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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2004	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2005	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 2nd
2006	Keao Burdine - 25th	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2007	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2008	Jennifer Kessy - 5th	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2009	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd	Did not play
2010	Jennifer Kessy - 1st	Did not play
2013	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 3rd	April Ross - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/5-7/2014	DO AC Invitational	1	1	750	$15,000.00
AVP	8/28-31/2014	Cincinnati Open	1	1	750	$15,000.00
AVP	8/14-17/2014	Manhattan Beach Open	1	1	750	$13,000.00
AVP	8/7-10/2014	Salt Lake City Open	1	1	750	$15,000.00
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

AVP Huntington Beach Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/19/2014

Winner 1

Keao Burdine / Kaui Salzman (16)

Won 21-8, 21-12

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	20	15	1	0.700	1	9	2	0
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	1	0
	2	12	9	0	0.750	1	6	1	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	13	10	1	0.692	1	6	1	0
	1	7	5	1	0.571	1	3	1	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	0	0

Sat, 9/20/2014

Winner 2

Traci Callahan / Emily Stockman (8)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	29	19	3	0.552	1	5	4	2
	1	9	7	1	0.667	1	1	2	1
	2	20	12	2	0.500	0	4	2	1
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	12	9	1	0.667	3	4	1	1
	1	9	6	1	0.556	2	3	0	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	1	1	1	1

Sat, 9/20/2014

Winner 3

Lane Carico / Kim DiCello (4)

Won 21-13, 21-8

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	23	12	1	0.478	0	6	9	1
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	5	3	1
	2	9	4	0	0.444	0	1	6	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	16	10	1	0.563	3	7	1	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	1	5	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	2	2	1	0

Sun, 9/21/2014

Semi-Finals

Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat (2)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	29	16	2	0.483	1	19	2	1
	1	17	11	1	0.588	0	12	0	1
	2	12	5	1	0.333	1	7	2	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	28	13	4	0.321	1	5	2	1
	1	18	6	2	0.222	0	3	1	1
	2	10	7	2	0.500	1	2	1	0

Sun, 9/21/2014

Finals

Heather McGuire / Whitney Pavlik (6)

Won 22-20, 21-17

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	40	16	6	0.250	1	8	3	3
	1	17	4	4	0.000	1	2	2	1
	2	23	12	2	0.435	0	6	1	2
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	13	10	1	0.692	3	1	0	0
	1	8	7	0	0.875	2	1	0	0
	2	5	3	1	0.400	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	141	78	13	0.461	4	47	20	7
Kerri Walsh Jennings	82	52	8	0.537	11	23	5	2

Head to Head Results
Ross/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 29-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Fendrick/Sweat 7-0
9/21/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	21-17, 21-13	0:41
8/31/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	21-14, 21-15	0:50
8/17/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	19-21, 21-13, 9-0 Retired	1:08
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 6-0
9/7/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	2	21-19, 21-12	0:45
8/17/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	3	22-24, 21-15, 15-8	1:00
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 # 4 Carico/DiCello 3-0
9/20/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/DiCello	4	21-13, 21-8	0:32
8/30/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/DiCello	4	21-8, 21-11	0:36
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/DiCello	5	21-12, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 6 McGuire/Pavlik 2-0
9/21/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	McGuire/Pavlik	6	22-20, 21-17	0:59
9/7/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	McGuire/Pavlik	4	21-13, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Hochevar/McColloch 2-0
8/31/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Hochevar/McColloch	9	21-12, 21-14	0:34
8/30/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Hochevar/McColloch	9	21-14, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Callahan/Stockman 2-0
9/20/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Callahan/Stockman	8	21-12, 21-16	0:34
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 # 9 Piening/Wallin-Brockway 2-0
9/7/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Piening/Wallin-Brockway	8	21-13, 21-12	0:34
9/6/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Piening/Wallin-Brockway	8	21-18, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Pazo/Shaw 1-0
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Pazo/Shaw	9	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Peterson/White 2-0
9/6/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Peterson/White	16, Q4	21-12, 21-12	0:31
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 # 16 Burdine/Salzman 1-0
9/19/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Burdine/Salzman	16	21-8, 21-12	0:30