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AVP Tour
$252,000 AVP Crocs Slam Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
July 16 - 19, 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Barbra Fontana - 1st
2002	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 2nd
2003	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 2nd
2004	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 1st
2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Rachel Scott - 2nd
2006	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Nancy Reynolds - 2nd
2007	Elaine Youngs - 2nd	Nicole Branagh - 2nd
2008	Elaine Youngs - 3rd	Nicole Branagh - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	4	3	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	4	5	600	US$18,000.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	1	2	640	$18,000.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	1	1	750	$24,000.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	1	1	750	$24,000.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	1	2	640	$18,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/17/2009

Winner 1

Natalie Hagglund / Summer Ross (64, Q36)

Won 21-12, 21-8

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	18	14	0	0.778	1	8	3	0
	1	11	9	0	0.818	1	4	1	0
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	4	2	0
Elaine Youngs	Total	20	11	5	0.300	3	10	1	1
	1	9	4	4	0.000	2	6	0	1
	2	11	7	1	0.545	1	4	1	0

Fri, 7/17/2009

Winner 2

Lynne Galli / Carol Welcher (32)

Won 21-11, 21-8

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	16	14	1	0.813	2	7	4	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	1	3	3	1
	2	10	9	1	0.800	1	4	1	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	16	10	1	0.563	1	2	3	4
	1	10	6	1	0.500	1	1	2	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	1	2

Sat, 7/18/2009

Winner 3

Janelle Allen / Rosalinda Masler (16)

Won 21-9, 21-11

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	13	2	0.550	2	4	2	3
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	2	2	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	2	2	0	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	14	10	1	0.643	1	8	1	1
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	5	1	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	3	0	0

Sat, 7/18/2009

Winner 4

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (8)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	31	15	4	0.355	1	14	1	3
	1	23	10	4	0.261	0	11	0	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	1	3	1	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	20	16	1	0.750	2	5	0	4
	1	9	6	0	0.667	2	3	0	3
	2	11	10	1	0.818	0	2	0	1

Sat, 7/18/2009

Winner 5

Lisa Fitzgerald / Brooke Niles (4)

Won 21-18, 21-10

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	13	3	0.500	3	12	1	3
	1	11	5	3	0.182	2	4	0	1
	2	9	8	0	0.889	1	8	1	2
Elaine Youngs	Total	32	16	4	0.375	0	9	1	4
	1	16	8	2	0.375	0	3	0	2
	2	16	8	2	0.375	0	6	1	2

Sun, 7/19/2009

Semi-Finals

Priscilla Lima / Tatiana Minello (5)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	34	19	4	0.441	1	11	3	1
	1	16	10	1	0.563	1	6	1	0
	2	18	9	3	0.333	0	5	2	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	14	9	2	0.500	2	3	0	2
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	1	0	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	2	2	0	1

Sun, 7/19/2009

Finals

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	8	7	0.050	3	10	0	2
	1	5	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	1
	2	15	6	5	0.067	3	6	0	1
Elaine Youngs	Total	27	15	2	0.481	3	6	1	2
	1	20	10	2	0.400	3	5	1	0
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	1	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	159	96	21	0.472	13	66	14	14
Elaine Youngs	143	87	16	0.497	12	43	7	18

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 48-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 DeNecochea/Dodd 6-0
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	21-18, 22-20	0:49
5/31/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	1:09
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	21-18, 21-7	0:39
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 # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 15-4
7/19/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-17, 21-14	0:51
6/21/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	21-10, 20-22, 15-13	1:07
5/31/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	22-20, 21-12	0:48
5/24/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-11, 21-17	0:42
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 Fitzgerald/Niles 4-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 5	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-18, 21-10	0:45
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fitzgerald/Niles	4	21-15, 27-29, 15-10	1:12
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 # 5 Lima/Minello 2-0
7/19/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Lima/Minello	5	21-17, 21-18	0:56
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Lima/Minello	8	21-12, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Fontana/Kropp 2-0
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fontana/Kropp	9	21-9, 21-11	0:38
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fontana/Kropp	8	21-17, 22-24, 15-8	1:08
Lead the series against # 8 Jameson/Jones 4-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	1	Jameson/Jones	8	21-16, 21-14	0:40
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 # 10 Barnes/Williams 4-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Barnes/Williams	10	21-19, 21-15	0:48
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Barnes/Williams	18	21-17, 21-15	0:40
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 # 12 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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 Ferreira/Roca 2-0
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	1	Ferreira/Roca	17	21-11, 21-18	0:37
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	1	Ferreira/Roca	17	21-8, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Allen/Masler 1-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Allen/Masler	16	21-9, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 28 Bruning/Mills 1-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	3	Bruning/Mills	30	21-10, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 32 Galli/Welcher 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	1	Galli/Welcher	32	21-11, 21-8	0:34
Lead the series against # 48 Cook/Muhe 2-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	1	Cook/Muhe	32, Q28	21-11, 21-12	0:36
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Cook/Muhe	31, Q4	21-11, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 64, Q36 Hagglund/Ross 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	1	Hagglund/Ross	64, Q36	21-12, 21-8	0:39