universalsports.com - 7/4/2009
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Joined by three Brazilian teams in the women's semifinals of the 2009 FIVB World Championships in Stavanger, Norway, Jen Kessy and April Ross of the U.S. will go home with no less than a silver medal.
No. 1 Ross, Kessy cruise in worlds opener
universalsports.com 6/26/2009 — The top-seeded women's duo of Jen Kessy and April Ross of the U.S. cruised through its first world championships match on Friday, defeating the No. 48 seed of Ragnhild Aas and Siri Bjorkesett from Norway in straight sets, 21-10, 21-13.
Ross, Kessy collect gold in Marseille
universalsports.com 7/26/2009 — After finishing fifth and ninth the past two weeks in SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam stops in Switzerland and Russia, Americans Jen Kessy and April Ross finally validated their world championship title here Sunday by defeating Vassiliki Arvaniti and Maria Tsiartsiani of Greece for the US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem gold medal.
Ross, Kessy earn another shot at gold
universalsports.com 7/25/2009 — It was no "Greek tragedy" here Saturday afternoon on the Plages Gaston Defferre for Vassiliki Arvaniti and Maria Tsiartsiani as the women from Athens scored their fourth-straight upset win at the $600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem to advance to the finals of the FIVB World Tour.
Cooking competition
wcsnblogs.com 6/29/2009 — Had a competitive Sunday night here in Stavanger. Jen Kessy and I were asked to compete in a cooking competition for a Norwegian TV show with an American chef that lives here in Stavanger. The teams were from Norway, Brazil and the USA. The other players invited were Emmanuel Rego and Ana Paula ...
Top U.S. teams advance on Day 8
universalsports.com 7/2/2009 — The first set of elimination round matches began on Day 8 of the 2009 FIVB World Championships in Stavanger, Norway.
Two U.S. men's teams advance; women's semifinals set
universalsports.com 7/3/2009 — One day after eliminating the first U.S. men's team at the 2009 FIVB World Championships in Stavanger, Norway, Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal became the second such duo to go home.
Kessy, Ross knock off nemesis for win in San Francisco
universalsports.com 8/17/2009 — When it became known that Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, the most successful and popular beach volleyball team in the world, would not play together this season, the new favorites on the AVP Tour naturally became Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs. After all, Branagh and Youngs met May-Treanor and Walsh in 14 AVP championship matches in 2007 and 2008, and were the No. 2 U.S. women's team to accompany May-Treanor and Walsh to the Beijing Olympics.
