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$150,000 DO AC Invitational
September 5 - 7, 2014

(1) April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings

April Ross

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

271

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,045,362.50

Kerri Walsh Jennings

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Clara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

263

Career Wins:

135

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,651,635.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2007
Best Hitter 2009, 2011
Best Offensive Player 2009
Best Server 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017

Awards

Tour Champion 2002 (with Misty May-Treanor)
Best Blocker 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014
Best Hitter 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016
Sportsperson 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
Best Offensive Player 2007, 2014
Most Outstanding 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
Most Inspirational 2011, 2012, 2014

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$192,500.00
FIVB	32	11	3	3	2	6	0	6	0	1	0	US$758,500.00
Overall	45	23	3	4	2	6	0	6	0	1	0	US$951,000.00

Previous Atlantic City Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Jennifer Kessy - 1st	Whitney Pavlik - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/28-31/2014	Cincinnati Open	1	1st	750	$15,000.00
AVP	8/14-17/2014	Manhattan Beach Open	1	1st	750	$13,000.00
AVP	8/7-10/2014	Salt Lake City Open	1	1st	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	1	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	1	1st	800	US$70,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	2	9th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	1	9th	360	US$11,000.00
AVP	7/3-6/2014	Milwaukee Open	1	1st	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	1	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	2	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$57,000.00
AVP	5/29-6/1/2014	St. Petersburg Open	2	1st	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2014	Fuzhou Open	4	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/23-27/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	5	1st	800	US$33,000.00
AVP	10/17-20/2013	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	1	3rd	540	$9,500.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	10	1st	800	US$33,000.00
AVP	9/26-29/2013	AVP Santa Barbara Open	1	1st	750	$15,000.00

DO AC Invitational Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 9/6/2014

Winner 1

Andrea Peterson / Tanya White (16, Q4)

Won 21-12, 21-12

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	27	18	1	0.630	1	9	2	0
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	4	1	0
	2	15	11	0	0.733	1	5	1	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	23	12	1	0.478	1	5	3	0
	1	14	6	1	0.357	0	4	2	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	1	1	1	0

Sat, 9/6/2014

Winner 2

Kathryn Piening / Megan Wallin-Brockway (8)

Won 21-18, 23-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	29	17	5	0.414	0	6	0	2
	1	14	8	4	0.286	0	4	0	1
	2	15	9	1	0.533	0	2	0	1
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	22	11	6	0.227	2	6	0	0
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	0	0
	2	13	7	4	0.231	2	3	0	0

Sun, 9/7/2014

Winner 3

Heather McGuire / Whitney Pavlik (4)

Won 21-13, 21-15

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	22	14	2	0.545	0	10	4	4
	1	14	10	1	0.643	0	4	2	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	6	2	2
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	27	14	3	0.407	2	8	0	1
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	5	0	0
	2	18	9	3	0.333	2	3	0	1

Sun, 9/7/2014

Semi-Finals

Kathryn Piening / Megan Wallin-Brockway (8)

Won 21-13, 21-12

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	21	15	3	0.571	2	4	8	2
	1	11	7	2	0.455	2	3	3	1
	2	10	8	1	0.700	0	1	5	1
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	16	10	2	0.500	0	4	0	2
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	0	2

Sun, 9/7/2014

Finals

Emily Capers / Summer Ross (2)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	25	13	4	0.360	2	9	1	1
	1	14	6	2	0.286	2	3	1	1
	2	11	7	2	0.455	0	6	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	28	17	0	0.607	0	8	0	1
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	5	0	1
	2	15	8	0	0.533	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	124	77	15	0.500	5	38	15	9
Kerri Walsh Jennings	116	64	12	0.448	5	31	3	4

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	8	2	0	2	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	$683,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$190,000.00
Manhattan Beach	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Tour Championships	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$29,500.00
Total	44	22	3	4	2	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	$936,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

April Ross												Kerri Walsh Jennings
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$105,200.00	World Championships	7	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$125,500.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$46,000.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
67	13	5	4	5	18	15	3	3	0	$694,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	27	5	1	3	12	8	4	0	0	$867,600.00
145	40	24	23	3	30	11	8	3	0	$859,512.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	152	83	23	12	4	12	13	3	1	0	$1,281,485.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
10	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$102,400.00	Manhattan Beach	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$118,612.50
9	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$95,450.00	Tour Championships	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$27,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	Gold Series
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series
251	65	34	34	9	54	31	13	6	0	$1,914,062.50	Total	242	124	32	18	7	25	24	9	1	0	$2,440,947.50

