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

(4) Angela Bensend/Geena Urango

Angela Bensend

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 23, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Plano, TX

Resides:

Dallas, TX

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Louisiana State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$70,000.00

Geena Urango

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Los Alamitos, CA

Resides:

Los Alamitos, CA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Atlanta 2022)

Career Winnings:

$164,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	25	0	4	4	0	2	5	8	2	0	0	0	$126,150.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$0.00
NORCECA	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,550.00
Overall	29	0	4	5	0	3	5	8	2	0	0	2	US$127,700.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Alix Klineman - 57th
2009	Did not play	Ashley Lee - 81st
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Caitlin Ledoux - 13th
2014	Geena Urango - 7th	Angela Bensend - 7th
2015	Geena Urango - 9th	Angela Bensend - 9th
2016	Geena Urango - 5th	Angela Bensend - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/20-23/2017	Hermosa Beach Open	4	2	640	$10,000.00
AVP	7/6-9/2017	San Francisco Open	4	3	540	$7,000.00
AVP	6/22-25/2017	Seattle Open	5	7	370	$3,800.00
AVP	6/8-11/2017	New York City Open	6	7	444	$4,400.00
AVP	5/18-21/2017	Austin Open	4	3	540	$7,000.00
AVP	5/4-7/2017	Huntington Beach Open	3	9	300	$2,500.00
AVP	7/14-17/2016	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	5	5	450	$6,000.00
AVP	6/23-26/2016	AVP San Francisco Open	6	7	370	$3,800.00
AVP	6/16-19/2016	AVP New York City Open	3	9	300	$2,500.00
AVP	6/2-5/2016	AVP Seattle Open	3	3	540	$7,000.00
AVP	5/5-8/2016	AVP Huntington Beach Open	5	2	640	$10,000.00
NORCECA	4/29-5/1/2016	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Dominican Republic	14	3	0	US$1,050.00
NORCECA	4/22-24/2016	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Cayman Islands	16	5	0	US$500.00
AVP	4/14-17/2016	AVP New Orleans Open	4	2	640	$10,000.00
AVP	9/10-13/2015	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	3	9	300	$3,550.00
AVP	9/3-6/2015	AVP Cincinnati Open	4	2	640	$10,000.00
AVP	8/27-30/2015	AVP Chicago Open	4	9	300	$2,500.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q30	41	40	US$0.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/18/2017

Winner 1

Deveney Pula / Stacey Smith (29)

Won 21-18, 21-13

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	Total	17	10	1	0.529	2	3	2	1
	1	5	2	1	0.200	2	2	1	0
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	1	1	1
Geena Urango	Total	23	18	1	0.739	0	8	4	1
	1	14	11	0	0.786	0	2	4	0
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	6	0	1

Fri, 8/18/2017

Winner 2

Amanda Lawson / Irene Pollock (13)

Lost 19-21, 12-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	Total	23	10	2	0.348	2	4	0	3
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	2	0	1
	2	10	3	1	0.200	2	2	0	2
Geena Urango	Total	25	10	4	0.240	0	9	0	3
	1	13	5	1	0.308	0	6	0	1
	2	12	5	3	0.167	0	3	0	2

Fri, 8/18/2017

Contender 2

Aurora Davis / Bree Scarbrough (19, Q5)

Won 21-11, 21-17

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	Total	28	16	2	0.500	3	7	4	1
	1	8	4	2	0.250	2	1	3	1
	2	20	12	0	0.600	1	6	1	0
Geena Urango	Total	23	10	1	0.391	0	11	3	5
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	4	3	2
	2	13	5	0	0.385	0	7	0	3

Sat, 8/19/2017

Contender 3

Briana Hinga / Kelly Reeves (11)

Won 21-13, 21-10

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	Total	23	12	2	0.435	2	7	2	1
	1	13	6	2	0.308	2	4	1	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	3	1	1
Geena Urango	Total	26	13	2	0.423	0	17	3	3
	1	15	4	2	0.133	0	6	1	0
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	11	2	3

Sat, 8/19/2017

Contender 4

Caitlin Ledoux / Maria Clara Salgado (10)

