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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Atlanta Open
August 11 - 15, 2021

(3) Sara Hughes/Brandie Wilkerson

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Costa Mesa, CA

Resides:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

127

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$570,044.92

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:

125

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$443,300.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	$69,250.00

Previous Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/31-8/2/2020	The Porsche Cup	3	5	0	$6,000.00
AVP	7/24-26/2020	The Wilson Cup	2	3	0	$8,000.00
AVP	7/17-19/2020	The Monster Hydro Cup	4	2	0	$11,000.00
AVP	8/29-9/1/2019	Gold Series Championships	3	3	1188	$12,500.00
AVP	8/15-18/2019	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	4	3	1188	$12,000.00

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/13/2021

Winner 1

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (14, Q4)

Lost 19-21, 12-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	33	15	3	0.364	0	10	2	0
	1	17	9	2	0.412	0	4	0	0
	2	16	6	1	0.313	0	6	2	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	21	11	4	0.333	1	1	0	9
	1	11	6	3	0.273	1	1	0	5
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	0	0	4

Sat, 8/14/2021

Contender 1

Delaney Mewhirter / Brooke Sweat (11)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	29	14	2	0.414	0	17	1	0
	1	19	10	1	0.474	0	12	1	0
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	5	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	27	14	2	0.444	5	6	1	1
	1	12	5	2	0.250	2	3	0	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	3	3	1	0

Sat, 8/14/2021

Contender 2

Mackenzie Ponnet / Sheila Shaw (8)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	20	15	1	0.700	0	11	1	0
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	7	1	0
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	19	12	1	0.579	3	2	0	4
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	1	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	3	1	0	4

Sat, 8/14/2021

Contender 3

Kelly Cheng / Sarah Sponcil (2)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	32	16	2	0.438	0	12	0	1
	1	16	9	1	0.500	0	6	0	1
	2	16	7	1	0.375	0	6	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	20	10	2	0.400	2	3	0	8
	1	11	6	0	0.545	1	1	0	4
	2	9	4	2	0.222	1	2	0	4

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	114	60	8	0.456	0	50	4	1
Brandie Wilkerson	87	47	9	0.437	11	12	1	22

Head to Head Results
Hughes/Wilkerson lead the series against the field 7-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Capers/Flint 1-1
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 4	Capers/Flint	2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-12	0:42
8/18/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Capers/Flint	2	21-12, 16-21, 17-15	1:04
Series tied with # 2 Cheng/Sponcil 2-2
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-18	0:49
8/2/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Contender 2	Cheng/Sponcil	4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-16, 21-16	0:39
7/26/20	AVP	The Wilson Cup	Contender 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	2	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
7/19/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Semi-Finals	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Sponcil	3	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Ponnet/Shaw 3-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	Ponnet/Shaw	8	21-14, 21-15	0:39
8/30/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	Ponnet/Shaw	14	21-14, 21-19	0:37
8/16/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Ponnet/Shaw	13	21-15, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Mewhirter/Sweat 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	Mewhirter/Sweat	11	21-12, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 14, Q4 Kloth/Nuss 0-1
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Kloth/Nuss	14, Q4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-19, 21-12	0:40