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AVP Tour
$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 (42 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 (46 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

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

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