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
2013	AVP	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$24,500.00	8	1	88.9 %
2013	FIVB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$71,500.00	17	2	89.5 %
2014	AVP	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$88,000.00	31	0	100.0 %
2014	FIVB	9	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$265,000.00	45	5	90.0 %
Total	AVP	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$112,500.00	39	1	97.5 %
Total	FIVB	12	6	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	$336,500.00	62	7	89.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

April Ross													Kerri Walsh Jennings
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	BVA	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,375.00
											2001	FIVB	9	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$60,500.00
											2002	FIVB	11	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$97,570.00
											2003	AVP	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$71,550.00
											2003	FIVB	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$126,000.00
											2004	AVP	11	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$90,862.50
											2004	FIVB	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$91,000.00
											2005	AVP	13	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$153,500.00
											2005	FIVB	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	2	$6,287.50	2006	AVP	16	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$230,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	8	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$100,700.00
16	0	2	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	$76,025.00	2007	AVP	16	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$182,000.00
8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00	2007	FIVB	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$154,750.00
13	0	5	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	$104,750.00	2008	AVP	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$196,250.00
12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00	2008	FIVB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$79,250.00
12	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$110,350.00	2009	AVP	6	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$25,465.00
12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00	2009	FIVB
6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,750.00	2010	AVP
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00	2010	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$19,550.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$312.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2011	Wide Open
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,250.00	2011	Pro Beach
14	1	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2011	FIVB	12	3	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$148,450.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00	2011	FIVB C&S
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,750.00	2012	AVP	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2012	NVL
10	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$69,100.00	2012	FIVB	8	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$59,650.00
7	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	2013	AVP	7	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
12	2	1	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	$83,450.00	2013	FIVB	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$35,750.00
6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$44,000.00	2014	AVP	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$44,000.00
9	4	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$132,500.00	2014	FIVB	9	4	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$132,500.00
177	40	26	27	5	38	22	10	4	5	$1,285,137.50	Total	Total	202	123	30	15	3	17	13	1	0	0	$2,289,635.00

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	58	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	58-0	100.0%	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	58-1	98.3%	5-0	100.0%	1	0	64-1	98.5%
2013-2014	39	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	39-0	100.0%	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	39-1	97.5%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	44-1	97.8%
Against the Field	22	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	22-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	44-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	23-0	100.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	60	6	0	0	32	10	10	2	0	2	8	2	110	22
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	39	1	13	2	2	0	3	1	87	4
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
Total	0	0	0	0	89	6	0	0	84	13	25	6	3	2	11	3	223	30

Head to Head Results
Ross/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 19-0 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Capers/Ross 6-0
9/7/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	2	21-19, 21-12	0:45
8/17/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	3	22-24, 21-15, 15-8	1:00
8/10/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	3	21-14, 21-17	0:36
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	16	22-20, 21-19	0:39
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	13	21-16, 21-14	0:32
6/1/14	AVP	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Capers/Ross	1	21-15, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 3 Carico/DiCello 2-0
8/30/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/DiCello	4	21-8, 21-11	0:36
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/DiCello	5	21-12, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 McGuire/Pavlik 1-0
9/7/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	McGuire/Pavlik	4	21-13, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Hochevar/McColloch 2-0
8/31/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Hochevar/McColloch	9	21-12, 21-14	0:34
8/30/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Hochevar/McColloch	9	21-14, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Piening/Wallin-Brockway 2-0
9/7/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Piening/Wallin-Brockway	8	21-13, 21-12	0:34
9/6/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Piening/Wallin-Brockway	8	21-18, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Callahan/Stockman 1-0
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Callahan/Stockman	13, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Pazo/Shaw 1-0
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Pazo/Shaw	9	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 15, Q3 Ledoux/Pollock 1-0
8/29/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Ledoux/Pollock	16, Q4	21-12, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 16, Q4 Peterson/White 2-0
9/6/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Peterson/White	16, Q4	21-12, 21-12	0:31
9/27/13	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Peterson/White	16, Q4	21-11, 21-7	0:32
Lead the series against # Q5 Fiume/Pavels 1-0
7/4/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fiume/Pavels	16, Q11	21-8, 21-9	0:27