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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach
August 16 - 19, 2018

(19, Q5) 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
2017	Ben Vaught - 13th	Branden Clemens - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/26-29/2018	AVP Hermosa Beach	18, Q3	13th	240	$2,000.00
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 Gold Series Manhattan Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/16/2018

Qualifier 2

Matt Blanke / Riley Salmon (Q60)

Won 21-16, 21-12

0:38

Thu, 8/16/2018

Qualifier 3

Bradley Connors / Brett Greiner (Q37)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:34

Thu, 8/16/2018

Qualifier 4

John-Michael Plummer / Christopher Vaughan (Q21)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:44

Fri, 8/17/2018

Winner 1

Mark Burik / Ian Satterfield (14)

Lost 16-21, 21-19, 9-15

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	9	10	3	0.778	5	1	1	3
	1	1	0	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0
	2	5	8	0	1.600	5	0	0	1
	3	3	2	2	0.000	0	1	1	2
Ben Vaught	Total	10	7	2	0.500	1	2	0	1
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	2	7	5	2	0.429	0	1	0	1
	3	3	2	0	0.667	1	1	0	0

Fri, 8/17/2018

Contender 1

Paul Araiza / David Lee (30, Q30)

Won 22-24, 22-20, 15-7

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	38	17	6	0.289	7	6	3	4
	1	18	8	4	0.222	2	2	1	2
	2	14	6	2	0.286	1	3	1	2
	3	6	3	0	0.500	4	1	1	0
Ben Vaught	Total	38	19	3	0.421	0	23	0	3
	1	14	4	1	0.214	0	12	0	2
	2	19	10	2	0.421	0	9	0	1
	3	5	5	0	1.000	0	2	0	0

Fri, 8/17/2018

Contender 2

Billy Allen / Ryan Doherty (4)

Lost 15-21, 16-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	Total	21	12	3	0.429	4	3	3	3
	1	8	5	1	0.500	1	2	1	2
	2	13	7	2	0.385	3	1	2	1
Ben Vaught	Total	33	13	3	0.303	0	12	0	2
	1	16	6	2	0.250	0	5	0	1
	2	17	7	1	0.353	0	7	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Branden Clemens	68	39	12	0.397	16	10	7	10
Ben Vaught	81	39	8	0.383	1	37	0	6

Head to Head Results
Clemens/Vaught lead the series against the field 8-6 (Lead 8 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 0-2
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 Allen/Doherty 0-1
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Contender 2	Allen/Doherty	4	Clemens/Vaught	19, Q5	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 14 Burik/Satterfield 0-1
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 1	Burik/Satterfield	14	Clemens/Vaught	19, Q5	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	1:01
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17, Q1 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 # 18 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 # 20, Q6 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 # 30, Q30 Araiza/Lee 1-0
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Contender 1	Clemens/Vaught	19, Q5	Araiza/Lee	30, Q30	22-24, 22-20, 15-7	1:08
Lead the series against # Q12 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 # Q21 Plummer/Vaughan 1-0
8/16/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Qualifier 4	Clemens/Vaught	19, Q5	Plummer/Vaughan	Q21	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q37 Connors/Greiner 1-0
8/16/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Qualifier 3	Clemens/Vaught	19, Q5	Connors/Greiner	Q37	21-19, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q60 Blanke/Salmon 1-0
8/16/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Qualifier 2	Clemens/Vaught	19, Q5	Blanke/Salmon	Q60	21-16, 21-12	0:38