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AVP Tour
$225,000 Chicago Championships
August 31 - September 3, 2017

(17, Q1) Branden Clemens/Ben Vaught

Branden Clemens

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 25, 1994 (31 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 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Hawaii
California Baptist

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NORCECA Riviere-Pilote 2018)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Denver 2024)

Career Winnings:

$11,775.00

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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	John Zappia - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/17-20/2017	Manhattan Beach Open	19	13th	384	$2,350.00
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

Chicago Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/31/2017

Qualifier 2

Maksym Gladun / Tomas Goldsmith (Q64)

Won 23-21, 21-11

0:45

Thu, 8/31/2017

Qualifier 3

Philip Burrow / Tyler Lesneski (Q33)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:44

Thu, 8/31/2017

Qualifier 4

Marshall Brock / Aaren Rice (Q17)

Won 21-8, 21-14

0:40

Fri, 9/1/2017

Winner 1

Mark Burik / Adam Roberts (16)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	29	14	5	0.310	0	5	2	1
	1	10	5	5	0.000	0	2	1	0
	2	19	9	0	0.474	0	3	1	1
Ben Vaught	Total	14	5	4	0.071	0	9	0	1
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	5	0	1
	2	8	3	3	0.000	0	4	0	0

Fri, 9/1/2017

Contender 1

Piotr Marciniak / Roberto Rodriguez (15)

Lost 21-18, 13-21, 9-15

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	34	20	9	0.324	2	3	2	0
	1	14	9	1	0.571	1	3	1	0
	2	13	5	5	0.000	0	0	1	0
	3	7	6	3	0.429	1	0	0	0
Ben Vaught	Total	20	7	6	0.050	0	9	2	1
	1	7	3	2	0.143	0	3	2	0
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	3	0	1
	3	6	1	2	-0.167	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	63	34	14	0.317	2	8	4	1
Ben Vaught	34	12	10	0.059	0	18	2	2

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$10,000.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,350.00
Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	0	$14,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Branden Clemens												Ben Vaught
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
14	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	0	$5,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	0	1	$6,100.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	1	0	1	4	5	0	0	$700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,675.00	Manhattan Beach	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Tour Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$325.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$325.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	4	$400.00
21	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	0	$7,625.00	Total	68	0	0	1	0	2	12	24	6	10	$11,275.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2017	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$9,350.00	20	13	60.6 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$9,350.00	20	13	60.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Branden Clemens													Ben Vaught
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2015	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2015	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2016	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	NVL
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$4,675.00	2017	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$4,675.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	1	$4,675.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	7	$4,675.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	29	80.6%	2	5.6%	5	13.9%	31-5	86.1%	5	22.7%	3	13.6%	14	63.6%	5-17	22.7%	29-14	67.4%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	36-22	62.1%
2016-2017	16	88.9%	0	0.0%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	10	66.7%	4-11	26.7%	16-10	61.5%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	20-13	60.6%
Against the Field	7	77.8%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	14-14	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	8-9	47.1%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	23	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	16
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Tour Championships	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Total	1	0	30	7	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	23

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 7-7 (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 # 3 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 # 9 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 # 15 Marciniak/Rodriguez 0-2
9/1/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 1	Marciniak/Rodriguez	15	Clemens/Vaught	17, Q1	18-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:48
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Marciniak/Rodriguez	14	Clemens/Vaught	19	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 16 Burik/Roberts 0-1
9/1/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Winner 1	Burik/Roberts	16	Clemens/Vaught	17, Q1	21-14, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q17 Brock/Rice 2-0
8/31/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Qualifier 4	Clemens/Vaught	17, Q1	Brock/Rice	Q17	21-8, 21-14	0:40
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 # Q20 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
Lead the series against # Q23 Partain/Partain 1-0
6/22/17	AVP	Seattle Open	Qualifier 2	Clemens/Vaught	Q4	Partain/Partain	Q20	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q33 Burrow/Lesneski 1-0
8/31/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Qualifier 3	Clemens/Vaught	17, Q1	Burrow/Lesneski	Q33	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # Q40 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 # Q64 Gladun/Goldsmith 1-0
8/31/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Qualifier 2	Clemens/Vaught	17, Q1	Gladun/Goldsmith	Q64	23-21, 21-11	0:45