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$240,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Hermosa Beach Open presented by Virgin America
August 6 - 8, 2009

(21) Tara Kuk/Kelly Wing

Tara Burton Kuk

Photo: VolleyShots.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 31, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sarasota, FL

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Jacksonville University

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$16,237.50

Kelly Wing

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Murrieta, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

California-Irvine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (AVP Manhattan Beach 2009)

Career Winnings:

$12,265.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$10,720.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Franci Van Zwieten - 33rd	Did not play
2006	Kim Whitney - 17th	Keegan Featherstone - 57th
2007	Did not play	Whitney Pavlik - 25th
2008	Did not play	Courtney Guerra - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	22	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	7/2-4/2009	Coney Island Open	22	13th	240	$1,800.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 1

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (12)

Won 21-16, 23-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	36	23	1	0.611	1	11	2	5
	1	13	10	0	0.769	1	4	2	2
	2	23	13	1	0.522	0	7	0	3
Kelly Wing	Total	16	8	0	0.500	1	12	2	2
	1	7	2	0	0.286	0	6	2	1
	2	9	6	0	0.667	1	6	0	1

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 2

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (5)

Lost 13-21, 13-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	26	9	6	0.115	0	1	0	1
	1	9	4	3	0.111	0	0	0	0
	2	17	5	3	0.118	0	1	0	1
Kelly Wing	Total	30	9	6	0.100	0	11	0	4
	1	17	2	4	-0.118	0	6	0	3
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	5	0	1

Fri, 8/7/2009

Contender 2

Emily Capers / Christal Engle (27, Q3)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	17	11	3	0.471	2	4	0	0
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	1	0	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	2	3	0	0
Kelly Wing	Total	28	13	2	0.393	0	11	3	4
	1	14	6	1	0.357	0	7	1	1
	2	14	7	1	0.429	0	4	2	3

Fri, 8/7/2009

Contender 3

Stacy Brannon / Whitney Pavlik (13)

Lost 21-19, 17-21, 8-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	46	23	7	0.348	1	4	1	0
	1	12	9	2	0.583	1	3	0	0
	2	21	10	4	0.286	0	1	1	0
	3	13	4	1	0.231	0	0	0	0
Kelly Wing	Total	21	9	4	0.238	0	12	1	4
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	3	0	3
	2	3	2	1	0.333	0	4	1	1
	3	7	2	1	0.143	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	125	66	17	0.392	4	20	3	6
Kelly Wing	95	39	12	0.284	1	46	6	14

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-2
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Kuk/Wing	21	21-13, 21-13	0:38
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Kuk/Wing	22	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 9 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Kuk/Wing	22	Fopma/Hochevar	6	27-25, 21-17	0:49
Series tied with # 12 Jameson/Jones 1-1
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Kuk/Wing	21	Jameson/Jones	12	21-16, 23-21	0:42
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Jameson/Jones	6	Kuk/Wing	22	15-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 13 Brannon/Pavlik 0-1
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Brannon/Pavlik	13	Kuk/Wing	21	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # 15 Smith/Van Fleet 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 1	Kuk/Wing	22	Smith/Van Fleet	11	21-18, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 19 Olsovsky/Reynolds 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Kuk/Wing	22	Olsovsky/Reynolds	11	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 24 Knopf/Zartman 0-1
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Knopf/Zartman	26	Kuk/Wing	22	21-15, 25-23	0:42
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Capers/Engle 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Kuk/Wing	21	Capers/Engle	27, Q3	21-15, 21-14	0:44