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$300,000 AVP Heritage Manhattan Beach Open
Friday, August 14, 2026

Match #28: Winner's Bracket Round 3

(26) Avery Jackson/Sarah Wood
vs.
(2) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft

Avery Jackson

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 29, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dallas, TX

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Denver 2025)

Career Winnings:

$8,375.00

Sarah Wood

Photo: Steven Fitzgerald

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 2008 (18 yrs old)

Home Town:

Glen Mills, PA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Denver 2024)

Career Winnings:

$11,600.00

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Ashley Pater - 13th
2025	Brooke Rockwell - 57th	Aurora Davis - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/3-5/2026	Denver Open	14	3rd	2095	$2,700.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 1	Piper Ferch / Teegan Van Gunst (7)	Won 25-23, 21-18
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 2	Megan Rice / Kendra VanZwieten (23)	Won 22-20, 21-15
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 3	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft (2)

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	$4,300.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
Total	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Avery Jackson												Sarah Wood
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,150.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	$4,700.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,225.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	15	0	1	2	0	4	6	1	1	0	$6,750.00
5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$8,375.00	Total	27	0	2	3	0	5	8	2	4	2	$11,600.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Avery Jackson													Sarah Wood
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$0.00
											2023	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$1,050.00
											2024	AVP	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	$4,375.00
											2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
											2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,875.00	2025	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	$2,525.00
											2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2026	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,350.00
											2026	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$6,225.00	Total	Total	27	0	2	3	1	5	8	2	4	2	$9,450.00

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	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	3-0	100.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
2025-2026	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	3-0	100.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1

Kelly Claes Cheng

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$730,700.00

Megan Kraft

Photo: Rick Atwood

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$272,888.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,300.00
FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$75,600.00
Overall	8	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$86,900.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Sara Hughes - 33rd	Did not play
2015	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
2017	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Did not play
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 2nd	Did not play
2021	Sarah Marmelstein - 3rd	Tina Graudina - 9th
2022	Betsi Flint - 2nd	Emily Stockman - 5th
2023	Did not play	Emily Stockman - 3rd
2024	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Terese Cannon - 5th
2025	Molly Shaw - 5th	Terese Cannon - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	6	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	15	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	2	3rd	2572	$7,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 1	Harper Cooper / Alexa Fernandez (31, Q16)	Won 21-15, 21-12
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 2	Ella Connor / Marine Kinna (18)	Won 19-21, 21-10, 15-13
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 3	Avery Jackson / Sarah Wood (26)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$75,600.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,300.00
Total	8	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$86,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Megan Kraft
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
43	5	2	3	6	8	14	2	0	3	$247,800.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	5	4	1	5	8	5	0	0	$136,800.00
44	3	7	7	1	14	7	2	1	2	$163,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	1	3	$23,325.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,520.00
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	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	$20,000.00	Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00	Tour Championships
6	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,550.00	Gold Series	5	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$18,900.00
13	3	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	$60,900.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	10	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	$39,850.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
133	15	13	28	7	27	28	7	1	6	$713,275.00	Total	69	3	8	7	4	17	19	6	1	3	$271,270.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
2026	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$75,600.00	26	7	78.8 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$75,600.00	26	7	78.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Megan Kraft
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2014	NORCECA
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2015	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00	2015	NORCECA
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2016	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2016	NORCECA
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$18,950.00	2017	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2017	Other
6	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,250.00	2018	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,700.00	2019	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$4,200.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	2020	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00	2021	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,375.00
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$320.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,050.00	2022	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,100.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	12	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	$26,375.00
4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	2023	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$13,400.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	$14,250.00
											2023	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00	2024	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$12,100.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$67,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2025	AVP	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	$58,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2026	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
6	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$37,800.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$37,800.00
139	18	14	31	7	27	28	7	1	6	$728,550.00	Total	Total	69	4	8	7	4	17	19	6	1	3	$270,120.00

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%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3-1	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
2025-2026	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3-1	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-0	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	6	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	26	7
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
Total	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	11	3	1	3	2	0	0	1	31	8

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 3