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

(7) Angela Bensend/Geena Urango

Angela Bensend

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 23, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Plano, TX

Resides:

Dallas, TX

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Louisiana State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$70,000.00

Geena Urango

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Los Alamitos, CA

Resides:

Los Alamitos, CA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Atlanta 2022)

Career Winnings:

$163,325.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	25	0	4	4	0	2	5	8	2	0	0	0	$126,150.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$0.00
NORCECA	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,550.00
Overall	29	0	4	5	0	3	5	8	2	0	0	2	US$127,700.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Alix Klineman - 57th
2009	Did not play	Ashley Lee - 81st
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Caitlin Ledoux - 13th
2014	Geena Urango - 7th	Angela Bensend - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/6-9/2015	AVP Seattle Open	8	7	370	$3,800.00
AVP	7/16-19/2015	AVP New York City Open	8	5	450	$5,200.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Q25	41	40	US$0.00
AVP	5/21-24/2015	AVP New Orleans Open	10	3	540	$7,000.00
AVP	9/18-21/2014	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	14, Q4	9	300	$3,500.00
AVP	9/5-7/2014	DO AC Invitational	13, Q1	13	240	$2,000.00
AVP	8/28-31/2014	Cincinnati Open	15, Q3	13	240	$2,000.00
AVP	8/14-17/2014	Manhattan Beach Open	18	7	370	$3,000.00

AVP Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/14/2015

Winner 1

Briana Hinga / Kathrin Winkler (26, Q5)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	Total	27	17	0	0.630	1	3	2	2
	1	14	10	0	0.714	0	1	0	2
	2	13	7	0	0.538	1	2	2	0
Geena Urango	Total	21	12	3	0.429	0	13	3	3
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	6	2	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	7	1	1

Fri, 8/14/2015

Winner 2

Branagan Fuller / Kelly Schumacher (10)

Won 21-18, 24-22

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	Total	22	12	3	0.409	2	6	0	0
	1	10	5	1	0.400	1	2	0	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	4	0	0
Geena Urango	Total	34	15	7	0.235	0	13	6	7
	1	17	9	5	0.235	0	8	2	2
	2	17	6	2	0.235	0	5	4	5

Sat, 8/15/2015

Winner 3

Emily Capers / Jennifer Kessy (2)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	Total	31	17	1	0.516	2	3	1	3
	1	15	7	0	0.467	1	0	1	2
	2	16	10	1	0.563	1	3	0	1
Geena Urango	Total	14	8	1	0.500	0	10	0	2
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	4	0	2
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	6	0	0

Sat, 8/15/2015

Contender 4

Nicole Branagh / Jenny Kropp (5)

Lost 12-21, 19-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	Total	27	13	4	0.333	0	3	0	1
	1	12	4	3	0.083	0	0	0	0
	2	15	9	1	0.533	0	3	0	1
Geena Urango	Total	25	8	3	0.200	1	10	2	5
	1	5	3	0	0.600	1	3	1	2
	2	20	5	3	0.100	0	7	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Angela Bensend	107	59	8	0.477	5	15	3	6
Geena Urango	94	43	14	0.309	1	46	11	17

Head to Head Results
Bensend/Urango lead the series against the field 9-7

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Fopma/Ross 0-2
8/7/15	AVP	AVP Seattle Open	Winner 2	Fopma/Ross	1	Bensend/Urango	8	21-16, 21-8	0:35
7/17/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Winner 2	Fopma/Ross	1	Bensend/Urango	8	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Capers/Kessy 0-2
8/15/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Capers/Kessy	2	Bensend/Urango	7	21-19, 21-16	0:44
5/24/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Capers/Kessy	3	Bensend/Urango	10	21-19, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 DiCello/VanZwieten 0-2
8/8/15	AVP	AVP Seattle Open	Contender 3	DiCello/VanZwieten	4	Bensend/Urango	8	21-15, 21-17	0:38
7/18/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Contender 4	DiCello/VanZwieten	3	Bensend/Urango	8	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Branagh/Kropp 0-1
8/15/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Kropp	5	Bensend/Urango	7	21-12, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Lawson/McGuire 1-0
7/18/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Contender 3	Bensend/Urango	8	Lawson/McGuire	5	21-15, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 McColloch/Stockman 2-0
8/8/15	AVP	AVP Seattle Open	Contender 2	Bensend/Urango	8	McColloch/Stockman	6	21-18, 19-21, 24-22	1:06
5/23/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Bensend/Urango	10	McColloch/Stockman	6	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Stubinski/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
8/7/15	AVP	AVP Seattle Open	Winner 1	Bensend/Urango	8	Stubinski/Wallin-Brockway	9	22-20, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Fuller/Schumacher 1-0
8/14/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Bensend/Urango	7	Fuller/Schumacher	10	21-18, 24-22	0:47
Lead the series against # 12 Hunkus/Shaw 1-0
7/17/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Winner 1	Bensend/Urango	8	Hunkus/Shaw	9	23-21, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Fiume/Wiggins 1-0
7/18/15	AVP	AVP New York City Open	Contender 2	Bensend/Urango	8	Fiume/Wiggins	14, Q3	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Hinga/Winkler 2-0
8/14/15	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Bensend/Urango	7	Hinga/Winkler	26, Q5	21-17, 21-13	0:39
9/18/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Qualifier 2	Bensend/Urango	14, Q4	Hinga/Winkler	Q13	21-9, 19-21, 15-10	0:55