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$200,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open
August 13 - 16, 2015

(5) Nicole Branagh/Jenny Kropp

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

Jenny Kropp

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 17, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Island, NE

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Nebraska

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Chicago 2015)

Career Winnings:

$249,330.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	6	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$63,400.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$9,100.00
Overall	8	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	US$72,500.00

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	Jenny Pavley - 13th
2008	Elaine Youngs - 3rd	Nancy Reynolds - 7th
2009	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Barbra Fontana - 13th
Pro Beach 2011	Did not play	Whitney Pavlik - 1st
Pro Beach 2012	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Whitney Pavlik - 1st
2014	Amanda Lawson - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/6-9/2015	AVP Seattle Open	5	5th	450	$5,200.00
AVP	7/16-19/2015	AVP New York City Open	4	2nd	640	$10,000.00

AVP Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/14/2015

Winner 1

Jessica Mendoza / Jessica Sykora (28, Q7)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	34	20	5	0.441	1	9	1	3
	1	21	12	4	0.381	0	5	1	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	1	4	0	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	10	6	4	0.200	0	8	4	1
	1	7	4	3	0.143	0	5	2	0
	2	3	2	1	0.333	0	3	2	1

Fri, 8/14/2015

Winner 2

Tealle Hunkus / Sheila Shaw (12)

Lost 17-21, 21-23

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	27	8	6	0.074	0	8	0	3
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	3	0	1
	2	18	5	4	0.056	0	5	0	2
Jenny Kropp	Total	18	12	1	0.611	5	2	1	0
	1	9	6	1	0.556	3	0	0	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	2	2	1	0

Fri, 8/14/2015

Contender 2

Gretchen Duffner-Hand / Carol Welcher (22, Q4)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	16	2	0.700	0	7	1	3
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	1	0	2
	2	12	9	2	0.583	0	6	1	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	13	11	1	0.769	3	6	4	0
	1	8	7	1	0.750	2	4	2	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	1	2	2	0

Sat, 8/15/2015

Contender 3

Corinne Quiggle / Elise Zappia (30, Q11)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	17	4	0.394	0	14	0	3
	1	19	7	3	0.211	0	11	0	1
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	3	0	2
Jenny Kropp	Total	19	11	2	0.474	3	11	0	2
	1	12	6	1	0.417	2	8	0	2
	2	7	5	1	0.571	1	3	0	0

Sat, 8/15/2015

Contender 4

Angela Bensend / Geena Urango (7)

Won 21-12, 21-19

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	14	3	0.500	0	13	1	3
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	1	2
	2	15	9	2	0.467	0	8	0	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	22	13	1	0.545	3	11	1	1
	1	11	9	0	0.818	1	2	1	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	2	9	0	0

Sat, 8/15/2015

Contender 5

Betsi Flint / Kelley Kolinske (17)

Won 21-17, 24-22

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	9	3	0.214	0	19	3	2
	1	15	5	2	0.200	0	8	3	1
	2	13	4	1	0.231	0	11	0	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	28	17	2	0.536	5	4	0	0
	1	6	4	0	0.667	3	1	0	0
	2	22	13	2	0.500	2	3	0	0

Sat, 8/15/2015

Contender 6

Kim DiCello / Kendra VanZwieten (4)

Won 21-19, 21-9

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	21	13	1	0.571	0	11	2	3
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	6	1	2
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	5	1	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	30	15	4	0.367	3	10	2	2
	1	15	6	3	0.200	1	5	0	2
	2	15	9	1	0.533	2	5	2	0

Sun, 8/16/2015

Semi-Finals

Lane Carico / Summer Ross (3)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	31	15	1	0.452	0	19	2	2
	1	19	10	0	0.526	0	11	0	0
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	8	2	2
Jenny Kropp	Total	25	12	3	0.360	3	7	1	2
	1	13	7	2	0.385	1	4	1	2
	2	12	5	1	0.333	2	3	0	0

Sun, 8/16/2015

Finals

Jennifer Fopma / April Ross (1)

