Match Recap

AVP Tour
$87,500 Austin Open
Sunday, May 1, 2005

Match #45: Finals

(1) Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings
def.
(5) Linjun Ji/Wenhui You
21-14, 19-21, 15-12 (1:02)

Misty May-Treanor

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Monica, CA

Resides:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

5'9"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

198

Career Wins:

112

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,144,382.50

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

Linjun Ji

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1986 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shanghai

Resides:

Shanghai

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Bangkok 2005)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Austin 2005)

Career Winnings:

$78,725.00

Wenhui You

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 20, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shanghai

Resides:

Shanghai, China

Height:

5'10"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Bangkok 2005)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Austin 2005)

Career Winnings:

$67,435.00

(1) Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings

(5) Linjun Ji/Wenhui You

Stats

Game 1
Statistics	Misty May-Treanor	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Linjun Ji	Wenhui You
ATTACK
Attacks	19	5	4	22
Kills	13	5	2	12
Errors	0	0	0	3
Hitting Pct	0.684	1.000	0.500	0.409
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	0
Errors	0	0	0	0
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	3	0	0
Digs	6	1	1	4

Game 2
Statistics	Misty May-Treanor	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Linjun Ji	Wenhui You
ATTACK
Attacks	19	9	11	17
Kills	11	6	8	10
Errors	1	1	1	1
Hitting Pct	0.526	0.556	0.636	0.529
SERVE
Aces	0	0	1	0
Errors	0	0	0	0
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	1	0	0
Digs	5	3	4	4

Game 3
Statistics	Misty May-Treanor	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Linjun Ji	Wenhui You
ATTACK
Attacks	9	3	4	12
Kills	8	2	1	10
Errors	0	1	2	2
Hitting Pct	0.889	0.333	-0.250	0.667
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	0
Errors	0	0	1	0
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	3	0	0
Digs	1	0	0	1

Match Total
Statistics	Misty May-Treanor	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Linjun Ji	Wenhui You
ATTACK
Attacks	47	17	19	51
Kills	32	13	11	32
Errors	1	2	3	6
Hitting Pct	0.660	0.647	0.421	0.510
SERVE
Aces	0	0	1	0
Errors	0	0	1	0
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	7	0	0
Digs	12	4	5	9

