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$200,000 Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach
September 14 - 17, 2006

(4) Nicole Branagh/Holly McPeak

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

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 Lake Tahoe Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/10-12/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	2	3rd	390	$12,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	3	3rd	390	$12,000.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	3	2nd	324	$13,400.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	3	3rd	270	$8,500.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	6	3rd	270	$8,500.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	30	5th	480	US$14,400.00
AVP	6/15-18/2006	Sacramento Open	7	2nd	468	$15,000.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	7	7th	180	$4,250.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	Q17	33rd	30	US$0.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	9	3rd	270	$8,500.00
AVP	5/18-20/2006	Santa Barbara Open	8	7th	260	$5,500.00
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

Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 9/14/2006

Winner 1

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (5)

Lost 18-21, 14-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	25	13	4	0.360	0	2	1	4
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	0	1	3
	2	15	6	3	0.200	0	2	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	20	10	2	0.400	0	5	0	0
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	2	0	0
	2	9	4	0	0.444	0	3	0	0

Fri, 9/15/2006

Contender 1

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (8)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	40	24	0	0.600	3	1	0	4
	1	16	11	0	0.688	2	0	0	2
	2	24	13	0	0.542	1	1	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	13	4	0	0.308	0	16	0	0
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	7	0	0
	2	8	1	0	0.125	0	9	0	0

Sat, 9/16/2006

Contender 2

Mimi Amaral / Tatiana Minello (6)

Won 16-21, 21-15, 20-18

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	41	21	4	0.415	0	7	4	6
	1	12	5	0	0.417	0	2	2	2
	2	13	5	3	0.154	0	3	2	2
	3	16	11	1	0.625	0	2	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	28	12	4	0.286	0	23	2	0
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	9	1	0
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	7	1	0
	3	11	6	1	0.455	0	7	0	0

Sat, 9/16/2006

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 15-21, 9-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	36	14	8	0.167	2	1	1	2
	1	22	8	4	0.182	2	0	1	1
	2	14	6	4	0.143	0	1	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	29	2	8	-0.207	0	13	0	0
	1	15	0	5	-0.333	0	9	0	0
	2	14	2	3	-0.071	0	4	0	0

Sun, 9/17/2006

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (5)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	32	14	8	0.188	2	6	3	3
	1	18	8	5	0.167	0	3	3	1
	2	14	6	3	0.214	2	3	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	23	11	4	0.304	1	10	0	1
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	5	0	1
	2	13	6	3	0.231	1	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	174	86	24	0.356	7	17	9	19
Holly McPeak	113	39	18	0.186	1	67	2	1
Total	287	125	42	0.289	8	84	11	20
Opponents	263	136	32	0.395	16	107	3	17

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	12	0	2	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$102,700.00	43	25	63.2 %
2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	$16,400.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	AVP	12	0	2	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$102,700.00	43	25	63.2 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	$16,400.00	5	7	41.7 %

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
16	0	2	6	1	4	3	0	0	0	$65,850.00	2006	AVP	16	0	2	7	1	4	2	0	0	0	$70,475.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	$8,200.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	$8,200.00
37	0	2	6	1	7	12	3	1	5	$91,192.50	Total	Total	280	72	49	52	22	44	29	4	2	6	$1,304,265.50

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	11	64.7%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	4	20.0%	0	0.0%	16	80.0%	4-16	20.0%	22-30	42.3%	16-4	80.0%	0	1	19-18	51.4%

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	0	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	0	46	29

Head to Head Results
Branagh/McPeak lead the series against the field 19-18 (Lead 4 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 0-9
9/16/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	4	21-15, 21-9	0:34
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	2	21-13, 21-13	0:40
7/23/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	3	21-11, 21-17	0:40
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	3	21-15, 21-12	0:42
7/2/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	6	21-17, 21-10	0:40
6/18/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	7	21-12, 21-16	0:50
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	9	21-18, 21-16	0:43
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	9	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:53
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-11, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 2 Kessy/Scott 1-0
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/McPeak	2	Kessy/Scott	4	17-21, 21-18, 26-24	1:25
Series tied with # 3 DeNecochea/Leibl 4-4
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	Branagh/McPeak	2	24-22, 21-13	0:51
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Branagh/McPeak	3	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:58
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 3	Branagh/McPeak	3	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	26-24, 21-18	0:55
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	Branagh/McPeak	3	26-28, 21-13, 15-13	1:06
6/18/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 5	Branagh/McPeak	7	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	17-21, 26-24, 15-12	1:07
6/11/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	Branagh/McPeak	7	22-20, 21-10	0:44
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/McPeak	9	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-2
9/17/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach		Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Branagh/McPeak	4	21-17, 21-19	0:41
9/14/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Branagh/McPeak	4	21-18, 21-14	0:37
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/McPeak	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	22-20, 15-21, 15-9	1:06
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Branagh/McPeak	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-13, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 6 Amaral/Minello 4-2
9/16/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Branagh/McPeak	4	Amaral/Minello	6	16-21, 21-15, 20-18	1:01
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 6	Branagh/McPeak	3	Amaral/Minello	8	21-15, 21-17	0:48
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Branagh/McPeak	3	Amaral/Minello	9	21-19, 21-19	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 7 Dodd/Fontana 7-1
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/McPeak	2	Dodd/Fontana	7	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	1:06
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	3	Dodd/Fontana	7	24-22, 21-15	0:50
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Branagh/McPeak	6	Dodd/Fontana	9	21-18, 21-18	0:48
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	7	Dodd/Fontana	8	21-19, 21-15	0:47
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	7	Dodd/Fontana	10	21-18, 21-13	0:51
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	9	Dodd/Fontana	8	21-18, 21-11	0:37
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 # 8 Barnes/Williams 1-0
9/15/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Contender 1	Branagh/McPeak	4	Barnes/Williams	8	21-13, 21-19	0:43