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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 3, 2023

(1) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Kristen Nuss - 3rd	Taryn Kloth - 3rd
2022	Kristen Nuss - 1st	Taryn Kloth - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	3	2	1100	US$20,000.00
AVP	8/4-6/2023	Gold Series Atlanta Open	2	1	2572	$30,000.00
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

Gold Series Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 1

Katie Horton / Devon Newberry (16)

Won 21-12, 21-17

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	22	9	3	0.273	5	0	1	1
	1	8	3	1	0.250	2	0	1	0
	2	14	6	2	0.286	3	0	0	1
Kristen Nuss	Total	23	18	1	0.739	0	16	1	3
	1	13	11	1	0.769	0	9	0	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	7	1	2

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 2

Hailey Harward / Kelley Kolinske (8)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	15	11	0	0.733	2	0	4	4
	1	3	3	0	1.000	1	0	2	1
	2	12	8	0	0.667	1	0	2	3
Kristen Nuss	Total	23	16	1	0.652	0	11	1	2
	1	17	10	1	0.529	0	6	1	2
	2	6	6	0	1.000	0	5	0	0

Sat, 9/2/2023

Winner 3

Betsi Flint / Julia Scoles (4)

Lost 21-15, 19-21, 10-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	16	11	0	0.688	1	3	0	3
	1	8	5	0	0.625	1	1	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	2	0	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
Kristen Nuss	Total	37	20	6	0.378	0	9	0	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	6	0	0
	2	17	9	1	0.471	0	1	0	1
	3	12	5	4	0.083	0	2	0	0

Sun, 9/3/2023

Contender 4

Brook Bauer / Tina Graudina (6)

Won 21-11, 21-19

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	14	11	1	0.714	5	0	0	0
	1	5	4	0	0.800	1	0	0	0
	2	9	7	1	0.667	4	0	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	24	16	2	0.583	0	14	1	2
	1	14	10	1	0.643	0	8	1	2
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	6	0	0

Sun, 9/3/2023

Semi-Finals

Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes (2)

Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-12

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	22	15	2	0.591	4	3	2	4
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	1	1	1
	2	13	10	1	0.692	2	2	1	2
	3	1	0	1	-1.000	2	0	0	1
Kristen Nuss	Total	47	20	4	0.340	0	19	2	3
	1	19	7	2	0.263	0	7	1	1
	2	16	6	1	0.313	0	9	0	2
	3	12	7	1	0.500	0	3	1	0

Sun, 9/3/2023

Finals

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Won 21-14, 15-21, 15-8

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	Total	24	13	1	0.500	4	2	4	5
	1	6	4	0	0.667	1	1	2	0
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	1	2	3
	3	7	4	0	0.571	2	0	0	2
Kristen Nuss	Total	33	17	7	0.303	0	19	0	0
	1	13	6	4	0.154	0	7	0	0
	2	14	5	3	0.143	0	9	0	0
	3	6	6	0	1.000	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Kloth	113	70	7	0.558	21	8	11	17
Kristen Nuss	187	107	21	0.460	0	88	5	11

Head to Head Results
Kloth/Nuss lead the series against the field 14-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cheng/Hughes 2-4
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	1	Cheng/Hughes	2	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
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 6-3
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Finals	Kloth/Nuss	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-14, 15-21, 15-8	1:17
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
Series tied with # 4 Flint/Scoles 2-2
9/2/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 3	Flint/Scoles	4	Kloth/Nuss	1	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool C	Kloth/Nuss	3	Flint/Scoles	14, Q6	21-8, 21-18	0:31
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Flint/Scoles	4	Kloth/Nuss	2	23-25, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
4/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool A	Kloth/Nuss	9	Flint/Scoles	8	21-13, 21-12	0:30
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 Bauer/Graudina 1-0
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Contender 4	Kloth/Nuss	1	Bauer/Graudina	6	21-11, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Harward/Kolinske 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	1	Harward/Kolinske	8	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Horton/Newberry 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 1	Kloth/Nuss	1	Horton/Newberry	16	21-12, 21-17	0:38