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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Heritage Manhattan Beach Open
August 13 - 16, 2026

(2) Andy Benesh/Taylor Crabb

Andy Benesh

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$293,875.00

Taylor Crabb

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 26, 1992 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

142

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$566,375.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
AVP	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$60,000.00
FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	US$54,900.00
Overall	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	US$114,900.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Trevor Crabb - 25th
2015	Did not play	Trevor Crabb - 3rd
2016	Did not play	Trevor Crabb - 3rd
2017	Did not play	Jake Gibb - 5th
2018	Cole Fiers - 33rd	Jake Gibb - 2nd
2019	Adam Roberts - 13th	Did not play
2021	Billy Allen - 3rd	Jake Gibb - 5th
2022	Miles Evans - 3rd	Taylor Sander - 3rd
2023	Did not play	Taylor Sander - 1st
2024	Miles Partain - 2nd	Taylor Sander - 3rd
2025	Did not play	Taylor Sander - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	14	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	2	1st	2850	$15,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/14/2026

Winner 1

Mitchell Keddie / Ben Vaught (31, Q18)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	14	9	3	0.429	4	1	3	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	2	0	3	1
	2	6	3	2	0.167	2	1	0	0
Taylor Crabb	Total	24	16	2	0.583	0	9	1	4
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	5	0	2
	2	12	9	0	0.750	0	4	1	2

Fri, 8/14/2026

Winner 2

Cody Caldwell / Jacob LaBouliere (15)

Won 21-15, 21-13

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	23	13	2	0.478	3	6	0	2
	1	13	7	2	0.385	1	4	0	2
	2	10	6	0	0.600	2	2	0	0
Taylor Crabb	Total	33	19	4	0.455	0	18	0	1
	1	15	9	0	0.600	0	10	0	1
	2	18	10	4	0.333	0	8	0	0

Sat, 8/15/2026

Winner 3

Troy Field / Ryan Wilcox (7)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	29	20	1	0.655	5	3	1	1
	1	14	10	0	0.714	4	1	1	0
	2	15	10	1	0.600	1	2	0	1
Taylor Crabb	Total	15	8	2	0.400	0	9	0	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	5	0	0

Sat, 8/15/2026

Winner 4

Paul Lotman / Miles Partain (6)

Won 21-9, 21-18

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	16	10	2	0.500	4	5	2	1
	1	5	3	1	0.400	2	3	1	0
	2	11	7	1	0.545	2	2	1	1
Taylor Crabb	Total	23	13	1	0.522	0	8	0	3
	1	16	8	1	0.438	0	6	0	1
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	2	0	2

Sun, 8/16/2026

Semi-Finals

Chaim Schalk / James Shaw (3)

Won 21-11, 21-13

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	18	11	2	0.500	5	3	0	2
	1	9	5	0	0.556	3	2	0	1
	2	9	6	2	0.444	2	1	0	1
Taylor Crabb	Total	24	16	1	0.625	0	15	0	4
	1	13	10	0	0.769	0	7	0	3
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	8	0	1

Sun, 8/16/2026

Finals

Gage Basey / Thomas Hurst (12)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	23	14	1	0.565	3	2	1	0
	1	13	7	1	0.462	3	1	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	1	1	0
Taylor Crabb	Total	17	10	1	0.529	0	14	0	3
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	4	0	2
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	10	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	123	77	11	0.537	24	20	7	7
Taylor Crabb	136	82	11	0.522	0	73	1	16

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$54,900.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$60,000.00
Total	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$114,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andy Benesh												Taylor Crabb
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	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	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
24	1	1	4	0	4	12	2	0	0	$109,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	2	2	4	9	4	0	0	$93,450.00
23	1	0	1	1	4	7	3	1	5	$32,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	61	7	7	10	0	6	17	8	5	1	$193,125.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$6,775.00	Manhattan Beach	6	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	$24,675.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Tour Championships	6	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,400.00
5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$39,600.00	Gold Series	7	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$52,300.00
12	7	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$81,700.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	16	6	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$98,850.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$7,050.00
77	11	4	8	1	14	24	7	2	6	$293,625.00	Total	130	18	15	22	3	22	27	15	7	1	$546,850.00

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
2026	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00	11	0	100.0 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$48,900.00	16	9	64.0 %
Total	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00	11	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$48,900.00	16	9	64.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andy Benesh													Taylor Crabb
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$200.00
											2013	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	AVP	7	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	$14,750.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2015	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											2016	AVP	7	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,500.00
											2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$15,500.00
											2016	NORCECA	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,900.00
											2017	AVP	6	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$30,350.00
											2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	$23,000.00
											2017	Other	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$1,250.00	2018	AVP	7	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$46,750.00
											2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$27,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	$3,725.00	2019	AVP	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$54,000.00
											2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	0	$32,900.00
											2019	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$5,250.00	2020	AVP	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
											2020	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,250.00	2021	AVP	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$11,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$300.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	$22,500.00
10	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	$31,850.00	2022	AVP	10	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$52,900.00
8	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$10,975.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$9,375.00
4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$33,700.00	2023	AVP	8	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$39,550.00
9	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$56,625.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$3,250.00
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2023	NORCECA
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,500.00	2024	AVP	5	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,650.00
7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2025	AVP	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,100.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$22,250.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00
											2025	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	2026	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
5	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	$24,450.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	$24,450.00
77	10	4	9	2	14	23	7	2	6	$283,375.00	Total	Total	140	22	16	24	3	24	27	15	7	2	$548,375.00

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	14	87.5%	2	12.5%	0	0.0%	16-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	14-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	16-0	100.0%
2025-2026	14	87.5%	2	12.5%	0	0.0%	16-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	14-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	16-0	100.0%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	18-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	11-0	100.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	18	11
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	16	0
Total	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	14	3	3	2	2	0	3	0	34	11

Head to Head Results
Benesh/Crabb lead the series against the field 9-1 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Budinger/Crabb 0-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool F	Budinger/Crabb	19, Q7	Benesh/Crabb	6	21-12, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 3 Schalk/Shaw 1-0
8/16/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Crabb	2	Schalk/Shaw	3	21-11, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Bradford/Cory 1-0
5/17/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Crabb	2	Bradford/Cory	12	21-16, 21-11	0:38
Lead the series against # 6 Lotman/Partain 1-0
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Benesh/Crabb	2	Lotman/Partain	6	21-9, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Field/Wilcox 2-0
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Benesh/Crabb	2	Field/Wilcox	7	21-16, 21-19	0:42
5/15/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Benesh/Crabb	2	Field/Wilcox	10	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 12 Basey/Hurst 1-0
8/16/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Benesh/Crabb	2	Basey/Hurst	12	21-14, 21-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Brewster/Ierna 1-0
5/15/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Benesh/Crabb	2	Brewster/Ierna	15, Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Caldwell/LaBouliere 1-0
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Benesh/Crabb	2	Caldwell/LaBouliere	15	21-15, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 31, Q18 Keddie/Vaught 1-0
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Benesh/Crabb	2	Keddie/Vaught	31, Q18	21-17, 21-14	0:40