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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Charleston Open
June 14 - 17, 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 Charleston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	3	2	324	$15,000.00
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

Charleston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/15/2007

Winner 2

Jenny Kropp / Jenny Pavley (14)

Won 21-11, 21-15

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	19	0	0.679	2	5	6	3
	1	10	6	0	0.600	1	2	3	1
	2	18	13	0	0.722	1	3	3	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	10	6	1	0.500	2	5	3	3
	1	6	4	0	0.667	1	2	3	2
	2	4	2	1	0.250	1	3	0	1

Fri, 6/15/2007

Winner 3

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (11)

Won 21-10, 21-10

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	16	1	0.682	1	5	3	0
	1	10	7	0	0.700	1	2	0	0
	2	12	9	1	0.667	0	3	3	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	12	10	2	0.667	0	5	3	3
	1	8	7	1	0.750	0	2	1	1
	2	4	3	1	0.500	0	3	2	2

Sat, 6/16/2007

Winner 4

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (2)

Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-13

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	44	25	6	0.432	0	14	1	6
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	8	0	2
	2	17	10	4	0.353	0	2	0	1
	3	12	5	0	0.417	0	4	1	3
Elaine Youngs	Total	15	11	1	0.667	2	3	6	5
	1	5	5	0	1.000	1	1	2	1
	2	4	1	0	0.250	0	0	2	2
	3	6	5	1	0.667	1	2	2	2

Sun, 6/17/2007

Semi-Finals

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (7)

Won 21-18, 14-21, 15-10

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	39	17	5	0.308	1	13	3	4
	1	14	6	3	0.214	1	4	1	2
	2	14	5	2	0.214	0	7	1	1
	3	11	6	0	0.545	0	2	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	22	16	2	0.636	3	6	1	4
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	2	1	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	1	0	0	1
	3	6	5	0	0.833	2	4	0	2

Sun, 6/17/2007

Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 13-21, 12-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	43	15	8	0.163	0	9	1	2
	1	20	7	4	0.150	0	4	1	1
	2	23	8	4	0.174	0	5	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	12	5	4	0.083	0	6	1	2
	1	5	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	3	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	176	92	20	0.409	4	46	14	15
Elaine Youngs	71	48	10	0.535	7	25	14	17

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 29-14

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 1-9
6/17/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	3	21-13, 21-12	0:51
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 4-1
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	3	Scott/Turner	2	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:59
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
Series tied with # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 Davis/Johnson Jordan 2-0
6/17/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	7	21-18, 14-21, 15-10	1:03
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 # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 11 Lewis/Lima 3-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	3	Lewis/Lima	11	21-10, 21-10	0:32
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 # 14 Kropp/Pavley 3-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kropp/Pavley	14	21-11, 21-15	0:33
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 # 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 # 20 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