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AVP Tour
$300,000 Manhattan Beach Heritage Series
August 15 - 18, 2024

(24) Heather Friesen/Nicci Yardley

Heather Boyan Friesen

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Munster, IN

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Western Kentucky
Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (NORCECA Managua 2024)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Denver 2024)

Career Winnings:

$2,375.00

Nicci Reinking Yardley

Photo: Han Duong

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 12, 1988 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fountain Valley, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (NORCECA Managua 2024)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Denver 2024)

Career Winnings:

$1,775.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	$1,650.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	US$2,150.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Mikayla Tucker - 41st	Did not play
2018	Kristen Petrasic - 41st	Lexi McKeown - 41st
2019	Jessica McGuire - 33rd	Did not play
2021	Samantha Parrish - 37th	Tessa Van Winkle - 37th
2022	Agnieszka Pregowska - 41st	Lexi McKeown - 41st
2023	Amanda Harnett - 17th	Tessa Van Winkle - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/2-4/2024	Virginia Beach Contender Series	15	19th	971	$0.00
AVP	7/5-7/2024	Denver Contender Series	12	5th	1390	$800.00
NORCECA	6/14-16/2024	NORCECA Nicaragua	11	3rd	256	US$500.00
AVP	5/16-19/2024	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Q13	21st	1390	$0.00
AVP	10/13-15/2023	Tour Series Laguna Beach Open	14, Q6	9th	1254	$200.00

Manhattan Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/16/2024

Winner 1

Brook Bauer / Megan J. Rice (9)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Friesen	Total	35	15	6	0.257	1	9	1	1
	1	20	9	3	0.300	0	6	1	1
	2	15	6	3	0.200	1	3	0	0
Nicci Yardley	Total	13	3	2	0.077	0	10	0	1
	1	4	0	1	-0.250	0	2	0	1
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	8	0	0

Fri, 8/16/2024

Contender 1

Katie Spieler / Torrey Van Winden (25, Q5)

Lost 23-21, 20-22, 8-15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Friesen	Total	33	18	4	0.424	5	5	2	3
	1	17	10	1	0.529	2	3	1	1
	2	10	4	3	0.100	2	2	1	2
	3	6	4	0	0.667	1	0	0	0
Nicci Yardley	Total	35	12	7	0.143	0	12	1	3
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	2	1	1
	2	20	7	3	0.200	0	10	0	2
	3	6	1	2	-0.167	0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Friesen	68	33	10	0.338	6	14	3	4
Nicci Yardley	48	15	9	0.125	0	22	1	4

Head to Head Results
Friesen/Yardley trail the series against the field 1-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Bauer/Rice 0-2
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Bauer/Rice	9	Friesen/Yardley	24	21-14, 21-17	0:45
10/14/23	AVP	Tour Series Laguna Beach Open	Winner 1	Bauer/Rice	2	Friesen/Yardley	14, Q6	21-18, 21-14
Trail the series against # 10 Simo/Van Winkle 0-1
7/7/24	AVP	Denver Contender Series	Winner 2	Simo/Van Winkle	2	Friesen/Yardley	12	23-21, 19-21, 15-10
Trail the series against # 16 Pater/Wood 0-1
8/3/24	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Pool C	Pater/Wood	10	Friesen/Yardley	15	21-17, 17-21, 15-12
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 Spieler/Van Winden 0-1
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 1	Spieler/Van Winden	25, Q5	Friesen/Yardley	24	21-23, 22-20, 15-8
Lead the series against # 26 Ekstrom/Lindstrom 1-0
7/6/24	AVP	Denver Contender Series	Winner 1	Friesen/Yardley	12	Ekstrom/Lindstrom	11	13-21, 21-17, 15-10