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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 5, 2021

(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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 1st	Did not play
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Terese Cannon - 3rd
2019	Sarah Sponcil - 3rd	Kelly Cheng - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	2	3	972	$10,500.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 1

Larissa Maestrini / Liliane Maestrini (12, Q5)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	22	16	2	0.636	4	2	2	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	3	2	0	1
	2	13	10	1	0.692	1	0	2	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	22	17	1	0.727	0	11	0	2
	1	12	10	0	0.833	0	4	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	7	0	1

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 2

Sara Hughes / Brandie Wilkerson (4)

Lost 21-17, 21-23, 11-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	46	23	6	0.370	3	6	3	1
	1	8	5	0	0.625	2	3	0	1
	2	22	10	3	0.318	1	3	2	0
	3	16	8	3	0.313	0	0	1	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	34	15	2	0.382	0	18	1	2
	1	18	8	1	0.389	0	6	0	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	10	0	1
	3	5	1	0	0.200	0	2	1	1

Sat, 9/4/2021

Contender 2

Karissa Cook / Kelly Reeves (7)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	26	19	0	0.731	1	0	1	3
	1	14	11	0	0.786	0	0	1	2
	2	12	8	0	0.667	1	0	0	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	25	15	2	0.520	1	15	1	5
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	7	0	2
	2	13	9	1	0.615	1	8	1	3

Sat, 9/4/2021

Contender 3

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (9)

Lost 21-16, 18-21, 13-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	38	15	6	0.237	3	2	3	3
	1	11	6	1	0.455	2	0	1	2
	2	15	4	3	0.067	0	1	2	0
	3	12	5	2	0.250	1	1	0	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	32	21	3	0.563	0	18	0	0
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	6	0	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	6	0	0
	3	10	5	1	0.400	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	132	73	14	0.447	11	10	9	9
Sarah Sponcil	113	68	8	0.531	1	62	2	9

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Sponcil trail the series against the field 13-16

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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 4 Hughes/Wilkerson 2-3
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Sponcil	5	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	1:07
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 Cook/Reeves 1-0
9/4/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Cook/Reeves	7	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Kloth/Nuss 1-2
9/4/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Kloth/Nuss	9	Cheng/Sponcil	5	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
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 Murphy/Rice 1-0
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Murphy/Rice	7	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 12, Q5 Maestrini/Maestrini 1-0
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	Maestrini/Maestrini	12, Q5	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q1 Hildreth/Hogan 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Hildreth/Hogan	10	21-14, 21-11	0:35