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AVP Tour
$300,000 Manhattan Beach Heritage Series
August 15 - 18, 2024

(2) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
Pro Beach 2011	Did not play	Caitlin Racich - 17th
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Lilla Frederick - 25th
2014	Sara Hughes - 33rd	Kelly Cheng - 33rd
2015	Sara Hughes - 9th	Kelly Cheng - 9th
2017	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Kelly Cheng - 3rd
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 2nd	Did not play
2019	Did not play	Brandie Wilkerson - 3rd
2021	Sarah Sponcil - 3rd	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th
2022	Betsi Flint - 2nd	Kelley Kolinske - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-8/9/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	3	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	2	13th	460	US$5,000.00
AVP	5/16-19/2024	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	3	3rd	2321	$7,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/16/2024

Winner 1

Parker Bracken / Kaeli Crews (31, Q24)

Won 21-10, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	15	12	0	0.800	3	4	4	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	3	3	0
	2	6	6	0	1.000	2	1	1	1
Sara Hughes	Total	16	11	3	0.500	0	10	3	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	8	1	1
	2	7	5	2	0.429	0	2	2	1

Fri, 8/16/2024

Winner 2

Xolani Hodel / Kahlee York (18)

Won 21-18, 21-12

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	26	19	3	0.615	2	5	2	4
	1	15	12	2	0.667	0	3	1	1
	2	11	7	1	0.545	2	2	1	3
Sara Hughes	Total	12	7	0	0.583	0	13	0	2
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	8	0	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	5	0	0

Sat, 8/17/2024

Winner 3

Savvy Simo / Abby Van Winkle (10)

Lost 18-21, 29-27, 10-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	49	29	7	0.449	3	7	1	3
	1	14	8	2	0.429	2	2	1	0
	2	25	15	3	0.480	0	4	0	1
	3	10	6	2	0.400	1	1	0	2
Sara Hughes	Total	28	15	1	0.500	0	11	2	4
	1	10	4	0	0.400	0	2	1	0
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	7	1	3
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	2	0	1

Sat, 8/17/2024

Contender 4

Kylie Deberg / Hailey Harward (6)

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

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	53	29	7	0.415	0	5	4	5
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	1	0	1
	2	23	12	3	0.391	0	2	2	3
	3	18	8	3	0.278	0	2	2	1
Sara Hughes	Total	12	7	1	0.500	0	11	3	2
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	3	2	1
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	5	1	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	3	0	0

Sat, 8/17/2024

Contender 5

Kimberly Hildreth / Teegan Van Gunst (11)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	35	21	6	0.429	1	8	2	0
	1	17	10	2	0.471	0	4	1	0
	2	18	11	4	0.389	1	4	1	0
Sara Hughes	Total	16	8	1	0.438	0	13	1	4
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	6	0	2
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	7	1	2

Sat, 8/17/2024

Contender 6

Terese Cannon / Megan Kraft (4)

Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-9

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	34	20	6	0.412	4	4	0	3
	1	17	10	3	0.412	0	3	0	0
	2	11	6	2	0.364	2	0	0	3
	3	6	4	1	0.500	2	1	0	0
Sara Hughes	Total	23	13	0	0.565	0	11	3	2
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	2	1	1
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	6	1	1
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	3	1	0

Sun, 8/18/2024

Semi-Finals

Betsi Flint / Julia Scoles (3)

Lost 17-21, 21-17, 11-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	46	25	3	0.478	2	4	0	4
	1	21	9	1	0.381	0	3	0	2
	2	16	11	0	0.688	1	1	0	1
	3	9	5	2	0.333	1	0	0	1
Sara Hughes	Total	18	8	3	0.278	0	18	0	1
	1	5	2	0	0.400	0	9	0	0
	2	8	4	2	0.250	0	6	0	0
	3	5	2	1	0.200	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	258	155	32	0.477	15	37	13	20
Sara Hughes	125	69	9	0.480	0	87	12	17

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 21-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 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
Lead the series against # 3 Flint/Scoles 6-1
8/18/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Semi-Finals	Flint/Scoles	3	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:57
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	2	Flint/Scoles	9	21-16, 21-17	0:33
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 # 4 Cannon/Kraft 2-0
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 6	Cheng/Hughes	2	Cannon/Kraft	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:53
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 # 6 Deberg/Harward 2-0
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 4	Cheng/Hughes	2	Deberg/Harward	6	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
5/18/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	3	Deberg/Harward	10	19-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:52
Trail the series against # 10 Simo/Van Winkle 0-1
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 3	Simo/Van Winkle	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-18, 27-29, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # 11 Hildreth/Van Gunst 1-0
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 5	Cheng/Hughes	2	Hildreth/Van Gunst	11	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 18 Hodel/York 2-0
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	2	Hodel/York	18	21-18, 21-12	0:42
8/4/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	1	Hodel/York	16	21-19, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # 31, Q24 Bracken/Crews 1-0
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	2	Bracken/Crews	31, Q24	21-10, 21-14	0:39