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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open
August 13 - 16, 2015

(22, Q4) Gretchen Duffner-Hand/Carol Welcher

Gretchen Duffner-Hand

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 8, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Louis, MO

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Missouri-St. Louis

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (NVL Mason 2013)

Career AVP Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$6,337.50

Carol Hamilton Welcher

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Cal State Dominguez Hills

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$4,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	57	Money
AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	2	1	$4,900.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Kelly Hickam - 41st	Lynne Galli - 57th
2008	Amy Hvitfeldtsen - 25th	Lynne Galli - 33rd
2009	Traci Morin - 49th	Lynne Galli - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/16-19/2015	AVP New York City Open	Q8	17th	190	$0.00
AVP	5/21-24/2015	AVP New Orleans Open	16, Q11	13th	240	$2,000.00

AVP Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/13/2015

Qualifier 2

Lilly Raney / Zuzana Spencer (Q36)

Won 17-21, 21-13, 15-10

1:02

Thu, 8/13/2015

Qualifier 3

Terri Del Conte / Sara Fredrickson (Q13)

Won 24-22, 24-22

0:52

Fri, 8/14/2015

Winner 1

Caitlin Ledoux / Irene Pollock (11)

Lost 13-21, 15-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gretchen Duffner-Hand	Total	14	5	2	0.214	0	9	0	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	3	0	1
	2	8	2	1	0.125	0	6	0	0
Carol Welcher	Total	29	16	4	0.414	0	6	1	2
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	0	1	1
	2	18	9	2	0.389	0	6	0	1

Fri, 8/14/2015

Contender 1

Theresa Cole / Daina Marsh (27)

Won 21-18, 21-23, 15-4

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gretchen Duffner-Hand	Total	51	15	6	0.176	0	20	0	2
	1	19	6	2	0.211	0	11	0	2
	2	22	5	3	0.091	0	5	0	0
	3	10	4	1	0.300	0	4	0	0
Carol Welcher	Total	28	15	3	0.429	12	6	7	6
	1	10	8	2	0.600	2	3	1	1
	2	10	3	1	0.200	6	0	3	4
	3	8	4	0	0.500	4	3	3	1

Fri, 8/14/2015

Contender 2

Nicole Branagh / Jenny Kropp (5)

Lost 14-21, 13-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gretchen Duffner-Hand	Total	18	7	4	0.167	0	3	2	1
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	2	0
	2	11	3	3	0.000	0	2	0	1
Carol Welcher	Total	19	10	3	0.368	1	0	2	2
	1	11	5	3	0.182	1	0	0	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	0	2	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gretchen Duffner-Hand	83	27	12	0.181	0	32	2	4
Carol Welcher	76	41	10	0.408	13	12	10	10

Head to Head Results
Duffner-Hand/Welcher lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Branagh/Kropp 0-1
8/14/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Kropp	5	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	22, Q4	21-14, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 11 Ledoux/Pollock 0-1
8/14/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Ledoux/Pollock	11	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	22, Q4	21-13, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 27 Cole/Marsh 1-0
8/14/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	22, Q4	Cole/Marsh	27	21-18, 21-23, 15-4	0:54
Lead the series against # Q13 Del Conte/Fredrickson 1-0
8/13/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	22, Q4	Del Conte/Fredrickson	Q13	24-22, 24-22	0:52
Lead the series against # Q36 Raney/Spencer 1-0
8/13/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	22, Q4	Raney/Spencer	Q36	17-21, 21-13, 15-10	1:02