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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP Heritage Laguna Beach Open
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Match #7: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(7) Megan J. Rice/Abby Van Winkle
vs.
(10) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes

Megan J. Rice

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara
Loyola Marymount

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$46,925.00

Abby Van Winkle

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 13, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Clemente, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$72,800.00

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	$2,000.00

Previous Laguna Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Brook Bauer - 2nd	Molly Shaw - 5th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Laguna Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/19/2026	Winner 1	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes (10)

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	$2,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Megan J. Rice												Abby Van Winkle
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	0	1	1	0	0	$4,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	0	$11,200.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$4,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	2	2	$22,375.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$325.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$8,400.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,475.00
11	0	1	0	0	4	2	3	0	0	$24,100.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	9	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$20,375.00
5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$3,250.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	14	3	1	4	0	1	5	0	0	0	$14,800.00
24	0	3	0	2	5	7	5	1	0	$44,925.00	Total	55	3	1	5	1	7	17	10	7	3	$71,550.00

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

Megan J. Rice													Abby Van Winkle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2019	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,325.00
											2021	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
											2022	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$1,525.00
9	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	$13,850.00	2023	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$2,950.00
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,350.00	2024	AVP	6	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$15,750.00
											2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	$2,500.00
											2024	NORCECA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$7,050.00	2025	AVP	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,025.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,325.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	$13,500.00
3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2025	NORCECA
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2026	AVP	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$9,400.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,850.00	2026	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	$16,575.00
26	2	3	0	3	5	7	5	1	0	$45,925.00	Total	Total	57	4	1	6	1	7	17	10	7	4	$71,800.00

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

Ally Batenhorst

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Nebraska
Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Huntington Beach 2026)

Career Winnings:

$28,525.00

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$611,069.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$7,850.00
FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	US$49,200.00
Overall	11	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	US$57,050.00

Previous Laguna Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/13-16/2026	Manhattan Beach Open	11	25th	1390	$650.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	8	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	17, Q1	9th	600	US$6,200.00
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	11	5th	2321	$5,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

Laguna Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/19/2026	Winner 1	Megan J. Rice / Abby Van Winkle (7)

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	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$31,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$7,850.00
Total	11	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	$57,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ally Batenhorst												Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$15,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	3	1	1	2	9	12	3	0	2	$159,600.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	4	2	10	1	8	10	6	2	6	$135,575.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	$15,875.00
											Tour Championships	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,375.00
											Gold Series	6	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$49,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,925.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	11	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	$42,025.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
11	0	0	2	0	2	3	2	1	0	$28,525.00	Total	129	17	4	25	4	26	29	10	4	9	$582,770.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,850.00	2	4	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$44,200.00	17	15	53.1 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,850.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$49,200.00	18	17	51.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ally Batenhorst													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											2014	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	NORCECA	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
											2015	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2015	NORCECA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00
											2016	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2016	NORCECA	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2017	AVP	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$18,950.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
											2017	Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
											2018	AVP	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,875.00
											2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
											2019	AVP	6	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	$25,750.00
											2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
											2020	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
											2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$9,875.00
											2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
											2022	AVP	8	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,850.00
											2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
											2023	AVP	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00
											2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
											2024	AVP	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,925.00	2026	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,925.00
7	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	$22,100.00	2026	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	$22,100.00
10	0	0	2	0	2	3	2	1	0	$27,525.00	Total	Total	140	21	7	27	4	27	29	11	5	9	$604,920.00

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

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	7	11	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	3
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	2	0	9	12	0	0	7	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	20	21

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
9/19/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Winner 1