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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP Heritage Laguna Beach Open
September 18 - 20, 2026

(10) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes

Ally Batenhorst

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Nebraska
Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Huntington Beach 2026)

Career Winnings:

$28,775.00

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$611,319.92

Awards

Top Rookie 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$8,350.00
FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	US$49,200.00
Overall	11	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	2	1	US$57,550.00

Previous Laguna Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/13-16/2026	Manhattan Beach Open	11	25th	1390	$650.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	8	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	17, Q1	9th	600	US$6,200.00
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	11	5th	2321	$5,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

Laguna Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 9/19/2026

Winner 1

Megan J. Rice / Abby Van Winkle (7)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ally Batenhorst	Total	36	21	4	0.472	2	2	2	3
	1	13	8	1	0.538	1	0	1	1
	2	23	13	3	0.435	1	2	1	2
Sara Hughes	Total	4	4	0	1.000	0	9	1	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	6	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	3	1	1

Sat, 9/19/2026

Winner 2

Savvy Cory / Devon Newberry (2)

Lost 12-21, 14-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ally Batenhorst	Total	30	10	9	0.033	3	3	0	3
	1	12	5	4	0.083	1	0	0	1
	2	18	5	5	0.000	2	3	0	2
Sara Hughes	Total	6	2	0	0.333	0	4	0	1
	1	1	1	0	1.000	0	2	0	1
	2	5	1	0	0.200	0	2	0	0

Sat, 9/19/2026

Contender 2

Xolani Hodel / Teegan Van Gunst (13, Q1)

Lost 23-21, 17-21, 13-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ally Batenhorst	Total	58	27	6	0.362	3	8	5	5
	1	24	12	3	0.375	2	3	0	2
	2	18	8	1	0.389	1	5	1	3
	3	16	7	2	0.313	0	0	4	0
Sara Hughes	Total	11	2	4	-0.182	0	17	2	0
	1	5	1	0	0.200	0	7	2	0
	2	2	1	1	0.000	0	5	0	0
	3	4	0	3	-0.750	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ally Batenhorst	124	58	19	0.315	8	13	7	11
Sara Hughes	21	8	4	0.190	0	30	3	2

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	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$31,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,350.00
Total	11	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	1	2	1	0	$57,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ally Batenhorst												Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$15,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	3	1	1	2	9	12	3	0	2	$159,600.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	4	2	10	1	8	10	6	2	6	$135,575.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	$15,875.00
											Tour Championships	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,375.00
											Gold Series	6	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$49,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,175.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	11	2	0	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	$42,275.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
11	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	$28,775.00	Total	129	17	4	25	4	26	30	10	4	9	$583,020.00

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	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,350.00	3	6	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$44,200.00	17	15	53.1 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,350.00	3	6	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$49,200.00	18	17	51.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ally Batenhorst													Sara Hughes
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	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											2014	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	NORCECA	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
											2015	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2015	NORCECA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00
											2016	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2016	NORCECA	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2017	AVP	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$18,950.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
											2017	Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
											2018	AVP	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,875.00
											2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
											2019	AVP	6	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	$25,750.00
											2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
											2020	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
											2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$9,875.00
											2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
											2022	AVP	8	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,850.00
											2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
											2023	AVP	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00
											2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
											2024	AVP	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,175.00	2026	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,175.00
7	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	$22,100.00	2026	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	$22,100.00
11	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	$28,775.00	Total	Total	141	21	7	27	4	27	30	11	5	9	$606,170.00

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	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
2025-2026	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%

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	2	0	7	11	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	3
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Total	0	0	2	0	9	12	0	0	8	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	21	23

Head to Head Results
Batenhorst/Hughes trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cheng/Kraft 0-1
5/16/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Kraft	2	Batenhorst/Hughes	11	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Cory/Newberry 0-2
9/19/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Winner 2	Cory/Newberry	2	Batenhorst/Hughes	10	21-12, 21-14	0:40
5/16/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Cory/Newberry	9	Batenhorst/Hughes	11	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Coradello/Lopes 1-2
8/8/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 1	Coradello/Lopes	8	Batenhorst/Hughes	10	12-21, 21-14, 15-5	0:42
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Coradello/Lopes	5	Batenhorst/Hughes	8	21-14, 21-12	0:32
5/15/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Batenhorst/Hughes	11	Coradello/Lopes	3	25-23, 19-21, 15-10	1:03
Lead the series against # 7 Rice/Van Winkle 1-0
9/19/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Winner 1	Batenhorst/Hughes	10	Rice/Van Winkle	7	21-14, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 9 Loreen/Quiggle 1-0
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	Loreen/Quiggle	13, Q1	16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:43
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 Hodel/Van Gunst 0-1
9/19/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Contender 2	Hodel/Van Gunst	13, Q1	Batenhorst/Hughes	10	21-23, 21-17, 15-13	1:06