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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP Cincinnati Open
August 30 - September 2, 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 Cincinnati Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
P&R 2010	April Ross - 1st	Jennifer Kessy - 1st
Wide Open 2011	April Ross - 3rd	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd
2012	April Ross - 1st	Jennifer Kessy - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/23-25/2013	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	1	3	540	$8,500.00
AVP	8/15-18/2013	AVP Salt Lake City Open	1	1	750	$15,000.00
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

AVP Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/31/2013

Winner 1

Laryssa Mereszczak / Andrea Peterson (16, Q4)

Won 21-15, 21-8

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	21	16	3	0.619	1	4	1	1
	1	11	7	3	0.364	1	1	1	0
	2	10	9	0	0.900	0	3	0	1
April Ross	Total	12	10	1	0.750	2	4	2	2
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	2	0	1
	2	4	4	0	1.000	2	2	2	1

Sun, 9/1/2013

Winner 2

Lane Carico / Heather McGuire (9)

Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-11

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	14	5	0.310	3	7	1	3
	1	10	6	1	0.500	1	2	0	1
	2	10	3	3	0.000	1	3	0	2
	3	9	5	1	0.444	1	2	1	0
April Ross	Total	28	20	2	0.643	0	8	3	4
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	7	1	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	0	2	2
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	0	1

Sun, 9/1/2013

Winner 3

Christal Engle / Tealle Hunkus (5)

Won 21-19, 21-9

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	19	15	1	0.737	0	1	0	1
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	0	0	1
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	0	0
April Ross	Total	21	16	2	0.667	0	11	3	1
	1	13	9	2	0.538	0	5	1	0
	2	8	7	0	0.875	0	6	2	1

Mon, 9/2/2013

Semi-Finals

Whitney Pavlik / Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)

Lost 21-19, 16-21, 10-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	26	10	6	0.154	2	8	1	0
	1	9	5	1	0.444	2	3	1	0
	2	9	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	0
	3	8	3	3	0.000	0	2	0	0
April Ross	Total	41	23	6	0.415	0	11	3	4
	1	16	10	2	0.500	0	6	0	2
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	3	2	1
	3	8	3	2	0.125	0	2	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	95	55	15	0.421	6	20	3	5
April Ross	102	69	11	0.569	2	34	11	11

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 14-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Pavlik/Walsh Jennings 1-1
9/2/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Pavlik/Walsh Jennings	2	Kessy/Ross	1	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:55
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 3-2
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fopma/Sweat	3	Kessy/Ross	1	23-21, 21-17	0:42
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
Series tied with # 4 Fendrick/Hochevar 1-1
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fendrick/Hochevar	4	Kessy/Ross	1	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Hochevar	5	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	1:11
Lead the series against # 5 Engle/Hunkus 2-1
9/1/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Engle/Hunkus	5	21-19, 21-9	0:38
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 # 6 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 # 8 Piening/Shaw 1-0
8/24/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Piening/Shaw	8	21-15, 21-8	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Carico/McGuire 2-0
9/1/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Carico/McGuire	9	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	1:05
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	1	Carico/McGuire	11	21-13, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 13, Q2 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 # 16, Q4 Mereszczak/Peterson 1-0
8/31/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Mereszczak/Peterson	16, Q4	21-15, 21-8	0:32