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AVP Tour
$250,000 Bud Light Santa Barbara Open
May 18 - 20, 2006

(8) Nicole Branagh/Holly McPeak

Nicole Branagh

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (47 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

Holly McPeak

Photo: Holly Stein/AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 15, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

5'7"

College(s):

California-Berkeley
UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

323

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,575,161.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
AVP	12	0	2	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$102,700.00
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	US$16,400.00
Overall	17	0	2	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	US$119,100.00

Previous Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1991	Did not play	Barbra Fontana - 13th
2001	Did not play	Lisa Arce - 4th
2002	Did not play	Elaine Youngs - 1st
2004	Did not play	Elaine Youngs - 2nd
2005	Angie Akers - 7th	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	30	25th	60	US$2,000.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	8	9th	144	$2,600.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	7	9th	144	$2,450.00

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/19/2006

Winner 1

Patti Cook / Jill Muhe (25)

Won 21-16, 22-20

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	21	12	5	0.333	2	3	2	4
	1	5	3	2	0.200	1	1	2	3
	2	16	9	3	0.375	1	2	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	21	14	1	0.619	0	15	0	2
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	5	0	1
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	10	0	1

Fri, 5/19/2006

Winner 2

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (9)

Lost 12-21, 29-31

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	26	16	5	0.423	2	9	0	4
	1	7	2	3	-0.143	1	3	0	2
	2	19	14	2	0.632	1	6	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	40	14	5	0.225	0	15	0	0
	1	17	6	2	0.235	0	3	0	0
	2	23	8	3	0.217	0	12	0	0

Fri, 5/19/2006

Contender 2

Brooke Niles / Sarah Straton (10)

Won 21-23, 21-13, 15-12

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	19	2	0.567	2	5	4	3
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	1	0	1
	2	9	3	2	0.111	1	3	4	0
	3	10	8	0	0.800	1	1	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	30	15	1	0.467	0	21	0	1
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	8	0	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	5	0	0
	3	9	3	0	0.333	0	8	0	0

Fri, 5/19/2006

Contender 3

Brittany Hochevar / Logan Tom (16)

Won 21-11, 21-13

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	17	16	1	0.882	3	3	0	3
	1	7	7	0	1.000	2	1	0	1
	2	10	9	1	0.800	1	2	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	15	10	0	0.667	0	15	0	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	0	7	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	8	0	0

Fri, 5/19/2006

Contender 4

Mimi Amaral / Tatiana Minello (6)

Won 26-24, 17-21, 16-14

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	42	31	1	0.714	3	8	2	3
	1	16	12	0	0.750	2	2	0	2
	2	17	12	0	0.706	1	4	0	1
	3	9	7	1	0.667	0	2	2	0
Holly McPeak	Total	21	12	2	0.476	0	13	2	2
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	5	2	2
	2	5	1	1	0.000	0	5	0	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	0	0

Sat, 5/20/2006

Contender 5

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (7)

Lost 13-21, 17-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	35	20	12	0.229	3	2	1	3
	1	16	8	7	0.063	2	2	1	2
	2	19	12	5	0.368	1	0	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	7	1	0	0.143	0	7	0	1
	1	1	0	0	0.000	0	4	0	1
	2	6	1	0	0.167	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	171	114	26	0.515	15	30	9	20
Holly McPeak	134	66	9	0.425	0	86	2	7
Total	305	180	35	0.475	15	116	11	27
Opponents	318	163	38	0.393	14	89	19	20

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	$82,700.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Total	16	0	2	5	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	$109,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Holly McPeak
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	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$34,000.00
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	2	1	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	$134,400.00
115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	160	30	25	32	8	35	22	2	1	0	$757,805.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Goodwill Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,750.00
9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00	Manhattan Beach	10	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	$49,015.00
7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00	Tour Championships	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,422.50
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	203	36	33	40	11	41	26	4	2	0	$1,005,393.00

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	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$10,550.00	7	6	53.8 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$10,550.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Holly McPeak
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1987	WPVA	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$125.00
											1988	WPVA	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$250.00
											1989	WPVA	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$175.00
											1991	WPVA	16	0	0	0	1	7	8	0	0	0	$12,485.00
											1992	WPVA	16	0	0	3	2	7	4	0	0	0	$24,312.50
											1993	AVP	16	11	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1994	AVP	14	5	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	$32,200.50
											1995	WPVA	14	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$57,540.00
											1995	FIVB	9	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00
											1996	WPVA	14	8	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	$84,900.00
											1996	FIVB	9	1	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	$62,600.00
											1997	WPVA	12	7	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$55,750.00
											1997	FIVB	7	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$72,700.00
											1998	SG	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
											1998	FIVB	8	0	1	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	$45,250.00
											1999	AVP	5	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$19,950.00
											1999	USAV	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,750.00
											1999	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$21,750.00
											2000	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,900.00
											2000	BVA	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00
											2000	USAV	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00
											2000	FIVB	11	3	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	$90,000.00
											2001	AVP	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$32,025.00
											2001	BVA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
											2001	FIVB	10	0	1	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	$55,125.00
											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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$66,407.50
											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	0	2	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	$75,650.00
											2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$10,375.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$5,275.00	2006	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$5,275.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
20	0	0	0	0	3	11	3	1	2	$23,417.50	Total	Total	263	72	47	45	21	40	29	4	2	3	$1,231,865.50

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	32	78.0%	6	14.6%	3	7.3%	38-3	92.7%	5	19.2%	1	3.8%	20	76.9%	5-21	19.2%	32-20	61.5%	11-4	73.3%	0	1	43-25	63.2%
2005-2006	32	78.0%	6	14.6%	3	7.3%	38-3	92.7%	5	19.2%	1	3.8%	20	76.9%	5-21	19.2%	32-20	61.5%	11-4	73.3%	0	1	43-25	63.2%
Against the Field	28	75.7%	6	16.2%	3	8.1%	34-3	91.9%	4	15.4%	1	3.8%	21	80.8%	4-22	15.4%	56-40	58.3%	20-8	71.4%	0	1	38-25	60.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	11	2	4	0	0	0	2	39	23
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	25	13	2	5	0	0	0	2	46	29

Head to Head Results
Branagh/McPeak lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 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 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-11, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Scott/Youngs 0-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Scott/Youngs	2	Branagh/McPeak	7	21-18, 29-31, 15-10	1:18
Trail the series against # 6 Amaral/Minello 1-2
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	8	Amaral/Minello	6	26-24, 17-21, 16-14	1:07
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	6	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-19, 21-16	0:44
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	4	Branagh/McPeak	7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 7 DeNecochea/Leibl 0-1
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # 9 Dodd/Fontana 1-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Dodd/Fontana	9	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-12, 31-29	0:56
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	8	Dodd/Fontana	9	21-19, 21-18
Lead the series against # 10 Niles/Straton 1-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Branagh/McPeak	8	Niles/Straton	10	21-23, 21-13, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 16 Hochevar/Tom 1-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	Branagh/McPeak	8	Hochevar/Tom	16	21-11, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # 25 Cook/Muhe 2-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Branagh/McPeak	8	Cook/Muhe	25	21-16, 22-20	0:48
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	7	Cook/Muhe	23	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # Q6 Fusco/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Branagh/McPeak	7	Fusco/Zamparelli-Flavia	26, Q4	21-12, 21-8	0:37