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AVP Tour
$125,000 Pro Series Huntington Beach Open
May 18 - 21, 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:

$584,250.00

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:

$549,044.92

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$458,750.00
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$611,500.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2018	Brittany Hochevar - 17th	Summer Ross - 5th
2019	Brandie Wilkerson - 7th	Summer Ross - 3rd
2022	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	3	4	900	US$10,000.00
AVP	4/13-16/2023	Pro Series New Orleans Open	1	1	2205	$14,000.00
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 Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/19/2023

Winner 1

Madelyne Anderson / Molly Shaw (16, Q6)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	19	15	1	0.737	4	1	4	2
	1	12	11	1	0.833	0	1	1	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	4	0	3	1
Sara Hughes	Total	18	10	3	0.389	0	11	2	0
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	8	0	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	2	0

Fri, 5/19/2023

Winner 2

Megan Kraft / Emily Stockman (8)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	35	22	3	0.543	5	5	1	0
	1	16	11	0	0.688	2	3	0	0
	2	19	11	3	0.421	3	2	1	0
Sara Hughes	Total	12	6	1	0.417	0	16	1	2
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	6	1	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	10	0	0

Sat, 5/20/2023

Winner 3

Betsi Flint / Julia Scoles (4)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	24	15	1	0.583	3	2	0	1
	1	15	9	1	0.533	2	1	0	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	1	1	0	1
Sara Hughes	Total	26	11	1	0.385	0	19	0	3
	1	12	4	1	0.250	0	11	0	1
	2	14	7	0	0.500	0	8	0	2

Sun, 5/21/2023

Semi-Finals

Terese Cannon / Sarah Sponcil (5)

Won 21-19, 17-21, 23-21

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	51	31	9	0.431	2	5	0	3
	1	15	10	2	0.533	1	0	0	2
	2	15	8	5	0.200	0	1	0	0
	3	21	13	2	0.524	1	4	0	1
Sara Hughes	Total	25	12	4	0.320	0	20	1	2
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	0	0
	2	9	3	2	0.111	0	9	0	1
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	6	1	1

Sun, 5/21/2023

Finals

Betsi Flint / Julia Scoles (4)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	30	16	8	0.267	2	3	0	3
	1	13	7	2	0.385	1	1	0	2
	2	17	9	6	0.176	1	2	0	1
Sara Hughes	Total	12	10	0	0.833	0	9	1	1
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	3	0	0
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	6	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	159	99	22	0.484	16	16	5	9
Sara Hughes	93	49	9	0.430	0	75	5	8

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 18-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Kloth/Nuss 4-1
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	9	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-17, 21-11	0:33
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 # 3 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 # 4 Flint/Scoles 4-0
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	4	21-18, 21-18	0:45
5/20/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	4	21-14, 21-18	0:44
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 # 5 Cannon/Sponcil 2-0
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Cannon/Sponcil	5	21-19, 17-21, 23-21	1:04
4/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	3	Cannon/Sponcil	11	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Harward/Kolinske 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Cheng/Hughes	1	Harward/Kolinske	12	23-21, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Kraft/Stockman 2-0
5/19/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	1	Kraft/Stockman	8	21-14, 21-14	0:34
11/26/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Kraft/Stockman	2	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 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 # 16, Q6 Anderson/Shaw 1-0
5/19/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	1	Anderson/Shaw	16, Q6	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q3 Bauer/Horton 1-0
11/13/22	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Bauer/Horton	9	21-18, 21-7	0:32