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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 (45 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 (47 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

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

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