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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Dallas Open
April 19 - 22, 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 Dallas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1997	Did not play	Liz Masakayan - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	2	1	360	$20,000.00
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

Dallas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 4/20/2007

Winner 2

Lauren Fendrick / Brittany Hochevar (15)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	13	4	0.409	0	5	2	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	2	1	2
	2	12	6	3	0.250	0	3	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	17	14	1	0.765	1	7	2	2
	1	10	7	1	0.600	1	5	0	1
	2	7	7	0	1.000	0	2	2	1

Fri, 4/20/2007

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (7)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	19	2	0.567	3	3	2	3
	1	18	10	2	0.444	1	1	1	2
	2	12	9	0	0.750	2	2	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	10	5	1	0.400	2	8	2	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	2	5	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	3	2	2

Sat, 4/21/2007

Winner 4

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (14)

Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-12

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	49	29	7	0.449	2	16	2	5
	1	13	9	2	0.538	2	6	0	1
	2	23	11	4	0.304	0	6	1	2
	3	13	9	1	0.615	0	4	1	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	18	11	3	0.444	1	7	2	2
	1	8	6	1	0.625	1	3	1	2
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	0
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	2	1	0

Sun, 4/22/2007

Semi-Finals

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (4)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	36	20	5	0.417	1	7	3	1
	1	20	11	3	0.400	0	5	1	1
	2	16	9	2	0.438	1	2	2	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	14	5	2	0.214	3	7	3	1
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	4	3	0
	2	7	2	1	0.143	3	3	0	1

Sun, 4/22/2007

Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 14-21, 19-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	35	13	5	0.229	0	9	1	3
	1	15	5	2	0.200	0	1	1	3
	2	20	8	3	0.250	0	8	0	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	19	10	1	0.474	0	7	1	2
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	4	0	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	3	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	172	94	23	0.413	6	40	10	15
Elaine Youngs	78	45	8	0.474	7	36	10	9

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 14-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 1-5
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-14, 21-19	0:55
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 # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 1-0
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-18	0:48
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 2-0
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Minello	7	21-17, 21-13	0:36
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Minello	7	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 8 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 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 # 13 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 # 14 Lewis/Lima 2-0
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Lewis/Lima	14	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	1:02
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Lewis/Lima	18	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 Fendrick/Hochevar 1-0
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Fendrick/Hochevar	15	21-18, 21-14	0:49
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