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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Seaside Heights Open presented by Bud Light
July 5 - 8, 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 Seaside Heights Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Rachel Scott - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	11	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	8	5	480	US$13,200.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	3	2	324	$15,000.00
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

Seaside Heights Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 1

Jennifer Bowman / Stephanie Chapek (31, Q7)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	18	5	0.394	1	7	2	0
	1	16	9	1	0.500	1	4	1	0
	2	17	9	4	0.294	0	3	1	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	12	7	1	0.500	0	11	4	3
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	5	0	2
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	6	4	1

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 2

Keao Burdine / Brittany Hochevar (15)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	24	14	2	0.500	1	3	4	5
	1	11	6	2	0.364	1	2	1	2
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	1	3	3
Elaine Youngs	Total	10	6	1	0.500	1	2	2	7
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	0	2	5
	2	5	2	1	0.200	1	2	0	2

Sat, 7/7/2007

Winner 3

Ashley Ivy Swift / Heather Lowe (10)

Won 21-17, 21-11

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	23	14	3	0.478	3	9	2	4
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	2	1	2
	2	12	9	1	0.667	3	7	1	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	18	12	2	0.556	0	8	2	3
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	4	2	2
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	4	0	1

Sat, 7/7/2007

Winner 4

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Won 17-21, 21-17, 17-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	40	20	4	0.400	1	20	0	6
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	5	0	2
	2	15	7	2	0.333	1	9	0	2
	3	18	9	1	0.444	0	6	0	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	35	23	5	0.514	0	5	2	3
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	1	1	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	2	1	2
	3	10	6	2	0.400	0	2	0	0

Sun, 7/8/2007

Semi-Finals

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (1)

Won 21-19, 10-21, 15-12

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	29	14	5	0.310	1	11	0	3
	1	16	9	2	0.438	1	6	0	0
	2	4	2	0	0.500	0	1	0	1
	3	9	3	3	0.000	0	4	0	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	37	18	8	0.270	3	4	1	0
	1	12	5	2	0.250	3	0	0	0
	2	16	6	6	0.000	0	1	0	0
	3	9	7	0	0.778	0	3	1	0

Sun, 7/8/2007

Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (5)

Won 21-19, 18-21, 16-14

1:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	39	17	4	0.333	1	13	3	2
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	4	1	1
	2	18	6	1	0.278	1	5	1	1
	3	12	6	1	0.417	0	4	1	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	27	15	4	0.407	5	6	2	2
	1	12	6	3	0.250	3	3	2	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	2	2	0	1
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	188	97	23	0.394	8	63	11	20
Elaine Youngs	139	81	21	0.432	9	36	13	18

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 31-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Scott/Turner 5-1
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Scott/Turner	1	21-19, 10-21, 15-12	1:01
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 # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 3-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	17-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:06
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 # 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 4-2
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:41
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Branagh/Youngs	11	22-20, 21-18	0:49
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
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 10 Ivy Swift/Lowe 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Ivy Swift/Lowe	10	21-17, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 15 Burdine/Hochevar 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Burdine/Hochevar	15	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 31, Q7 Bowman/Chapek 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Bowman/Chapek	31, Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:39