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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Atlanta Open
August 4 - 6, 2023

(2) Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss

Taryn Kloth

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sioux Falls, SD

Resides:

Sioux Falls, SD

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Creighton
Louisiana State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$311,975.00

Kristen Nuss

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1997 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

New Orleans, LA

Resides:

Metairie, LA

Height:

5'6"

College(s):

Louisiana State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$312,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	14	6	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	$199,450.00
FIVB	24	5	3	2	2	8	0	4	0	0	0	US$424,500.00
Overall	38	11	4	5	2	12	0	4	0	0	0	US$623,950.00

Previous Atlanta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Kristen Nuss - 1st	Taryn Kloth - 1st
2022	Kristen Nuss - 5th	Taryn Kloth - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	3	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	5	3	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	8	5	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	5/18-21/2023	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	2	3	1990	$6,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	9	1	1200	US$30,000.00
AVP	4/13-16/2023	Pro Series New Orleans Open	4	3	1990	$6,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	13, Q1	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	2	1	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	14, Q2	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	8	5	0	US$20,000.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	3	4	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	11/3-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	3	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	11	5	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	9/23-24/2022	Phoenix Championships	4	1	1891	$15,000.00
AVP	9/2-4/2022	Chicago Open	6	1	2321	$30,000.00
AVP	8/18-21/2022	Manhattan Beach Open	6	5	1891	$9,000.00
AVP	8/5-7/2022	Atlanta Open	4	5	1891	$10,000.00
AVP	7/29-31/2022	Fort Lauderdale Open	4	5	1706	$4,200.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	11	5	760	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	14, Q2	5	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	5/27-29/2022	New Orleans Open	2	2	1990	$8,500.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	20, Q8	1	800	US$10,000.00
AVP	5/6-8/2022	Austin Open	6	1	2095	$14,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	24, Q20	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/30-4/3/2022	Coolangatta Futures	16, Q11	1	400	US$1,000.00
AVP	9/1-5/2021	Chicago Open	9	3	756	$9,000.00
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	9	5	810	$7,750.00
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	14, Q4	1	1050	$20,000.00

Gold Series Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/4/2023

Winner 1

Carly Skjodt / Jaden Whitmarsh (15)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	16	6	3	0.188	4	5	0	2
	1	5	0	1	-0.200	2	3	0	1
	2	11	6	2	0.364	2	2	0	1
Kristen Nuss	Total	37	23	3	0.541	0	13	0	2
	1	19	13	2	0.579	0	5	0	2
	2	18	10	1	0.500	0	8	0	0

Fri, 8/4/2023

Winner 2

Deahna Kraft / Zana Muno (10)

Won 24-22, 21-16

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	25	16	4	0.480	1	7	0	3
	1	14	10	1	0.643	0	4	0	2
	2	11	6	3	0.273	1	3	0	1
Kristen Nuss	Total	46	15	6	0.196	0	26	0	0
	1	22	7	2	0.227	0	13	0	0
	2	24	8	4	0.167	0	13	0	0

Sat, 8/5/2023

Winner 3

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	23	11	2	0.391	3	4	0	3
	1	6	5	1	0.667	1	1	0	1
	2	17	6	1	0.294	2	3	0	2
Kristen Nuss	Total	26	16	4	0.462	0	16	2	2
	1	12	8	3	0.417	0	5	2	1
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	11	0	1

Sun, 8/6/2023

Semi-Finals

Terese Cannon / Sarah Sponcil (4)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	24	17	0	0.708	2	0	1	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	0	0	1	1
	2	15	11	0	0.733	2	0	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	28	17	4	0.464	0	13	0	1
	1	16	10	3	0.438	0	6	0	1
	2	12	7	1	0.500	0	7	0	0

Sun, 8/6/2023

Finals

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Won 21-16, 21-12

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	123	16	2	0.114	4	2	0	0
	1	113	8	1	0.062	2	2	0	0
	2	10	8	1	0.700	2	0	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	27	14	3	0.407	0	15	0	0
	1	13	8	2	0.462	0	7	0	0
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	8	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	211	66	11	0.261	14	18	1	9
Kristen Nuss	164	85	20	0.396	0	83	2	5

