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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 (47 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 (44 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

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	$4,100.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	$4,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gretchen Duffner-Hand												Carol Welcher
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
31	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	4	0	$4,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	$3,700.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,337.50	Manhattan Beach	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$525.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	5	0	$5,462.50	Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	2	1	$4,225.00

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
2010	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$2,100.00	11	10	52.4 %
2015	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,800.00	6	5	54.5 %
Total	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	$4,900.00	17	15	53.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gretchen Duffner-Hand													Carol Welcher
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	AVP
											2005	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$1,050.00	2008	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$900.00	2008	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$62.50	2009	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$125.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$1,050.00	2010	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$1,050.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00	2011	NVL
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,000.00	2013	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00	2013	NVL
											2014	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$1,400.00	2015	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,400.00
40	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	5	19	$6,337.50	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	15	$3,225.00

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	13	65.0%	4	20.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	2	11.8%	0	0.0%	15	88.2%	2-15	11.8%	13-15	46.4%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	19-18	51.4%
2014-2015	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	3-5	37.5%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-6	25.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	15
Manhattan Beach	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	18

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