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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Huntington Beach Championships
September 18 - 21, 2014

(5) 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Alicia Zamparelli-Flavia - 33rd	Did not play
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
2010	Misty May-Treanor - 2nd	Did not play
2011	Angie Akers - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/28-31/2014	Cincinnati Open	6	9	300	$2,500.00
AVP	8/14-17/2014	Manhattan Beach Open	7	5	450	$4,500.00
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

AVP Huntington Beach Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/19/2014

Winner 1

Sarah Day / Christal Engle (12, Q1)

Lost 17-21, 23-25

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	16	8	3	0.313	0	11	0	1
	1	6	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	8	0	1
Amanda Lawson	Total	33	15	5	0.303	3	2	2	3
	1	13	7	2	0.385	2	1	1	2
	2	20	8	3	0.250	1	1	1	1

Sat, 9/20/2014

Contender 1

Andrea Peterson / Tanya White (13, Q3)

Won 21-11, 18-21, 15-8

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	45	26	6	0.444	0	14	5	3
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	4	3	0
	2	21	11	4	0.333	0	7	1	3
	3	13	7	1	0.462	0	3	1	0
Amanda Lawson	Total	15	12	3	0.600	2	5	2	1
	1	8	6	2	0.500	1	2	0	1
	2	5	4	1	0.600	0	2	0	0
	3	2	2	0	1.000	1	1	2	0

Sat, 9/20/2014

Contender 2

Brittany Hochevar / Ali McColloch (7)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	20	13	0	0.650	1	8	2	5
	1	12	9	0	0.750	0	3	0	3
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	5	2	2
Amanda Lawson	Total	23	11	6	0.217	1	1	0	3
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	1	0	1
	2	14	6	4	0.143	1	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	81	47	9	0.469	1	33	7	9
Amanda Lawson	71	38	14	0.338	6	8	4	7

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Lawson trail the series against the field 4-9

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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 7 Hochevar/McColloch 0-2
9/20/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Contender 2	Hochevar/McColloch	7	Branagh/Lawson	5	21-16, 21-16	0:39
8/30/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Hochevar/McColloch	9	Branagh/Lawson	6	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 Clausen/Miller 0-1
8/29/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Clausen/Miller	11	Branagh/Lawson	6	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Series tied with # 12, Q1 Day/Engle 1-1
9/19/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Winner 1	Day/Engle	12, Q1	Branagh/Lawson	5	21-17, 25-23	0:48
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 # 13, Q3 Peterson/White 1-0
9/20/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Contender 1	Branagh/Lawson	5	Peterson/White	13, Q3	21-11, 18-21, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # Q2 Davis/Schumacher 2-0
8/29/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 1	Branagh/Lawson	6	Davis/Schumacher	14, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:38
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Lawson	9	Davis/Schumacher	14, Q7	21-18, 21-13	0:36