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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 18 - 20, 2007

(5) Jennifer Kessy/April Ross

Jennifer Kessy

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Resides:

Hollis Center, ME

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

264

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,459.50

April Ross

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Resides:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

269

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,041,312.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	CQ	Money
AVP	51	12	13	15	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$769,750.00
FIVB	78	10	12	9	4	20	3	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$1,204,850.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,100.00
NVL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00
P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Overall	136	26	26	26	4	28	6	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$2,042,700.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
BVA 2000	Sherine Ebadi - 25th	Did not play
2001	Jennifer Meredith - 9th	Did not play
2002	Heather Lowe - 17th	Did not play
2003	Jenny Pavley - 9th	Did not play
2004	Barbra Fontana - 3rd	Did not play
2005	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Did not play
2006	Nancy Reynolds - 3rd	Keao Burdine - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	6	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	6	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	4/19-22/2007	Dallas Open	8	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	11	2	324	$15,000.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 1

Wendy Lockhart / Kim Whitney (28, Q6)

Won 21-12, 21-13

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	25	17	2	0.600	0	10	1	1
	1	13	10	0	0.769	0	6	1	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	4	0	1
April Ross	Total	20	9	2	0.350	2	6	5	4
	1	9	3	0	0.333	0	0	3	2
	2	11	6	2	0.364	2	6	2	2

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 2

Angie Akers / Brooke Niles (12)

Won 21-12, 21-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	21	13	1	0.571	1	12	0	3
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	5	0	2
	2	14	7	1	0.429	1	7	0	1
April Ross	Total	26	16	3	0.500	1	8	3	3
	1	16	10	1	0.563	1	5	0	2
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	3	1

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 3

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (4)

Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-11

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	16	8	2	0.375	3	4	2	5
	1	8	4	0	0.500	1	3	1	2
	2	3	1	2	-0.333	0	1	0	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	2	0	1	2
April Ross	Total	44	27	2	0.568	0	7	1	6
	1	16	12	1	0.688	0	3	0	2
	2	17	8	1	0.412	0	2	0	2
	3	11	7	0	0.636	0	2	1	2

Sun, 5/20/2007

Winner 4

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Won 21-23, 24-22, 15-10

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	41	21	6	0.366	3	10	0	5
	1	16	4	2	0.125	2	5	0	2
	2	19	11	4	0.368	0	5	0	2
	3	6	6	0	1.000	1	0	0	1
April Ross	Total	38	23	5	0.474	3	19	1	5
	1	16	9	2	0.438	1	8	0	1
	2	15	10	2	0.533	1	7	0	2
	3	7	4	1	0.429	1	4	1	2

Sun, 5/20/2007

Semi-Finals

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 17-21, 21-16, 16-18

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	41	23	4	0.463	2	8	2	4
	1	15	6	2	0.267	0	3	1	2
	2	14	10	1	0.643	2	2	1	1
	3	12	7	1	0.500	0	3	0	1
April Ross	Total	30	14	6	0.267	2	12	2	4
	1	10	4	4	0.000	1	3	0	0
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	5	0	1
	3	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	2	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	144	82	15	0.465	9	44	5	18
April Ross	158	89	18	0.449	8	52	12	22

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 12-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 1-1
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	21-23, 24-22, 15-10	1:07
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	8	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs 1-3
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	6	17-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:07
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	6	21-14, 21-16	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 3 Scott/Turner 0-4
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 16-21, 18-16	1:05
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	6	23-21, 22-20	0:52
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	6	9-21, 26-24, 15-11	0:59
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 4	Scott/Turner	5	Kessy/Ross	8	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 3-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	1:04
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	6	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 22-20	0:48
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	11	DeNecochea/Fontana	5	21-14, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 Dodd/Minello 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	6	Dodd/Minello	7	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 7 McPeak/Tom 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	11	McPeak/Tom	6	21-19, 21-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 8 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-0
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	14-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:10
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	11	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 12 Akers/Niles 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Akers/Niles	12	21-12, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Brannon/Fopma 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Brannon/Fopma	11	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Lockhart/Whitney 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Lockhart/Whitney	28, Q6	21-12, 21-13	0:33