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AVP Tour
$183,000 Birmingham-Hoover Open presented by Vault
July 13 - 16, 2006

(3) 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 Birmingham Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	3	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	6	3	270	$8,500.00
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

Birmingham-Hoover Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 1

Lisa Marshall / Marla O'Hara (30, Q7)

Won 21-10, 21-10

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	39	15	4	0.282	1	8	4	1
	1	20	8	4	0.200	0	5	4	0
	2	19	7	0	0.368	1	3	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	29	11	0	0.379	0	13	2	2
	1	11	4	0	0.364	0	5	2	1
	2	18	7	0	0.389	0	8	0	1

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 2

Jenny Pavley / Sarah Straton (14)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	37	24	4	0.541	1	3	1	1
	1	20	13	1	0.600	1	3	0	0
	2	17	11	3	0.471	0	0	1	1
Holly McPeak	Total	13	5	1	0.308	1	16	0	0
	1	7	3	0	0.429	1	8	0	0
	2	6	2	1	0.167	0	8	0	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Winner 3

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (6)

Won 26-24, 21-18

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	45	31	1	0.667	0	4	0	5
	1	27	21	1	0.741	0	1	0	3
	2	18	10	0	0.556	0	3	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	14	6	1	0.357	0	16	0	0
	1	9	3	1	0.222	0	10	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	6	0	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Winner 4

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 20-22, 18-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	19	3	0.485	0	10	3	1
	1	19	11	3	0.421	0	6	2	0
	2	14	8	0	0.571	0	4	1	1
Holly McPeak	Total	34	12	4	0.235	0	15	0	1
	1	21	6	2	0.190	0	12	0	1
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	0	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Semi-Finals

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (5)

Won 22-20, 15-21, 15-9

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	35	17	3	0.400	8	12	0	2
	1	15	8	1	0.467	5	6	0	0
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	4	0	1
	3	7	2	1	0.143	3	2	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	39	16	5	0.282	0	12	0	0
	1	16	5	3	0.125	0	2	0	0
	2	10	4	2	0.200	0	1	0	0
	3	13	7	0	0.538	0	9	0	0

Sun, 7/16/2006

Contender 6

Mimi Amaral / Tatiana Minello (8)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	17	15	1	0.824	3	4	3	5
	1	9	8	1	0.778	2	1	3	1
	2	8	7	0	0.875	1	3	0	4
Holly McPeak	Total	15	9	0	0.600	0	5	0	0
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	3	0	0

Sun, 7/16/2006

Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 15-21, 12-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	14	3	0.367	1	3	0	3
	1	22	11	1	0.455	0	2	0	2
	2	8	3	2	0.125	1	1	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	31	9	3	0.194	0	14	0	0
	1	17	2	2	0.000	0	10	0	0
	2	14	7	1	0.429	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	236	135	19	0.492	14	44	11	18
Holly McPeak	175	68	14	0.309	1	91	2	3

Head to Head Results
Branagh/McPeak lead the series against the field 26-18

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-6
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	3	21-15, 21-12	0:42
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 2-6
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 4	Scott/Youngs	2	Branagh/McPeak	3	22-20, 21-18	0:53
7/9/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Youngs	2	Branagh/McPeak	3	21-12, 21-18	0:45
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 # 4 Kessy/Reynolds 2-0
7/9/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 5	Branagh/McPeak	3	Kessy/Reynolds	4	21-14, 21-18	0:47
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Branagh/McPeak	9	Kessy/Reynolds	7	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-0
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/McPeak	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	22-20, 15-21, 15-9	1:06
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Branagh/McPeak	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-13, 21-19	0:40
Series tied with # 6 DeNecochea/Leibl 3-3
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 3	Branagh/McPeak	3	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	26-24, 21-18	0:55
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	Branagh/McPeak	3	26-28, 21-13, 15-13	1:06
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 Dodd/Fontana 6-1
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	3	Dodd/Fontana	7	24-22, 21-15	0:50
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 # 8 Amaral/Minello 3-2
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 6	Branagh/McPeak	3	Amaral/Minello	8	21-15, 21-17	0:48
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Branagh/McPeak	3	Amaral/Minello	9	21-19, 21-19	0:48
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 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 # 10 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 # 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 # 14 Pavley/Straton 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	3	Pavley/Straton	14	21-12, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Marshall/O'Hara 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Branagh/McPeak	3	Marshall/O'Hara	30, Q7	21-10, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # Q4 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