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AVP Tour
$225,000 Chicago Championships
August 31 - September 3, 2017

(8) Nicole Branagh/Brandie Wilkerson

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

Brandie Wilkerson

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

5'10"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Miami 2023)

Career Winnings:

$422,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Lauren Fendrick - 13th	Did not play
2005	Angie Akers - 9th	Did not play
2006	Holly McPeak - 3rd	Did not play
2008	Elaine Youngs - 2nd	Did not play
2009	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Did not play
2015	Jenny Kropp - 1st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/17-20/2017	Manhattan Beach Open	15	2	1024	$16,000.00

Chicago Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/1/2017

Winner 2

Caitlin Ledoux / Maria Clara Salgado (9)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	19	8	3	0.263	0	12	1	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	7	0	0
	2	11	3	2	0.091	0	5	1	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	34	18	5	0.382	2	3	0	2
	1	16	9	1	0.500	1	1	0	0
	2	18	9	4	0.278	1	2	0	2

Fri, 9/1/2017

Contender 1

Delaney Mewhirter / Kerri Schuh (23, Q7)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	29	16	7	0.310	0	11	2	2
	1	11	6	5	0.091	0	6	1	1
	2	18	10	2	0.444	0	5	1	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	13	9	0	0.692	3	1	1	0
	1	7	5	0	0.714	2	0	1	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	1	0	0

Sat, 9/2/2017

Contender 2

Lara Dykstra / Jace Pardon (17, Q1)

Won 21-18, 21-13

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	26	15	3	0.462	0	18	2	3
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	8	1	2
	2	19	12	2	0.526	0	10	1	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	25	14	1	0.520	3	4	1	3
	1	21	11	1	0.476	1	3	1	2
	2	4	3	0	0.750	2	1	0	1

Sat, 9/2/2017

Contender 3

Aurora Davis / Bree Scarbrough (22, Q6)

Won 21-16, 21-7

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	16	11	2	0.563	0	10	4	2
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	5	3	1
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	5	1	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	16	12	3	0.563	5	1	1	1
	1	11	8	2	0.545	1	0	1	0
	2	5	4	1	0.600	4	1	0	1

Sat, 9/2/2017

Contender 4

Amanda Lawson / Irene Pollock (11)

Won 21-8, 21-15

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	22	14	3	0.500	0	10	8	1
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	3	6	0
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	7	2	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	14	10	1	0.643	3	4	0	1
	1	5	2	1	0.200	2	2	0	0
	2	9	8	0	0.889	1	2	0	1

Sun, 9/3/2017

Contender 5

Emily Capers / Brittany Hochevar (1)

Lost 14-21, 19-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	Total	21	6	4	0.095	0	8	0	5
	1	10	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	3
	2	11	4	2	0.182	0	4	0	2
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	24	12	2	0.417	5	3	3	0
	1	10	4	1	0.300	2	1	1	0
	2	14	8	1	0.500	3	2	2	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nicole Branagh	133	70	22	0.361	0	69	17	14
Brandie Wilkerson	126	75	12	0.500	21	16	6	7

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Wilkerson lead the series against the field 10-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Capers/Hochevar 0-3
9/3/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 5	Capers/Hochevar	1	Branagh/Wilkerson	8	21-14, 21-19	0:44
8/20/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Capers/Hochevar	2	Branagh/Wilkerson	15	21-18, 21-18	0:55
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Capers/Hochevar	2	Branagh/Wilkerson	15	21-17, 21-8	0:42
Lead the series against # 2 Fendrick/Ross 1-0
8/20/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Wilkerson	15	Fendrick/Ross	1	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # 5 DiCello/Stockman 1-0
8/19/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Wilkerson	15	DiCello/Stockman	6	21-18, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Carico/Klineman 1-0
8/19/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Wilkerson	15	Carico/Klineman	8	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Ledoux/Salgado 0-1
9/1/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Winner 2	Ledoux/Salgado	9	Branagh/Wilkerson	8	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 Kropp/McGuire 1-0
8/19/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Wilkerson	15	Kropp/McGuire	7	18-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 Lawson/Pollock 2-0
9/2/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 4	Branagh/Wilkerson	8	Lawson/Pollock	11	21-8, 21-15	0:48
8/19/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Wilkerson	15	Lawson/Pollock	13	24-22, 21-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 Dykstra/Pardon 1-0
9/2/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 2	Branagh/Wilkerson	8	Dykstra/Pardon	17, Q1	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 Lima/Tiegs 1-0
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Wilkerson	15	Lima/Tiegs	17, Q2	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 22, Q6 Davis/Scarbrough 1-0
9/2/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 3	Branagh/Wilkerson	8	Davis/Scarbrough	22, Q6	21-16, 21-7	0:38
Lead the series against # 23, Q7 Mewhirter/Schuh 1-0
9/1/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 1	Branagh/Wilkerson	8	Mewhirter/Schuh	23, Q7	21-14, 21-16	0:40