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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP esurance Tampa Open
May 31 - June 3, 2007

(3) 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 Tampa Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	2	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	2	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	2	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	2	2	324	$15,000.00
AVP	4/19-22/2007	Dallas Open	2	2	324	$15,000.00
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

Tampa Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/1/2007

Winner 2

Jenny Kropp / Jenny Pavley (14)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	26	16	3	0.500	1	5	3	2
	1	11	8	1	0.636	1	2	1	2
	2	15	8	2	0.400	0	3	2	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	16	12	1	0.688	2	9	2	3
	1	7	5	1	0.571	2	5	1	2
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	4	1	1

Sat, 6/2/2007

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Tatiana Minello (6)

Won By Forfeit

Sat, 6/2/2007

Winner 4

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (2)

Won 25-23, 16-21, 15-13

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	50	24	5	0.380	2	19	3	3
	1	25	12	3	0.360	1	11	3	1
	2	11	4	2	0.182	1	1	0	1
	3	14	8	0	0.571	0	7	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	39	16	9	0.179	1	10	1	5
	1	15	5	2	0.200	0	6	0	3
	2	17	7	6	0.059	1	3	1	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	0	1

Sat, 6/2/2007

Semi-Finals

Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana (4)

Won 21-14, 21-12

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	23	16	3	0.565	1	10	2	1
	1	13	8	3	0.385	0	5	1	0
	2	10	8	0	0.800	1	5	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	13	10	1	0.692	0	3	3	1
	1	4	3	1	0.500	0	1	2	0
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	1	1

Sat, 6/2/2007

Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	41	15	9	0.146	0	14	0	2
	1	23	8	5	0.130	0	9	0	2
	2	18	7	4	0.167	0	5	0	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	18	8	3	0.278	2	4	1	2
	1	9	4	1	0.333	2	2	0	1
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	2	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	140	71	20	0.364	4	48	8	8
Elaine Youngs	86	46	14	0.372	5	26	7	11

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 27-13

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 1-8
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	3	21-19, 21-15	0:56
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 21-17	0:43
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-13, 21-13	0:46
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 # 2 Scott/Turner 3-1
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	3	Scott/Turner	2	25-23, 16-21, 15-13	1:09
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 4	Scott/Turner	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 21-16	0:46
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Scott/Turner	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	1:00
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Scott/Turner	3	17-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 4 DeNecochea/Fontana 2-1
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-14, 21-12	0:43
5/13/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 21-17	0:45
4/22/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	DeNecochea/Fontana	4	21-17, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 5 Kessy/Ross 3-1
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
Lead the series against # 6 Dodd/Minello 4-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	3	Dodd/Minello	6	By Forfeit
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Dodd/Minello	7	21-19, 21-16	0:45
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 # 7 McPeak/Tom 2-2
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Tom	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	22-20, 21-11	0:38
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	McPeak/Tom	7	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:48
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Tom	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	22-20, 13-21, 15-12	0:59
8/20/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	McPeak/Tom	10	21-17, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Davis/Johnson Jordan 1-0
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	25-27, 21-14, 15-10	1:17
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 11 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 # 12 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 # 14 Kropp/Pavley 2-0
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kropp/Pavley	14	21-14, 21-15	0:34
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kropp/Pavley	15	21-14, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 17 Jameson/Jones 2-0
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Jameson/Jones	15	22-20, 21-16	0:50
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Jameson/Jones	18	19-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 Barnes/Williams 2-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Barnes/Williams	15	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	1:08
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Barnes/Williams	10	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Kuk/Whitney 1-0
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kuk/Whitney	21, Q2	21-8, 21-14	0:29