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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Championships
August 29 - September 1, 2019

(1) Alix Klineman/April Ross

Alix Klineman

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 30, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$373,237.50

April Ross

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

271

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,045,362.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	19	12	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$331,600.00
FIVB	26	6	2	3	1	9	0	4	0	0	1	US$353,000.00
NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,500.00
Overall	46	19	5	5	1	9	1	5	0	0	1	US$687,100.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Keao Burdine - 17th
2008	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd
2009	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd
2016	Did not play	Kelly Reeves - 7th
2017	Lane Carico - 9th	Lauren Fendrick - 3rd
2018	April Ross - 1st	Alix Klineman - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/15-18/2019	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	1	2nd	1408	$21,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	1	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	1	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	3	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	5	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	3	5th	480	US$6,000.00
AVP	6/6-9/2019	Gold Series NYC Open	1	1st	1650	$30,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	4	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	5	1st	800	US$20,000.00
AVP	5/2-5/2019	Huntington Beach Open	1	1st	1050	$20,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	5	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	2	4th	560	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/10-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	2	1st	800	US$20,000.00
NORCECA	10/5-7/2018	Norceca Beach Volleyball Continental Tour Final	2	1st	600	US$2,500.00
AVP	9/15-16/2018	Hawaii Invitational	3	1st	0	$20,000.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2018	AVP Gold Series The Championships	3	1st	1350	$25,000.00

Gold Series Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/30/2019

Winner 2

Crissy Jones / Zana Muno (16)

Won 21-8, 22-20

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	17	11	1	0.588	2	5	2	2
	1	17	11	1	0.588	2	5	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
April Ross	Total	26	11	4	0.269	0	12	2	2
	1	26	11	4	0.269	0	12	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/31/2019

Winner 3

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan (8)

Won 21-8, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	20	13	2	0.550	2	6	3	2
	1	20	13	2	0.550	2	6	3	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
April Ross	Total	20	15	0	0.750	0	7	2	1
	1	20	15	0	0.750	0	7	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/31/2019

Winner 4

Kelly Cheng / Sarah Sponcil (5)

Won 21-10, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	15	10	0	0.667	4	4	0	2
	1	15	10	0	0.667	4	4	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
April Ross	Total	34	21	4	0.500	0	16	0	2
	1	34	21	4	0.500	0	16	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/31/2019

Semi-Finals

Sara Hughes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	17	13	2	0.647	2	1	2	1
	1	17	13	2	0.647	2	1	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
April Ross	Total	25	14	1	0.520	0	8	1	1
	1	25	14	1	0.520	0	8	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/31/2019

Finals

Emily Capers / Betsi Flint (2)

Won 21-12, 21-15

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	12	9	1	0.667	4	3	3	1
	1	12	9	1	0.667	4	3	3	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
April Ross	Total	30	19	0	0.633	3	16	1	0
	1	30	19	0	0.633	3	16	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	81	56	6	0.617	14	19	10	8
April Ross	135	80	9	0.526	3	59	6	6

Head to Head Results
Klineman/Ross lead the series against the field 26-6 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Capers/Flint 4-1
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	2	21-12, 21-15	0:45
5/4/19	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	4	21-17, 21-15	0:45
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool B	Capers/Flint	15, Q2	Klineman/Ross	2	21-18, 21-19	0:34
8/18/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	3	Capers/Flint	2	21-11, 21-16	0:43
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	7	Capers/Flint	26	21-13, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # 3 Hughes/Wilkerson 2-0
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-15, 21-17	0:47
8/18/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 4 Kolinske/Stockman 4-1
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 3	Kolinske/Stockman	11, Q1	Klineman/Ross	3	21-13, 21-14	0:30
6/9/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Kolinske/Stockman	3	20-22, 21-17, 15-13
8/19/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	3	Kolinske/Stockman	5	21-18, 21-16	0:40
7/7/18	AVP	AVP San Francisco	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	2	Kolinske/Stockman	3	By Forfeit
6/8/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series NYC	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	3	Kolinske/Stockman	6	17-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 5 Cheng/Sponcil 4-0
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-10, 21-16	0:43
6/9/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-19, 22-20	1:02
6/8/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-15, 21-12	0:37
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	4	Cheng/Sponcil	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 7 Cannon/Reeves 1-0
8/17/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Cannon/Reeves	5	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:02
Lead the series against # 8 Humana-Paredes/Pavan 5-4
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	8	21-8, 21-19	0:39
8/18/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	11	Klineman/Ross	1	28-26, 16-21, 16-14	1:18
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-18, 21-19	0:43
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Gold Medal	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Klineman/Ross	5	23-21, 23-21	0:58
5/19/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Gold Medal	Klineman/Ross	5	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	25-23, 18-21, 15-10	0:56
5/5/19	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	14	18-21, 21-12, 17-15	1:14
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	21-19, 25-27, 15-11	0:53
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Klineman/Ross	9	21-15, 21-15	0:36
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Klineman/Ross	7	27-29, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 11 Howard/Shaw 1-0
8/17/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Howard/Shaw	9	21-11, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 Jones/Muno 1-0
8/30/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Jones/Muno	16	21-8, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 Fonoimoana/Strange 1-0
5/18/18	AVP	AVP Austin	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	1	Fonoimoana/Strange	16, Q15	22-20, 21-9	0:40
Lead the series against # Q3 Hartong/Urango 1-0
8/16/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Hartong/Urango	17	21-17, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # Q10 Rowland/Van Gunst 2-0
6/7/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	1	Rowland/Van Gunst	16, Q15	22-20, 21-18	0:41
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	3	Rowland/Van Gunst	30	21-16, 21-13	0:38