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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Miami Open
April 13 - 15, 2007

(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 Miami Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	8	5	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	8	13	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	11	4	420	US$12,000.00
AVP	8/31-9/3/2006	Cincinnati Open	2	5	312	$7,500.00
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

Miami Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/14/2007

Winner 2

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (18)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	19	3	0.533	2	11	0	2
	1	15	8	2	0.400	2	4	0	1
	2	15	11	1	0.667	0	7	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	18	10	4	0.333	0	3	4	3
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	4	2
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	1	0	1

Sat, 4/14/2007

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (7)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	29	18	2	0.552	1	5	3	4
	1	15	9	2	0.467	1	3	2	3
	2	14	9	0	0.643	0	2	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	15	9	0	0.600	0	6	2	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	4	0	1
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	2	2	1

Sun, 4/15/2007

Winner 4

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (11)

Lost 17-21, 21-17, 12-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	40	18	6	0.300	0	8	4	4
	1	13	5	3	0.154	0	3	1	3
	2	13	6	3	0.231	0	3	3	0
	3	14	7	0	0.500	0	2	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	28	12	0	0.429	0	4	2	5
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	2	1	4
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	1	1	0
	3	13	2	0	0.154	0	1	0	1

Sun, 4/15/2007

Contender 5

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (12)

Won 21-11, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	19	13	1	0.632	0	5	1	5
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	3	1	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	2	0	3
Elaine Youngs	Total	14	10	2	0.571	0	6	5	3
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	3	2
	2	9	7	2	0.556	0	3	2	1

Sun, 4/15/2007

Semi-Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	32	18	5	0.406	0	9	4	3
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	5	3	1
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	4	1	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	24	12	3	0.375	0	11	1	3
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	0	1
	2	12	6	2	0.333	0	6	1	2

Sun, 4/15/2007

Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (11)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	34	18	3	0.441	3	8	2	3
	1	16	9	1	0.500	1	3	0	3
	2	18	9	2	0.389	2	5	2	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	15	10	1	0.600	0	10	2	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	8	1	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	184	104	20	0.457	6	46	14	21
Elaine Youngs	114	63	10	0.465	0	40	16	16

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 10-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 1-4
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	21-19, 21-19	0:43
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	8	22-20, 21-15	0:58
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Bronze Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Branagh/Youngs	11	21-17, 21-15	0:41
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Branagh/Youngs	11	21-18, 21-18	0:38
8/20/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 6 McPeak/Tom 1-0
8/20/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	McPeak/Tom	10	21-17, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 Dodd/Minello 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Minello	7	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Brannon/Fopma 1-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Brannon/Fopma	15	21-15, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 11 Kessy/Ross 1-1
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	11	21-19, 21-15	0:56
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	11	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 12 Akers/Niles 1-0
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	2	Akers/Niles	12	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 18 Lewis/Lima 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Lewis/Lima	18	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q8 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