Lost 15-21, 24-26

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	17	8	3	0.294	0	16	2	3
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	4	1	0
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	12	1	3
Jenny Kropp	Total	45	19	8	0.244	3	6	1	0
	1	20	7	4	0.150	0	1	0	0
	2	25	12	4	0.320	3	5	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	233	120	28	0.395	1	116	12	25
Jenny Kropp	210	116	26	0.429	28	65	14	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$9,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,400.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Tour Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	8	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	$72,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Jenny Kropp
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,550.00
115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	1	1	4	0	13	28	4	1	0	$106,067.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$21,675.00
7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00	Tour Championships	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$13,875.00
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	68	1	4	5	0	14	32	6	2	0	$146,167.50

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
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00	1	3	25.0 %
2015	AVP	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,200.00	13	5	72.2 %
Total	AVP	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,200.00	13	5	72.2 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Jenny Kropp
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
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	13	0	0	1	0	0	10	2	0	0	$17,887.50
8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00	2007	FIVB
											2007	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
13	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$114,250.00	2008	AVP	17	0	0	1	0	8	8	0	0	0	$44,912.50
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	14	0	0	0	0	4	9	1	0	0	$27,605.00
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	$6,325.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	NVL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2011	Wide Open	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,250.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,125.00	2011	Pro Beach	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,925.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	2	$41,450.00	2011	FIVB
											2011	NORCECA	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,050.00
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	$8,750.00
											2012	NVL	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2012	Pro Beach	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$38,500.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	$17,250.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,550.00
											2012	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,600.00	2013	FIVB
											2013	NORCECA	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
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
4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$16,350.00	2015	AVP	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$17,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2015	FIVB
											2015	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
168	19	28	29	7	30	34	9	4	8	$952,217.50	Total	Total	88	13	11	7	0	16	32	4	1	4	$221,955.00

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	21	87.5%	2	8.3%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	4	44.4%	1-8	11.1%	21-4	84.0%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	24-9	72.7%
2014-2015	21	87.5%	2	8.3%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	4	44.4%	1-8	11.1%	21-4	84.0%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	24-9	72.7%
Against the Field	16	84.2%	2	10.5%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1-7	12.5%	32-6	84.2%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	19-8	70.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	6
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	2	0	1	5	0	0	13	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	27	15

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Kropp lead the series against the field 11-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Fopma/Ross 1-2
8/16/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Fopma/Ross	1	Branagh/Kropp	5	21-15, 26-24	0:56
8/8/15	AVP	AVP Seattle Open	Winner 3	Fopma/Ross	1	Branagh/Kropp	5	18-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:59
7/18/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Kropp	4	Fopma/Ross	1	21-16, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Capers/Kessy 0-1
7/19/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Finals	Capers/Kessy	2	Branagh/Kropp	4	24-22, 19-21, 23-21	1:20
Series tied with # 3 Carico/Ross 1-1
8/16/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Kropp	5	Carico/Ross	3	21-16, 21-18	0:43
8/8/15	AVP	AVP Seattle Open	Contender 4	Carico/Ross	3	Branagh/Kropp	5	22-20, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 4 DiCello/VanZwieten 3-0
8/15/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Kropp	5	DiCello/VanZwieten	4	21-19, 21-9	0:39
8/7/15	AVP	AVP Seattle Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Kropp	5	DiCello/VanZwieten	4	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	1:05
7/19/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Kropp	4	DiCello/VanZwieten	3	21-10, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Lawson/McGuire 1-0
7/17/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Kropp	4	Lawson/McGuire	5	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Bensend/Urango 1-0
8/15/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Kropp	5	Bensend/Urango	7	21-12, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Hunkus/Shaw 0-1
8/14/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Hunkus/Shaw	12	Branagh/Kropp	5	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Lead the series against # 17 Flint/Kolinske 1-0
8/15/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Kropp	5	Flint/Kolinske	17	21-17, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # 22, Q4 Duffner-Hand/Welcher 1-0
8/14/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Kropp	5	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	22, Q4	21-14, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Mendoza/Sykora 1-0
8/14/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Kropp	5	Mendoza/Sykora	28, Q7	21-15, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Quiggle/Zappia 1-0
8/15/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Kropp	5	Quiggle/Zappia	30, Q11	21-16, 21-14	0:45