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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 17 - 22, 2010

(5) Nicole Branagh/Misty May-Treanor, United States

Nicole Branagh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orinda, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$392,075.00

Misty May-Treanor
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Monica, CA

Height:

182 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,117,595.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Awards

Tour Champion 2002 (with Kerri Walsh Jennings)
Best Offensive Player 2005, 2007, 2008
Best Setter 2005
Most Outstanding 2005, 2008
Best Defensive Player 2007, 2008, 2011
Sportsperson 2007, 2008, 2010
Most Inspirational 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	US$95,550.00

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	6	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	4/19-24/2010	Brasilia Open	20	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 5/18/2010

Pool E

Ying Huang / Yuan Yue, China (28, Q6)

Won 21-13, 16-21, 15-12

0:50

Wed, 5/19/2010

Pool E

Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (21)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:44

Thu, 5/20/2010

Pool E

Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (12)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:41

Fri, 5/21/2010

Winner 2

Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (18)

Won 30-28, 23-21

0:47

Fri, 5/21/2010

Winner 3

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (14)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	15	1	0.636	1	4	2	2
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	1	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	1	3	2	2
Misty May-Treanor	Total	17	11	2	0.529	2	7	1	0
	1	10	7	1	0.600	1	3	1	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	4	0	0

Sat, 5/22/2010

Semi-Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (2)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	12	3	0.321	2	5	0	5
	1	15	7	2	0.333	0	3	0	2
	2	13	5	1	0.308	2	2	0	3
Misty May-Treanor	Total	18	8	0	0.444	1	8	1	0
	1	10	4	0	0.400	1	4	0	0
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	4	1	0

Sun, 5/23/2010

Bronze Medal

Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (3)

Lost 15-21, 19-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	45	23	8	0.333	0	5	0	2
	1	20	9	5	0.200	0	0	0	2
	2	25	14	3	0.440	0	5	0	0
Misty May-Treanor	Total	9	5	1	0.444	0	5	0	0
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	0
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	95	50	12	0.400	3	14	2	9
Misty May-Treanor	44	24	3	0.477	3	20	2	0
Total	139	74	15	0.424	6	34	4	9
Opponents	147	91	16	0.510	6	44	1	15

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	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$74,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$21,450.00
Total	9	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	$95,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Misty May-Treanor
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	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$116,500.00
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	18	3	2	2	7	4	1	1	0	$517,900.00
37	3	2	4	6	4	13	1	3	0	$179,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	19	14	6	4	3	6	0	0	0	$483,195.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
82	3	4	7	7	15	24	9	6	0	$392,075.00	Total	99	43	18	8	6	11	11	1	1	0	$1,117,595.00

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
2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00	12	7	63.2 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00	12	7	63.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Misty May-Treanor
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2000	FIVB	11	3	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	$90,000.00
											2001	FIVB	9	1	2	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	$58,500.00
											2002	FIVB	11	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$97,570.00
											2003	FIVB	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$126,000.00
											2004	FIVB	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$43,000.00
											2005	FIVB	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,500.00
8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	$21,450.00	2006	FIVB	8	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$100,700.00
8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00	2007	FIVB	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$154,750.00
12	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$99,200.00	2008	FIVB	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$65,250.00
5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$44,150.00	2009	FIVB
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$17,800.00	2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$17,800.00
36	2	4	6	5	9	6	0	1	3	$239,800.00	Total	Total	75	38	13	7	5	5	6	1	0	0	$887,320.00

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	24	75.0%	5	15.6%	3	9.4%	29-3	90.6%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	24-9	72.7%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	31-15	67.4%
2009-2010	24	75.0%	5	15.6%	3	9.4%	29-3	90.6%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	24-9	72.7%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	31-15	67.4%
Against the Field	22	75.9%	4	13.8%	3	10.3%	26-3	89.7%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	9	69.2%	1-12	7.7%	44-18	71.0%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	27-15	64.3%

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	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	5	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	22	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	7
Total	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	10	6	0	3	1	2	0	0	31	15

Head to Head Results
Branagh/May-Treanor lead the series against the field 11-6 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-3
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/May-Treanor	5	21-16, 21-17	0:49
5/9/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	3	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	21-18, 21-11	0:39
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	3	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
5/9/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 4 Akers/Turner, United States 1-0
5/8/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	Akers/Turner	4	21-11, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 6 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	Salgado/Salgado	8	21-14, 21-23, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Branagh/May-Treanor	20	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 12 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-1
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Branagh/May-Treanor	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	21-19, 21-17	0:41
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	Branagh/May-Treanor	20	21-16, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Branagh/May-Treanor	5	Xue/Zhang	14	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/May-Treanor	5	Keizer/Van Iersel	18	30-28, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-0
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Branagh/May-Treanor	5	Banck/Gunther	21	21-19, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 23 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-0
5/8/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	Kolocova/Slukova	28	21-10, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Branagh/May-Treanor	20	Kolocova/Slukova	13	25-23, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Huang/Yue, China 1-0
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Branagh/May-Treanor	5	Huang/Yue	28, Q6	21-13, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q11 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	Dampney/Mullin	27, Q11	21-17, 21-18	0:39