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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP Salt Lake City Open
August 15 - 18, 2013

(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:

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 Salt Lake City Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	5	9	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	1	9	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	7	2	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	2	9	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	2	4	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	4	9	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	4	5	300	US$6,500.00
FIVB	10/23-28/2012	Bangsaen Open	2	1	600	US$30,000.00
AVP	9/7-9/2012	AVP Championships	1	1	4500	$47,500.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2012	AVP Cincinnati Open	2	1	3000	$20,000.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	1	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	4	2	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	4	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	4	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	4	3	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	4	5	480	US$13,200.00
NVL	5/17-19/2012	NVL Preakness	1	1	800	$7,500.00
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

AVP Salt Lake City Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/16/2013

Winner 1

Dianne DeNecochea / Ali McColloch (16, Q10)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	19	16	1	0.789	1	5	1	0
	1	14	12	0	0.857	0	4	0	0
	2	5	4	1	0.600	1	1	1	0
April Ross	Total	21	13	3	0.476	0	8	3	2
	1	8	5	2	0.375	0	4	1	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	4	2	0

Sat, 8/17/2013

Winner 2

Christal Engle / Tealle Hunkus (8)

Lost 21-13, 14-21, 14-16

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	16	9	4	0.313	1	4	0	2
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	3	0	1
	2	4	0	3	-0.750	0	0	0	1
	3	1	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	0
April Ross	Total	42	23	5	0.429	1	2	4	4
	1	7	4	2	0.286	0	0	3	1
	2	15	10	1	0.600	1	1	0	1
	3	20	9	2	0.350	0	1	1	2

Sat, 8/17/2013

Contender 2

Morgan Miller / Kaitlin Nielsen (11, Q3)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	23	17	3	0.609	0	10	1	2
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	5	0	0
	2	12	8	3	0.417	0	5	1	2
April Ross	Total	22	16	3	0.591	0	7	1	3
	1	12	9	2	0.583	0	4	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	3	1	2

Sat, 8/17/2013

Contender 3

Kristen Batt-Rohr / Raquel Ferreira (4)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	23	12	2	0.435	1	4	1	0
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	1	1	0
April Ross	Total	20	15	2	0.650	0	7	1	4
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	5	1	3
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	1

Sun, 8/18/2013

Contender 4

Whitney Pavlik / Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)

Won 23-25, 21-17, 17-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	53	33	7	0.491	1	9	0	2
	1	26	14	3	0.423	0	4	0	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	1	2	0	2
	3	14	11	2	0.643	0	3	0	0
April Ross	Total	31	18	4	0.452	1	13	0	5
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	7	0	1
	2	13	9	0	0.692	1	3	0	3
	3	8	4	3	0.125	0	3	0	1

Sun, 8/18/2013

Semi-Finals

Christal Engle / Tealle Hunkus (8)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	19	9	4	0.263	1	6	2	2
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	4	2	1
	2	8	4	2	0.250	1	2	0	1
April Ross	Total	28	18	3	0.536	0	8	3	5
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	6	1	2
	2	15	11	2	0.600	0	2	2	3

Sun, 8/18/2013

Finals

Lauren Fendrick / Brittany Hochevar (5)

Won 20-22, 21-18, 15-13

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	14	7	3	0.286	2	5	0	2
	1	5	3	1	0.400	1	4	0	0
	2	3	2	1	0.333	1	1	0	2
	3	6	2	1	0.167	0	0	0	0
April Ross	Total	48	31	9	0.458	3	8	1	5
	1	18	9	8	0.056	1	2	0	2
	2	18	14	0	0.778	0	4	1	1
	3	12	8	1	0.583	2	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	167	103	24	0.473	7	43	5	10
April Ross	212	134	29	0.495	5	53	13	28

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 10-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Pavlik/Walsh Jennings 1-0
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Pavlik/Walsh Jennings	2	23-25, 21-17, 17-15	1:05
Lead the series against # 3 Fopma/Sweat 3-1
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fopma/Sweat	16	Kessy/Ross	5	21-12, 21-13	0:32
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	7	Fopma/Sweat	24, Q3	21-15, 21-19	0:40
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Fopma/Sweat	29, Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:41
9/1/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Fopma/Sweat	6	21-18, 21-12
Lead the series against # 4 Batt-Rohr/Ferreira 1-0
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Batt-Rohr/Ferreira	4	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 5 Fendrick/Hochevar 1-0
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Hochevar	5	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	1:11
Series tied with # 8 Engle/Hunkus 1-1
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Engle/Hunkus	8	21-15, 21-19	0:42
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Winner 2	Engle/Hunkus	8	Kessy/Ross	1	13-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 9, Q1 Pazo/VanZwieten 1-0
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Pazo/VanZwieten	12	21-17, 21-17
Lead the series against # 11, Q3 Miller/Nielsen 1-0
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Miller/Nielsen	11, Q3	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 16, Q10 DeNecochea/McColloch 1-0
8/16/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	DeNecochea/McColloch	16, Q10	21-16, 21-14	0:40