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$158,000 AVP Hermosa Beach
July 26 - 29, 2018

(18, Q3) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
NVL 2015	Did not play	Alex Dale - 21st
2017	Ben Vaught - 13th	Branden Clemens - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/5-8/2018	AVP San Francisco	14, Q3	13th	240	$2,000.00
AVP	5/17-20/2018	AVP Austin	Q4	21st	150	$0.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	Q19	57th	24	US$0.00
AVP	8/31-9/3/2017	Chicago Championships	17, Q1	17th	304	$1,000.00
AVP	8/17-20/2017	Manhattan Beach Open	19	13th	384	$2,350.00

AVP Hermosa Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Wed, 7/25/2018

Qualifier 2

Kaleb Jenness / Christian Phung (Q62)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:38

Wed, 7/25/2018

Qualifier 3

Duncan Budinger / Kevin McColloch (Q30)

Won 21-14, 23-21

Wed, 7/25/2018

Qualifier 4

Patrick Bolton / Drew Punjabi (Q19)

Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-9

0:58

Fri, 7/27/2018

Winner 1

Raffe Paulis / Jeff Samuels (15)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	24	16	2	0.583	0	6	1	3
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	6	0	2
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	0	1	1
Ben Vaught	Total	22	15	2	0.591	3	4	0	4
	1	13	8	2	0.462	3	0	0	3
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	4	0	1

Fri, 7/27/2018

Winner 2

Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb (2)

Lost 12-21, 19-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	26	18	7	0.423	1	1	1	4
	1	9	5	4	0.111	0	0	0	0
	2	17	13	3	0.588	1	1	1	4
Ben Vaught	Total	22	10	5	0.227	0	5	1	7
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	1	0	4
	2	17	7	4	0.176	0	4	1	3

Fri, 7/27/2018

Contender 1

Paul Lotman / Dave McKienzie (17, Q2)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	25	17	2	0.600	1	3	1	5
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	2	0	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	1	1	1	3
Ben Vaught	Total	17	9	2	0.412	0	12	2	2
	1	14	7	2	0.357	0	9	1	2
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	3	1	0

Sat, 7/28/2018

Contender 2

Michael Brunsting / Ty Loomis (10)

Lost 21-19, 14-21, 13-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	31	14	5	0.290	6	8	0	4
	1	10	4	1	0.300	3	4	0	3
	2	12	4	2	0.167	0	1	0	1
	3	9	6	2	0.444	3	3	0	0
Ben Vaught	Total	38	15	6	0.237	0	11	1	4
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	5	0	2
	2	12	5	2	0.250	0	4	0	1
	3	9	2	2	0.000	0	2	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	106	65	16	0.462	8	18	3	16
Ben Vaught	99	49	15	0.343	3	32	4	17

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 %
2018	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$4,000.00	10	5	66.7 %
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$13,350.00	30	18	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$2,000.00	2018	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	4	$6,675.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	1	8	$6,675.00

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%
2017-2018	28	82.4%	2	5.9%	4	11.8%	30-4	88.2%	5	22.7%	3	13.6%	14	63.6%	5-17	22.7%	28-14	66.7%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	35-21	62.5%
Against the Field	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	10-10	50.0%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	8-8	50.0%

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
Clemens/Vaught lead the series against the field 6-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Crabb/Gibb 0-2
7/27/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Winner 2	Crabb/Gibb	2	Clemens/Vaught	18, Q3	21-12, 21-19	0:46
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 # 4 Crabb/Mayer 0-1
7/6/18	AVP	AVP San Francisco	Winner 1	Crabb/Mayer	3	Clemens/Vaught	14, Q3	24-22, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Brunsting/Loomis 0-1
7/28/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Contender 2	Brunsting/Loomis	10	Clemens/Vaught	18, Q3	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:04
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
Lead the series against # 15 Paulis/Samuels 1-0
7/27/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Winner 1	Clemens/Vaught	18, Q3	Paulis/Samuels	15	21-19, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 Lotman/McKienzie 1-0
7/27/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Contender 1	Clemens/Vaught	18, Q3	Lotman/McKienzie	17, Q2	21-19, 21-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 19, Q4 Sauter/Vander Meer 1-0
7/5/18	AVP	AVP San Francisco	Qualifier 4	Clemens/Vaught	14, Q3	Sauter/Vander Meer	Q6	21-16, 18-21, 17-15	1:05
Lead the series against # Q19 Bolton/Punjabi 1-0
7/25/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Qualifier 4	Clemens/Vaught	18, Q3	Bolton/Punjabi	Q19	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # Q30 Budinger/McColloch 1-0
7/25/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Qualifier 3	Clemens/Vaught	18, Q3	Budinger/McColloch	Q30	21-14, 23-21
Lead the series against # Q62 Jenness/Phung 1-0
7/25/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Qualifier 2	Clemens/Vaught	18, Q3	Jenness/Phung	Q62	21-14, 21-16	0:38