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

(2) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Sara Hughes - 33rd	Did not play
2015	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
2017	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Did not play
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 2nd	Lauren Fendrick - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	2	2	896	$14,000.00
FIVB	7/24-8/6/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	9	9	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-11/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	4	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	9	1	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	14	1	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	16, Q2	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	19, Q2	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Q1	33	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	16, Q1	5	480	US$6,000.00
AVP	7/31-8/2/2020	The Porsche Cup	4	2	0	$11,000.00
AVP	7/24-26/2020	The Wilson Cup	4	5	0	$6,000.00
AVP	7/17-19/2020	The Monster Hydro Cup	3	3	0	$8,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	6	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/29-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star	4	9	300	US$2,000.00
AVP	9/19-22/2019	Hawaii Open	4	3	756	$9,500.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	9	9	600	US$8,000.00
AVP	8/29-9/1/2019	Gold Series Championships	5	3	1188	$12,500.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/20/2021

Winner 2

Lexy Denaburg / Maria Clara Salgado (15, Q1)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	18	12	0	0.667	2	3	0	3
	1	10	5	0	0.500	1	1	0	1
	2	8	7	0	0.875	1	2	0	2
Sarah Sponcil	Total	23	14	5	0.391	0	6	2	1
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	6	2	1
	2	13	8	3	0.385	0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/21/2021

Winner 3

Tina Graudina / Megan Kraft (23)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	30	20	4	0.533	1	2	1	3
	1	12	11	1	0.833	1	0	1	1
	2	18	9	3	0.333	0	2	0	2
Sarah Sponcil	Total	18	10	1	0.500	0	13	0	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	5	0	1
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	8	0	0

Sat, 8/21/2021

Winner 4

Emily Capers / Betsi Flint (3)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	16	7	1	0.375	2	1	0	3
	1	9	4	0	0.444	0	1	0	2
	2	7	3	1	0.286	2	0	0	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	29	16	3	0.448	0	16	0	1
	1	15	6	2	0.267	0	9	0	0
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	7	0	1

Sun, 8/22/2021

Contender 5

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (9)

Won 39-37, 21-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	52	33	7	0.500	3	2	2	0
	1	39	22	5	0.436	2	2	1	0
	2	13	11	2	0.692	1	0	1	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	26	15	3	0.462	0	22	1	2
	1	16	9	0	0.563	0	12	1	2
	2	10	6	3	0.300	0	10	0	0

Sun, 8/22/2021

Semi-Finals

Alix Klineman / April Ross (1)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	15	7	1	0.400	2	1	1	1
	1	6	2	0	0.333	2	1	0	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	0	1	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	25	12	3	0.360	0	12	0	3
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	9	0	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	131	79	13	0.504	10	9	4	10
Sarah Sponcil	121	67	15	0.430	0	69	3	8

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 14-14

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Klineman/Ross 1-9
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	2	21-18, 21-17	0:43
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Klineman/Ross	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
8/2/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-18, 21-17	0:50
8/1/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-17, 21-15	0:48
7/25/20	AVP	The Wilson Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	12-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
9/21/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-19, 21-19	0:51
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 # 3 Capers/Flint 5-2
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Capers/Flint	3	Cheng/Sponcil	2	21-17, 21-19	0:41
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	6	Capers/Flint	14	21-13, 12-21, 16-14	0:48
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Semi-Finals	Capers/Flint	2	Cheng/Sponcil	5	20-22, 21-17, 15-7	1:11
7/8/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Country Quota	Cheng/Sponcil	Q1	Capers/Flint		22-20, 21-16	0:37
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
Series tied with # 4 Hughes/Wilkerson 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
Lead the series against # 7 Murphy/Rice 1-0
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Murphy/Rice	7	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Series tied with # 9 Kloth/Nuss 1-1
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Kloth/Nuss	9	39-37, 21-15	0:51
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Kloth/Nuss	14, Q4	Cheng/Sponcil	2	21-12, 19-21, 16-14	1:13
Lead the series against # 10 Hildreth/Hogan 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Hildreth/Hogan	10	21-14, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 15, Q1 Denaburg/Salgado 2-0
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Denaburg/Salgado	15, Q1	21-16, 21-18	0:38
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Denaburg/Salgado	13, Q2	21-16, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Graudina/Kraft 1-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Graudina/Kraft	23	21-13, 21-19	0:46