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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 18 - 21, 2022

(3) Kelly Cheng/Betsi Flint

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

Betsi Metter Flint

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Resides:

Los Angeles, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Loyola Marymount

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$349,242.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	1	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$86,100.00
FIVB	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	US$63,000.00
Overall	13	2	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	US$149,100.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Sara Hughes - 33rd	Jane Chafeh - 13th
2015	Sara Hughes - 9th	Kelley Kolinske - 7th
2017	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Kelley Kolinske - 9th
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 2nd	Emily Capers - 3rd
2019	Did not play	Emily Capers - 5th
2021	Sarah Sponcil - 3rd	Emily Capers - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	10	1	1200	US$30,000.00
AVP	8/5-7/2022	Atlanta Open	3	7	1796	$7,600.00
AVP	7/29-31/2022	Fort Lauderdale Open	2	3	1891	$6,000.00
AVP	7/8-10/2022	Hermosa Beach Open	2	2	1990	$8,500.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	5	17	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	3	9	600	US$6,000.00
AVP	5/27-29/2022	New Orleans Open	1	1	2095	$14,000.00
AVP	5/6-8/2022	Austin Open	2	3	1891	$6,000.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	3	4	900	US$10,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 1

Charlie Ekstrom / Skyler Germann (30)

Won 21-11, 21-13

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	12	12	0	1.000	1	1	1	3
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	1	1	2
	2	5	5	0	1.000	1	0	0	1
Betsi Flint	Total	18	10	4	0.333	0	8	1	2
	1	5	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	6	1	1

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 2

Deahna Kraft / Allie Wheeler (14)

Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-8

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	47	26	10	0.340	2	4	2	0
	1	17	8	5	0.176	0	0	2	0
	2	22	13	4	0.409	1	1	0	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	1	3	0	0
Betsi Flint	Total	19	10	1	0.474	0	23	3	1
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	9	1	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	8	1	1
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	6	1	0

Sat, 8/20/2022

Winner 3

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (6)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	22	17	0	0.773	0	0	2	4
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	0	0	2
	2	11	10	0	0.909	0	0	2	2
Betsi Flint	Total	33	18	7	0.333	0	14	1	1
	1	21	12	5	0.333	0	7	1	1
	2	12	6	2	0.333	0	7	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2022

Winner 4

Sara Hughes / Kelley Kolinske (2)

Won 21-16, 21-13

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	22	15	1	0.636	4	3	1	3
	1	12	7	0	0.583	1	2	1	2
	2	10	8	1	0.700	3	1	0	1
Betsi Flint	Total	19	10	1	0.474	0	13	3	0
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	5	3	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	8	0	0

Sun, 8/21/2022

Semi-Finals

Zana Muno / Brandie Wilkerson (5)

Won 21-17, 22-20

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	30	18	6	0.400	3	3	4	4
	1	14	6	4	0.143	2	1	2	2
	2	16	12	2	0.625	1	2	2	2
Betsi Flint	Total	16	7	3	0.250	0	10	0	5
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	5	0	3

Sun, 8/21/2022

Finals

Sara Hughes / Kelley Kolinske (2)

Lost 18-21, 21-11, 13-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	28	11	3	0.286	4	8	2	3
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	0	1	3
	2	8	3	0	0.375	2	2	1	0
	3	10	3	1	0.200	2	6	0	0
Betsi Flint	Total	38	20	8	0.316	0	14	1	1
	1	14	7	3	0.286	0	2	1	1
	2	11	6	2	0.364	0	8	0	0
	3	13	7	3	0.308	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	161	99	20	0.491	14	19	12	17
Betsi Flint	143	75	24	0.357	0	82	9	10

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Flint lead the series against the field 18-7

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cannon/Sponcil 1-1
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Cannon/Sponcil	1	Cheng/Flint	2	21-12, 21-15	0:36
5/7/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Flint	2	Cannon/Sponcil	3	21-16, 13-21, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 2 Hughes/Kolinske 3-1
8/21/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Hughes/Kolinske	2	Cheng/Flint	3	21-18, 11-21, 15-13	0:58
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Cheng/Flint	3	Hughes/Kolinske	2	21-16, 21-13	0:45
7/30/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Flint	2	Hughes/Kolinske	3	22-20, 24-26, 15-11	1:07
7/9/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Flint	2	Hughes/Kolinske	3	21-12, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # 4 Scoles/Urango 2-2
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Scoles/Urango	7	Cheng/Flint	3	28-23	0:26
7/31/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Scoles/Urango	11	Cheng/Flint	2	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	1:03
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Flint	2	Scoles/Urango	7	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	1:00
7/8/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Flint	2	Scoles/Urango	7	16-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:53
Series tied with # 5 Muno/Wilkerson 1-1
8/21/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Flint	3	Muno/Wilkerson	5	21-17, 22-20	0:39
8/6/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Muno/Wilkerson	6	Cheng/Flint	3	21-12, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 6 Kloth/Nuss 2-2
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Flint	3	Kloth/Nuss	6	21-19, 21-18	0:41
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Kloth/Nuss	14, Q2	Cheng/Flint	3	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:45
5/29/22	AVP	New Orleans Open	Finals	Cheng/Flint	1	Kloth/Nuss	2	21-15, 21-15	0:37
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	6	Cheng/Flint	2	21-19, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 8 Maestrini/Maestrini 1-0
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Flint	2	Maestrini/Maestrini	7	21-8, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Capers/Simo 1-0
7/29/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Flint	2	Capers/Simo	7	24-22, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Kraft/Stockman 1-0
5/28/22	AVP	New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Flint	1	Kraft/Stockman	5	25-23, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 14 Kraft/Wheeler 2-0
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Flint	3	Kraft/Wheeler	14	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:54
8/5/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Flint	3	Kraft/Wheeler	14	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Davis/Van Gunst 1-0
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Flint	2	Davis/Van Gunst	15	21-18, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Shaw/Van Winden 1-0
8/6/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Cheng/Flint	3	Shaw/Van Winden	16	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Bauer/Horton 1-0
5/27/22	AVP	New Orleans Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Flint	1	Bauer/Horton	16	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 30 Ekstrom/Germann 1-0
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Flint	3	Ekstrom/Germann	30	21-11, 21-13	0:33