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AVP Tour
$150,000 Milwaukee Open
July 3 - 6, 2014

(10) Nicole Branagh/Amanda Lawson

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

Amanda Dowdy Lawson

Photo: Michael Gomez

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Austin, TX

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Texas Tech

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Shepparton 2018)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$105,350.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	$23,400.00

Previous Milwaukee Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Milwaukee Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/4/2014

Winner 1

Heather McGuire / Kaitlin Nielsen (7)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	10	4	0.273	0	14	1	1
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	7	0	1
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	7	1	0
Amanda Lawson	Total	22	16	2	0.636	4	1	1	0
	1	14	9	1	0.571	2	1	1	0
	2	8	7	1	0.750	2	0	0	0

Sat, 7/5/2014

Winner 2

Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat (2)

Lost 12-21, 14-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	19	8	5	0.158	0	7	0	2
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	4	0	0
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	3	0	2
Amanda Lawson	Total	27	10	5	0.185	2	1	0	1
	1	13	3	4	-0.077	0	0	0	0
	2	14	7	1	0.429	2	1	0	1

Sat, 7/5/2014

Contender 2

Laryssa Mereszczak / Megan Wallin-Brockway (12)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	11	3	0.364	0	9	2	1
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	5	2	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	4	0	1
Amanda Lawson	Total	19	12	5	0.368	2	3	5	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	2	2	2	2
	2	13	7	5	0.154	0	1	3	0

Sat, 7/5/2014

Contender 3

Kim DiCello / Tealle Hunkus (6)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	23	15	3	0.522	1	7	2	5
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	4	0	3
	2	14	8	3	0.357	1	3	2	2
Amanda Lawson	Total	21	14	1	0.619	1	7	0	5
	1	14	10	1	0.643	1	4	0	2
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	3	0	3

Sun, 7/6/2014

Contender 4

Jennifer Fopma / Whitney Pavlik (5)

Lost 19-21, 14-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	21	6	4	0.095	0	10	2	0
	1	11	3	3	0.000	0	5	1	0
	2	10	3	1	0.200	0	5	1	0
Amanda Lawson	Total	27	13	1	0.444	2	7	0	3
	1	12	7	0	0.583	2	1	0	1
	2	15	6	1	0.333	0	6	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	107	50	19	0.290	1	47	7	9
Amanda Lawson	116	65	14	0.440	11	19	6	11

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$15,400.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$23,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Amanda Lawson
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	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	4	0	8	15	4	1	0	$56,337.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	1	1	1	0	6	4	2	1	0	$12,950.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00	Manhattan Beach	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$11,662.50
7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00	Tour Championships	6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$14,350.00
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	71	1	1	5	0	21	24	6	2	0	$95,300.00

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
2014	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Amanda Lawson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	$2,430.00	2004	AVP
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$14,712.50	2005	AVP
16	0	2	6	1	4	3	0	0	0	$65,850.00	2006	AVP
8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	$21,450.00	2006	FIVB
15	3	7	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$119,225.00	2007	AVP
8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00	2007	FIVB
13	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$114,250.00	2008	AVP
12	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$99,200.00	2008	FIVB
15	9	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$168,200.00	2009	AVP
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2010	P&R
11	1	0	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	$67,325.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2011	Wide Open
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,125.00	2011	Pro Beach
14	0	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	2	$41,450.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	2012	AVP
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2012	Pro Beach
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	$17,250.00	2012	FIVB
											2013	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	NVL	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,675.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,600.00	2013	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00	2014	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,600.00
											2014	NVL	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
158	19	26	29	7	27	30	9	3	8	$920,017.50	Total	Total	11	0	0	3	0	3	2	2	0	1	$7,575.00

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	11	78.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11	100.0%	0-11	0.0%	11-11	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	13-12	52.0%
2013-2014	10	83.3%	2	16.7%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	10-10	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	12-10	54.5%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	12-10	54.5%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	12

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Lawson lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Fendrick/Sweat 0-1
7/5/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Winner 2	Fendrick/Sweat	2	Branagh/Lawson	10	21-12, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Fopma/Pavlik 0-1
7/6/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Contender 4	Fopma/Pavlik	5	Branagh/Lawson	10	21-19, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 DiCello/Hunkus 1-0
7/5/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Lawson	10	DiCello/Hunkus	6	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 7 McGuire/Nielsen 1-0
7/4/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Lawson	10	McGuire/Nielsen	7	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Mereszczak/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
7/5/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Lawson	10	Mereszczak/Wallin-Brockway	12	21-17, 21-19	0:44