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AVP Tour
$150,000 Salt Lake City Open
August 7 - 10, 2014

(1) April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings

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

Kerri Walsh Jennings

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Clara, CA

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

263

Career Wins:

135

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,651,635.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$192,500.00
FIVB	32	11	3	3	2	6	0	6	0	1	0	US$758,500.00
Overall	45	23	3	4	2	6	0	6	0	1	0	US$951,000.00

Previous Salt Lake City Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Jennifer Kessy - 1st	Whitney Pavlik - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	1	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	1	1	800	US$70,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	2	9	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	1	9	360	US$11,000.00
AVP	7/3-6/2014	Milwaukee Open	1	1	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	1	1	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	2	5	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	2	1	800	US$57,000.00
AVP	5/29-6/1/2014	St. Petersburg Open	2	1	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	3	5	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2014	Fuzhou Open	4	1	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/23-27/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	5	1	800	US$33,000.00
AVP	10/17-20/2013	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	1	3	540	$9,500.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	10	1	800	US$33,000.00
AVP	9/26-29/2013	AVP Santa Barbara Open	1	1	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	9	400	US$5,500.00

Salt Lake City Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/8/2014

Winner 1

Betsi Flint / Kelley Kolinske (16, Q24)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:29

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	25	14	3	0.440	1	7	1	1
	1	10	4	2	0.200	1	5	1	1
	2	15	10	1	0.600	0	2	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	18	9	3	0.333	1	2	1	4
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	0	0	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	1	2	1	2

Sat, 8/9/2014

Winner 2

Nicole Branagh / Amanda Lawson (9)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	16	9	5	0.250	1	9	4	0
	1	8	4	3	0.125	1	2	3	0
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	7	1	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	31	16	3	0.419	5	9	0	0
	1	12	5	1	0.333	3	2	0	0
	2	19	11	2	0.474	2	7	0	0

Sat, 8/9/2014

Winner 3

Traci Callahan / Emily Stockman (13, Q3)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	33	18	4	0.424	1	7	2	2
	1	18	9	4	0.278	1	2	1	2
	2	15	9	0	0.600	0	5	1	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	18	10	5	0.278	2	9	0	1
	1	5	2	2	0.000	1	3	0	0
	2	13	8	3	0.385	1	6	0	1

Sun, 8/10/2014

Semi-Finals

Emily Capers / Summer Ross (3)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	24	19	3	0.667	0	8	0	4
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	4	0	3
	2	19	14	3	0.579	0	4	0	1
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	20	12	3	0.450	3	11	1	0
	1	17	11	2	0.529	2	7	0	0
	2	3	1	1	0.000	1	4	1	0

Sun, 8/10/2014

Finals

Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat (2)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	24	13	3	0.417	0	8	4	2
	1	17	8	3	0.294	0	5	2	1
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	3	2	1
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	23	15	1	0.609	0	8	0	1
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	3	0	1
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	122	73	18	0.451	3	39	11	9
Kerri Walsh Jennings	110	62	15	0.427	11	39	2	6

Head to Head Results
Ross/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 14-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Fendrick/Sweat 4-0
8/10/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	21-16, 21-15	0:50
7/6/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:05
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Fendrick/Sweat	11	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/1/14	AVP	St. Petersburg Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Fendrick/Sweat	4	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # 3 Capers/Ross 4-0
8/10/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	3	21-14, 21-17	0:36
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	16	22-20, 21-19	0:39
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	13	21-16, 21-14	0:32
6/1/14	AVP	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Capers/Ross	1	21-15, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Branagh/Lawson 1-0
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Lawson	9	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Callahan/Stockman 1-0
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Callahan/Stockman	13, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 16, Q24 Flint/Kolinske 1-0
8/8/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Flint/Kolinske	16, Q24	21-14, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # Q1 Peterson/White 1-0
9/27/13	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Peterson/White	16, Q4	21-11, 21-7	0:32
Lead the series against # Q2 Fuller/Redden 1-0
5/30/14	AVP	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Fuller/Redden	15, Q7	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q8 Fiume/Pavels 1-0
7/4/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fiume/Pavels	16, Q11	21-8, 21-9	0:27