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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Atlanta Open
August 11 - 15, 2021

(2) 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 Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-8/6/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	9	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-11/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	4	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	9	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	14	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	16, Q2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	19, Q2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Q1	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	16, Q1	5th	480	US$6,000.00

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/13/2021

Winner 1

Megan Kraft / Savvy Simo (15, Q7)

Lost 21-17, 16-21, 10-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	44	27	3	0.545	1	7	0	1
	1	15	10	0	0.667	1	0	0	0
	2	14	8	2	0.429	0	7	0	0
	3	15	9	1	0.533	0	0	0	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	24	11	3	0.333	0	13	0	3
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	9	0	2
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	0	0	1
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	4	0	0

Sat, 8/14/2021

Contender 1

Kimberly Hildreth / Katie Hogan (10)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	28	17	3	0.500	2	3	4	1
	1	17	9	2	0.412	2	2	1	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	1	3	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	11	8	0	0.727	0	15	3	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	8	0	2
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	7	3	0

Sat, 8/14/2021

Contender 2

Lexy Denaburg / Maria Clara Salgado (13, Q2)

Won 21-16, 21-13

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	21	17	1	0.762	3	4	1	4
	1	9	7	0	0.778	2	1	1	1
	2	12	10	1	0.750	1	3	0	3
Sarah Sponcil	Total	20	8	3	0.250	0	11	2	2
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	8	1	0
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	3	1	2

Sat, 8/14/2021

Contender 3

Sara Hughes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	31	16	3	0.419	0	6	2	2
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	3	1	1
	2	20	10	3	0.350	0	3	1	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	17	8	1	0.412	0	13	1	3
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	8	0	1
	2	4	1	0	0.250	0	5	1	2

Sun, 8/15/2021

Contender 4

Sarah Murphy / Megan Rice (7)

Won 21-14, 21-12

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	21	18	1	0.810	2	3	0	2
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	0	1
	2	12	10	1	0.750	2	2	0	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	19	7	1	0.316	0	11	2	5
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	4	1	3
	2	12	3	1	0.167	0	7	1	2

Sun, 8/15/2021

Semi-Finals

Crissy Jones / Zana Muno (5)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	41	26	2	0.585	3	0	1	2
	1	23	13	2	0.478	1	0	0	0
	2	18	13	0	0.722	2	0	1	2
Sarah Sponcil	Total	21	10	3	0.333	0	10	0	2
	1	8	5	2	0.375	0	6	0	2
	2	13	5	1	0.308	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/15/2021

Finals

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (14, Q4)

Lost 12-21, 21-19, 14-16

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	62	34	11	0.371	1	1	1	2
	1	17	9	5	0.235	0	0	0	1
	2	22	13	4	0.409	0	1	1	0
	3	23	12	2	0.435	1	0	0	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	13	6	1	0.385	0	11	1	0
	1	3	1	0	0.333	0	3	0	0
	2	7	2	1	0.143	0	4	0	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	0	4	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	248	155	24	0.528	12	24	9	14
Sarah Sponcil	125	58	12	0.368	0	84	9	17

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Sponcil lead the series against the field 12-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Capers/Flint 5-1
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	6	Capers/Flint	14	21-13, 12-21, 16-14	0:48
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
Series tied with # 3 Hughes/Wilkerson 2-2
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-18	0:49
8/2/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Contender 2	Cheng/Sponcil	4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-16, 21-16	0:39
7/26/20	AVP	The Wilson Cup	Contender 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	2	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
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 # 5 Jones/Muno 2-0
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Jones/Muno	5	21-19, 21-17	0:43
9/20/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	Jones/Muno	13, Q1	21-17, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 7 Murphy/Rice 1-0
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Murphy/Rice	7	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 Hildreth/Hogan 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Hildreth/Hogan	10	21-14, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Denaburg/Salgado 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Denaburg/Salgado	13, Q2	21-16, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 14, Q4 Kloth/Nuss 0-1
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Kloth/Nuss	14, Q4	Cheng/Sponcil	2	21-12, 19-21, 16-14	1:13
Trail the series against # 15, Q7 Kraft/Simo 0-1
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Kraft/Simo	15, Q7	Cheng/Sponcil	2	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:59