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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach
August 16 - 19, 2018

(17, Q1) Delaney Mewhirter/Jessica Sykora

Delaney Knudsen Mewhirter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valencia, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nijmegen 2021)

Career AVP Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$33,911.95

Jessica Sykora

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 23, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tempe, AZ

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Arizona State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$10,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	15	17	21	25	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$9,475.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
Pro Beach 2012	Sierra Sanchez - 41st	Did not play
2014	Katie Spieler - 25th	Lilly Raney - 41st
2015	Katie Spieler - 17th	Jessica Mendoza - 25th
2016	Meg Dawson - 25th	Kristine Monforte - 57th
2017	Kerri Schuh - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/26-29/2018	AVP Hermosa Beach	16, Q1	15th	210	$500.00
AVP	7/5-8/2018	AVP San Francisco	Q4	21st	150	$0.00
AVP	6/21-24/2018	AVP Seattle	13, Q5	9th	300	$2,500.00
AVP	6/7-10/2018	AVP Gold Series NYC	16, Q9	13th	336	$2,600.00

AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/16/2018

Qualifier 2

Gabriella Becerra / Morgan Esters (Q64)

Won 21-7, 21-7

0:27

Thu, 8/16/2018

Qualifier 3

Katie Dickens / Kristen Nuss (Q33)

Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-13

1:04

Thu, 8/16/2018

Qualifier 4

Lauren DeTurk / Heidi Hausheer (Q16)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:41

Fri, 8/17/2018

Winner 1

Briana Hinga / Brittany Tiegs (16)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Delaney Mewhirter	Total	27	17	1	0.593	0	19	1	1
	1	14	9	1	0.571	0	10	0	1
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	9	1	0
Jessica Sykora	Total	28	15	4	0.393	1	4	2	4
	1	19	8	3	0.263	0	0	2	2
	2	9	7	1	0.667	1	4	0	2

Fri, 8/17/2018

Winner 2

Kelly Cheng / Brittany Hochevar (1)

Lost 16-21, 21-19, 7-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jessica Sykora	Total	30	15	3	0.400	2	3	1	1
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	3	0	0
	2	17	7	0	0.412	2	0	1	1
	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/17/2018

Contender 2

Terese Cannon / Nicolette Martin (15)

Won 29-27, 21-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jessica Sykora	Total	34	21	4	0.500	6	7	2	5
	1	16	8	3	0.313	2	2	1	3
	2	18	13	1	0.667	4	5	1	2

Sat, 8/18/2018

Contender 3

Karissa Cook / Katie Spieler (8)

Lost 14-21, 14-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jessica Sykora	Total	43	17	7	0.233	2	4	1	3
	1	16	8	3	0.313	1	1	1	1
	2	27	9	4	0.185	1	3	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Delaney Mewhirter	27	17	1	0.593	0	19	1	1
Jessica Sykora	135	68	18	0.370	11	18	6	13

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,775.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00
Gold Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,600.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$9,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Delaney Mewhirter												Jessica Sykora
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
25	0	0	0	0	0	12	11	1	0	$13,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	0	0	$6,100.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$970.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$7,312.50	Manhattan Beach	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,700.00	Tour Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$550.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$5,425.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,300.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,700.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$500.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
50	1	0	0	0	3	24	16	3	0	$32,357.50	Total	35	0	0	0	0	0	8	14	2	1	$10,700.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2018	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$8,375.00	17	9	65.4 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$8,375.00	17	9	65.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Delaney Mewhirter													Jessica Sykora
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	Pro Beach
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2014	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,400.00	2015	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$200.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2015	NORCECA
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$1,200.00	2016	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	$1,750.00	2017	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	$1,000.00
											2017	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2017	NORCECA
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$4,187.50	2018	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	$5,187.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
27	0	1	1	0	0	9	10	3	3	$9,887.50	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	2	10	$6,387.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	13	81.3%	2	12.5%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	8	57.1%	4-10	28.6%	13-8	61.9%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	19-11	63.3%
2017-2018	13	81.3%	2	12.5%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	8	57.1%	4-10	28.6%	13-8	61.9%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	19-11	63.3%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	7-3	70.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Tour Championships	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Gold Series	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	11

Head to Head Results
Mewhirter/Sykora lead the series against the field 7-3 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cheng/Hochevar 0-1
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 2	Cheng/Hochevar	1	Mewhirter/Sykora	17, Q1	21-16, 19-21, 15-7	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Cook/Spieler 0-1
8/18/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Contender 3	Cook/Spieler	8	Mewhirter/Sykora	17, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Dykstra/Shaw 0-1
6/23/18	AVP	AVP Seattle	Contender 2	Dykstra/Shaw	10	Mewhirter/Sykora	13, Q5	21-18, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Cannon/Martin 1-0
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Contender 2	Mewhirter/Sykora	17, Q1	Cannon/Martin	15	29-27, 21-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 16 Hinga/Tiegs 1-0
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 1	Mewhirter/Sykora	17, Q1	Hinga/Tiegs	16	21-18, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 Fonoimoana/Lima 1-0
7/27/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Winner 1	Mewhirter/Sykora	16, Q1	Fonoimoana/Lima	17, Q2	22-20, 19-21, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 32, Q53 Belton/Holroyd 1-0
7/26/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Qualifier 2	Mewhirter/Sykora	16, Q1	Belton/Holroyd	Q64	21-13, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q16 DeTurk/Hausheer 1-0
8/16/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Qualifier 4	Mewhirter/Sykora	17, Q1	DeTurk/Hausheer	Q16	21-15, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # Q33 Dickens/Nuss 1-0
8/16/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Qualifier 3	Mewhirter/Sykora	17, Q1	Dickens/Nuss	Q33	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # Q64 Becerra/Esters 1-0
8/16/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Qualifier 2	Mewhirter/Sykora	17, Q1	Becerra/Esters	Q64	21-7, 21-7	0:27