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AVP Tour
$150,000 Manhattan Beach Open
August 14 - 17, 2014

(7) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Did not play
2006	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Did not play
2007	Elaine Youngs - 2nd	Did not play
2008	Elaine Youngs - 3rd	Did not play
2009	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Did not play
Pro Beach 2012	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Did not play
2013	Did not play	Jessica Stubinski - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/7-10/2014	Salt Lake City Open	9	5th	450	$5,200.00
AVP	7/3-6/2014	Milwaukee Open	10	5th	450	$5,200.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/15/2014

Winner 1

Amy Hvitfeldtsen / Jessica Jones (26, Q2)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	24	15	2	0.542	0	10	5	1
	1	18	10	2	0.444	0	7	2	1
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	3	0
Amanda Lawson	Total	14	7	2	0.357	0	3	1	2
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	1	0	1
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	1	1

Fri, 8/15/2014

Winner 2

Briana Hinga / Tealle Hunkus (10)

Won 21-9, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	21	2	0.576	0	13	1	2
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	8	1	1
	2	20	12	2	0.500	0	5	0	1
Amanda Lawson	Total	16	12	2	0.625	0	6	2	1
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	3	1	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	1	0

Sat, 8/16/2014

Winner 3

Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat (2)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	10	5	0.250	0	10	2	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	8	0	1
	2	8	2	4	-0.250	0	2	2	2
Amanda Lawson	Total	18	8	3	0.278	2	2	0	4
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	2	0	2
	2	10	5	1	0.400	2	0	0	2

Sat, 8/16/2014

Contender 4

Lara Dykstra / Jace Pardon (27, Q5)

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

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	48	25	6	0.396	0	14	3	4
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	4	2	2
	2	18	7	2	0.278	0	7	0	1
	3	15	9	2	0.467	0	3	1	1
Amanda Lawson	Total	27	17	2	0.556	3	8	1	2
	1	10	6	0	0.600	1	3	0	0
	2	12	8	2	0.500	1	3	0	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	1	2	1	1

Sat, 8/16/2014

Contender 5

Sarah Day / Christal Engle (8)

Won 21-13, 21-12

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	13	9	4	0.385	0	7	0	3
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	3	0	2
	2	9	5	4	0.111	0	4	0	1
Amanda Lawson	Total	17	11	3	0.471	3	4	5	3
	1	9	3	3	0.000	2	2	3	2
	2	8	8	0	1.000	1	2	2	1

Sun, 8/17/2014

Contender 6

Lane Carico / Kim DiCello (5)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	13	1	0.429	0	12	0	5
	1	17	7	1	0.353	0	7	0	3
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	5	0	2
Amanda Lawson	Total	30	18	4	0.467	1	7	0	3
	1	14	7	2	0.357	1	5	0	1
	2	16	11	2	0.563	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	166	93	20	0.440	0	66	11	18
Amanda Lawson	122	73	16	0.467	9	30	9	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$)
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	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,900.00	10	6	62.5 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,900.00	10	6	62.5 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$7,450.00	2014	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$7,450.00
											2014	NVL	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	2014	FIVB
161	19	26	29	7	29	30	9	4	8	$927,367.50	Total	Total	13	0	0	3	0	5	2	2	0	1	$12,425.00

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	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	100.0%	0-9	0.0%	10-18	35.7%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	7-9	43.8%

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 6-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ross/Walsh Jennings 0-1
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Lawson	9	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Fendrick/Sweat 0-2
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fendrick/Sweat	2	Branagh/Lawson	7	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/5/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Winner 2	Fendrick/Sweat	2	Branagh/Lawson	10	21-12, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Capers/Ross 0-1
8/10/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Contender 4	Capers/Ross	3	Branagh/Lawson	9	21-19, 25-23	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Carico/DiCello 0-1
8/17/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Carico/DiCello	5	Branagh/Lawson	7	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Day/Engle 1-0
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Lawson	7	Day/Engle	8	21-13, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 Hinga/Hunkus 2-0
8/15/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Lawson	7	Hinga/Hunkus	10	21-9, 21-19	0:40
8/8/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Lawson	9	Hinga/Hunkus	8	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 Ledoux/Pollock 1-0
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Lawson	9	Ledoux/Pollock	15, Q12	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Hvitfeldtsen/Jones 1-0
8/15/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Lawson	7	Hvitfeldtsen/Jones	26, Q2	21-16, 21-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Dykstra/Pardon 1-0
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Lawson	7	Dykstra/Pardon	27, Q5	21-15, 18-21, 18-16	0:55