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AVP Tour
$150,000 Manhattan Beach Open
August 14 - 17, 2014

(7) Nicole Branagh/Amanda Lawson

Nicole Branagh

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orinda, CA

Resides:

Hawthorne, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Minnesota

Seasons:

Tournaments:

193

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,100,692.50

Amanda Dowdy Lawson

Photo: Michael Gomez

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1990 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Austin, TX

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Texas Tech

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Shepparton 2018)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$105,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	$23,400.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Did not play
2006	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Did not play
2007	Elaine Youngs - 2nd	Did not play
2008	Elaine Youngs - 3rd	Did not play
2009	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Did not play
Pro Beach 2012	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Did not play
2013	Did not play	Jessica Stubinski - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/7-10/2014	Salt Lake City Open	9	5	450	$5,200.00
AVP	7/3-6/2014	Milwaukee Open	10	5	450	$5,200.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/15/2014

Winner 1

Amy Hvitfeldtsen / Jessica Jones (26, Q2)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	24	15	2	0.542	0	10	5	1
	1	18	10	2	0.444	0	7	2	1
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	3	0
Amanda Lawson	Total	14	7	2	0.357	0	3	1	2
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	1	0	1
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	1	1

Fri, 8/15/2014

Winner 2

Briana Hinga / Tealle Hunkus (10)

Won 21-9, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	33	21	2	0.576	0	13	1	2
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	8	1	1
	2	20	12	2	0.500	0	5	0	1
Amanda Lawson	Total	16	12	2	0.625	0	6	2	1
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	3	1	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	1	0

Sat, 8/16/2014

Winner 3

Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat (2)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	10	5	0.250	0	10	2	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	8	0	1
	2	8	2	4	-0.250	0	2	2	2
Amanda Lawson	Total	18	8	3	0.278	2	2	0	4
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	2	0	2
	2	10	5	1	0.400	2	0	0	2

Sat, 8/16/2014

Contender 4

Lara Dykstra / Jace Pardon (27, Q5)

Won 21-15, 18-21, 18-16

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	48	25	6	0.396	0	14	3	4
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	4	2	2
	2	18	7	2	0.278	0	7	0	1
	3	15	9	2	0.467	0	3	1	1
Amanda Lawson	Total	27	17	2	0.556	3	8	1	2
	1	10	6	0	0.600	1	3	0	0
	2	12	8	2	0.500	1	3	0	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	1	2	1	1

Sat, 8/16/2014

Contender 5

Sarah Day / Christal Engle (8)

Won 21-13, 21-12

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	13	9	4	0.385	0	7	0	3
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	3	0	2
	2	9	5	4	0.111	0	4	0	1
Amanda Lawson	Total	17	11	3	0.471	3	4	5	3
	1	9	3	3	0.000	2	2	3	2
	2	8	8	0	1.000	1	2	2	1

Sun, 8/17/2014

Contender 6

Lane Carico / Kim DiCello (5)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	13	1	0.429	0	12	0	5
	1	17	7	1	0.353	0	7	0	3
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	5	0	2
Amanda Lawson	Total	30	18	4	0.467	1	7	0	3
	1	14	7	2	0.357	1	5	0	1
	2	16	11	2	0.563	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	166	93	20	0.440	0	66	11	18
Amanda Lawson	122	73	16	0.467	9	30	9	15

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Lawson lead the series against the field 6-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ross/Walsh Jennings 0-1
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Lawson	9	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Fendrick/Sweat 0-2
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fendrick/Sweat	2	Branagh/Lawson	7	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/5/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Winner 2	Fendrick/Sweat	2	Branagh/Lawson	10	21-12, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Capers/Ross 0-1
8/10/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Contender 4	Capers/Ross	3	Branagh/Lawson	9	21-19, 25-23	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Carico/DiCello 0-1
8/17/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Carico/DiCello	5	Branagh/Lawson	7	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Day/Engle 1-0
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Lawson	7	Day/Engle	8	21-13, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 Hinga/Hunkus 2-0
8/15/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Lawson	7	Hinga/Hunkus	10	21-9, 21-19	0:40
8/8/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Lawson	9	Hinga/Hunkus	8	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 Ledoux/Pollock 1-0
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Lawson	9	Ledoux/Pollock	15, Q12	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Hvitfeldtsen/Jones 1-0
8/15/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Lawson	7	Hvitfeldtsen/Jones	26, Q2	21-16, 21-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Dykstra/Pardon 1-0
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Lawson	7	Dykstra/Pardon	27, Q5	21-15, 18-21, 18-16	0:55