Head to Head Results
Kloth/Nuss lead the series against the field 31-13

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cheng/Hughes 1-4
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 5-3
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Finals	Kloth/Nuss	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-16, 21-12	0:47
8/5/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Kloth/Nuss	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-16, 21-17	0:48
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Kloth/Nuss	3	21-15, 14-21, 15-8	0:50
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Kloth/Nuss	8	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:52
5/20/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Kloth/Nuss	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-14	0:41
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	Kloth/Nuss	4	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:00
9/4/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Kloth/Nuss	6	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 17-21, 15-10	1:06
9/2/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	6	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 4 Cannon/Sponcil 7-5
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	2	Cannon/Sponcil	4	21-17, 21-18	0:43
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool C	Kloth/Nuss	3	Cannon/Sponcil	6	21-17, 21-12	0:34
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Cannon/Sponcil	16, Q6	Kloth/Nuss	8	21-17, 22-20	0:36
4/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Winner 1	Kloth/Nuss	9	Cannon/Sponcil	11	21-14, 21-11	0:31
4/14/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	4	Cannon/Sponcil	5	21-18, 21-13	0:44
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool C	Cannon/Sponcil	11	Kloth/Nuss	14, Q2	23-21, 21-18	0:36
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool C	Kloth/Nuss	3	Cannon/Sponcil	6	21-17, 21-19	0:36
9/3/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Cannon/Sponcil	2	Kloth/Nuss	6	21-19, 18-21, 20-18	1:10
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Cannon/Sponcil	1	Kloth/Nuss	4	28-16	0:23
5/22/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	20, Q8	Cannon/Sponcil	7	21-18, 21-18	0:37
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Cannon/Sponcil	3	Kloth/Nuss	6	21-19, 21-17	0:41
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Lucky Loser	Kloth/Nuss	24, Q20	Cannon/Sponcil	7	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 5 Murphy/Quiggle 1-1
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool F	Murphy/Quiggle	22	Kloth/Nuss	11	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
5/27/22	AVP	New Orleans Open	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	2	Murphy/Quiggle	7	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 6 Kraft/Stockman 3-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool B	Kloth/Nuss	2	Kraft/Stockman	14	22-20, 15-21, 15-10	0:51
2/1/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Qualifier 2	Kloth/Nuss	14, Q2	Kraft/Stockman	Q7	22-20, 21-19	0:40
5/29/22	AVP	New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	2	Kraft/Stockman	5	26-24, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Rodriguez/Simo 4-0
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Contender 4	Kloth/Nuss	4	Rodriguez/Simo	12	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:58
3/19/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Gold Medal	Kloth/Nuss	2	Rodriguez/Simo	21, Q14	21-16, 21-13	0:36
2/1/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Qualifier 1	Kloth/Nuss	14, Q2	Rodriguez/Simo	Q15	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	0:47
5/28/22	AVP	New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Kloth/Nuss	2	Rodriguez/Simo	11	14-8 Retired	0:17
Lead the series against # 10 Kraft/Muno 2-0
8/4/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	2	Kraft/Muno	10	24-22, 21-16	0:45
5/19/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	2	Kraft/Muno	10	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Maestrini/Maestrini 4-0
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Kloth/Nuss	6	Maestrini/Maestrini	8	21-16, 21-14	0:40
8/6/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	4	Maestrini/Maestrini	5	21-18, 23-21	0:45
7/29/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	4	Maestrini/Maestrini	5	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
5/7/22	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 3	Kloth/Nuss	6	Maestrini/Maestrini	7	21-17, 25-23	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Bauer/Horton 1-0
4/14/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 1	Kloth/Nuss	4	Bauer/Horton	13, Q1	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:59
Lead the series against # 14 Dickens/Keddy 2-0
8/5/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Kloth/Nuss	4	Dickens/Keddy	13	21-18, 21-14	0:43
7/29/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Kloth/Nuss	4	Dickens/Keddy	13	21-13, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 Skjodt/Whitmarsh 1-0
8/4/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Kloth/Nuss	2	Skjodt/Whitmarsh	15	21-19, 21-16	0:46