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AVP Tour
$150,000 Huntington Beach Heritage Series
Friday, May 9, 2025

Match #45: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(14, Q7) Maya Gessner/Jacinda Ramirez
vs.
(Q26) Makenzie Griffin/Jade Race

Maya Gessner

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 27, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Jolla, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

California-Berkeley

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Coolangatta 2024)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Denver 2024)

Career Winnings:

$4,395.28

Jacinda Ramirez

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 21, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Los Alamitos, CA

Height:

5'9"

College(s):

Loyola Marymount

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (AVP Denver 2024)

Career Winnings:

$3,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	$7,750.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Kylin Loker - 29th	Cecilia Agraz - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/15-18/2024	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	28	9th	1891	$4,300.00
AVP	8/2-4/2024	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Q4	25th	832	$0.00
AVP	7/10-12/2024	Waupaca Contender Series	12, Q1	9th	1254	$400.00
AVP	7/5-7/2024	Denver Contender Series	20, Q6	5th	1390	$800.00

Huntington Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/9/2025

Qualifier 2

Makenzie Griffin / Jade Race (Q26)

Won 21-17, 21-8

Fri, 5/9/2025

Qualifier 3

Grace Seits / Kahlee York (Q23)

Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-12

Fri, 5/9/2025

Qualifier 4

Deahna Kraft / Molly Phillips (Q2)

Won 16-21, 21-11, 15-10

Sat, 5/10/2025

Winner 1

Terese Cannon / Megan Kraft (3)

Lost 11-21, 17-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maya Gessner	Total	16	8	2	0.375	0	0	2	3
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	0	0	2
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	0	2	1
Jacinda Ramirez	Total	23	11	5	0.261	0	10	0	1
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	1	0	1
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	9	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maya Gessner	16	8	2	0.375	0	0	2	3
Jacinda Ramirez	23	11	5	0.261	0	10	0	1

Makenzie Griffin

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1998 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jourdanton, TX

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Texas Lutheran
Angelo State
Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (AVP Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$0.00

Jade Race

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 24, 1993 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Milwaukee, WI

Height:

5'4"

College(s):

Wisconsin

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA San Salvador 2024)

Career AVP Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$2,673.43

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Violeta Slabakova - 17th	Did not play
2023	Skyler Germann - 29th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Huntington Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/9/2025	Qualifier 1	Andrea Nucete-Elliott / Agnieszka Pregowska (Q39)	Won 17-21, 21-13, 15-12
Fri, 5/9/2025	Qualifier 2	Maya Gessner / Jacinda Ramirez (14, Q7)	Lost 17-21, 8-21

Head to Head Results
Gessner/Ramirez lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/9/25	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 2	Gessner/Ramirez	14, Q7	Griffin/Race	Q26	21-17, 21-8