AVP Tour
$75,000 AVP Heritage Huntington Beach Open
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Match #27: Semi-Finals

(1) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans
def.
(3) Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse
21-19, 21-19 (0:45)

Chase Budinger
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 22, 1988 (38 yrs old)
Home Town: Encinitas, CA
Height: 6'7"
College(s): Arizona
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 110
Career Wins: 6
Career AVP Wins: 4
Career Winnings: $318,575.00
Miles Evans
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 12, 1989 (36 yrs old)
Home Town: Santa Barbara, CA
Height: 6'4"
College(s): Santa Barbara
Seasons: 15
Tournaments: 133
Career Wins: 7
Career AVP Wins: 2
Career Winnings: $248,532.20

Ahmed Tijan
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 28, 1995 (31 yrs old)
Home Town: Banjul, Gambia
Height: 6'2"
Seasons: 12
Tournaments: 93
Career Wins: 8
Career AVP Best: 3rd (Huntington Beach 2026)
Career Winnings: $391,600.00
Cherif Younousse Samba
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 22, 1995 (31 yrs old)
Home Town: Dakar, Senegal
Height: 6'5"
Seasons: 13
Tournaments: 99
Career Wins: 9
Career AVP Best: 3rd (Huntington Beach 2026)
Career Winnings: $419,400.00

1 2 3
(1) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans 21 21 0
(3) Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse 19 19 0

Stats
Game 1
Statistics Chase Budinger Miles Evans Ahmed Tijan Cherif Younousse
ATTACK
Attacks 11 14 14 5
Kills 7 7 6 4
Errors 2 3 4 1
Hitting Pct 0.455 0.286 0.143 0.600
SERVE
Aces 1 0 0 0
Errors 2 2 0 1
DEFENSE
Blocks 2 0 0 3
Digs 1 3 4 0
Game 2
Statistics Chase Budinger Miles Evans Ahmed Tijan Cherif Younousse
ATTACK
Attacks 13 15 14 11
Kills 7 6 5 5
Errors 3 2 3 0
Hitting Pct 0.308 0.267 0.143 0.455
SERVE
Aces 0 3 0 2
Errors 0 2 0 2
DEFENSE
Blocks 2 0 0 2
Digs 3 7 6 0
Match Total
Statistics Chase Budinger Miles Evans Ahmed Tijan Cherif Younousse
ATTACK
Attacks 24 29 28 16
Kills 14 13 11 9
Errors 5 5 7 1
Hitting Pct 0.375 0.276 0.143 0.500
SERVE
Aces 1 3 0 2
Errors 2 4 0 3
DEFENSE
Blocks 4 0 0 5
Digs 4 10 10 0