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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP Chicago Open
August 27 - 30, 2015

(3) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Lauren Fendrick - 13th	Did not play
2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Did not play
2006	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Did not play
2007	Did not play	Jenny Pavley - 3rd
2008	Elaine Youngs - 2nd	Nancy Reynolds - 9th
2009	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Barbra Fontana - 13th
Wide Open 2011	Did not play	Whitney Pavlik - 1st
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Whitney Pavlik - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	31, Q27	25th	160	US$4,000.00
AVP	8/13-16/2015	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	5	2nd	640	$15,000.00
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 Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/28/2015

Winner 1

Meg Dawson / Delaney Mewhirter (14, Q2)

Won 21-13, 21-14

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	25	14	3	0.440	0	12	3	1
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	5	1	0
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	7	2	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	16	12	1	0.688	3	0	1	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	2	0	1	0
	2	9	7	1	0.667	1	0	0	3

Fri, 8/28/2015

Winner 2

Ali McColloch / Emily Stockman (6)

Won 21-12, 21-12

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	12	11	1	0.833	0	5	4	0
	1	8	7	1	0.750	0	4	3	0
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	1	1	0
Jenny Kropp	Total	17	13	1	0.706	2	5	0	1
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	2	0	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	2	3	0	1

Sat, 8/29/2015

Winner 3

Kim DiCello / Kendra VanZwieten (2)

Lost 17-21, 21-17, 16-18

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	46	19	5	0.304	0	24	2	0
	1	22	7	3	0.182	0	12	0	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	5	1	0
	3	13	6	1	0.385	0	7	1	0
Jenny Kropp	Total	41	18	2	0.390	1	9	1	2
	1	16	6	2	0.250	0	4	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	2	0	1
	3	15	6	0	0.400	0	3	1	0

Sat, 8/29/2015

Contender 4

Betsi Flint / Kelley Kolinske (9)

Won 21-15, 15-21, 15-11

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	26	14	3	0.423	0	15	0	1
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	5	0	0
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	5	0	0
	3	5	5	0	1.000	0	5	0	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	34	16	4	0.353	5	5	1	2
	1	7	6	1	0.714	3	0	1	2
	2	16	5	1	0.250	1	4	0	0
	3	11	5	2	0.273	1	1	0	0

Sun, 8/30/2015

Semi-Finals

Amanda Lawson / Heather McGuire (5)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	19	15	1	0.737	0	8	5	3
	1	10	8	1	0.700	0	6	4	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	1	2
Jenny Kropp	Total	26	13	2	0.423	3	3	0	1
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	0	0	0
	2	11	5	1	0.364	3	3	0	1

Sun, 8/30/2015

Finals

Kim DiCello / Kendra VanZwieten (2)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	26	14	0	0.538	0	10	0	2
	1	18	10	0	0.556	0	6	0	2
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	4	0	0
Jenny Kropp	Total	29	18	1	0.586	2	12	2	2
	1	9	8	1	0.778	1	5	1	2
	2	20	10	0	0.500	1	7	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	154	87	13	0.481	0	74	14	7
Jenny Kropp	163	90	11	0.485	16	34	5	11

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	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,200.00	18	6	75.0 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	AVP	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,200.00	18	6	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$9,100.00	3	6	33.3 %

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
5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$23,850.00	2015	AVP	5	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$25,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$7,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
											2015	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
170	20	28	29	7	30	34	9	5	8	$961,717.50	Total	Total	90	14	11	7	0	16	32	4	2	4	$231,455.00

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	13	86.7%	2	13.3%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1-5	16.7%	26-4	86.7%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	16-5	76.2%

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 13-3 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1, Q1 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 # 2 DiCello/VanZwieten 4-1
8/30/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Finals	Branagh/Kropp	3	DiCello/VanZwieten	2	21-16, 21-19	0:45
8/29/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Winner 3	DiCello/VanZwieten	2	Branagh/Kropp	3	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	1:00
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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Lawson/McGuire 2-0
8/30/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Kropp	3	Lawson/McGuire	5	21-19, 21-19	0:45
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 # 6 McColloch/Stockman 1-0
8/28/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Kropp	3	McColloch/Stockman	6	21-12, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 Flint/Kolinske 2-0
8/29/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Kropp	3	Flint/Kolinske	9	21-15, 15-21, 15-11	0:57
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 # 14, Q2 Dawson/Mewhirter 1-0
8/28/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Kropp	3	Dawson/Mewhirter	14, Q2	21-13, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q5 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