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AVP Tour
$280,000 Bud Light AVP Long Beach Open
July 19 - 21, 2007

(6) 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
BVA 2000	Angie Simpson - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	16, Q8	9	320	US$8,000.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	5	2	324	$15,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	29, Q21	1	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam		CQ	0	US$0.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	6	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	4	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	5	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	5	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	5	3	270	$9,500.00
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

Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 1

Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (27, Q7)

Won 21-14, 21-10

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	18	13	0	0.722	2	6	2	0
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	1	2	0
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	5	0	0
April Ross	Total	28	19	0	0.679	0	9	0	3
	1	12	10	0	0.833	0	1	0	2
	2	16	9	0	0.563	0	8	0	1

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 2

Brittany Hochevar / Holly McPeak (11)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	13	2	0.550	1	12	1	3
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	4	1	2
	2	9	6	0	0.667	1	8	0	1
April Ross	Total	23	19	1	0.783	0	6	1	5
	1	9	9	0	1.000	0	2	0	3
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	4	1	2

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 3

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 17-21, 15-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	10	3	0.350	1	9	0	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	2	0	2
	2	11	4	2	0.182	1	7	0	0
April Ross	Total	37	13	6	0.189	2	9	3	2
	1	16	7	3	0.250	1	3	3	1
	2	21	6	3	0.143	1	6	0	1

Fri, 7/20/2007

Contender 4

Lauren Fendrick / Tammy Leibl (8)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	14	6	2	0.286	3	5	0	4
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	3	0	2
	2	6	3	1	0.333	3	2	0	2
April Ross	Total	33	22	4	0.545	0	11	2	1
	1	18	14	2	0.667	0	4	1	1
	2	15	8	2	0.400	0	7	1	0

Sat, 7/21/2007

Contender 5

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (4)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	32	23	2	0.656	0	8	0	2
	1	13	10	1	0.692	0	5	0	2
	2	19	13	1	0.632	0	3	0	0
April Ross	Total	19	11	1	0.526	0	5	2	4
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	1	1	2
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	1	2

Sat, 7/21/2007

Contender 6

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (20)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	33	21	1	0.606	0	10	2	5
	1	12	9	0	0.750	0	2	2	5
	2	21	12	1	0.524	0	8	0	0
April Ross	Total	26	11	2	0.346	0	13	1	1
	1	9	3	0	0.333	0	0	1	1
	2	17	8	2	0.353	0	13	0	0

Sat, 7/21/2007

Semi-Finals

Rachel Scott / Tyra Turner (3)

Lost 20-22, 12-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	26	9	6	0.115	0	9	1	3
	1	14	6	1	0.357	0	5	1	2
	2	12	3	5	-0.167	0	4	0	1
April Ross	Total	22	11	2	0.409	0	5	2	5
	1	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	2	2
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	2	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	163	95	16	0.485	7	59	6	19
April Ross	188	106	16	0.479	2	58	11	21

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 19-19

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 1-4
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	21-14, 22-20	0:39
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	4	21-19, 21-17	0:48
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	5	21-10, 21-17	0:40
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 2-4
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
Trail the series against # 3 Scott/Turner 1-9
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	6	22-20, 21-12	0:47
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	6	21-17, 21-15	0:42
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	5	Scott/Turner	1	21-16, 21-15	0:43
6/17/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 5	Scott/Turner	2	Kessy/Ross	6	21-14, 14-21, 15-13	1:05
6/10/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 5	Scott/Turner	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-15, 21-19	0:47
5/27/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 5	Scott/Turner	3	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 21-19	0:51
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 Davis/Johnson Jordan 4-1
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-19, 21-19	0:48
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-14, 21-13	0:44
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	8	Kessy/Ross	5	23-21, 21-18	0:48
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 # 7 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 # 8 Fendrick/Leibl 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	6	Fendrick/Leibl	8	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 9 Lewis/Lima 0-1
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Lewis/Lima	11	Kessy/Ross	6	21-18, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Hochevar/McPeak 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Hochevar/McPeak	11	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Roca/Straton 1-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	5	Roca/Straton	10	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Kropp/Pavley 2-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Kropp/Pavley	14	21-12, 21-13	0:38
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Kropp/Pavley	13	21-17, 21-11	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Kuk/Whitney 2-0
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Kuk/Whitney	21, Q2	26-24, 21-12	0:48
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	11	Kuk/Whitney	22, Q3	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Jameson/Jones 1-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	6	Jameson/Jones	20	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Manole/Van Fleet 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	6	Manole/Van Fleet	27, Q7	21-14, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # Q10 Hall/Mills 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Hall/Mills	28, Q6	21-12, 21-8	0:31