AVP Tour
$91,500 Atlanta Open
Saturday, July 8, 2006
Match #38: Contender's Bracket Round 3
(3) Nicole Branagh/Holly McPeak
def.
(9) Mimi Amaral/Tatiana Minello
21-19, 21-19 (0:48)
Nicole Branagh
Photo:
Ed Chan
Personal Info
Birth Date:
Jan 31, 1979 (45 yrs old)
Home Town:
Orinda, CA
Height:
6'2"
College(s):
Minnesota
Seasons:
15
Tournaments:
193
Career Wins:
20
Career AVP Wins:
17
Career Winnings:
$1,100,692.50
Holly McPeak
Photo:
Holly Stein/AVP
Personal Info
Birth Date:
May 15, 1969 (55 yrs old)
Home Town:
Manhattan Beach, CA
Height:
5'7"
College(s):
California-Berkeley
UCLA
Seasons:
22
Tournaments:
323
Career Wins:
72
Career AVP Wins:
28
Career Winnings:
$1,575,161.00
SemÃrames Perazzo Mimi Amaral Marins
Photo:
Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date:
Nov 16, 1977 (47 yrs old)
Home Town:
Vitoria
Height:
6'0"
Seasons:
5
Tournaments:
29
Career Best:
2nd (2 times)
Career Winnings:
$83,037.50
Tatiana Minello
Photo:
Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date:
Mar 1, 1970 (54 yrs old)
Home Town:
Santa Maria
Height:
5'6"
Seasons:
14
Tournaments:
117
Career Wins:
1 (FIVB Brisbane 2001)
Career AVP Best:
2nd (4 times)
Career Winnings:
$430,900.00
1
2
3
(3) Nicole Branagh/Holly McPeak
21
21
0
(9) Mimi Amaral/Tatiana Minello
19
19
0
Stats
Game 1
Statistics
Nicole Branagh
Holly McPeak
Mimi Amaral
Tatiana Minello
ATTACK
Attacks
22
4
14
7
Kills
14
2
7
3
Errors
2
1
2
0
Hitting Pct
0.545
0.250
0.357
0.429
SERVE
Aces
0
0
1
1
Errors
2
2
1
1
DEFENSE
Blocks
0
0
1
0
Digs
5
6
0
4
Game 2
Statistics
Nicole Branagh
Holly McPeak
Mimi Amaral
Tatiana Minello
ATTACK
Attacks
8
11
10
9
Kills
5
7
6
7
Errors
2
1
0
0
Hitting Pct
0.375
0.545
0.600
0.778
SERVE
Aces
1
0
1
0
Errors
1
2
2
2
DEFENSE
Blocks
0
0
1
0
Digs
0
4
1
1
Match Total
Statistics
Nicole Branagh
Holly McPeak
Mimi Amaral
Tatiana Minello
ATTACK
Attacks
30
15
24
16
Kills
19
9
13
10
Errors
4
2
2
0
Hitting Pct
0.500
0.467
0.458
0.625
SERVE
Aces
1
0
2
1
Errors
3
4
3
3
DEFENSE
Blocks
0
0
2
0
Digs
5
10
1
5
Play By Play
Server
Nicole Branagh
Holly McPeak
Mimi Amaral
Tatiana Minello
Play
Game 1
Tatiana Minello
1
0
Nicole cross court to start off the match.
Holly McPeak
2
0
Mimi with a one armed dig that goes over the net on Holly's tough serve. Nicole throws it down for the point.
Holly McPeak
3
0
Nicole again with the kill
Holly McPeak
3
1
Mimi skips it off the top of the block.
Mimi Amaral
4
1
Nicole off Mimi's block, which lands out.
Nicole Branagh
4
2
Nicole's serve is into the net.
Tatiana Minello
5
2
Nice poke by Holly. Tati gets the dig but its into the net and drops.
Holly McPeak
5
3
Mimi goes off speed down the line
Mimi Amaral
5
4
Big stuff from Mimi on Nicole
Mimi Amaral
6
4
Nicole down the line
Nicole Branagh
6
5
Service error short
Tatiana Minello
6
6
Tati gets an ace off the tape to tie it.
Tatiana Minello
7
6
Nicole goes with a soft shot over the net. Mimi gets a hand on the block but it falls to her right.
Holly McPeak
7
7
Mimi goes over the defense and to the open sand in the back.
Mimi Amaral
7
8
Nicole's kill attempt is long
Mimi Amaral
7
9
Great rally. Tati finishes the point with a cut shot and no one is at the net to cover it.
Mimi Amaral
8
9
Nicole gets it back on a cross court smack down.
Nicole Branagh
9
9
Tati goes for the dig after a nice rally but hits it out on the other side of the net.
Nicole Branagh
9
10
Mimi over the defense and down the line.
Tatiana Minello
10
10
Nicole blasts one to the very edge of backcourt.
