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National Volleyball League
$50,000 NVL Preakness
May 17 - 19, 2012

(1) 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:

263

Career Wins:

Career NVL Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,209.50

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:

267

Career Wins:

Career NVL Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,025,062.50

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 Baltimore Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	5	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	5	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	5	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	2	2	540	US$21,000.00
Pro Beach	9/23-25/2011	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	1	1	720	$15,000.00
Pro Beach	9/16-18/2011	Miami Beach Pro	1	3	576	$7,500.00
NVL	9/10-11/2011	NVL Miami Beach	1	1	1500	$20,000.00
Wide Open	9/1-4/2011	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	1	3	0	$7,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	8	5	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	5	7	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB C&S	8/9-14/2011	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	3	2	0	US$1,100.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	5	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5	2	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	1	7	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	1	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	3	1	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	3	5	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	3	3	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	2	3	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	6	2	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	6	7	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	8	3	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	11/2-7/2010	Phuket Thailand Open	7	13	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2010	Sanya Open	6	3	480	US$15,000.00
P&R	9/3-5/2010	Cincinnati Players Championship	1	1	0	$10,000.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	4	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	4, Q1	5	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/9-14/2010	Kristiansand Open	5	4	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5, Q1	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	6	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	4	5	360	US$9,100.00
AVP	7/16-18/2010	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	1	1	750	$20,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	2	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	2	9	320	US$8,000.00
AVP	6/25-27/2010	AVP Belmar Open	1	1	750	$20,000.00
AVP	6/18-20/2010	AVP Virginia Beach Open	2	1	750	$20,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	2	2	720	US$29,500.00
AVP	6/3-6/2010	AVP Huntington Beach Open	2	1	750	$20,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Seoul Open	2	3	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	2	1	800	US$43,500.00

NVL Preakness Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/18/2012

Winner 1

Jessica Jones / Josie Schatz (16, Q4)

Won 21-9, 21-10

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	16	12	1	0.688	1	1	2	1
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	0	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	1	1	2	1
April Ross	Total	18	15	0	0.833	0	1	4	3
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	0	4	2
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	1	0	1

Fri, 5/18/2012

Winner 2

Jess Clausen / Priscilla Lima (8)

Won 21-13, 21-13

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	16	10	2	0.500	1	10	1	3
	1	7	3	2	0.143	1	3	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	7	1	2
April Ross	Total	29	17	4	0.448	0	13	0	2
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	7	0	1
	2	16	10	2	0.500	0	6	0	1

Fri, 5/18/2012

Winner 3

Kristen Batt-Rohr / Tealle Hunkus (5)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	20	2	0.621	2	5	1	0
	1	16	12	1	0.688	1	3	0	0
	2	13	8	1	0.538	1	2	1	0
April Ross	Total	19	12	2	0.526	1	11	2	2
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	1	1
	2	10	8	0	0.800	1	8	1	1

Fri, 5/18/2012

Semi-Finals

Jess Clausen / Priscilla Lima (8)

Won 21-8, 21-16

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	11	3	0.400	3	8	0	1
	1	5	3	1	0.400	3	4	0	1
	2	15	8	2	0.400	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	21	15	1	0.667	0	10	3	2
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	5	2	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	5	1	1

Fri, 5/18/2012

Finals

Jenny Kropp / Whitney Pavlik (2)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	23	11	5	0.261	0	11	0	0
	1	11	4	2	0.182	0	7	0	0
	2	12	7	3	0.333	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	24	17	0	0.708	4	4	2	3
	1	13	8	0	0.615	2	4	1	3
	2	11	9	0	0.818	2	0	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	104	64	13	0.490	7	35	4	5
April Ross	111	76	7	0.622	5	39	11	12

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 9-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Kropp/Pavlik 3-2
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	2	21-13, 21-16	0:44
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	4	21-12, 21-16	0:50
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	4	21-19, 21-16	0:49
9/18/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Semi-Finals	Kropp/Pavlik	4	Kessy/Ross	1	21-19, 11-21, 15-12	1:05
9/4/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Semi-Finals	Kropp/Pavlik	4	Kessy/Ross	1	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 4 Capers/McGuire 1-0
9/2/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Capers/McGuire	8	21-13, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Batt-Rohr/Hunkus 1-0
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Batt-Rohr/Hunkus	5	21-17, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Harris/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Harris/Wallin-Brockway	18	21-9, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Clausen/Lima 2-0
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Clausen/Lima	8	21-8, 21-16	0:34
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Clausen/Lima	8	21-13, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 16, Q4 Jones/Schatz 1-0
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Jones/Schatz	16, Q4	21-9, 21-10	0:35