Lost 9-21, 15-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	Total	15	7	3	0.267	1	1	0	0
	1	10	3	2	0.100	0	1	0	0
	2	5	4	1	0.600	1	0	0	0
Geena Urango	Total	16	9	7	0.125	1	6	0	2
	1	11	5	6	-0.091	0	6	0	0
	2	5	4	1	0.600	1	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	106	55	10	0.425	10	22	8	6
Geena Urango	113	60	15	0.398	1	51	10	14

Head to Head Results
Bensend/Urango trail the series against the field 14-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Fendrick/Ross 0-1
9/11/15	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Fendrick/Ross	11	Bensend/Urango	3	21-17, 21-11	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Capers/Hochevar 1-4
7/23/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Capers/Hochevar	1	Bensend/Urango	4	21-17, 21-13	0:45
7/22/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Capers/Hochevar	1	Bensend/Urango	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:10
7/8/17	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 4	Bensend/Urango	4	Capers/Hochevar	2	11-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:54
7/16/16	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Capers/Hochevar	6	Bensend/Urango	5	21-19, 21-15	0:40
6/25/16	AVP	AVP San Francisco Open	Contender 3	Capers/Hochevar	5	Bensend/Urango	6	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Flint/Kolinske 0-3
6/10/17	AVP	New York City Open	Contender 3	Flint/Kolinske	4	Bensend/Urango	6	21-12, 21-14	0:32
5/5/17	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Flint/Kolinske	6	Bensend/Urango	3	21-15, 21-14	0:36
9/6/15	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Finals	Flint/Kolinske	7	Bensend/Urango	4	21-13, 18-21, 15-7	1:02
Trail the series against # 6 DiCello/Stockman 0-1
6/9/17	AVP	New York City Open	Winner 2	DiCello/Stockman	3	Bensend/Urango	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 8 Carico/Klineman 0-2
7/9/17	AVP	San Francisco Open	Semi-Finals	Carico/Klineman	5	Bensend/Urango	4	21-16, 21-16	0:39
7/7/17	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 2	Carico/Klineman	5	Bensend/Urango	4	21-11, 22-20	0:34
Series tied with # 10 Ledoux/Salgado 1-1
8/19/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Ledoux/Salgado	10	Bensend/Urango	4	21-9, 21-15	0:44
7/23/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Bensend/Urango	4	Ledoux/Salgado	10	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Hinga/Reeves 1-0
8/19/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Bensend/Urango	4	Hinga/Reeves	11	21-13, 21-10	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 Shaw/Zhang 1-0
7/22/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Bensend/Urango	4	Shaw/Zhang	9	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 13 Lawson/Pollock 2-1
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Lawson/Pollock	13	Bensend/Urango	4	21-19, 21-12	0:45
6/10/17	AVP	New York City Open	Contender 2	Bensend/Urango	6	Lawson/Pollock	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
5/20/17	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Bensend/Urango	4	Lawson/Pollock	9	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 18, Q4 Cannon/Martin 1-0
7/7/17	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 1	Bensend/Urango	4	Cannon/Martin	13, Q3	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 19, Q5 Davis/Scarbrough 4-0
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Bensend/Urango	4	Davis/Scarbrough	19, Q5	21-11, 21-17	0:42
6/23/17	AVP	Seattle Open	Contender 1	Bensend/Urango	5	Davis/Scarbrough	13, Q1	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:57
5/19/17	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Bensend/Urango	4	Davis/Scarbrough	13, Q2	22-20, 21-11	0:45
6/24/16	AVP	AVP San Francisco Open	Contender 1	Bensend/Urango	6	Davis/Scarbrough	14, Q5	21-9, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 22, Q9 Howard/Quiggle 1-0
7/21/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Bensend/Urango	4	Howard/Quiggle	20, Q14	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
Series tied with # 23 Cheng/Hughes 1-1
6/24/17	AVP	Seattle Open	Contender 2	Bensend/Urango	5	Cheng/Hughes	7	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
6/17/16	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	14, Q5	Bensend/Urango	3	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 29 Pula/Smith 1-0
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Bensend/Urango	4	Pula/Smith	29	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # Q3 Caputo/Pavan 0-1
6/24/17	AVP	Seattle Open	Contender 3	Caputo/Pavan	16, Q12	Bensend/Urango	5	21-17, 21-17	0:38