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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP St. Petersburg Open
September 13 - 15, 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/6-8/2013	Atlantic City Invitational	1	1	0	$13,000.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2013	AVP Cincinnati Open	1	3	540	$6,500.00
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

AVP St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/13/2013

Winner 1

Michelle Iafigliola / Alison Kalish (16, Q5)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	19	3	0.552	2	8	0	1
	1	19	13	2	0.579	0	5	0	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	2	3	0	0
April Ross	Total	19	12	3	0.474	0	9	1	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	4	0	2
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	5	1	2

Fri, 9/13/2013

Winner 2

Kristen Batt-Rohr / Raquel Ferreira (8)

Lost 18-21, 21-15, 17-19

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	31	18	5	0.419	2	14	0	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	7	0	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	1	3	0	0
	3	13	7	3	0.308	1	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	41	24	5	0.463	2	15	2	3
	1	15	8	3	0.333	1	5	0	1
	2	12	9	2	0.583	1	4	2	1
	3	14	7	0	0.500	0	6	0	1

Sat, 9/14/2013

Contender 2

Angie Akers / Priscilla Lima (6)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	17	14	2	0.706	0	4	3	1
	1	11	9	2	0.636	0	3	2	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	1	1	1
April Ross	Total	28	19	3	0.571	0	11	1	3
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	0	1
	2	17	12	2	0.588	0	8	1	2

Sat, 9/14/2013

Contender 3

Olaya Pazo / Kendra VanZwieten (10)

Won 21-15, 21-9

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	18	14	1	0.722	0	6	0	0
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	0	0
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	23	13	3	0.435	2	9	2	2
	1	15	6	3	0.200	1	5	0	2
	2	8	7	0	0.875	1	4	2	0

Sun, 9/15/2013

Contender 4

Kim DiCello / Kathryn Piening (11)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	15	2	0.650	1	3	2	5
	1	10	8	0	0.800	1	1	0	2
	2	10	7	2	0.500	0	2	2	3
April Ross	Total	21	16	0	0.762	1	4	0	2
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	0	2
	2	12	8	0	0.667	1	3	0	0

Sun, 9/15/2013

Semi-Finals

Lauren Fendrick / Brittany Hochevar (4)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-10

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	14	3	0.379	0	5	1	1
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	1	1	1
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	2	0	0
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	0	0
April Ross	Total	30	16	6	0.333	3	8	2	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	2	4	0	0
	2	12	4	4	0.000	0	2	1	1
	3	7	5	1	0.571	1	2	1	1

Sun, 9/15/2013

Finals

Emily Capers / Summer Ross (7)

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	144	94	16	0.542	5	40	6	8
April Ross	162	100	20	0.494	8	56	8	16

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 19-6

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
Lead the series against # 4 Fendrick/Hochevar 3-1
9/15/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Hochevar	4	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	1:14
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Hochevar	4	22-20, 17-21, 15-12	0:59
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 3-1
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Engle/Hunkus	5	21-17, 21-8	0:36
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 Akers/Lima 1-0
9/14/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Akers/Lima	6	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 Capers/Ross 1-0
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Capers/Ross	7, Q1	23-25, 21-16, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # 8 Batt-Rohr/Ferreira 2-1
9/13/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Batt-Rohr/Ferreira	8	Kessy/Ross	1	21-18, 15-21, 19-17	1:10
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Batt-Rohr/Ferreira	8	21-17, 21-12	0:40
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 # 10 Pazo/VanZwieten 2-0
9/14/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Pazo/VanZwieten	10	21-15, 21-9	0:35
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Pazo/VanZwieten	12	21-17, 21-17
Lead the series against # 11 DiCello/Piening 1-0
9/15/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	1	DiCello/Piening	11	21-17, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 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, Q5 Iafigliola/Kalish 1-0
9/13/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Iafigliola/Kalish	16, Q5	21-16, 21-10	0:43