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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Heritage Manhattan Beach Open
Friday, August 14, 2026 Court #4 8:00 AM

Match #3: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(9) Miles Evans/Alex Ranghieri
vs.
(24, Q1) Brian Miller/Christopher Shaffer

Miles Evans

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

135

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$249,982.20

Alex Ranghieri

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pordenone

Height:

6'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

138

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

$345,589.59

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
Pro Beach 2011	Morgan Mainz - 49th	Did not play
Pro Beach 2012	Shane Cervantes - 33rd	Did not play
2019	Ryan Doherty - 7th	Did not play
2021	Piotr Marciniak - 9th	Did not play
2022	Andy Benesh - 3rd	Did not play
2023	Chase Budinger - 5th	Did not play
2024	Chase Budinger - 3rd	Did not play
2025	Chase Budinger - 1st	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 1	Brian Miller / Christopher Shaffer (24, Q1)

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	0	$650.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Miles Evans												Alex Ranghieri
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$16,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,500.00
22	0	0	0	1	4	7	6	1	3	$42,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	0	4	3	6	14	14	7	8	$194,300.00
54	1	3	1	3	9	11	15	1	10	$83,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	3	1	1	3	10	13	5	1	10	$80,750.00
17	1	4	1	0	1	6	3	1	0	$12,045.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	3	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	$9,425.00
											Confederation Championship	7	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$12,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,075.00	Manhattan Beach
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Tour Championships
6	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$33,200.00	Gold Series
12	1	3	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$49,475.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$325.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,750.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
121	4	11	6	4	20	32	27	3	13	$239,395.00	Total	134	4	5	5	7	21	36	25	11	19	$331,950.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Miles Evans													Alex Ranghieri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	Pro Beach
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	Wide Open
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	Pro Beach
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$23,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	NVL
											2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	$27,000.00
											2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2015	AVP
											2015	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	$45,500.00
											2015	CEV	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	PAN AM
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$375.00	2015	NORCECA
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,600.00	2016	AVP
											2016	FIVB	17	2	0	0	3	5	6	1	0	0	$72,000.00
3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$1,275.00	2016	NORCECA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	AVP
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,625.00	2017	NVL
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$15,500.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2017	NORCECA
											2017	Other	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00
15	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	0	5	$10,695.00	2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$11,500.00
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$14,150.00	2019	AVP
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$8,250.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	$9,150.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2019	NORCECA
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2020	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$550.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$6,075.00	2021	AVP
8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$1,250.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	$4,250.00
8	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	$19,150.00	2022	AVP
7	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	$8,200.00	2022	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	$40,500.00
											2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
6	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$30,450.00	2023	AVP
13	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,125.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	5	0	0	0	$42,750.00
											2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	2024	AVP
12	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	0	$24,500.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$5,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2024	NORCECA
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	2025	AVP
13	0	1	0	1	3	4	3	1	0	$34,500.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	$14,725.00
											2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2026	AVP
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,725.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$7,400.00
134	7	12	8	7	21	33	28	3	15	$249,095.00	Total	Total	137	5	5	5	7	23	37	25	11	19	$336,000.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Brian Miller

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 26, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mercer Island, WA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Washington State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (AVP Virginia Beach 2024)

Career Winnings:

$19,675.00

Christopher Shaffer

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thousand Oaks, CA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NORCECA Madero 2025)

Career AVP Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$1,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Brett Ryan - 17th	Christopher Griebenow - 89th
2018	Orlando Irizarry - 33rd	Did not play
2019	Christian Honer - 17th	Todd Travis - 41st
2021	Kyle Friend - 29th	Did not play
2022	Raffe Paulis - 7th	Earl Schultz - 41st
2023	Did not play	Owen Karlenzig - 33rd
2024	Wyatt Harrison - 13th	Alexander Biz - 57th
2025	Seain Cook - 13th	Skyler Kaufman - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/12-14/2025	Laguna Beach Contender Series	9	9th	1254	$850.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Jacob Ray / Dylan Zacca (Q64)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-9
Thu, 8/13/2026	Qualifier 3	Jonathan Low / Brendan Schmidt (Q33)	Won 21-17, 21-19
Thu, 8/13/2026	Qualifier 4	Kyle Baily / Soren Sotoodeh (Q17)	Won 22-20, 21-16
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 1	Miles Evans / Alex Ranghieri (9)

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	0	$650.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Brian Miller												Christopher Shaffer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
17	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1	6	$1,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$1,050.00	Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,200.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	0	0	$11,300.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$325.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$2,325.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	$425.00
43	0	0	1	0	4	11	17	1	8	$19,675.00	Total	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	16	$750.00

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	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Brian Miller													Christopher Shaffer
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$700.00	2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$0.00	2018	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$2,150.00	2019	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2021	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$4,650.00	2022	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$2,750.00	2023	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	$6,025.00	2024	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,075.00	2025	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$425.00
											2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	NORCECA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2026	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$0.00
											2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2026	NORCECA
44	0	0	1	0	5	12	17	1	8	$19,350.00	Total	Total	27	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	2	16	$925.00

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%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	3-2	60.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
2025-2026	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	3-2	60.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-1	75.0%

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1