Play By Play

Server	Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings	Linjun Ji Wenhui You	Play
Game 1
Misty May-Treanor	0	1	You slams it
Linjun Ji	1	1	Misty slam
Kerri Walsh Jennings	2	1	Kerri catches the back line
Kerri Walsh Jennings	2	2	You goes with the cutter and catches the right line
Wenhui You	3	2	Long rally and May puts it away
Misty May-Treanor	3	3	You hits it deep for the point
Linjun Ji	4	3	May crosses it
Kerri Walsh Jennings	4	4	You lobs it over Misty for the point
Wenhui You	5	4	May slams it home and hard down to the left
Misty May-Treanor	5	5	You with the touch shot over Walsh
Linjun Ji	5	6	May kills but Ji returns the favor and slams for the point
Linjun Ji	6	6	Kerri slams it
Kerri Walsh Jennings	7	6	Kerri Roofs it for the point
Kerri Walsh Jennings	7	7	You slams it through May's arms
Wenhui You	8	7	May cut shot to the left
Misty May-Treanor	8	8	You powers it through the golden girls
Linjun Ji	9	8	May goes huge down the line
Kerri Walsh Jennings	10	8	You meets Walsh atop the net and finds out why Walsh is Six Feet of Sunshine
Kerri Walsh Jennings	10	9	You gets quick revenge and knocks it past Walsh
Wenhui You	10	10	You winds up and slams it over May
Wenhui You	11	10	May pokes it over the outstreched arms of Ji
Misty May-Treanor	11	11	Long rally and great dig by May goes unrewarded as Ji goes down the line
Linjun Ji	12	11	May powers it home
Kerri Walsh Jennings	13	11	Great rally and Walsh hits the deep corner
Kerri Walsh Jennings	13	12	You smacks it through Walsh's hands
Wenhui You	14	12	May killed it
Misty May-Treanor	15	12	Kerri in two slides it over the net
Misty May-Treanor	16	12	May diving attempt catches the back line
Misty May-Treanor	17	12	Kerri roofs it
Misty May-Treanor	17	13	Net foul on Kerri
Linjun Ji	18	13	May kill
Kerri Walsh Jennings	18	14	YOu winner
Wenhui You	19	14	Kerri Puts the roof on the house
Misty May-Treanor	20	14	May slams it cross court
Misty May-Treanor	21	14	Game point - Big dig by May and then the slam to put it away
Server	Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings	Linjun Ji Wenhui You	Play
Game 2
Misty May-Treanor	1	0	Kill by May
Misty May-Treanor	2	0	Kill by Walsh
Misty May-Treanor	2	1	You cut shot for a winner
Linjun Ji	2	2	Winner by Ji
Linjun Ji	3	2	Kill by May
Kerri Walsh Jennings	3	3	You with the kill
Wenhui You	3	4	You cut shot
Wenhui You	4	4	May cut
Misty May-Treanor	4	6	Ji cross court
Linjun Ji	5	6	tbd - no point here
Kerri Walsh Jennings	5	6	tbd
Wenhui You	5	7	tbd
Wenhui You	6	7	Kerri cross court
Misty May-Treanor	6	8	You killer cross off the net
Linjun Ji	6	9	long rally ends when Ji slams it off Kerri's hands
Linjun Ji	7	9	Net on You
Kerri Walsh Jennings	8	9	Great rally with several digs and a dive by You ends when Kerri places it in the back corner
Kerri Walsh Jennings	8	10	You cuts it across the net
Wenhui You	9	10	May deep kill down the line
Misty May-Treanor	9	11	Kerri catches the foul pole
Linjun Ji	10	11	Kerri goes deep and catches the corner down the line
Kerri Walsh Jennings	10	12	You powers it through Walsh
Wenhui You	11	12	May hard cross court slam
Misty May-Treanor	12	12	May with the big cross court slam
Misty May-Treanor	13	12	You can't get over Kerri as she blocks
Misty May-Treanor	13	13	You slams off Kerri's hands
Linjun Ji	14	13	May gets up high and puts it away
Kerri Walsh Jennings	14	14	You goes down the line with a fake to tie it up
Wenhui You	15	14	May goes huge and puts it away cross court
Misty May-Treanor	15	15	You with the tip flop just over Kerri to tie it up
Linjun Ji	16	15	Ji fall a little short on the Slam attempt
Kerri Walsh Jennings	16	16	Ji with the winner on 2
Wenhui You	17	16	May with the cutter
Misty May-Treanor	17	17	Kerri comes up short on the drop shot attempt
Linjun Ji	18	17	May powers it home
Kerri Walsh Jennings	18	18	Ji goes big and knocks it through Kerri's arms
Wenhui You	18	19	May into the neet
Wenhui You	19	19	Good rally put to rest as Kerri slams it straight down for the tie
Misty May-Treanor	19	20	Ji slams and May can't handle
Linjun Ji	19	21	Ji puts it away to force game three
Server	Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings	Linjun Ji Wenhui You	Play
Game 3
Misty May-Treanor	1	0	Walsh blocks You
Misty May-Treanor	1	1	You kills it
Linjun Ji	2	1	Service error long
Kerri Walsh Jennings	3	1	Net foul by Ji after the Kerri slam
Kerri Walsh Jennings	3	2	Drop shot by You for point
Wenhui You	4	2	May with the deep tip for the point
Misty May-Treanor	4	3	You slams it off Walsh
Linjun Ji	5	3	May goes for the line and rips it off Ji
Kerri Walsh Jennings	6	3	Kerri Rejects Ji big time
Kerri Walsh Jennings	6	4	You puts it past Kerri for the point
Wenhui You	6	5	Double hit on May
Wenhui You	7	5	May slams it home
Misty May-Treanor	7	6	You with the flop shot over Walsh
Linjun Ji	8	6	May with the cut
Kerri Walsh Jennings	8	7	You returns the favor with a beautiful cut
Wenhui You	9	7	May with the big slam
Misty May-Treanor	9	8	You slam
Linjun Ji	10	8	Kerri with the big slam
Kerri Walsh Jennings	11	8	Kerri blocks it
Kerri Walsh Jennings	11	9	Ji off Kerri for the point
Wenhui You	12	9	May down the line
Misty May-Treanor	12	10	You with the hard cut
Kerri Walsh Jennings	13	10	Cut Central -- Kerri joins the fun and cuts it right
Kerri Walsh Jennings	13	11	tbd
Linjun Ji	14	11	Kerri Put away to reach match point
Misty May-Treanor	14	12	Kerri falls short on the flop
Linjun Ji	15	12	May slams home the win for the third straight title of 2005. The Chinese became just the second team to take a game off the golden girls and push May and Walsh further than any other team this year. We will see you in Santa Barbara. Check out AVP.com for full recaps of the 2005 Austin Open!