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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP New Orleans Open
May 21 - 24, 2015

(5) 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 New Orleans Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/18-21/2014	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	5	9th	300	$3,500.00
AVP	8/28-31/2014	Cincinnati Open	6	9th	300	$2,500.00
AVP	8/14-17/2014	Manhattan Beach Open	7	5th	450	$4,500.00
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

AVP New Orleans Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/23/2015

Winner 1

Aurora Davis / Laryssa Mereszczak (12)

Won 21-18, 21-11

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	23	13	2	0.478	0	8	1	2
	1	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	0	2
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	5	1	0
Amanda Lawson	Total	12	10	1	0.750	3	8	2	5
	1	7	5	1	0.571	2	4	1	2
	2	5	5	0	1.000	1	4	1	3

Sat, 5/23/2015

Winner 2

Jenny Kropp / Whitney Pavlik (4)

Lost 21-19, 19-21, 18-20

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	23	13	4	0.391	1	5	4	5
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	3	2
	2	10	6	2	0.400	1	1	0	2
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	1	1	1
Amanda Lawson	Total	42	27	6	0.500	4	4	2	2
	1	15	11	2	0.600	2	2	0	1
	2	12	6	3	0.250	1	1	1	0
	3	15	10	1	0.600	1	1	1	1

Sat, 5/23/2015

Contender 2

Kendra VanZwieten / Megan Wallin-Brockway (7)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	21	12	2	0.476	0	9	0	4
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	6	0	2
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	0	2
Amanda Lawson	Total	31	14	4	0.323	0	5	1	1
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	3	1	0
	2	16	6	3	0.188	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	67	38	8	0.448	1	22	5	11
Amanda Lawson	85	51	11	0.471	7	17	5	8

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	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$20,900.00	12	10	54.5 %
2015	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$23,400.00	13	12	52.0 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$10,450.00	2014	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	$13,050.00
											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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,200.00
											2014	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2015	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
164	19	26	29	7	29	33	9	4	8	$931,617.50	Total	Total	22	0	0	3	1	6	5	4	0	3	$20,850.00

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%
2014-2015	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%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-8	20.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

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
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 trail the series against the field 1-5 (Lead 1 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 # 4 Kropp/Pavlik 0-1
5/23/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Winner 2	Kropp/Pavlik	4	Branagh/Lawson	5	19-21, 21-19, 20-18	1:00
Trail the series against # 7 VanZwieten/Wallin-Brockway 0-1
5/23/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Contender 2	VanZwieten/Wallin-Brockway	7	Branagh/Lawson	5	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Davis/Mereszczak 1-0
5/23/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Lawson	5	Davis/Mereszczak	12	21-18, 21-11	0:42