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AVP Tour
$100,000 DO AC Pro Beach Volleyball Invitational
September 6 - 8, 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 Atlantic City Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
NVL	9/10-11/2011	NVL Miami Beach	1	1	1500	$20,000.00

Atlantic City Invitational Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 9/7/2013

Winner 1

Kristen Batt-Rohr / Raquel Ferreira (8)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	26	17	1	0.615	0	9	0	4
	1	17	11	1	0.588	0	7	0	3
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	2	0	1
April Ross	Total	25	13	1	0.480	0	15	3	4
	1	12	4	0	0.333	0	8	1	1
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	7	2	3

Sat, 9/7/2013

Winner 2

Christal Engle / Tealle Hunkus (5)

Won 21-17, 21-8

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	24	18	1	0.708	3	4	1	3
	1	14	10	0	0.714	1	1	1	2
	2	10	8	1	0.700	2	3	0	1
April Ross	Total	14	7	2	0.357	1	6	4	3
	1	10	4	2	0.200	0	4	1	1
	2	4	3	0	0.750	1	2	3	2

Sat, 9/7/2013

Semi-Finals

Lauren Fendrick / Brittany Hochevar (4)

Won 22-20, 17-21, 15-12

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	36	20	7	0.361	0	9	0	5
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	2	0	3
	2	14	8	3	0.357	0	3	0	2
	3	11	6	2	0.364	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	30	19	4	0.500	1	6	4	4
	1	11	7	3	0.364	1	3	2	2
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	1	1	1
	3	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	1	1

Sat, 9/7/2013

Finals

Emily Capers / Summer Ross (7, Q1)

Won 23-25, 21-16, 15-13

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	42	21	4	0.405	0	12	3	3
	1	23	10	1	0.391	0	6	1	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	2	2	2
	3	9	5	3	0.222	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	27	21	2	0.704	1	7	4	6
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	2	2
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	3	0	3
	3	8	7	1	0.750	1	1	2	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	128	76	13	0.492	3	34	4	15
April Ross	96	60	9	0.531	3	34	15	17

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 15-5

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
Lead the series against # 4 Fendrick/Hochevar 2-1
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 # 7, Q1 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 2-0
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 # Q2 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 # Q4 Pazo/VanZwieten 1-0
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Pazo/VanZwieten	12	21-17, 21-17