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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 3, 2023

(1) Andy Benesh/Miles Partain

Andy Benesh

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$206,675.00

Miles Partain

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$209,475.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$117,000.00
FIVB	19	2	1	2	1	7	0	6	0	0	0	US$177,500.00
NORCECA	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	26	5	3	3	2	7	0	6	0	0	0	US$295,000.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Marcus Partain - 25th
2018	Did not play	Paul Lotman - 33rd
2019	Adam Roberts - 25th	Paul Lotman - 5th
2021	Billy Allen - 3rd	Paul Lotman - 3rd
2022	Miles Evans - 9th	Paul Lotman - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	8/4-6/2023	Gold Series Atlanta Open	1	1st	2572	$30,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	2	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	9	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
NORCECA	6/7-8/2023	BV World Championship Qualifier	1	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	13, Q3	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
AVP	5/18-21/2023	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	5	1st	2205	$14,000.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	8, Q2	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	13, Q3	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	4, Q1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/22-25/2022	Dubai 1st Challenge	15, Q3	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	22, Q9	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Gold Series Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 1

Caleb Kwekel / Garrett Peterson (16)

Won 21-15, 21-13

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	7	2	1	0.143	5	1	0	0
	1	2	0	0	0.000	1	0	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	4	1	0	0
Miles Partain	Total	22	18	2	0.727	0	4	1	0
	1	13	13	1	0.923	0	2	0	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	2	1	0

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 2

Cody Caldwell / Seain Cook (8)

Won 21-11, 17-21, 15-9

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	17	8	4	0.235	7	1	2	4
	1	4	4	0	1.000	3	0	1	2
	2	10	4	4	0.000	2	0	0	1
	3	3	0	0	0.000	2	1	1	1
Miles Partain	Total	25	20	3	0.680	0	5	1	1
	1	8	8	0	1.000	0	3	0	0
	2	8	4	3	0.125	0	2	0	0
	3	9	8	0	0.889	0	0	1	1

Sat, 9/2/2023

Winner 3

Chase Budinger / Miles Evans (4)

Won 21-10, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	13	9	0	0.692	8	1	1	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	4	1	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	4	0	1	1
Miles Partain	Total	16	12	2	0.625	0	5	1	0
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	3	0	0
	2	12	9	2	0.583	0	2	1	0

Sun, 9/3/2023

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Avery Drost (6)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	20	13	3	0.500	7	0	1	2
	1	9	6	2	0.444	3	0	0	2
	2	11	7	1	0.545	4	0	1	0
Miles Partain	Total	24	12	5	0.292	0	11	0	2
	1	10	7	2	0.500	0	3	0	1
	2	14	5	3	0.143	0	8	0	1

Sun, 9/3/2023

Finals

Theo Brunner / Trevor Crabb (2)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	18	9	1	0.444	3	2	1	1
	1	7	4	1	0.429	2	2	0	0
	2	11	5	0	0.455	1	0	1	1
Miles Partain	Total	31	18	7	0.355	0	9	1	2
	1	14	7	4	0.214	0	4	1	2
	2	17	11	3	0.471	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	75	41	9	0.427	30	5	5	9
Miles Partain	118	80	19	0.517	0	34	4	5

Head to Head Results
Benesh/Partain lead the series against the field 12-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Brunner/Crabb 2-1
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Finals	Brunner/Crabb	2	Benesh/Partain	1	21-18, 21-19	0:51
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Partain	1	Brunner/Crabb	2	21-14, 22-20	0:48
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Partain	5	Brunner/Crabb	2	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 4 Budinger/Evans 4-1
9/2/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 3	Benesh/Partain	1	Budinger/Evans	4	21-10, 21-16	0:36
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Finals	Benesh/Partain	1	Budinger/Evans	5	21-13, 21-13	0:41
8/5/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Benesh/Partain	1	Budinger/Evans	5	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	1:04
5/19/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Benesh/Partain	5	Budinger/Evans	4	21-17, 21-19	0:45
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
Series tied with # 5 Bourne/Schalk 1-1
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Benesh/Partain	5	Bourne/Schalk	1	20-22, 21-11, 15-12	1:09
5/20/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Bourne/Schalk	1	Benesh/Partain	5	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # 6 Dalhausser/Drost 2-0
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Partain	1	Dalhausser/Drost	6	21-16, 21-14	0:48
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Benesh/Partain	5	Dalhausser/Drost	7	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Caldwell/Cook 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 2	Benesh/Partain	1	Caldwell/Cook	8	21-11, 17-21, 15-9	1:01
Lead the series against # 10 Cory/Field 1-0
8/4/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Benesh/Partain	1	Cory/Field	8	21-19, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Kwekel/Peterson 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	1	Kwekel/Peterson	16	21-15, 21-13	0:38