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AVP Tour
$250,000 Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 10 - 12, 2006

(2) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1989	Did not play	Megan McCallister - 9th
WPVA 1991	Did not play	Barbra Fontana - 7th
WPVA 1992	Did not play	Cammy Ciarelli - 5th
1993	Did not play	Cammy Ciarelli - 1st
1994	Did not play	Cammy Ciarelli - 2nd
2001	Did not play	Lisa Arce - 2nd
2002	Did not play	Elaine Youngs - 2nd
2003	Did not play	Elaine Youngs - 2nd
2004	Did not play	Elaine Youngs - 1st
2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam		CQ	0	US$0.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	3	3	390	$12,000.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	3	2	324	$13,400.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 1

Lisa Marshall / Marla O'Hara (31, Q12)

Won 21-9, 21-13

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	13	3	0.500	2	6	3	2
	1	8	6	1	0.625	1	2	2	1
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	4	1	1
Holly McPeak	Total	20	13	1	0.600	2	13	1	2
	1	8	4	0	0.500	1	5	1	1
	2	12	9	1	0.667	1	8	0	1

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 2

Janelle Allen / Jennifer Snyder (18)

Won 21-16, 12-21, 15-10

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	27	18	5	0.481	3	11	2	7
	1	12	9	2	0.583	0	4	2	3
	2	8	3	3	0.000	0	3	0	2
	3	7	6	0	0.857	3	4	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	35	13	2	0.314	1	17	1	0
	1	9	5	0	0.556	1	6	0	0
	2	16	5	1	0.250	0	7	1	0
	3	10	3	1	0.200	0	4	0	0

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (7)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-11

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	46	27	4	0.500	0	10	1	2
	1	16	10	4	0.375	0	5	1	0
	2	17	9	0	0.529	0	3	0	0
	3	13	8	0	0.615	0	2	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	26	11	0	0.423	0	15	0	0
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	6	0	0
	2	13	3	0	0.231	0	3	0	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	6	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Winner 4

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (6)

Lost 22-24, 13-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	37	16	3	0.351	3	3	1	3
	1	23	11	1	0.435	3	1	1	2
	2	14	5	2	0.214	0	2	0	1
Holly McPeak	Total	24	8	5	0.125	0	17	0	0
	1	13	4	3	0.077	0	12	0	0
	2	11	4	2	0.182	0	5	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Contender 6

Jennifer Kessy / Rachel Scott (4)

Won 17-21, 21-18, 26-24

1:25

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	44	25	8	0.386	3	8	2	3
	1	16	7	2	0.313	1	2	1	1
	2	10	4	2	0.200	1	1	0	2
	3	18	14	4	0.556	1	5	1	0
Holly McPeak	Total	48	24	3	0.438	1	22	0	0
	1	13	4	1	0.231	0	7	0	0
	2	17	12	0	0.706	1	8	0	0
	3	18	8	2	0.333	0	7	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 13-21, 13-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	14	7	0.250	1	6	0	5
	1	15	5	4	0.067	1	4	0	3
	2	13	9	3	0.462	0	2	0	2
Holly McPeak	Total	30	7	2	0.167	0	12	0	0
	1	14	4	2	0.143	0	7	0	0
	2	16	3	0	0.188	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	202	113	30	0.411	12	44	9	22
Holly McPeak	183	76	13	0.344	4	96	2	2

Head to Head Results
Branagh/McPeak lead the series against the field 24-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-8
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	2	21-13, 21-13	0:40
7/23/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/McPeak	3	21-11, 21-17	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 4 Kessy/Scott 1-0
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/McPeak	2	Kessy/Scott	4	17-21, 21-18, 26-24	1:25
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 4-4
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	Branagh/McPeak	2	24-22, 21-13	0:51
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Branagh/McPeak	3	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:58
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 7-1
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/McPeak	2	Dodd/Fontana	7	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	1:06
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
Trail the series against # 8 Turner/Wilson 1-2
8/1/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Turner/Wilson	25, Q15	Branagh/McPeak		21-19, 21-19	0:42
7/24/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Turner/Wilson	Q16	Branagh/McPeak		21-18, 21-18	0:39
5/30/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Country Quota	Branagh/McPeak	Q17	Turner/Wilson		25-23, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 12 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 # 14 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 # 18 Allen/Snyder 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/McPeak	2	Allen/Snyder	18	21-16, 12-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Marshall/O'Hara 2-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/McPeak	2	Marshall/O'Hara	31, Q12	21-9, 21-13	0:34
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 # Q10 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