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AVP Tour
$250,000 Cincinnati Open presented by Liftoff
August 31 - September 3, 2006

(2) Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs

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

Elaine Youngs

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orange, CA

Resides:

Durango, CO

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

233

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,764,008.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	43	14	15	8	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	$760,950.00
FIVB	25	1	3	5	3	8	0	0	4	1	0	0	US$366,100.00
Overall	68	15	18	13	3	12	1	1	4	1	0	0	US$1,127,050.00

Previous Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Angie Akers - 17th	Rachel Scott - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	2	5	216	$5,500.00
AVP	8/17-20/2006	Brooklyn Open	2	3	390	$12,000.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/1/2006

Winner 2

Heidi Ilustre / Diane Pascua (15)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	21	3	0.600	1	3	0	4
	1	15	12	1	0.733	1	3	0	3
	2	15	9	2	0.467	0	0	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	12	5	1	0.333	3	6	3	2
	1	5	2	0	0.400	3	3	0	2
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	3	3	0

Sat, 9/2/2006

Winner 3

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (10)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	24	17	0	0.708	2	3	0	3
	1	13	9	0	0.692	1	2	0	2
	2	11	8	0	0.727	1	1	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	20	12	3	0.450	3	6	4	2
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	3	2	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	3	3	2	1

Sat, 9/2/2006

Winner 4

Jennifer Kessy / Rachel Scott (3)

Lost 15-21, 21-17, 18-20

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	57	32	11	0.368	2	7	1	5
	1	15	9	3	0.400	0	0	0	2
	2	18	13	1	0.667	1	2	1	2
	3	24	10	7	0.125	1	5	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	14	9	1	0.571	1	9	2	1
	1	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	1	0
	3	5	4	1	0.600	1	3	1	1

Sun, 9/3/2006

Contender 5

Dianne DeNecochea / Holly McPeak (4)

Lost 15-21, 16-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	13	9	0.133	0	8	0	4
	1	13	4	3	0.077	0	1	0	2
	2	17	9	6	0.176	0	7	0	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	21	7	4	0.143	0	10	0	1
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	3	0	1
	2	13	3	2	0.077	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	141	83	23	0.426	5	21	1	16
Elaine Youngs	67	33	9	0.358	7	31	9	6

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 7-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-1
8/20/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Scott 0-3
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Scott	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 17-21, 20-18	1:12
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Scott	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	22-20, 25-27, 18-16	1:26
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Scott	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 4 DeNecochea/McPeak 0-1
9/3/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/McPeak	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 7 Dodd/Fontana 2-0
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Fontana	7	21-13, 16-21, 18-16	1:01
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Fontana	7	15-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 10 Barnes/Williams 1-0
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Barnes/Williams	10	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Brannon/Fopma 1-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Brannon/Fopma	15	21-15, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Lima/Roca 1-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Lima/Roca	15	21-16, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 Ilustre/Pascua 1-0
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Ilustre/Pascua	15	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # Q10 Rothman/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Rothman/Zamparelli-Flavia	31, Q10	21-16, 21-19	0:44