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$150,000 AVP Heritage Laguna Beach Open
September 18 - 20, 2026

(3) Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol

Mathias Berntsen

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arendal, Aust-Agder

Height:

6'2"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Laguna Beach 2026)

Career Winnings:

$169,556.56

Hendrik Nikolai Mol

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Strandvik

Height:

6'2"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Laguna Beach 2026)

Career Winnings:

$158,471.63

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	US$14,677.40
FIVB	75	0	2	3	1	13	0	17	8	9	4	1	5	6	6	US$288,316.10
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	84	0	2	3	1	16	1	17	8	14	4	1	5	6	6	US$308,193.50

Previous Laguna Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2026	BPT Elite Montréal	10	4th	900	US$10,000.00
CEV	8/12-16/2026	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026	11	17th	360	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	9	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	4	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	23	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	8	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	18, Q3	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00

Laguna Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 9/19/2026

Winner 1

Tim Bomgren / Avery Drost (14, Q3)

Won 21-7, 23-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mathias Berntsen	Total	25	19	3	0.640	0	12	2	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	4	2	2
	2	15	12	2	0.667	0	8	0	1
Hendrik Mol	Total	16	9	1	0.500	6	2	1	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	5	2	0	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	1	0	1	1

Sat, 9/19/2026

Winner 2

Joaquin Bello / Juan Bello (11)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mathias Berntsen	Total	30	18	5	0.433	0	11	0	1
	1	16	8	2	0.375	0	4	0	0
	2	14	10	3	0.500	0	7	0	1
Hendrik Mol	Total	12	8	1	0.583	4	4	1	3
	1	6	5	0	0.833	2	2	1	2
	2	6	3	1	0.333	2	2	0	1

Sat, 9/19/2026

Winner 3

Chase Budinger / Trevor Crabb (2)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mathias Berntsen	Total	30	12	9	0.100	0	6	1	4
	1	13	4	5	-0.077	0	5	0	1
	2	17	8	4	0.235	0	1	1	3
Hendrik Mol	Total	16	10	2	0.500	2	2	1	3
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	1	1	1
	2	4	3	0	0.750	2	1	0	2

Sun, 9/20/2026

Contender 4

Evan Cory / Troy Field (6)

Lost 19-21, 21-19, 16-18

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mathias Berntsen	85	49	17	0.376	0	29	3	8
Hendrik Mol	44	27	4	0.523	12	8	3	7

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$)
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	1	1	7	0	7	8	4	1	3	$171,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	2	1	0	3	0	7	0	6	3	8	$72,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	$15,000.00
Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	$13,000.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00
Total	83	0	2	3	1	16	0	17	8	19	5	12	$306,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mathias Berntsen												Hendrik Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
38	0	0	1	1	7	16	4	2	7	$91,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	0	0	1	1	7	15	4	1	7	$85,700.00
33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	3	10	$37,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	4	9	$38,275.00
14	0	0	2	0	4	4	2	0	2	$11,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	1	$7,500.00
											U23 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
9	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	1	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00
103	0	2	4	2	18	29	21	8	19	$165,125.00	Total	93	0	3	3	2	16	26	20	6	17	$155,075.00

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
2018	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	6	$16,500.00	14	20	41.2 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	3	$17,500.00	23	16	59.0 %
2019	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$12,000.00	10	10	50.0 %
2022	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	$55,750.00	21	17	55.3 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	$34,000.00	19	16	54.3 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	2	0	0	$42,000.00	17	21	44.7 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	$79,500.00	23	18	56.1 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$30,900.00	10	11	47.6 %
2026	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	75	0	2	3	1	13	0	17	8	14	5	12	$288,150.00	137	130	51.3 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	$13,000.00	11	15	42.3 %
Total	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mathias Berntsen													Hendrik Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2014	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$400.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	$8,400.00	2017	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$875.00	2017	CEV
15	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	6	$9,550.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	6	$8,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	3	$8,750.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	3	$10,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	Other	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$6,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$6,000.00
10	0	1	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	$27,875.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	$27,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
10	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	$17,000.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	$17,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
10	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	$21,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	$21,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$39,750.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$39,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00	2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	$15,450.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	$15,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2026	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
107	0	2	4	2	20	29	22	8	20	$165,750.00	Total	Total	97	0	3	3	2	17	26	20	6	20	$155,075.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2025-2026	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-2	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	6	33	35	0	0	7	17	0	2	1	1	0	0	52	61
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	8	22	22	2	0	11	13	2	1	1	0	0	2	54	46
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	9	7	0	0	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	21	16
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	15
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	32	15	79	76	2	0	32	48	2	4	3	1	0	2	150	147

Head to Head Results
Berntsen/Mol lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Budinger/Crabb 1-1
9/19/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Winner 3	Budinger/Crabb	2	Berntsen/Mol	3	21-16, 21-17	0:39
8/22/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	10	Budinger/Crabb	6	21-18, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Cory/Field 0-1
9/20/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Contender 4	Cory/Field	6	Berntsen/Mol	3	21-19, 19-21, 18-16
Lead the series against # 11 Bello/Bello 1-0
9/19/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	3	Bello/Bello	11	21-17, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 14, Q3 Bomgren/Drost 1-0
9/19/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Winner 1	Berntsen/Mol	3	Bomgren/Drost	14, Q3	21-7, 23-21	0:35