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AVP Tour
$60,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Denver Open
Saturday, July 4, 2026

Match #9: Pool E

(5) Megan Rice/Kendra VanZwieten
vs.
(20, Q6) Avery Poppinga/Nicci Yardley

Megan Rice

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 26, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Boca Raton, FL

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Florida
Florida Atlantic

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$56,900.00

Kendra Jackson VanZwieten

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 8, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Height:

5'6"

College(s):

Florida Atlantic

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$130,527.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
AVP	9	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	$10,700.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$300.00
Overall	10	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	US$11,000.00

Previous Denver Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Karolina Marciniak - 9th	Kim DiCello - 13th
2023	Macy Jerger - 9th	Did not play
2024	Macy Jerger - 9th	Did not play
2025	Kendra VanZwieten - 9th	Megan Rice - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/12-14/2026	Virginia Beach Open	1	1st	1891	$4,000.00
AVP	5/22-24/2026	South Florida Open	4	3rd	1706	$1,000.00
AVP	8/14-17/2025	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	23	17th	1540	$1,200.00
AVP	7/9-11/2025	Waupaca Contender Series	9	3rd	1540	$2,700.00
AVP	7/4-6/2025	Denver Contender Series	11	9th	1254	$600.00

Denver Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/4/2026	Pool E	Avery Poppinga / Nicci Yardley (20, Q6)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,200.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	7	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$9,500.00
Total	10	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	$11,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Megan Rice												Kendra VanZwieten
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$6,000.00
10	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	3	$14,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	1	7	0	5	18	3	6	12	$74,340.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	$1,800.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$3,475.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	$11,512.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00	Tour Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$7,075.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$6,725.00	Gold Series
12	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	1	0	$9,325.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,300.00
18	2	0	2	0	5	7	1	0	0	$9,800.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	11	1	0	2	0	2	3	2	0	0	$5,750.00
50	2	1	3	0	8	19	12	1	3	$45,675.00	Total	96	2	1	10	0	11	29	11	9	22	$107,777.50

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	4	2	66.7 %
2025	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$5,700.00	11	10	52.4 %
2026	AVP	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	10	1	90.9 %
Total	AVP	8	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$10,700.00	21	11	65.6 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Megan Rice													Kendra VanZwieten
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2009	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$302.50
											2010	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$525.00
											2011	NVL	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00
											2011	Wide Open	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$1,125.00
											2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00
											2012	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
											2012	Pro Beach	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	$3,625.00
											2013	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	$8,125.00
											2013	NVL	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2014	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$6,150.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	$3,400.00
											2014	NORCECA	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,425.00
											2015	AVP	6	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$5,225.00	2015	NVL
											2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$3,400.00
											2015	NORCECA	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,575.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2016	AVP	6	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$22,850.00
3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2016	NVL
											2016	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	$6,200.00
											2016	NORCECA	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,225.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$10,650.00
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2018	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$9,225.00
											2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,400.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	$9,800.00	2019	AVP
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											2020	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$4,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$8,375.00	2021	AVP
11	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	0	$10,250.00	2022	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$1,700.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	$8,325.00	2023	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	$1,925.00	2024	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
6	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	$2,850.00	2025	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	$2,850.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2026	AVP	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
59	3	1	5	0	12	22	12	1	3	$56,900.00	Total	Total	121	5	6	13	0	16	37	12	10	22	$130,527.50

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	16	88.9%	2	11.1%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	16-8	66.7%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	21-11	65.6%
2025-2026	16	88.9%	2	11.1%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	16-8	66.7%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	21-11	65.6%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	8	4	1	0	7	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	18	8
Total	0	0	4	1	9	5	1	0	9	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	25	13

Avery Poppinga

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 22, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Austin, TX

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Florida State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Pompano Beach 2024)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$3,410.83

Nicci Reinking Yardley

Photo: Han Duong

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 12, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fountain Valley, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (NORCECA Managua 2024)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Denver 2024)

Career Winnings:

$1,848.43

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Denver Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Taylor Nutterfield - 13th	Did not play
2023	Brooke Van Sickle - 25th	Natalie Myszkowski - 19th
2024	Did not play	Heather Friesen - 5th
2025	Megan Gebhard - 19th	Cecilia Agraz - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	Q18	21st	1540	$0.00

Denver Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/3/2026	Qualifier 1	Kelsey Brandin / Arina Gerasimova (Q27)	Won 21-17, 21-17
Fri, 7/3/2026	Qualifier 2	Kenzey McGatlin / Bella Scherfenberg (Q11)	Won 23-21, 21-13
Sat, 7/4/2026	Pool E	Megan Rice / Kendra VanZwieten (5)

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$)
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Avery Poppinga												Nicci Yardley
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
9	0	1	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
											Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	$1,000.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	$1,025.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	1	$250.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	1	$500.00
33	0	1	0	1	2	8	9	2	9	$3,200.00	Total	24	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	2	12	$1,575.00

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
2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Avery Poppinga													Nicci Yardley
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2021	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	$1,000.00	2022	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$700.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$250.00	2023	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	NORCECA
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2024	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$725.00
5	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$900.00	2024	FIVB
											2024	NORCECA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$0.00	2025	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	$950.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2026	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2026	FIVB
33	0	1	0	1	3	8	9	2	9	$3,200.00	Total	Total	24	0	0	1	0	1	3	5	2	12	$1,825.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-0	0	0	3-1	75.0%
2025-2026	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-0	0	0	3-1	75.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		6-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	3-0	100.0%

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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/4/26	AVP	Denver Open	Pool E