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AVP Tour
$200,000 The Monster Hydro Cup
July 17 - 19, 2020

(3) 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2015	Sara Hughes - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2016	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
Other 2017	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	6	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/29-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star	4	9th	300	US$2,000.00
AVP	9/19-22/2019	Hawaii Open	4	3rd	756	$9,500.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	9	9th	600	US$8,000.00
AVP	8/29-9/1/2019	Gold Series Championships	5	3rd	1188	$12,500.00
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

The Monster Hydro Cup Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/18/2020

Winner 1

Kelley Kolinske / Emily Stockman (6)

Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-9

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	41	18	4	0.341	1	4	2	4
	1	15	4	2	0.133	0	2	0	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	1	1	1	1
	3	15	8	1	0.467	0	1	1	2
Sarah Sponcil	Total	41	18	6	0.293	1	33	3	1
	1	21	10	4	0.286	0	15	0	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	5	3	0
	3	10	2	0	0.200	1	13	0	1

Sat, 7/18/2020

Winner 2

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan (2)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	28	22	4	0.643	2	5	1	2
	1	15	13	2	0.733	0	2	1	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	2	3	0	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	18	8	1	0.389	0	11	0	2
	1	8	2	1	0.125	0	5	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	6	0	1

Sun, 7/19/2020

Semi-Finals

Sara Hughes / Brandie Wilkerson (4)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	38	17	8	0.237	2	5	0	4
	1	18	8	3	0.278	2	3	0	1
	2	20	9	5	0.200	0	2	0	3
Sarah Sponcil	Total	12	4	0	0.333	0	11	0	3
	1	7	3	0	0.429	0	4	0	1
	2	5	1	0	0.200	0	7	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	107	57	16	0.383	5	14	3	10
Sarah Sponcil	71	30	7	0.324	1	55	3	6

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Sponcil trail the series against the field 8-11 (Lead 2 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 0-5
9/21/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-19, 21-19	0:51
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
Series tied with # 2 Humana-Paredes/Pavan 2-2
7/18/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-18, 21-17	0:44
9/22/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-19, 21-17	0:40
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
Trail the series against # 4 Hughes/Wilkerson 0-1
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 # 6 Kolinske/Stockman 3-2
7/18/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Winner 1	Cheng/Sponcil	3	Kolinske/Stockman	6	17-21, 21-15, 15-9	1:04
9/20/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	4	Kolinske/Stockman	5	21-19, 21-13	1:01
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 # 7, Q1 Cook/Pardon 3-1
9/21/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Contender 4	Cheng/Sponcil	4	Cook/Pardon	6	26-24, 21-13	0:42
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