 21-14	0:51
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Kessy/Ross	2	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:55
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	1:21
9/13/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	2	21-11, 21-19	0:46
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	3	23-21, 21-19	0:50
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	2	21-23, 21-18, 18-16	1:17
7/27/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	3	21-19, 22-24, 15-6	1:03
7/20/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	3	9-21, 21-13, 15-10	1:04
7/13/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	4	21-18, 21-14	0:51
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	7	21-10, 21-17	0:35
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Kessy/Ross	3	22-20, 21-15	0:54
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-18, 21-17	0:43
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-15, 21-19	0:48
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	5	21-13, 21-13	0:45
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:03
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 14-21, 22-20	1:17
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool I	Branagh/Youngs	9	Kessy/Ross	16	15-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:59
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 # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 10-4
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 21-13	0:41
9/14/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-19, 21-18	0:44
9/7/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Semi-Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 21-23, 15-12	1:08
8/31/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	20-22, 21-19, 15-11	1:12
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:00
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	21-14, 21-14	0:45
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	22-20, 13-21, 15-9	1:02
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	6	Branagh/Youngs	2	15-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:53
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	6	21-12, 21-16	0:46
8/26/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-11, 30-28	0:52
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	24-22, 19-21, 15-10	1:13
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 # 4 Akers/Turner 2-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	4	21-19, 21-18	0:49
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	4	30-28, 21-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 5 DeNecochea/Dodd 1-0
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	34-32, 21-17	1:09
Lead the series against # 7 Jameson/Jones 3-0
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Jameson/Jones	8	21-17, 21-14	0:36
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 # 9 Reynolds/Williams 1-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Reynolds/Williams	9	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	1:02
Lead the series against # 12 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
9/12/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Fopma/Hochevar	11	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 15 Lewis/Polzin 1-0
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	1	Lewis/Polzin	16	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Smith/Van Fleet 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	1	Smith/Van Fleet	16	21-17, 21-10	0:42
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Bruning/Mills 1-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	3	Bruning/Mills	30	21-10, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 32, Q37 Goltz/Lodzik 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	1	Goltz/Lodzik	32, Q37	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q31 Cook/Muhe 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Cook/Muhe	31, Q4	21-11, 21-13	0:37