Team Preview

AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP Cincinnati Open
September 3 - 6, 2015

(1) Nicole Branagh/Jenny Kropp

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

Jenny Kropp

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 17, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Island, NE

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Nebraska

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Chicago 2015)

Career Winnings:

$249,330.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	6	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$63,400.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$9,100.00
Overall	8	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	US$72,500.00

Previous Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Angie Akers - 17th	Did not play
2006	Elaine Youngs - 5th	Did not play
2007	Did not play	Jenny Pavley - 9th
2008	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Nancy Reynolds - 9th
2009	Elaine Youngs - 2nd	Barbra Fontana - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/27-30/2015	AVP Chicago Open	3	1	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	31, Q27	25	160	US$4,000.00
AVP	8/13-16/2015	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	5	2	640	$15,000.00
AVP	8/6-9/2015	AVP Seattle Open	5	5	450	$5,200.00
AVP	7/16-19/2015	AVP New York City Open	4	2	640	$10,000.00

AVP Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/4/2015

Winner 1

Katey Schroeder / LeeAnn Starr (16, Q5)

Won 21-11, 21-12

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	28	19	3	0.571	0	13	0	3
	1	15	11	0	0.733	0	8	0	2
	2	13	8	3	0.385	0	5	0	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	9	5	0	0.556	6	2	1	0
	1	4	3	0	0.750	3	0	1	0
	2	5	2	0	0.400	3	2	0	0

Fri, 9/4/2015

Winner 2

Tealle Hunkus / Sheila Shaw (9)

Won 26-24, 21-16

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	34	24	2	0.647	0	21	0	2
	1	14	10	0	0.714	0	10	0	1
	2	20	14	2	0.600	0	11	0	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	32	13	7	0.188	1	7	1	1
	1	23	11	5	0.261	0	4	1	0
	2	9	2	2	0.000	1	3	0	1

Sat, 9/5/2015

Winner 3

Ali McColloch / Emily Stockman (5)

Lost 19-21, 21-18, 15-17

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	23	9	0	0.391	0	18	1	5
	1	9	2	0	0.222	0	9	0	3
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	5	1	2
	3	7	3	0	0.429	0	4	0	0
Jenny Kropp	Total	54	34	4	0.556	3	6	0	4
	1	19	9	2	0.368	1	3	0	3
	2	19	16	1	0.789	0	3	0	1
	3	16	9	1	0.500	2	0	0	0

Sun, 9/6/2015

Contender 4

Kim DiCello / Kendra VanZwieten (3)

Lost 17-21, 21-18, 12-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	30	17	5	0.400	0	13	0	2
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	15	10	2	0.533	0	6	0	1
	3	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	0	0
Jenny Kropp	Total	51	25	6	0.373	1	11	2	3
	1	21	11	3	0.381	0	3	1	1
	2	18	7	1	0.333	1	6	1	1
	3	12	7	2	0.417	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	115	69	10	0.513	0	65	1	12
Jenny Kropp	146	77	17	0.411	11	26	4	8

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Kropp lead the series against the field 10-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Capers/Kessy 0-1
7/19/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Finals	Capers/Kessy	2	Branagh/Kropp	4	24-22, 19-21, 23-21	1:20
Lead the series against # 3 DiCello/VanZwieten 4-2
9/6/15	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	DiCello/VanZwieten	3	Branagh/Kropp	1	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:03
8/30/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Finals	Branagh/Kropp	3	DiCello/VanZwieten	2	21-16, 21-19	0:45
8/29/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Winner 3	DiCello/VanZwieten	2	Branagh/Kropp	3	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	1:00
8/15/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Kropp	5	DiCello/VanZwieten	4	21-19, 21-9	0:39
8/7/15	AVP	AVP Seattle Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Kropp	5	DiCello/VanZwieten	4	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	1:05
7/19/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Kropp	4	DiCello/VanZwieten	3	21-10, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 4 Bensend/Urango 1-0
8/15/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Kropp	5	Bensend/Urango	7	21-12, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 5 McColloch/Stockman 1-1
9/5/15	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	McColloch/Stockman	5	Branagh/Kropp	1	21-19, 18-21, 17-15	0:57
8/28/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Kropp	3	McColloch/Stockman	6	21-12, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 7 Flint/Kolinske 2-0
8/29/15	AVP	AVP Chicago Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Kropp	3	Flint/Kolinske	9	21-15, 15-21, 15-11	0:57
8/15/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Kropp	5	Flint/Kolinske	17	21-17, 24-22	0:42
Series tied with # 9 Hunkus/Shaw 1-1
9/4/15	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Kropp	1	Hunkus/Shaw	9	26-24, 21-16	0:48
8/14/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Hunkus/Shaw	12	Branagh/Kropp	5	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Lead the series against # 16, Q5 Schroeder/Starr 1-0
9/4/15	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Kropp	1	Schroeder/Starr	16, Q5	21-11, 21-12	0:35