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AVP Tour
$225,000 Manhattan Beach Open
August 17 - 20, 2017

(19) Branden Clemens/Ben Vaught

Branden Clemens

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 25, 1994 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Carmel, IN

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Harvard

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career AVP Best:

13th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

$7,625.00

Ben Vaught

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 26, 1996 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California Baptist

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NORCECA Riviere-Pilote 2018)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Denver 2024)

Career Winnings:

$11,725.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	57	Money
AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	2	0	1	0	$14,350.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	1	1	US$14,350.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Jake Burkhardt - 57th
2015	Did not play	David Rowker - 57th
2016	Did not play	John Zappia - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/20-23/2017	Hermosa Beach Open	14	13th	240	$2,000.00
AVP	7/6-9/2017	San Francisco Open	14, Q2	13th	240	$2,000.00
AVP	6/22-25/2017	Seattle Open	Q4	17th	190	$0.00
AVP	6/8-11/2017	New York City Open	Q6	17th	228	$0.00
AVP	5/18-21/2017	Austin Open	Q3	17th	190	$0.00
AVP	5/4-7/2017	Huntington Beach Open	16, Q9	13th	240	$2,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/18/2017

Winner 1

Piotr Marciniak / Roberto Rodriguez (14)

Lost 17-21, 15-21

0:45

Fri, 8/18/2017

Contender 1

David Smith / Nathan Yang (30, Q24)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	30	13	4	0.300	3	38	2	4
	1	6	9	0	1.500	2	8	0	2
	2	24	4	4	0.000	1	30	2	2
Ben Vaught	Total	33	17	1	0.485	4	21	0	2
	1	18	8	1	0.389	1	13	0	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	3	8	0	1

Fri, 8/18/2017

Contender 2

Duncan Budinger / Daniel Dalanhese (20)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	19	17	0	0.895	2	17	2	5
	1	10	8	0	0.800	1	10	1	2
	2	9	9	0	1.000	1	7	1	3
Ben Vaught	Total	27	9	1	0.296	0	26	3	4
	1	20	4	1	0.150	0	13	2	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	13	1	2

Sat, 8/19/2017

Contender 3

Maddison McKibbin / Riley McKibbin (12)

Lost 12-21, 16-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	35	12	6	0.171	0	6	0	2
	1	13	5	3	0.154	0	4	0	1
	2	22	7	3	0.182	0	2	0	1
Ben Vaught	Total	20	9	4	0.250	0	12	1	5
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	5	0	2
	2	9	4	1	0.333	0	7	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	84	42	10	0.381	5	61	4	11
Ben Vaught	80	35	6	0.363	4	59	4	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Crabb/Gibb 0-1
5/5/17	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Crabb/Gibb	1	Clemens/Vaught	16, Q9	21-16, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Ratledge/Zaun 0-2
7/22/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Ratledge/Zaun	5	Clemens/Vaught	14	21-13, 21-16	0:41
7/7/17	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 1	Ratledge/Zaun	3	Clemens/Vaught	14, Q2	21-16, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 McKibbin/McKibbin 0-1
8/19/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	McKibbin/McKibbin	12	Clemens/Vaught	19	21-12, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 14 Marciniak/Rodriguez 0-1
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Marciniak/Rodriguez	14	Clemens/Vaught	19	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Budinger/Dalanhese 1-0
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Clemens/Vaught	19	Budinger/Dalanhese	20	21-15, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 30, Q24 Smith/Yang 1-0
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Clemens/Vaught	19	Smith/Yang	30, Q24	21-18, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # Q8 Cervantes/Stewart 0-1
7/21/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Cervantes/Stewart	19, Q14	Clemens/Vaught	14	21-15, 16-21, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # Q13 Brock/Rice 1-0
5/18/17	AVP	Austin Open	Qualifier 3	Clemens/Vaught	Q3	Brock/Rice	Q30	19-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # Q19 Jagoda/Salava 1-0
5/4/17	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Clemens/Vaught	16, Q9	Jagoda/Salava	Q40	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # Q35 Hunkin/Ta 1-0
6/8/17	AVP	New York City Open	Qualifier 2	Clemens/Vaught	Q6	Hunkin/Ta	Q27	21-4, 21-16	0:26
Lead the series against # Q45 Chapman/Ellis 1-0
5/4/17	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 1	Clemens/Vaught	16, Q9	Chapman/Ellis	Q56	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:02