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AVP Tour
$150,000 Huntington Beach Open
May 4 - 7, 2017

(10) Nicole Branagh/Xi Zhang

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

Xi Zhang

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 19, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nantong

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

5th (Hermosa Beach 2017)

Career Winnings:

$798,150.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Awards

Most Outstanding 2008
Best Defensive Player 2010

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Alicia Zamparelli-Flavia - 33rd	Did not play
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
2010	Misty May-Treanor - 2nd	Did not play
2011	Angie Akers - 3rd	Did not play
2014	Amanda Lawson - 9th	Did not play
2015	Jenny Kropp - 2nd	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/5/2017

Winner 1

Jennifer Fopma / Kelly Reeves (7)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	14	7	3	0.286	0	1	0	2
	1	14	7	3	0.286	0	1	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Xi Zhang	Total	37	16	6	0.270	0	9	1	0
	1	37	16	6	0.270	0	9	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 5/5/2017

Contender 1

Bre Moreland / Kerri Schuh (15, Q4)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	12	9	0	0.750	2	2	2	0
	1	12	9	0	0.750	2	2	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Xi Zhang	Total	28	16	5	0.393	0	7	3	3
	1	28	16	5	0.393	0	7	3	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 5/6/2017

Contender 2

Kim DiCello / Emily Stockman (5)

Lost 21-16, 16-21, 11-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	10	4	0.273	1	3	2	3
	1	22	10	4	0.273	1	3	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Xi Zhang	Total	56	23	9	0.250	1	17	1	2
	1	56	23	9	0.250	1	17	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	48	26	7	0.396	3	6	4	5
Xi Zhang	121	55	20	0.289	1	33	5	5

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Xi Zhang
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	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$68,875.00
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	5	4	3	4	11	8	3	3	0	$347,975.00
115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	9	9	6	1	10	18	9	3	0	$377,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00	Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$650.00
7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$900.00
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	125	15	14	11	7	21	28	15	7	0	$797,900.00

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
2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Xi Zhang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	$2,430.00	2004	AVP
											2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	$10,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$14,712.50	2005	AVP
											2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	5	$15,900.00
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	13	2	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	$97,600.00
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	15	0	3	3	2	4	2	0	1	0	$109,400.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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	11	2	1	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	$85,050.00
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	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	0	$26,800.00
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	15	3	3	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	$134,350.00
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	14	2	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	$135,000.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	2012	AVP
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	10	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	$107,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,600.00	2013	FIVB	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$62,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$10,450.00	2014	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	2014	FIVB
7	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$32,950.00	2015	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$7,500.00	2015	FIVB
											2016	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
173	20	29	29	7	31	35	9	5	8	$972,067.50	Total	Total	119	15	14	11	7	21	24	13	7	7	$789,350.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2016-2017	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Zhang trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 DiCello/Stockman 0-1
5/6/17	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	DiCello/Stockman	5	Branagh/Zhang	10	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 7 Fopma/Reeves 0-1
5/5/17	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Fopma/Reeves	7	Branagh/Zhang	10	21-17, 21-14	0:48
Lead the series against # 15, Q4 Moreland/Schuh 1-0
5/5/17	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Branagh/Zhang	10	Moreland/Schuh	15, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:41