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AVP Tour
$200,000 Sacramento Open
June 15 - 18, 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 Sacramento Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	7	7	180	$4,250.00
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

Sacramento Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/16/2006

Winner 2

Brooke Niles / Sarah Straton (10)

Won 21-11, 21-18

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	21	14	3	0.524	2	3	3	2
	1	7	5	1	0.571	1	2	2	0
	2	14	9	2	0.500	1	1	1	2
Holly McPeak	Total	19	9	2	0.368	0	12	2	0
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	7	2	0
	2	9	3	2	0.111	0	5	0	0

Sat, 6/17/2006

Winner 3

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	41	19	7	0.293	1	12	0	3
	1	20	11	4	0.350	1	6	0	2
	2	21	8	3	0.238	0	6	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	21	8	1	0.333	0	14	1	2
	1	9	3	1	0.222	0	7	1	2
	2	12	5	0	0.417	0	7	0	0

Sat, 6/17/2006

Contender 3

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (12)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	32	21	2	0.594	2	10	0	2
	1	15	10	1	0.600	1	6	0	1
	2	17	11	1	0.588	1	4	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	15	5	3	0.133	0	10	0	0
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	3	0	0
	2	6	2	1	0.167	0	7	0	0

Sat, 6/17/2006

Contender 4

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (8)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	20	1	0.633	1	8	1	5
	1	15	9	0	0.600	0	5	1	4
	2	15	11	1	0.667	1	3	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	25	10	1	0.360	1	11	0	1
	1	15	5	1	0.267	0	6	0	1
	2	10	5	0	0.500	1	5	0	0

Sun, 6/18/2006

Contender 5

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (5)

Won 17-21, 26-24, 15-12

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	45	27	4	0.511	5	3	3	5
	1	16	8	2	0.375	2	2	0	2
	2	17	12	1	0.647	1	1	1	2
	3	12	7	1	0.500	2	0	2	1
Holly McPeak	Total	22	11	2	0.409	0	18	1	1
	1	6	2	0	0.333	0	6	1	1
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	9	0	0
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	3	0	0

Sun, 6/18/2006

Semi-Finals

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (2)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	19	8	0.367	3	10	1	2
	1	19	11	6	0.263	1	5	0	2
	2	11	8	2	0.545	2	5	1	0
Holly McPeak	Total	22	11	1	0.455	0	19	1	0
	1	8	3	0	0.375	0	10	1	0
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	9	0	0

Sun, 6/18/2006

Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 12-21, 16-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	11	8	0.091	0	0	0	2
	1	15	2	3	-0.067	0	0	0	1
	2	18	9	5	0.222	0	0	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	27	13	2	0.407	0	10	0	1
	1	14	7	2	0.357	0	4	0	1
	2	13	6	0	0.462	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	232	131	33	0.422	14	46	8	21
Holly McPeak	151	67	12	0.364	1	94	5	5

Head to Head Results
Branagh/McPeak lead the series against the field 16-12

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-4
6/18/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	7	21-12, 21-16	0:50
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 1-3
6/18/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/McPeak	7	Scott/Youngs	2	21-19, 21-14	0:50
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 3	Scott/Youngs	2	Branagh/McPeak	7	21-18, 21-17	0:41
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
Lead the series against # 4 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
Series tied with # 5 DeNecochea/Leibl 2-2
6/18/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 5	Branagh/McPeak	7	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	17-21, 26-24, 15-12	1:07
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
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 8 Dodd/Fontana 4-1
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	7	Dodd/Fontana	8	21-19, 21-15	0:47
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 # 10 Niles/Straton 2-0
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	7	Niles/Straton	10	21-11, 21-18	0:37
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 # 12 Jameson/Jones 2-0
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 3	Branagh/McPeak	7	Jameson/Jones	12	21-15, 21-15	0:38
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 # 14 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 # Q5 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 # Q8 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