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

(4) Derek Bradford/Evan Cory

Derek Bradford

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 2, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Northridge, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Hawaii-Manoa

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Guadalajara 2025)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Virginia Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

$22,400.00

Evan Cory

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Metairie, LA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Lincoln Memorial University

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$102,384.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,550.00
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	2	US$19,700.00
NORCECA	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	13	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	2	US$38,250.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Jon Justice - 57th
2021	Did not play	Logan Webber - 9th
2022	Did not play	Billy Kolinske - 13th
2023	Did not play	Troy Field - 13th
2024	Zephyr Dew - 33rd	Alison Cerutti - 7th
2025	John Schwengel - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	22, Q5	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	20	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	11	25th	220	US$1,500.00
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	12	3rd	2572	$7,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	12	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
NORCECA	12/12-14/2025	NORCECA Final - Juan Dolio	5	9th	460	US$0.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q9	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	23, Q1	25th	220	US$1,500.00
NORCECA	9/5-7/2025	NORCECA Guadalajara	4	1st	320	US$2,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/14/2026

Winner 1

Jayden Pascua / Skylar del Sol (29)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	24	16	3	0.542	3	0	3	2
	1	10	5	1	0.400	2	0	0	0
	2	14	11	2	0.643	1	0	3	2
Evan Cory	Total	16	10	2	0.500	0	11	1	0
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	5	1	0
	2	6	5	1	0.667	0	6	0	0

Fri, 8/14/2026

Winner 2

Timothy Brewster / Ryan Ierna (13)

Lost 21-19, 19-21, 14-16

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	35	17	4	0.371	1	5	1	4
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	2	1	1
	2	13	7	1	0.462	1	2	0	1
	3	10	4	2	0.200	0	1	0	2
Evan Cory	Total	38	19	8	0.289	0	16	2	1
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	5	1	1
	2	8	3	3	0.000	0	3	1	0
	3	14	7	2	0.357	0	8	0	0

Fri, 8/14/2026

Contender 2

Peter Connole / Djordje Klasnic (14)

Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-13

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	27	20	4	0.593	1	5	4	4
	1	12	7	3	0.333	0	1	0	2
	2	8	8	0	1.000	1	2	2	0
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	2	2
Evan Cory	Total	30	18	1	0.567	0	15	1	5
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	5	1	3
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	6	0	1
	3	11	6	1	0.455	0	4	0	1

Sat, 8/15/2026

Contender 3

Malachi Brewington / Ford Harman (28, Q10)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	26	13	4	0.346	4	0	2	5
	1	13	8	1	0.538	2	0	1	3
	2	13	5	3	0.154	2	0	1	2
Evan Cory	Total	18	13	3	0.556	0	10	1	0
	1	8	7	1	0.750	0	4	1	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	6	0	0

Sat, 8/15/2026

Contender 4

Troy Field / Ryan Wilcox (7)

Lost 17-21, 21-16, 14-16

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	27	13	4	0.333	3	4	2	6
	1	9	4	1	0.333	2	0	1	2
	2	10	5	0	0.500	1	3	0	3
	3	8	4	3	0.125	0	1	1	1
Evan Cory	Total	35	20	9	0.314	0	13	1	4
	1	13	6	4	0.154	0	2	0	2
	2	9	6	2	0.444	0	6	1	2
	3	13	8	3	0.385	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	139	79	19	0.432	12	14	12	21
Evan Cory	137	80	23	0.416	0	65	6	10

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$6,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$13,500.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,300.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00
Total	11	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	2	0	$36,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Derek Bradford												Evan Cory
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$3,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$3,100.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	$6,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	1	0	0	1	2	4	5	8	9	$21,675.00
6	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,875.00
											Gold Series	6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$19,450.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	$5,975.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	14	0	0	1	0	5	8	0	0	0	$24,675.00
10	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$4,725.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	12	4	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$26,125.00
33	0	1	2	0	4	9	7	5	5	$21,150.00	Total	70	6	3	2	1	13	18	8	9	10	$97,400.00

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
2025	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	5	1	83.3 %
2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2026	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,300.00	7	4	63.6 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$18,200.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,550.00	12	5	70.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	$19,700.00	8	12	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Derek Bradford													Evan Cory
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
											2018	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$0.00
											2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$3,175.00
											2022	AVP	11	0	2	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	$21,525.00
											2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	$4,750.00
											2022	NORCECA	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											2023	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	$13,025.00
											2023	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$200.00	2024	AVP	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$14,900.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$6,500.00
											2024	NORCECA	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	$4,850.00	2025	AVP	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,850.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$3,125.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	NORCECA	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,650.00	2026	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$5,950.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$9,100.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$9,100.00
35	1	1	3	0	4	10	6	5	5	$22,400.00	Total	Total	76	8	6	3	1	13	19	7	9	10	$101,150.00

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	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	7-2	77.8%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	12-5	70.6%
2025-2026	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	7-2	77.8%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	12-5	70.6%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	10-2	83.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	8-4	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	4
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Total	0	0	1	2	7	7	0	0	5	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	20	18

Head to Head Results
Bradford/Cory lead the series against the field 8-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Benesh/Crabb 0-1
5/17/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Crabb	2	Bradford/Cory	12	21-16, 21-11	0:38
Series tied with # 7 Field/Wilcox 1-1
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Field/Wilcox	7	Bradford/Cory	4	21-17, 16-21, 16-14	1:00
5/16/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Bradford/Cory	12	Field/Wilcox	10	21-18, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Bomgren/Drost 1-0
5/16/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Bradford/Cory	12	Bomgren/Drost	9	21-14, 21-18	0:48
Series tied with # 12 Basey/Hurst 1-1
5/15/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Bradford/Cory	12	Basey/Hurst	13, Q1	18-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:11
6/29/25	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Finals	Basey/Hurst	5	Bradford/Cory	1	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:04
Trail the series against # 13 Brewster/Ierna 0-1
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Brewster/Ierna	13	Bradford/Cory	4	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:17
Lead the series against # 14 Connole/Klasnic 1-0
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Bradford/Cory	4	Connole/Klasnic	14	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:12
Lead the series against # 18 Freystaetter/Hartmann 1-0
6/28/25	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Pool A	Bradford/Cory	1	Freystaetter/Hartmann	12	26-24, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Koppke/Leathers 1-0
6/29/25	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Winner 2	Bradford/Cory	1	Koppke/Leathers	17, Q1	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Brewington/Harman 1-0
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Bradford/Cory	4	Brewington/Harman	28, Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:51
Lead the series against # 29 del Sol/Pascua 1-0
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Bradford/Cory	4	Pascua/del Sol	29	21-17, 21-13	0:38