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AVP Tour
$125,000 Pro Series New Orleans Open
April 13 - 16, 2023

(1) Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes

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:

115

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$582,750.00

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:

124

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$547,544.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
AVP	14	4	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	$126,900.00
FIVB	28	5	1	1	1	7	0	8	0	3	0	0	1	US$455,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
NORCECA	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$11,850.00
Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$14,000.00
Overall	50	12	3	10	1	7	1	10	0	3	0	1	1	US$608,500.00

Previous New Orleans Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Betsi Flint - 1st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	5	1	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	1	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	2	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	9	1	0	US$150,000.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	2	1	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	1	1	800	US$10,000.00
AVP	11/11-13/2022	Huntington Beach Open	1	1	1891	$8,000.00

Pro Series New Orleans Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 4/14/2023

Winner 1

Aurora Davis / Lydia Smith (16, Q5)

Won 21-8, 21-11

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	17	12	1	0.647	2	7	6	6
	1	12	9	0	0.750	0	5	5	2
	2	5	3	1	0.400	2	2	1	4
Sara Hughes	Total	23	13	0	0.565	0	11	1	0
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	5	1	0
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	6	0	0

Fri, 4/14/2023

Winner 2

Larissa Maestrini / Liliane Maestrini (9)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	29	22	5	0.586	3	4	2	4
	1	16	11	4	0.438	1	3	1	2
	2	13	11	1	0.769	2	1	1	2
Sara Hughes	Total	10	8	0	0.800	0	10	1	3
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	4	0	2
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	6	1	1

Sat, 4/15/2023

Winner 3

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (4)

Won 10-21, 31-29, 15-12

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	52	26	13	0.250	1	3	1	6
	1	13	3	5	-0.154	0	0	0	1
	2	25	15	6	0.360	1	0	1	5
	3	14	8	2	0.429	0	3	0	0
Sara Hughes	Total	29	16	3	0.448	0	21	0	3
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	3	0	0
	2	16	10	1	0.563	0	12	0	3
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	6	0	0

Sun, 4/16/2023

Semi-Finals

Betsi Flint / Julia Scoles (3)

Won 8-21, 21-19, 16-14

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	25	16	1	0.600	1	4	1	3
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	0	0	1
	2	13	11	0	0.846	0	2	1	1
	3	4	2	0	0.500	1	2	0	1
Sara Hughes	Total	24	13	4	0.375	0	13	2	2
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	4	1	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	4	0	1
	3	8	7	0	0.875	0	5	1	0

Sun, 4/16/2023

Finals

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson (2)

Won 21-9, 21-18

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	27	17	1	0.593	2	3	3	7
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	1	2	3
	2	20	12	1	0.550	1	2	1	4
Sara Hughes	Total	19	13	1	0.632	0	14	0	4
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	6	0	2
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	8	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	150	93	21	0.480	9	21	13	26
Sara Hughes	105	63	8	0.524	0	69	4	12

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 11-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson 2-0
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	21-9, 21-18	0:41
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 3 Flint/Scoles 2-0
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	3	8-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:46
12/3/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	2	Flint/Scoles	5	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 4 Kloth/Nuss 4-0
4/15/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Kloth/Nuss	4	10-21, 31-29, 15-12	0:56
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Kloth/Nuss	13, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:33
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	9	Kloth/Nuss	8	19-21, 21-14, 24-22	0:56
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Kloth/Nuss	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 9 Maestrini/Maestrini 1-0
4/14/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	1	Maestrini/Maestrini	9	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Bauer/Horton 1-0
11/13/22	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Bauer/Horton	9	21-18, 21-7	0:32
Lead the series against # 16, Q5 Davis/Smith 1-0
4/14/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	1	Davis/Smith	16, Q5	21-8, 21-11	0:35