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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Championships
August 29 - September 1, 2019

(5) Kelly Cheng/Sarah Sponcil

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

Sarah Sponcil

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1996 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Loyola Marymount
UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Hermosa Beach 2022)

Career Winnings:

$283,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
AVP	10	0	3	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$105,500.00
FIVB	25	2	2	1	0	8	0	9	0	0	0	2	1	US$184,000.00
Overall	35	2	5	6	0	9	1	9	0	0	0	2	1	US$289,500.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 1st	Did not play
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Terese Cannon - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	6	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	13	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	11, Q2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	7	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q1	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	16	9th	800	US$11,000.00
AVP	6/20-23/2019	Seattle Open	1	3rd	540	$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	9	9th	400	US$4,000.00
AVP	6/6-9/2019	Gold Series NYC Open	5	2nd	1408	$22,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	14	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	7	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	9, Q2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/30-10/4/2018	Qinzhou Three Star	2	3rd	480	US$5,000.00

Gold Series Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/30/2019

Winner 2

Amanda Lawson / Corinne Quiggle (12)

Won 21-9, 19-21, 16-14

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	28	19	4	0.536	4	4	4	3
	1	28	19	4	0.536	4	4	4	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	29	13	4	0.310	0	14	2	1
	1	29	13	4	0.310	0	14	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/31/2019

Winner 3

Kelley Kolinske / Emily Stockman (4)

Won 21-18, 21-13

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	25	16	3	0.520	4	9	0	2
	1	25	16	3	0.520	4	9	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	27	11	3	0.296	0	11	1	2
	1	27	11	3	0.296	0	11	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/31/2019

Winner 4

Alix Klineman / April Ross (1)

Lost 10-21, 16-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	18	8	6	0.111	0	6	1	2
	1	18	8	6	0.111	0	6	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	33	11	4	0.212	0	6	0	0
	1	33	11	4	0.212	0	6	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/31/2019

Contender 5

Karissa Cook / Jace Pardon (6)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	19	16	1	0.789	1	8	2	2
	1	19	16	1	0.789	1	8	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	28	14	5	0.321	0	13	1	1
	1	28	14	5	0.321	0	13	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/31/2019

Semi-Finals

Emily Capers / Betsi Flint (2)

Lost 22-20, 17-21, 7-15

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	47	23	8	0.319	2	6	0	6
	1	47	23	8	0.319	2	6	0	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	36	14	3	0.306	0	21	0	3
	1	36	14	3	0.306	0	21	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	137	82	22	0.438	11	33	7	15
Sarah Sponcil	153	63	19	0.288	0	65	4	7

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Sponcil lead the series against the field 10-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Klineman/Ross 0-4
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-10, 21-16	0:43
6/9/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-19, 22-20	1:02
6/8/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-15, 21-12	0:37
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	4	Cheng/Sponcil	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 2 Capers/Flint 4-1
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Semi-Finals	Capers/Flint	2	Cheng/Sponcil	5	20-22, 21-17, 15-7	1:11
7/8/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Country Quota	Cheng/Sponcil	Q1	Capers/Flint		22-20, 21-16	0:37
6/7/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Capers/Flint	4	21-15, 12-21, 15-13	0:49
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Capers/Flint	14	21-17, 21-17	0:33
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	7	Capers/Flint	11, Q1	13-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Kolinske/Stockman 1-2
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 3	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Kolinske/Stockman	4	21-18, 21-13	0:41
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Kolinske/Stockman	14, Q2	Cheng/Sponcil	13	14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:44
6/23/19	AVP	Seattle Open	Semi-Finals	Kolinske/Stockman	2	Cheng/Sponcil	1	18-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:05
Lead the series against # 6 Cook/Pardon 2-1
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Contender 5	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Cook/Pardon	6	21-17, 21-16	0:39
6/22/19	AVP	Seattle Open	Winner 3	Cook/Pardon	4	Cheng/Sponcil	1	21-18, 13-21, 15-11	0:48
6/9/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Contender 4	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Cook/Pardon	6	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 8 Humana-Paredes/Pavan 1-1
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool B	Cheng/Sponcil	11, Q2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-14, 21-18	0:35
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool I	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Cheng/Sponcil	16	22-24, 21-17, 18-16	0:56
Lead the series against # 12 Lawson/Quiggle 2-0
8/30/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Lawson/Quiggle	12	21-9, 19-21, 16-14	0:56
6/22/19	AVP	Seattle Open	Contender 4	Cheng/Sponcil	1	Lawson/Quiggle	9	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	1:01