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AVP Tour
$183,000 Seaside Heights Open presented by Bud Light
June 29 - July 2, 2006

(6) 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 Seaside Heights Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1993	Did not play	Nancy Reno - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	30	5	480	US$14,400.00
AVP	6/15-18/2006	Sacramento Open	7	2	468	$15,000.00
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

Seaside Heights Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/30/2006

Winner 1

Meri-de Goltz / Amber Willey (27, Q9)

Won 21-16, 21-9

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	12	3	0.450	2	6	1	0
	1	8	5	2	0.375	1	1	0	0
	2	12	7	1	0.500	1	5	1	0
Holly McPeak	Total	22	11	2	0.409	0	9	2	4
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	6	0	2
	2	10	5	0	0.500	0	3	2	2

Fri, 6/30/2006

Winner 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (11)

Won 21-11, 21-13

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	16	13	0	0.813	3	11	1	3
	1	8	5	0	0.625	2	6	0	0
	2	8	8	0	1.000	1	5	1	3
Holly McPeak	Total	36	13	2	0.306	0	16	2	2
	1	16	7	1	0.375	0	8	2	2
	2	20	6	1	0.250	0	8	0	0

Sat, 7/1/2006

Winner 3

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	27	15	3	0.444	2	5	0	2
	1	11	6	1	0.455	1	3	0	2
	2	16	9	2	0.438	1	2	0	0
Holly McPeak	Total	29	15	0	0.517	0	19	2	1
	1	16	8	0	0.500	0	9	1	0
	2	13	7	0	0.538	0	10	1	1

Sat, 7/1/2006

Winner 4

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 24-26, 19-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	16	6	0.303	4	8	1	1
	1	20	9	5	0.200	3	6	1	1
	2	13	7	1	0.462	1	2	0	0
Holly McPeak	Total	32	14	3	0.344	0	9	0	2
	1	18	6	3	0.167	0	2	0	2
	2	14	8	0	0.571	0	7	0	0

Sat, 7/1/2006

Contender 6

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (9)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	16	3	0.394	0	5	2	1
	1	16	9	0	0.563	0	3	1	1
	2	17	7	3	0.235	0	2	1	0
Holly McPeak	Total	33	13	3	0.303	0	24	1	1
	1	16	7	1	0.375	0	12	1	1
	2	17	6	2	0.235	0	12	0	0

Sun, 7/2/2006

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 17-21, 10-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	34	10	4	0.176	0	6	0	3
	1	18	7	2	0.278	0	3	0	2
	2	16	3	2	0.063	0	3	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	37	10	8	0.054	0	21	1	0
	1	19	4	5	-0.053	0	11	1	0
	2	18	6	3	0.167	0	10	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	163	82	19	0.387	11	41	5	10
Holly McPeak	189	76	18	0.307	0	98	8	10

Head to Head Results
Branagh/McPeak lead the series against the field 20-14

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-5
7/2/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	6	21-17, 21-10	0:40
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 2-4
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Scott/Youngs	2	Branagh/McPeak	6	26-24, 21-19	0:55
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Branagh/McPeak	30	Scott/Youngs	3	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
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 # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 1-0
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Branagh/McPeak	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-13, 21-19	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 7 Turner/Wilson 1-0
5/30/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Country Quota	Branagh/McPeak	Q17	Turner/Wilson		25-23, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 Dodd/Fontana 5-1
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Branagh/McPeak	6	Dodd/Fontana	9	21-18, 21-18	0:48
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 # 11 Jameson/Jones 3-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	6	Jameson/Jones	11	21-11, 21-13	0:34
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 # 12 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 # 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 # 27, Q9 Goltz/Willey 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Branagh/McPeak	6	Goltz/Willey	27, Q9	21-16, 21-9	0:34