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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$150,000 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open
September 23 - 25, 2011

(3) Nicole Branagh/Lisa Fitzgerald

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

Lisa Rutledge Fitzgerald

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 10, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vista, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (Wide Open Siesta Key 2011)

Career Pro Beach Best:

3rd (Hermosa Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$137,465.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
Pro Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2004	Lauren Fendrick - 9th	Did not play
AVP 2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Did not play
AVP 2006	Holly McPeak - 7th	Angela Bryan - 17th
AVP 2007	Elaine Youngs - 3rd	Angela Bryan - 25th
AVP 2008	Elaine Youngs - 3rd	Angela Bryan - 17th
AVP 2009	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Brooke Niles - 17th
AVP 2010	Misty May-Treanor - 5th	Ashley Ivy Swift - 7th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/24/2011	Winner 1	Suzana Manole / Traci Morin (30, Q8)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:39
Sat, 9/24/2011	Winner 2	Kim DiCello / Kathrin Winkler (14)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:48
Sat, 9/24/2011	Winner 3	Kristen Batt-Rohr / Brooke Sweat (6)	Won 13-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:10
Sun, 9/25/2011	Winner 4	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Niles (2)	Lost 23-21, 20-22, 12-15	1:05
Sun, 9/25/2011	Contender 6	Jess Clausen / Jennifer Fopma (8)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:46
Sun, 9/25/2011	Semi-Finals	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (1)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 11-15	1:06

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$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Lisa Fitzgerald
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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00
115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	62	0	1	3	0	11	16	13	8	0	$85,865.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00	Manhattan Beach	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	$11,475.00
7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
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	79	0	1	6	0	12	17	14	12	0	$110,140.00

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
2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	Pro Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Lisa Fitzgerald
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
16	0	2	6	1	4	3	0	0	0	$65,850.00	2006	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	$1,350.00
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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	$3,050.00
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	0	9	3	1	0	$14,187.50
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	5	0	5	3	1	0	0	$57,165.00
5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$44,150.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00	2010	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	$14,300.00
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	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	$11,625.00
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											2011	NVL	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,062.50
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	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,925.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	2	$41,450.00	2011	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	$4,750.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2011	NORCECA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
144	19	24	26	6	26	29	5	2	7	$875,067.50	Total	Total	84	1	3	8	0	12	20	12	11	17	$128,315.00

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	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	3-0	100.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
2010-2011	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	3-0	100.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Fitzgerald lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross 0-1
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Branagh/Fitzgerald	3	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:06
Trail the series against # 2 Fendrick/Niles 0-1
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Fendrick/Niles	2	Branagh/Fitzgerald	3	21-23, 22-20, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 6 Batt-Rohr/Sweat 1-0
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Fitzgerald	3	Batt-Rohr/Sweat	6	13-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:10
Lead the series against # 8 Clausen/Fopma 1-0
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Fitzgerald	3	Clausen/Fopma	8	21-19, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 14 DiCello/Winkler 1-0
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Fitzgerald	3	DiCello/Winkler	14	21-18, 21-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Manole/Morin 1-0
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Fitzgerald	3	Manole/Morin	30, Q8	21-13, 21-16	0:39