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AVP Tour
$150,000 Huntington Beach Heritage Series
May 16 - 19, 2024

(3) Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes

Kelly Claes Cheng

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$617,750.00

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$582,544.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
AVP	17	4	1	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	$158,900.00
FIVB	31	6	1	1	1	9	0	8	1	3	0	0	1	US$493,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
NORCECA	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$11,850.00
Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$14,000.00
Overall	56	13	3	13	1	9	1	10	1	3	0	1	1	US$678,500.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2018	Brittany Hochevar - 17th	Summer Ross - 5th
2019	Brandie Wilkerson - 7th	Summer Ross - 3rd
2022	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st
2023	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	2	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	3	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	4	9th	0	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	1st	1600	US$60,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	9/1-3/2023	Gold Series Chicago Open	2	3rd	2321	$13,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	8/4-6/2023	Gold Series Atlanta Open	1	3rd	2321	$13,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	2	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	5/18-21/2023	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	1	1st	2205	$14,000.00

Huntington Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/17/2024

Winner 1

Macy Jerger / Megan Rice (14, Q3)

Won 21-7, 21-15

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	26	19	1	0.692	3	3	3	1
	1	12	10	1	0.750	2	0	1	1
	2	14	9	0	0.643	1	3	2	0
Sara Hughes	Total	13	10	0	0.769	0	13	1	1
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	8	1	1
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	5	0	0

Fri, 5/17/2024

Winner 2

Terese Cannon / Megan Kraft (6)

Won 21-19, 21-13

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	18	10	2	0.444	4	1	2	1
	1	14	9	1	0.571	1	1	1	0
	2	4	1	1	0.000	3	0	1	1
Sara Hughes	Total	23	11	3	0.348	0	12	2	2
	1	13	6	2	0.308	0	9	1	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	3	1	1

Sat, 5/18/2024

Winner 3

Kylie Deberg / Hailey Harward (10)

Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-6

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	47	21	7	0.298	6	15	3	2
	1	17	5	4	0.059	1	6	1	2
	2	22	9	3	0.273	2	6	1	0
	3	8	7	0	0.875	3	3	1	0
Sara Hughes	Total	23	7	2	0.217	0	17	0	5
	1	13	3	2	0.077	0	9	0	2
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	5	0	2
	3	5	2	0	0.400	0	3	0	1

Sun, 5/19/2024

Semi-Finals

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson (4)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	45	21	8	0.289	2	7	0	2
	1	24	11	4	0.292	0	5	0	0
	2	21	10	4	0.286	2	2	0	2
Sara Hughes	Total	14	4	1	0.214	0	12	1	0
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	8	1	0
	2	6	0	1	-0.167	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	136	71	18	0.390	15	26	8	6
Sara Hughes	73	32	6	0.356	0	54	4	8

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 18-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Kloth/Nuss 5-2
10/14/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	3	Kloth/Nuss	2	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:45
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	1	Cheng/Hughes	2	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	9	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-17, 21-11	0:33
4/15/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Kloth/Nuss	4	10-21, 31-29, 15-12	0:56
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Kloth/Nuss	13, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:33
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	9	Kloth/Nuss	8	19-21, 21-14, 24-22	0:56
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Kloth/Nuss	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson 4-4
5/19/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-19, 21-16	0:48
12/6/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	5	Cheng/Hughes	4	23-21, 21-16	0:34
9/2/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:03
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Cheng/Hughes	1	21-18, 22-20	0:47
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	0:58
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:56
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	21-9, 21-18	0:41
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 5 Flint/Scoles 5-0
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	6	Flint/Scoles	11	21-13, 21-11	0:28
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	4	21-18, 21-18	0:45
5/20/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	4	21-14, 21-18	0:44
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	3	8-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:46
12/3/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	2	Flint/Scoles	5	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 6 Cannon/Kraft 1-0
5/17/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Cannon/Kraft	6	21-19, 21-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Deberg/Harward 1-0
5/18/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	3	Deberg/Harward	10	19-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:52
Lead the series against # 14, Q3 Jerger/Rice 2-0
5/17/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	3	Jerger/Rice	14, Q3	21-7, 21-15	0:38
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	2	Jerger/Rice	15	21-11, 21-15	0:34