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AVP Tour
$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Houston Open presented by Warehouse Pool Supply
May 15 - 17, 2009

(1) 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 Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	1	1	750	$24,000.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	2	4	420	US$11,200.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	1	1	750	$24,000.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	1	1	750	$24,000.00
AVP	9/17-20/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	2	3	390	$44,500.00
AVP	9/12-14/2008	AVP Shootout San Francisco	3	2	324	$15,000.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	2	3	270	$10,500.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	3	1	520	$20,000.00
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	5	5	0	US$0.00
AVP	7/24-27/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	3	3	390	$9,500.00
AVP	7/18-20/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	3	5	312	$6,000.00
AVP	7/10-13/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	3	2	468	$15,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	1	2	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	2	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	4	3	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	3	5	480	US$13,200.00
AVP	6/5-7/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	2	3	270	$9,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	2	1	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	2	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	2	3	480	US$14,000.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	1	1	360	$20,000.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	2	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	2	2	324	$15,000.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	2	2	324	$15,000.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	4	4	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	4	2	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	5	3	480	US$16,000.00
AVP	9/14-16/2007	San Francisco Best of the Beach	2	2	0	$20,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	3	3	480	US$16,000.00
AVP	8/23-26/2007	Brooklyn Open	2	2	468	$21,000.00
AVP	8/16-19/2007	Boston Open	2	1	520	$28,000.00
AVP	8/9-11/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	2	2	468	$21,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	5	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	9	5	600	US$18,000.00
AVP	7/19-21/2007	Long Beach Open	2	3	390	$13,300.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	8	5	480	US$13,200.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	2	1	360	$20,000.00
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

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Claire D'Amore / Jennifer Snyder (17)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	17	13	1	0.706	1	6	0	2
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	4	0	0
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	2	0	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	17	13	0	0.765	0	2	2	1
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	1	0	1
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	2	0

Sat, 5/16/2009

Winner 3

Nancy Reynolds / Michelle Williams (9)

Won 21-15, 21-13

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	26	12	0	0.462	3	12	1	2
	1	13	5	0	0.385	3	6	1	2
	2	13	7	0	0.538	0	6	0	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	22	17	0	0.773	2	10	2	3
	1	13	10	0	0.769	1	5	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	5	2	2

Sun, 5/17/2009

Winner 4

Dianne DeNecochea / Carrie Dodd (4)

Won 21-17, 21-23, 15-9

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	11	1	0.500	3	11	4	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	2	3	2	0
	2	6	3	0	0.500	0	4	1	1
	3	8	4	1	0.375	1	4	1	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	28	18	2	0.571	1	5	5	2
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	1	2	0
	2	15	7	1	0.400	0	3	3	2
	3	4	4	0	1.000	1	1	0	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Semi-Finals

Lisa Fitzgerald / Brooke Niles (5)

Won 21-11, 22-20

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	19	10	3	0.368	2	8	2	1
	1	7	3	1	0.286	2	4	2	1
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	4	0	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	32	22	4	0.563	2	6	2	1
	1	13	10	1	0.692	2	3	2	1
	2	19	12	3	0.474	0	3	0	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (2)

Lost 17-21, 21-18, 12-15

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	24	17	0	0.708	0	14	1	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	3	1	1
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	7	0	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	4	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	30	18	5	0.433	1	6	3	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	2	2	0
	2	11	8	2	0.545	1	2	1	1
	3	10	5	2	0.300	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	106	63	5	0.547	9	51	8	8
Elaine Youngs	129	88	11	0.597	6	29	14	8

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 44-12

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross 17-8
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/Youngs	1	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:15
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Kessy/Ross	2	21-18, 21-14	0:51
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Kessy/Ross	2	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:55
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	1:21
9/13/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	2	21-11, 21-19	0:46
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	3	23-21, 21-19	0:50
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	2	21-23, 21-18, 18-16	1:17
7/27/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	3	21-19, 22-24, 15-6	1:03
7/20/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	3	9-21, 21-13, 15-10	1:04
7/13/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	4	21-18, 21-14	0:51
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	7	21-10, 21-17	0:35
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Kessy/Ross	3	22-20, 21-15	0:54
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-18, 21-17	0:43
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-15, 21-19	0:48
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	5	21-13, 21-13	0:45
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:03
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 14-21, 22-20	1:17
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool I	Branagh/Youngs	9	Kessy/Ross	16	15-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:59
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
Lead the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 11-4
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:00
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 21-13	0:41
9/14/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-19, 21-18	0:44
9/7/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Semi-Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 21-23, 15-12	1:08
8/31/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	20-22, 21-19, 15-11	1:12
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:00
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	21-14, 21-14	0:45
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Branagh/Youngs	2	22-20, 13-21, 15-9	1:02
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	6	Branagh/Youngs	2	15-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:53
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	6	21-12, 21-16	0:46
8/26/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-11, 30-28	0:52
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	24-22, 19-21, 15-10	1:13
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/Dodd 3-0
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	21-17, 21-23, 15-9	1:03
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	1:02
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	DeNecochea/Dodd	5	34-32, 21-17	1:09
Lead the series against # 5 Fitzgerald/Niles 2-0
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	5	21-11, 22-20	0:45
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	7	21-18, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 6 Akers/Turner 2-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	4	21-19, 21-18	0:49
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Akers/Turner	4	30-28, 21-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 7 Jameson/Jones 3-0
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Jameson/Jones	8	21-17, 21-14	0:36
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 # 9 Reynolds/Williams 3-0
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Reynolds/Williams	9	21-15, 21-13	0:50
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Reynolds/Williams	9	21-13, 21-19	0:44
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Reynolds/Williams	9	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	1:02
Lead the series against # 13 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
9/12/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Fopma/Hochevar	11	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 16 Smith/Van Fleet 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	1	Smith/Van Fleet	16	21-17, 21-10	0:42
Lead the series against # 17 D'Amore/Snyder 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	1	D'Amore/Snyder	17	21-14, 21-18	0:39