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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series NYC Open
June 6 - 9, 2019

(5) Kelly Cheng/Sarah Sponcil

Kelly Claes Cheng

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Placentia, CA

Resides:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$580,250.00

Sarah Sponcil

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1996 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Resides:

Phoenix, AZ

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Loyola Marymount
UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Hermosa Beach 2022)

Career Winnings:

$283,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
AVP	10	0	3	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$105,500.00
FIVB	25	2	2	1	0	8	0	9	0	0	0	2	1	US$184,000.00
Overall	35	2	5	6	0	9	1	9	0	0	0	2	1	US$289,500.00

Previous New York Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Did not play
2016	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Did not play
2017	Sara Hughes - 7th	Did not play
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	14	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	9	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	7	2	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	9, Q2	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/30-10/4/2018	Qinzhou Three Star	2	3	480	US$5,000.00

Gold Series NYC Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/7/2019

Winner 1

Brittany Hochevar / Carly Wopat (12)

Won 21-11, 21-13

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	22	17	1	0.727	1	3	3	1
	1	22	17	1	0.727	1	3	3	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	20	12	2	0.500	0	7	2	0
	1	20	12	2	0.500	0	7	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 6/7/2019

Winner 2

Emily Capers / Betsi Flint (4)

Won 21-15, 12-21, 15-13

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	37	21	5	0.432	3	1	2	1
	1	37	21	5	0.432	3	1	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	1	4
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 6/8/2019

Winner 3

Alix Klineman / April Ross (1)

Lost 15-21, 12-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	19	8	3	0.263	1	1	0	2
	1	19	8	3	0.263	1	1	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	22	9	3	0.273	0	10	1	2
	1	22	9	3	0.273	0	10	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 6/9/2019

Contender 4

Karissa Cook / Jace Pardon (6)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	32	22	2	0.625	0	8	1	3
	1	32	22	2	0.625	0	8	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	26	11	4	0.269	0	13	0	2
	1	26	11	4	0.269	0	13	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 6/9/2019

Semi-Finals

Sara Hughes / Summer Ross (2)

Won 21-12, 21-13

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	32	18	4	0.438	6	5	2	4
	1	32	18	4	0.438	6	5	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	18	7	0	0.389	1	13	1	2
	1	18	7	0	0.389	1	13	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 6/9/2019

Finals

Alix Klineman / April Ross (1)

Lost 19-21, 20-22

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	24	12	4	0.333	2	2	0	4
	1	24	12	4	0.333	2	2	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	32	19	1	0.563	0	11	1	2
	1	32	19	1	0.563	0	11	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	166	98	19	0.476	13	20	8	15
Sarah Sponcil	129	64	11	0.411	1	60	6	12

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Sponcil lead the series against the field 6-3

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Klineman/Ross 0-3
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 # 2 Hughes/Ross 1-0
6/9/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Hughes/Ross	2	21-12, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 4 Capers/Flint 3-0
6/7/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Capers/Flint	4	21-15, 12-21, 15-13	0:49
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Capers/Flint	14	21-17, 21-17	0:33
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	7	Capers/Flint	11, Q1	13-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Cook/Pardon 1-0
6/9/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Contender 4	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Cook/Pardon	6	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 Hochevar/Wopat 1-0
6/7/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Hochevar/Wopat	12	21-11, 21-13	0:36