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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Saturday, November 15, 2025 Court #2 15:00

Match #37: Pool G

(7) Kelly Cheng/Molly Shaw, United States
vs.
(31) Monika Paulikiene/Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$458,625.00

Molly Turner Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Naperville, IL

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$80,762.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	US$123,000.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	9	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	6	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	8	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	6	4th	900	US$12,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Stefanie Fejes / Jasmine Fleming, Australia (42)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (31)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:29
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool G	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (18)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:31
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (14)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:36
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Martina Maixnerova / Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czech Republic (46)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:25
Fri, 11/21/2025	Winner 3	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (5)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:34

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Sarah Marmelstein - 9th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Betsi Flint - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Sara Hughes - 1st	Did not play
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Molly Shaw - 5th	Kelly Cheng - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	5th	960	US$18,000.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00
Total	9	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$123,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Molly Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals
37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	$17,000.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
82	10	4	4	7	21	23	7	1	0	$458,625.00	Total	24	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	3	0	$80,200.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2025	FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$123,000.00	31	15	67.4 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$123,000.00	31	15	67.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Molly Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,350.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00
82	10	4	4	7	21	23	7	1	5	$458,625.00	Total	Total	24	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	3	2	$80,200.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	18	69.2%	6	23.1%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	7	35.0%	2	10.0%	11	55.0%	7-13	35.0%	18-11	62.1%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	31-15	67.4%
2024-2025	18	69.2%	6	23.1%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	7	35.0%	2	10.0%	11	55.0%	7-13	35.0%	18-11	62.1%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	31-15	67.4%
Against the Field	11	57.9%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	6	33.3%	2	11.1%	10	55.6%	6-12	33.3%	22-20	52.4%	24-8	75.0%	0	0	23-14	62.2%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	14	3	0	0	11	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	27	13
Total	0	0	0	0	16	4	0	0	13	5	1	3	0	3	1	0	31	15

Monika Povilaityte Paulikiene
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 30, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tytuvenai

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Klaipeda 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$87,765.35

Aine Raupelyte
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vilnius

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$70,640.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	47	0	0	2	4	4	0	9	7	7	3	2	7	1	1	US$139,932.25

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	5	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	18, Q4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	27, Q6	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	24	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	15	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	10	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	5	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	1	4th	680	US$6,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (18)	Lost 21-12, 19-21, 12-15	0:47
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Kelly Cheng / Molly Shaw, United States (7)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:29
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool G	Stefanie Fejes / Jasmine Fleming, Australia (42)	Lost 24-26, 21-15, 10-15	0:52

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Ieva Dumbauskaite - 37th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Aine Raupelyte - 17th	Monika Paulikiene - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Aine Raupelyte - 37th	Monika Paulikiene - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	26	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	37th	160	US$3,400.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	9	3	0	$60,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	1	4	3	0	7	0	1	4	0	$69,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	47	0	0	2	4	4	0	9	7	12	7	1	$139,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Monika Paulikiene												Aine Raupelyte
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$6,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,200.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	9	9	3	0	$30,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	1	9	9	3	0	$30,000.00
35	0	0	1	4	3	10	4	10	0	$44,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	1	4	3	7	2	4	0	$35,000.00
7	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	$300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
81	2	1	4	5	6	23	15	13	1	$87,250.00	Total	53	0	0	2	4	4	17	17	7	1	$70,500.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	4	0	1	$34,000.00	25	23	52.1 %
2024	FIVB	17	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	4	5	1	0	$59,250.00	31	34	47.7 %
2025	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	2	6	1	$43,650.00	15	27	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	46	0	0	2	4	4	0	9	7	11	7	2	$137,400.00	75	85	46.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monika Paulikiene													Aine Raupelyte
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,600.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2016	FIVB
4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	$4,700.00	2017	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$3,050.00	2018	FIVB
7	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	$3,600.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	$800.00
13	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	1	$17,000.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	1	$17,000.00
17	0	0	1	2	2	6	5	1	0	$29,625.00	2024	FIVB	17	0	0	1	2	2	6	5	1	0	$29,625.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	6	1	$21,825.00	2025	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	6	1	$21,825.00
80	2	1	4	5	6	23	14	13	12	$86,000.00	Total	Total	52	0	0	2	4	4	17	16	7	2	$69,250.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	42	65.6%	11	17.2%	11	17.2%	53-11	82.8%	18	19.1%	27	28.7%	49	52.1%	18-76	19.1%	42-49	46.2%	29-38	43.3%	4	0	75-87	46.3%
2024-2025	29	67.4%	5	11.6%	9	20.9%	34-9	79.1%	10	15.6%	19	29.7%	35	54.7%	10-54	15.6%	29-35	45.3%	15-28	34.9%	2	0	46-63	42.2%
Against the Field	8	53.3%	1	6.7%	6	40.0%	9-6	60.0%	2	5.9%	9	26.5%	23	67.6%	2-32	5.9%	16-44	26.7%	6-30	16.7%	1	0	12-37	24.5%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	10	8	22	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	2	21	17	2	0	13	11	0	5	1	4	0	0	46	39
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	22	12	32	47	3	0	16	18	0	6	2	4	0	0	75	87

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Shaw lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Cheng/Shaw	7	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	31	21-17, 21-13	0:29