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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Gold Series Chicago Open
September 2 - 4, 2022

(4) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Kelsey Robinson - 29th
2015	Did not play	Kelley Kolinske - 5th
2016	Did not play	Kelley Kolinske - 2nd
2017	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelley Kolinske - 7th
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Emily Capers - 9th
2019	Sarah Sponcil - 3rd	Emily Capers - 2nd
2021	Sarah Sponcil - 7th	Emily Capers - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-21/2022	Manhattan Beach Open	3	2	2205	$21,000.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/2/2022

Winner 1

Molly Shaw / Carly Skjodt (13)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	30	22	1	0.700	2	3	2	2
	1	13	10	1	0.692	0	1	2	1
	2	17	12	0	0.706	2	2	0	1
Betsi Flint	Total	15	10	2	0.533	0	12	1	2
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	7	1	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	5	0	1

Fri, 9/2/2022

Winner 2

Tina Graudina / Sarah Pavan (5)

Won 16-21, 21-14, 15-13

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	17	13	1	0.706	3	3	2	5
	1	5	5	0	1.000	1	1	0	4
	2	9	6	1	0.556	1	1	1	1
	3	3	2	0	0.667	1	1	1	0
Betsi Flint	Total	41	18	7	0.268	0	17	3	2
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	6	0	0
	2	12	5	2	0.250	0	6	2	1
	3	15	7	2	0.333	0	5	1	1

Sat, 9/3/2022

Winner 3

Sara Hughes / Kelley Kolinske (1)

Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-10

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	42	25	3	0.524	2	10	2	5
	1	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	1	1
	2	18	10	1	0.500	2	3	1	3
	3	11	9	0	0.818	0	4	0	1
Betsi Flint	Total	32	15	5	0.313	0	17	4	2
	1	13	6	3	0.231	0	6	3	0
	2	14	6	2	0.286	0	8	0	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	1	1

Sun, 9/4/2022

Semi-Finals

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (6)

Lost 21-15, 19-21, 23-25

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	45	25	0	0.556	2	10	0	3
	1	14	6	0	0.429	1	1	0	0
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	4	0	1
	3	19	11	0	0.579	1	5	0	2
Betsi Flint	Total	47	19	8	0.234	0	26	0	3
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	9	0	1
	2	11	4	3	0.091	0	3	0	1
	3	26	10	4	0.231	0	14	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	134	85	5	0.597	9	26	6	15
Betsi Flint	135	62	22	0.296	0	72	8	9

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Flint lead the series against the field 12-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Hughes/Kolinske 4-1
9/3/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Flint	4	Hughes/Kolinske	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:59
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 # 2 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 # 5 Graudina/Pavan 1-0
9/2/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Flint	4	Graudina/Pavan	5	16-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 6 Kloth/Nuss 2-3
9/4/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	6	Cheng/Flint	4	15-21, 21-19, 25-23	1:09
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 # 7 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 # 9 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 # 11 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 Shaw/Skjodt 1-0
9/2/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Flint	4	Shaw/Skjodt	13	21-15, 21-19	0:41