Holly McPeak
11
10
Nicole drops a kill down the middle and we head into the time out.
Holly McPeak
11
11
Tati's dig is close to the net which allows Mimi to send it home on the second shot.
Mimi Amaral
12
11
Nicole banks it off the block and out of bounds.
Nicole Branagh
12
12
Shot down the line is good by Mimi
Tatiana Minello
13
12
This time its Nicole down the line
Holly McPeak
13
13
Hard crusher from Tati. Holly makes a stab at the dig but it gets there too quickly.
Mimi Amaral
14
13
Nicole thumps down the kill
Nicole Branagh
15
13
Great rally and nice defense on both sides. Nicole ends it off a nice set by Holly by slamming it through the middle.
Nicole Branagh
15
14
Nicole's serve is right near the line. Ref calls it out, but Nicole and Holly want another look. The ruling stands.
Tatiana Minello
16
14
Serve is wide.
Holly McPeak
16
15
Mimi's shot down the line catches the ribbon.
Mimi Amaral
17
15
Serve is into the net.
Nicole Branagh
18
15
Mimi's cut shot goes a little too far and out.
Nicole Branagh
19
15
Mimi goes up for the kill but it lands just wide.
Nicole Branagh
19
16
Holly sends it into the net on the kill attempt.
Tatiana Minello
20
16
Holly finds the back of the court. Game point for Holly and Nicole.
Holly McPeak
20
17
Holly's serve is into the net. Game point 2
Mimi Amaral
20
18
Tati bombs it off Nicole to stay alive. Game point 3
Mimi Amaral
20
19
Tough serve by Mimi for an ace. Time out by Nicole and Holly.
Mimi Amaral
21
19
Game point number four for Nicole and Holly. Nicole ends it with a shot down the line.
Server
Nicole Branagh
Holly McPeak
Mimi Amaral
Tatiana Minello
Play
Game 2
Holly McPeak
0
1
Holly serves it long to open game two.
Tatiana Minello
1
1
Tati gives it back with a serve into the net.
Nicole Branagh
1
2
Mimi with the kill
Mimi Amaral
2
2
Nicole with a cutter.
Holly McPeak
2
3
Mimi sends it down the line.
Tatiana Minello
3
3
Serve is into the net.
Nicole Branagh
3
4
Tati goes cross court.
Mimi Amaral
4
4
Explosive kill from Nicole that Tati can't dig
Holly McPeak
4
5
Nicole goes down the line but sends it out.
Tatiana Minello
5
5
Great cutter by Holly. Tati goes for the dig but comes up about three inches short on her dive.
Nicole Branagh
6
5
Tati's first hit goes off the net and then she is whistled for the double.
Nicole Branagh
6
6
Mimi to the back line.
Mimi Amaral
7
6
Serve is long
Holly McPeak
8
6
Nicole recovers after the block and sends it over for the kill
Holly McPeak
8
7
Cross court shot from the right side by Tati
Tatiana Minello
9
7
Nicole sends it long and the defense can't run it down.
Nicole Branagh
10
7
Smoking ace right down the middle by Nicole. Time out called by Nicole and Holly.
Nicole Branagh
10
8
Shot off the arms of Nicole by Mimi
Mimi Amaral
11
8
Mimi is whistled for the double on her set.
Holly McPeak
12
8
Mimi's blast down the line os long.
Holly McPeak
12
9
Mimi skips it off the block.
Tatiana Minello
12
10
Coming out of the time out a nice rally ends as Mimi gets a kill off Holly's arms.
Tatiana Minello
13
10
Nicole off the block.
Nicole Branagh
13
11
Tati fires one down the line that catches the edge to stay in.
Mimi Amaral
14
11
Service error long
Holly McPeak
14
12
Nicole's set goes a little too long and into the pole for the net.
Tatiana Minello
14
13
Nicole is just wide on the kill
Tatiana Minello
15
13
Nicole goes over the block.
Nicole Branagh
15
14
Tati with a crafty play - lands the dig just on the other side of the net.
Mimi Amaral
16
14
Mimi's serve is wide.
Holly McPeak
16
15
Mimi bounces it off Nicole's block.
Tatiana Minello
17
15
Holly to the corner.
Nicole Branagh
17
16
Tati with a quick wrist snap that sends it down the line.
Mimi Amaral
17
17
Double hit called on Nicole ties the game.
Mimi Amaral
18
17
Nicole uses the tape on the kill and it lands straight down on the other side.
Holly McPeak
18
18
Nicole and Mimi meet up at the top and the block goes to Mimi.
Tatiana Minello
19
18
Holly gets the side out with the cut shot.
Nicole Branagh
19
19
Nicole into the net on the serve
Mimi Amaral
20
19
Holly catches the back tape to set up match point.
Holly McPeak
21
19
Great defensive play by Holly and Nicole to keep the play alive; two plays later Holly gets a nice set at the net and sends it home cross court to end the match.