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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP St. Petersburg Open
Sunday, September 15, 2013 Stadium Court 5:00 PM

Match #29: Finals

(1) Jennifer Kessy/April Ross
vs.
(7) Emily Capers/Summer Ross

Jennifer Kessy

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

264

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,459.50

April Ross

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

271

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,045,362.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	CQ	Money
AVP	51	12	13	15	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$769,750.00
FIVB	78	10	12	9	4	20	3	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$1,204,850.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,100.00
NVL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00
P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Overall	136	26	26	26	4	28	6	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$2,042,700.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/6-8/2013	Atlantic City Invitational	1	1st	0	$13,000.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2013	AVP Cincinnati Open	1	3rd	540	$6,500.00
AVP	8/23-25/2013	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	1	3rd	540	$8,500.00
AVP	8/15-18/2013	AVP Salt Lake City Open	1	1st	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	5	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	1	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	7	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	2	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	2	4th	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	4	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	4	5th	300	US$6,500.00
FIVB	10/23-28/2012	Bangsaen Open	2	1st	600	US$30,000.00

AVP St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/13/2013

Winner 1

Michelle Iafigliola / Alison Kalish (16, Q5)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	19	3	0.552	2	8	0	1
	1	19	13	2	0.579	0	5	0	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	2	3	0	0
April Ross	Total	19	12	3	0.474	0	9	1	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	4	0	2
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	5	1	2

Fri, 9/13/2013

Winner 2

Kristen Batt-Rohr / Raquel Ferreira (8)

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

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	31	18	5	0.419	2	14	0	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	7	0	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	1	3	0	0
	3	13	7	3	0.308	1	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	41	24	5	0.463	2	15	2	3
	1	15	8	3	0.333	1	5	0	1
	2	12	9	2	0.583	1	4	2	1
	3	14	7	0	0.500	0	6	0	1

Sat, 9/14/2013

Contender 2

Angie Akers / Priscilla Lima (6)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	17	14	2	0.706	0	4	3	1
	1	11	9	2	0.636	0	3	2	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	1	1	1
April Ross	Total	28	19	3	0.571	0	11	1	3
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	0	1
	2	17	12	2	0.588	0	8	1	2

Sat, 9/14/2013

Contender 3

Olaya Pazo / Kendra VanZwieten (10)

Won 21-15, 21-9

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	18	14	1	0.722	0	6	0	0
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	0	0
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	4	0	0
April Ross	Total	23	13	3	0.435	2	9	2	2
	1	15	6	3	0.200	1	5	0	2
	2	8	7	0	0.875	1	4	2	0

Sun, 9/15/2013

Contender 4

Kim DiCello / Kathryn Piening (11)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	15	2	0.650	1	3	2	5
	1	10	8	0	0.800	1	1	0	2
	2	10	7	2	0.500	0	2	2	3
April Ross	Total	21	16	0	0.762	1	4	0	2
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	0	2
	2	12	8	0	0.667	1	3	0	0

Sun, 9/15/2013

Semi-Finals

Lauren Fendrick / Brittany Hochevar (4)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-10

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	14	3	0.379	0	5	1	1
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	1	1	1
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	2	0	0
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	0	0
April Ross	Total	30	16	6	0.333	3	8	2	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	2	4	0	0
	2	12	4	4	0.000	0	2	1	1
	3	7	5	1	0.571	1	2	1	1

Sun, 9/15/2013

Finals

Emily Capers / Summer Ross (7)

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	144	94	16	0.542	5	40	6	8
April Ross	162	100	20	0.494	8	56	8	16

Emily Day Capers

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 9, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Torrance, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Loyola Marymount

Seasons:

Tournaments:

205

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$510,379.60

Summer Ross

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Washington
Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$425,737.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	12	1	3	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	$100,900.00
FIVB	17	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	9	1	US$153,300.00
NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,700.00
Overall	30	2	4	5	1	6	0	2	0	9	1	US$255,900.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/6-8/2013	Atlantic City Invitational	7, Q1	2nd	0	$10,000.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2013	AVP Cincinnati Open	14, Q1	1st	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	15, Q2	4th	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	25, Q3	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	39	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	27, Q11	17th	320	US$3,700.00
NORCECA	11/16-18/2012	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Trinidad and Tobago		1st	200	US$1,700.00

AVP St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/13/2013

Winner 1

Olaya Pazo / Kendra VanZwieten (10)

Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-11

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Emily Capers	Total	20	13	2	0.550	1	8	3	2
	1	10	7	1	0.600	1	5	2	1
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	2	0	1
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	1	0
Summer Ross	Total	46	25	4	0.457	1	16	1	2
	1	14	8	0	0.571	1	4	0	2
	2	18	9	3	0.333	0	3	1	0
	3	14	8	1	0.500	0	9	0	0

Fri, 9/13/2013

Winner 2

Whitney Pavlik / Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)

Won 21-17, 21-10

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Emily Capers	Total	18	13	0	0.722	2	10	2	3
	1	8	6	0	0.750	1	4	1	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	1	6	1	2
Summer Ross	Total	28	15	3	0.429	2	11	1	0
	1	16	9	3	0.375	2	3	0	0
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	8	1	0

Sat, 9/14/2013

Winner 3

Kim DiCello / Kathryn Piening (11)

Won 21-16, 21-12

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Emily Capers	Total	15	9	2	0.467	0	6	2	2
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	0	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	3	2	1
Summer Ross	Total	29	20	1	0.655	0	14	1	1
	1	15	11	0	0.733	0	4	0	0
	2	14	9	1	0.571	0	10	1	1

Sun, 9/15/2013

Semi-Finals

Whitney Pavlik / Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)

Won 22-20, 21-17

0:48

Sun, 9/15/2013

Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (1)

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Emily Capers	53	35	4	0.585	3	24	7	7
Summer Ross	103	60	8	0.505	3	41	3	3

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
9/15/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Finals
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Capers/Ross	7, Q1	23-25, 21-16, 15-13	1:04