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$80,000 Cincinnati Players Championship
September 3 - 5, 2010

(2) Nicole Branagh/Misty May-Treanor

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:

191

Career Wins:

Career P&R Best:

3rd (Cincinnati 2010)

Career Winnings:

$1,098,692.50

Misty May-Treanor

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Monica, CA

Height:

5'9"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

198

Career Wins:

112

Career P&R Best:

3rd (Cincinnati 2010)

Career Winnings:

$2,144,382.50

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
AVP	7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$97,000.00
FIVB	9	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	US$95,550.00
P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Overall	17	2	2	4	2	2	0	3	1	0	1	US$197,550.00

Previous Cincinnati Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	7	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
AVP	7/24-25/2010	AVP Long Beach Open	2	1st	750	$22,000.00
AVP	7/16-18/2010	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	2	5th	450	$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	7	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
AVP	6/25-27/2010	AVP Belmar Open	2	3rd	540	$9,500.00
AVP	6/18-20/2010	AVP Virginia Beach Open	1	2nd	640	$15,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
AVP	6/3-6/2010	AVP Huntington Beach Open	1	2nd	640	$15,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	5	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	6	4th	420	US$11,200.00
AVP	4/29-5/2/2010	AVP Santa Barbara Open	1	3rd	540	$9,500.00
FIVB	4/19-24/2010	Brasilia Open	20	9th	240	US$6,000.00
AVP	4/16-18/2010	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	1	1st	750	$20,000.00

Cincinnati Players Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/3/2010	Winner 1	Dianne DeNecochea / Brittany Hochevar (7)	Won 21-12, 20-22, 16-14	0:56
Fri, 9/3/2010	Winner 2	Angie Akers / Tyra Turner (3)	Won 14-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:51
Sat, 9/4/2010	Semi-Finals	Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (4)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 15-17	0:52

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	10	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$118,450.00
Total	16	2	2	3	2	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	$192,550.00

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
115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	122	72	24	11	4	4	7	0	0	0	$1,183,895.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00	Manhattan Beach	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$102,112.50
7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,650.00
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	176	101	28	15	6	12	12	1	1	0	$1,925,057.50

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	AVP	7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$97,000.00	32	6	84.2 %
2010	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2	1	66.7 %
2010	FIVB	9	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	$95,550.00	31	15	67.4 %
Total	AVP	7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$97,000.00	32	6	84.2 %
Total	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	$95,550.00	31	15	67.4 %

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	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											1999	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2000	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,200.00
											2000	BVA	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,500.00
											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	BVA	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,375.00
											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	AVP	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$71,550.00
											2003	FIVB	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$126,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	$2,430.00	2004	AVP	10	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$73,612.50
											2004	FIVB	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$43,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$14,712.50	2005	AVP	14	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$183,250.00
											2005	FIVB	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,500.00
16	0	2	6	1	4	3	0	0	0	$65,850.00	2006	AVP	16	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$224,150.00
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
15	3	7	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$119,225.00	2007	AVP	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$162,250.00
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
13	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$114,250.00	2008	AVP	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$182,750.00
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
15	9	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$168,200.00	2009	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00
5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$44,150.00	2009	FIVB
7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00	2010	AVP	7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2010	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
9	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	1	0	$47,775.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	1	0	$47,775.00
125	18	24	24	6	22	21	3	2	5	$805,442.50	Total	Total	177	107	27	15	5	9	12	1	1	0	$1,919,932.50

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	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	2-1	66.7%	0	0	2-1	66.7%
2009-2010	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	2-1	66.7%	0	0	2-1	66.7%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	4-2	66.7%	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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	30	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	41	13
Total	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	35	7	3	5	1	2	1	0	63	21

Head to Head Results
Branagh/May-Treanor lead the series against the field 16-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross 0-6
6/27/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	1:08
6/20/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	1:28
6/6/10	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	14-21, 21-12, 15-11	1:17
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
Lead the series against # 3 Akers/Turner 6-1
9/3/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Winner 2	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	Akers/Turner	3	14-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:51
7/18/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Akers/Turner	4	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	21-18, 22-20	0:43
6/27/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 4	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	Akers/Turner	3	22-20, 23-25, 15-11	1:02
6/20/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	Akers/Turner	5	21-14, 21-15	0:39
6/6/10	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	Akers/Turner	6	21-15, 21-17	0:39
5/8/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	Akers/Turner	4	21-11, 21-12	0:31
4/18/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Finals	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	Akers/Turner	6	21-14, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan 5-1
9/4/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Semi-Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	0:52
7/25/10	AVP	AVP Long Beach Open	Gold Medal	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-16, 21-19	0:54
7/24/10	AVP	AVP Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	22-20, 21-16	0:42
6/5/10	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-16, 21-18	0:46
5/1/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Winner 4	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	16-21, 24-22, 15-9	0:53
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	21-18, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 DeNecochea/Hochevar 4-1
9/3/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Winner 1	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	DeNecochea/Hochevar	7	21-12, 20-22, 16-14	0:56
7/18/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	DeNecochea/Hochevar	6	27-25, 21-14	0:54
5/2/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	DeNecochea/Hochevar	9	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	0:59
5/1/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	DeNecochea/Hochevar	9	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:10
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Branagh/May-Treanor	1	DeNecochea/Hochevar	8	21-18, 21-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 8 Fitzgerald/Ivy Swift 1-0
7/24/10	AVP	AVP Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/May-Treanor	2	Fitzgerald/Ivy Swift	7	21-14, 21-16	0:38