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AVP Tour
$250,000 Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 18 - 22, 2021

(4) Sara Hughes/Brandie Wilkerson

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Costa Mesa, CA

Resides:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

123

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$545,044.92

Brandie Wilkerson

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

5'10"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Miami 2023)

Career Winnings:

$422,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	$69,250.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
Pro Beach 2011	Caitlin Racich - 17th	Did not play
Pro Beach 2012	Lilla Frederick - 25th	Did not play
2014	Kelly Cheng - 33rd	Did not play
2015	Kelly Cheng - 9th	Did not play
2017	Kelly Cheng - 3rd	Nicole Branagh - 2nd
2019	Brandie Wilkerson - 3rd	Sara Hughes - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	3	7	518	$5,000.00
AVP	7/31-8/2/2020	The Porsche Cup	3	5	0	$6,000.00
AVP	7/24-26/2020	The Wilson Cup	2	3	0	$8,000.00
AVP	7/17-19/2020	The Monster Hydro Cup	4	2	0	$11,000.00
AVP	8/29-9/1/2019	Gold Series Championships	3	3	1188	$12,500.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/20/2021

Winner 2

Larissa Maestrini / Liliane Maestrini (20)

Won 21-16, 20-22, 15-10

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	32	12	3	0.281	0	15	2	2
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	4	2	1
	2	15	5	1	0.267	0	7	0	1
	3	9	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	36	21	3	0.500	9	2	1	4
	1	15	9	0	0.600	3	1	0	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	2	1	1	3
	3	7	5	1	0.571	4	0	0	1

Sat, 8/21/2021

Winner 3

Emily Hartong / Corinne Quiggle (12)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	26	15	1	0.538	0	14	3	0
	1	18	9	1	0.444	0	9	1	0
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	5	2	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	18	11	0	0.611	4	4	0	4
	1	7	6	0	0.857	2	1	0	0
	2	11	5	0	0.455	2	3	0	4

Sat, 8/21/2021

Winner 4

Alix Klineman / April Ross (1)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	26	12	2	0.385	0	15	0	1
	1	12	5	0	0.417	0	5	0	1
	2	14	7	2	0.357	0	10	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	22	11	1	0.455	3	3	0	2
	1	8	5	1	0.500	2	0	0	2
	2	14	6	0	0.429	1	3	0	0

Sun, 8/22/2021

Contender 5

Larissa Maestrini / Liliane Maestrini (20)

Lost 21-15, 18-21, 15-17

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	34	20	4	0.471	0	20	0	1
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	9	0	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	2	0	0
	3	15	9	3	0.400	0	9	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	47	28	4	0.511	3	0	1	8
	1	10	8	0	0.800	1	0	1	3
	2	16	10	2	0.500	1	0	0	2
	3	21	10	2	0.381	1	0	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	118	59	10	0.415	0	64	5	4
Brandie Wilkerson	123	71	8	0.512	19	9	2	18

Head to Head Results
Hughes/Wilkerson trail the series against the field 9-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Klineman/Ross 0-5
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 21-19	0:50
7/19/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	24-22, 21-19	1:03
7/18/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-19, 21-17	0:44
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
Series tied with # 2 Cheng/Sponcil 2-2
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-18	0:49
8/2/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Contender 2	Cheng/Sponcil	4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-16, 21-16	0:39
7/26/20	AVP	The Wilson Cup	Contender 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	2	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
7/19/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Semi-Finals	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Sponcil	3	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # 3 Capers/Flint 1-1
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 4	Capers/Flint	2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-12	0:42
8/18/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Capers/Flint	2	21-12, 16-21, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 8 Ponnet/Shaw 3-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	Ponnet/Shaw	8	21-14, 21-15	0:39
8/30/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	Ponnet/Shaw	14	21-14, 21-19	0:37
8/16/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Ponnet/Shaw	13	21-15, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 9 Kloth/Nuss 0-1
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Kloth/Nuss	14, Q4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-19, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Hartong/Quiggle 1-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Hartong/Quiggle	12	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Mewhirter/Sweat 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	Mewhirter/Sweat	11	21-12, 21-16	0:42
Series tied with # 20 Maestrini/Maestrini 1-1
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Maestrini/Maestrini	20	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	15-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:07
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Maestrini/Maestrini	20	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	1:13