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AVP Tour
$300,000 Manhattan Beach Heritage Series
August 14 - 17, 2025

(29, Q10) Megan Gebhard/Lindsey Sparks

Megan Gebhard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 27, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Howell, MI

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

MIT

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (NORCECA La Paz 2022)

Career AVP Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$8,093.70

Lindsey Sparks

Photo: Han Duong

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 18, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

5'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (AVP Denver 2024)

Career Winnings:

$3,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,200.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Devon Newberry - 41st
2018	Did not play	Devon Newberry - 25th
2019	Katie Lindstrom - 41st	Abby Van Winkle - 25th
2021	Ellina Domnidou - 37th	Did not play
2022	Kate Reilly - 25th	Did not play
2023	Kahlee York - 17th	Did not play
2024	Amanda Harnett - 41st	Piper Ferch - 17th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Manhattan Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/14/2025

Qualifier 1

Madison Goellner / Kyra Zaengle (Q55)

Won 21-17, 21-13

Thu, 8/14/2025

Qualifier 2

Giselle Lau / Savanna Lau (Q23)

Won 21-11, 21-11

Thu, 8/14/2025

Qualifier 3

Alison Denney / Sydney Wetterstrom (Q7)

Won 14-21, 21-14, 15-8

Fri, 8/15/2025

Winner 1

Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango (4)

Lost 8-21, 18-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Megan Gebhard	Total	24	8	3	0.208	0	2	3	2
	1	12	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	1
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	1	3	1
Lindsey Sparks	Total	16	6	3	0.188	0	11	0	3
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	0	2
	2	10	2	2	0.000	0	7	0	1

Fri, 8/15/2025

Contender 1

Maya Gessner / Jacinda Ramirez (13)

Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-8

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Megan Gebhard	Total	31	19	2	0.548	0	9	5	5
	1	10	3	1	0.200	0	1	3	3
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	3	1	2
	3	11	9	0	0.818	0	5	1	0
Lindsey Sparks	Total	30	11	5	0.200	0	19	1	2
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	6	0	1
	2	13	4	2	0.154	0	8	1	0
	3	6	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	1

Fri, 8/15/2025

Contender 2

Kennedy Coakley / Ashley Pater (19)

Lost 13-21, 13-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Megan Gebhard	Total	20	12	2	0.500	1	1	0	1
	1	10	7	0	0.700	1	1	0	0
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	0	0	1
Lindsey Sparks	Total	16	5	2	0.188	0	4	2	4
	1	6	1	1	0.000	0	1	2	2
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	3	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Megan Gebhard	75	39	7	0.427	1	12	8	8
Lindsey Sparks	62	22	10	0.194	0	34	3	9

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$)
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Megan Gebhard												Lindsey Sparks
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Tour Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,925.00	Gold Series
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	$2,700.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,200.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$1,925.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,325.00
31	0	0	0	0	2	11	9	1	4	$7,750.00	Total	18	0	0	1	2	1	2	6	2	0	$3,525.00

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
2023	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2025	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,200.00	7	4	63.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Megan Gebhard													Lindsey Sparks
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
											2018	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$525.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2019	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$325.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2021	AVP
8	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	0	$4,975.00	2022	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2022	FIVB
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2022	NORCECA
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$1,550.00	2023	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2024	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
											2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$600.00	2025	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00	2025	FIVB
32	0	0	1	1	2	10	9	1	8	$7,575.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	1	2	1	1	6	2	4	$3,100.00

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	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4-4	50.0%	5-1	83.3%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	7-4	63.6%
2024-2025	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4

Head to Head Results
Gebhard/Sparks lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Rice/Urango 0-1
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Rice/Urango	4	Gebhard/Sparks	29, Q10	21-8, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Gessner/Ramirez 1-0
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 1	Gebhard/Sparks	29, Q10	Gessner/Ramirez	13	15-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:57
Trail the series against # 19 Coakley/Pater 0-1
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 2	Coakley/Pater	19	Gebhard/Sparks	29, Q10	21-13, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # Q7 Denney/Wetterstrom 1-0
8/14/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 3	Gebhard/Sparks	29, Q10	Denney/Wetterstrom	Q7	14-21, 21-14, 15-8
Lead the series against # Q23 Lau/Lau 1-0
8/14/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 2	Gebhard/Sparks	29, Q10	Lau/Lau	Q23	21-11, 21-11
Lead the series against # Q55 Goellner/Zaengle 1-0
8/14/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 1	Gebhard/Sparks	29, Q10	Goellner/Zaengle	Q55	21-17, 21-13