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AVP Tour
$60,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Santa Barbara Open
October 2 - 4, 2026

(15) Emily Sparks/Nicci Yardley

Emily Sparks

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Personal Info

Home Town:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Cal State-Northridge
Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (AVP Aspen 2026)

Career Winnings:

$0.00

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	41	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$0.00

Previous Santa Barbara Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/4-7/2026	Mother Lode	13, Q1	9th	1390	$0.00
AVP	8/13-16/2026	Manhattan Beach Open	Q17	41st	922	$0.00

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/3/2026	Pool B	Mallory LaBreche / Cora Loomer (18)	Won 12-21, 21-13, 15-10
Sat, 10/3/2026	Pool B	Alexis Durish / Audrey Koenig (2)	Lost 15-21, 16-21
Sat, 10/3/2026	Winner 1	Eleonore Johansen / Daniella Kensinger (11)	Lost 11-21, 27-29

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Emily Sparks												Nicci Yardley
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											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
											Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	$1,025.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	2	1	$500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$0.00	Total	29	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	3	13	$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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Emily Sparks													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
											2022	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$700.00
											2023	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$100.00
											2024	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$725.00
											2024	NORCECA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											2025	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$0.00
											2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$50.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$0.00	2026	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$0.00	Total	Total	30	0	0	1	0	1	4	8	3	13	$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	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
2025-2026	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5

Head to Head Results
Sparks/Yardley trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Durish/Koenig 0-1
10/3/26	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Pool B	Durish/Koenig	2	Sparks/Yardley	15	21-15, 21-16
Trail the series against # 11 Johansen/Kensinger 0-1
10/3/26	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Johansen/Kensinger	11	Sparks/Yardley	15	21-11, 29-27
Lead the series against # 18 LaBreche/Loomer 1-0
10/3/26	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Pool B	Sparks/Yardley	15	LaBreche/Loomer	18	12-21, 21-13, 15-10