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AVP Tour
$183,000 Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 9 - 11, 2006

(7) Nicole Branagh/Holly McPeak

Nicole Branagh

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orinda, CA

Resides:

Hawthorne, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Minnesota

Seasons:

Tournaments:

193

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,100,692.50

Holly McPeak

Photo: Holly Stein/AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 15, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

5'7"

College(s):

California-Berkeley
UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

323

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,575,161.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
AVP	12	0	2	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$102,700.00
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	US$16,400.00
Overall	17	0	2	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	US$119,100.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1987	Did not play	Jill Horning - 9th
WPVA 1988	Did not play	Jill Horning - 9th
WPVA 1991	Did not play	Barbra Fontana - 9th
WPVA 1992	Did not play	Gayle Stammer - 5th
1993	Did not play	Cammy Ciarelli - 1st
1994	Did not play	Cammy Ciarelli - 1st
WPVA 1995	Did not play	Nancy Reno - 2nd
FIVB 1995	Did not play	Nancy Reno - 1st
WPVA 1996	Did not play	Lisa Arce - 3rd
FIVB 1996	Did not play	Nancy Reno - 3rd
WPVA 1997	Did not play	Lisa Arce - 5th
1999	Did not play	Nancy Reno - 5th
2001	Did not play	Lisa Arce - 1st
2002	Did not play	Elaine Youngs - 1st
2003	Did not play	Elaine Youngs - 2nd
2004	Lauren Fendrick - 9th	Elaine Youngs - 1st
2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	Q17	33	30	US$0.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	9	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	5/18-20/2006	Santa Barbara Open	8	7	260	$5,500.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	30	25	60	US$2,000.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	8	9	144	$2,600.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	7	9	144	$2,450.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/10/2006

Winner 1

Lisa Gathright / Jill Muhe (26, Q5)

Won 21-11, 21-4

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	21	12	0	0.571	4	8	2	2
	1	13	6	0	0.462	3	2	1	1
	2	8	6	0	0.750	1	6	1	1
Holly McPeak	Total	16	9	2	0.438	0	17	11	1
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	11	5	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	6	6	0

Sat, 6/10/2006

Winner 2

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (10)

Won 21-18, 21-13

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	22	2	0.606	1	6	4	4
	1	16	9	1	0.500	0	3	2	3
	2	17	13	1	0.706	1	3	2	1
Holly McPeak	Total	18	7	2	0.278	0	15	2	1
	1	15	6	1	0.333	0	11	1	0
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	4	1	1

Sat, 6/10/2006

Winner 3

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	38	21	3	0.474	0	3	2	5
	1	17	10	1	0.529	0	1	2	2
	2	21	11	2	0.429	0	2	0	3
Holly McPeak	Total	5	1	1	0.000	0	4	1	3
	1	5	1	1	0.000	0	3	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	1	0	0

Sat, 6/10/2006

Contender 4

Denise Johns / Alicia Polzin (19)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	31	17	8	0.290	1	2	0	3
	1	13	7	4	0.231	1	1	0	1
	2	18	10	4	0.333	0	1	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	17	9	2	0.412	0	9	1	3
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	0	1
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	6	1	2

Sun, 6/11/2006

Contender 5

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (6)

Lost 20-22, 10-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	16	6	0.303	0	8	2	1
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	4	2	1
	2	18	8	5	0.167	0	4	0	0
Holly McPeak	Total	17	5	1	0.235	0	11	1	0
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	6	1	0
	2	9	1	0	0.111	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	156	88	19	0.442	6	27	10	15
Holly McPeak	73	31	8	0.315	0	56	16	8

Head to Head Results
Branagh/McPeak lead the series against the field 14-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-3
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	9	21-18, 21-16	0:43
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	9	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:53
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-11, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Scott/Youngs 0-2
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Scott/Youngs	2	Branagh/McPeak	7	21-18, 21-16	0:45
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Scott/Youngs	2	Branagh/McPeak	7	21-18, 29-31, 15-10	1:18
Trail the series against # 4 Amaral/Minello 1-2
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	8	Amaral/Minello	6	26-24, 17-21, 16-14	1:07
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	6	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-19, 21-16	0:44
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	4	Branagh/McPeak	7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 5 Kessy/Reynolds 1-0
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Branagh/McPeak	9	Kessy/Reynolds	7	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 DeNecochea/Leibl 1-2
6/11/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	Branagh/McPeak	7	22-20, 21-10	0:44
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/McPeak	9	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Turner/Wilson 1-0
5/30/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Country Quota	Branagh/McPeak	Q17	Turner/Wilson		25-23, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Niles/Straton 1-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Branagh/McPeak	8	Niles/Straton	10	21-23, 21-13, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 10 Dodd/Fontana 3-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	7	Dodd/Fontana	10	21-18, 21-13	0:51
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	9	Dodd/Fontana	8	21-18, 21-11	0:37
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Dodd/Fontana	9	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-12, 31-29	0:56
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	8	Dodd/Fontana	9	21-19, 21-18
Lead the series against # 13 Jameson/Jones 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	9	Jameson/Jones	13	22-20, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Hochevar/Tom 1-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	Branagh/McPeak	8	Hochevar/Tom	16	21-11, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # 19 Johns/Polzin 1-0
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	7	Johns/Polzin	19	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Gathright/Muhe 1-0
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/McPeak	7	Gathright/Muhe	26, Q5	21-11, 21-4	0:37
Lead the series against # Q4 Coleman/Hecker 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/McPeak	9	Coleman/Hecker	24, Q1	21-10, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q6 Fusco/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Branagh/McPeak	7	Fusco/Zamparelli-Flavia	26, Q4	21-12, 21-8	0:37