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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$100,000 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 24 - 26, 2012

(7) Nicole Branagh/Brittany Hochevar

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:

192

Career Wins:

Career Pro Beach Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$1,100,192.50

Brittany Hochevar

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fowler, CO

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

203

Career Wins:

Career Pro Beach Best:

3rd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$405,645.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$6,000.00
Pro Beach	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Overall	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$19,000.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Kimberly Coleman - 17th
AVP 2006	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Did not play
AVP 2007	Elaine Youngs - 2nd	Keao Burdine - 17th
AVP 2008	Elaine Youngs - 3rd	Jennifer Fopma - 13th
AVP 2009	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Jennifer Fopma - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Pro Beach	9/16-18/2011	Miami Beach Pro	3	3rd	576	$7,500.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	14	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 1	Chelsea Rashoff / Aleksandra Wolak (26, Q5)	Won 21-14, 21-14
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 2	Michelle Lonergan / Kaitlin Nielsen (10)	Won 21-17, 21-12
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 3	Brooke Niles / Tyra Turner (2)	Won 22-24, 21-19, 15-11
Sun, 8/26/2012	Winner 4	Jennifer Fopma / Brooke Sweat (3)	Lost 17-21, 14-21
Sun, 8/26/2012	Contender 6	Emily Capers / Heather McGuire (6)	Won 21-16, 21-15
Sun, 8/26/2012	Semi-Finals	Jenny Kropp / Whitney Pavlik (1)	Lost 16-21, 11-21

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	$6,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Brittany Hochevar
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	12	0	$65,700.00
115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	2	5	11	1	19	35	15	11	0	$211,982.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$4,900.00
9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00	Manhattan Beach	9	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	$40,000.00
7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00	Tour Championships	8	0	1	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	$27,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Gold Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
177	19	28	22	7	33	41	12	6	0	$937,617.50	Total	181	4	7	16	1	25	46	26	23	0	$364,082.50

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
2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	3	1	75.0 %
2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2012	Pro Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	Pro Beach	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Brittany Hochevar
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$14,712.50	2005	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	$4,550.00
16	0	2	6	1	4	3	0	0	0	$65,850.00	2006	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	$3,525.00
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	16	0	0	0	0	2	9	4	1	0	$17,100.00
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	13	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	1	0	$14,912.50
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	15	0	1	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	$42,695.00
											2009	USAV IDQ	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$44,150.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00	2010	AVP	7	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	$21,200.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
11	1	0	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	$67,325.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	AVP
											2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$312.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2011	Wide Open	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,125.00	2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	2	$41,450.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	7	$12,950.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2011	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2012	Pro Beach	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$11,650.00	2012	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	$8,050.00
152	19	24	29	6	26	30	8	2	8	$892,217.50	Total	Total	100	1	2	4	0	19	32	13	8	21	$146,595.00

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	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	6-3	66.7%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
2011-2012	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	6-3	66.7%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Hochevar lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kropp/Pavlik 0-1
8/26/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kropp/Pavlik	1	Branagh/Hochevar	7	21-16, 21-11
Lead the series against # 2 Niles/Turner 1-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Hochevar	7	Niles/Turner	2	22-24, 21-19, 15-11
Trail the series against # 3 Fopma/Sweat 0-1
8/26/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fopma/Sweat	3	Branagh/Hochevar	7	21-17, 21-14
Lead the series against # 6 Capers/McGuire 1-0
8/26/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Hochevar	7	Capers/McGuire	6	21-16, 21-15
Lead the series against # 9 Harris/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
9/17/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Winner 3	Branagh/Hochevar	3	Harris/Wallin-Brockway	10	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Lonergan/Nielsen 1-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Hochevar	7	Lonergan/Nielsen	10	21-17, 21-12
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Rashoff/Wolak 1-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Hochevar	7	Rashoff/Wolak	26, Q5	21-14, 21-14