2016 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour

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2016 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour
League Association of Volleyball Professionals
Sport Beach volleyball
DurationApril 14 –September 4, 2016
TV partner(s) NBC
NBCSN
Seasons

The 2016 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour was a domestic professional beach volleyball circuit organized in the United States by the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) for the 2016 beach volleyball season.

Beach volleyball team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net

Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net. As in indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent. A team is allowed up to three touches to return the ball across the net, and individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively except after making a block touch. The ball is put in play with a serve—a hit by the server from behind the rear court boundary over the net to the opponents. The rally continues until the ball is grounded on the playing court, goes "out", or a fault is made in the attempt to return the ball. The team that wins the rally scores a point and serves to start the following rally. The four players serve in the same sequence throughout the match, changing server each time a rally is won by the receiving team.

Association of Volleyball Professionals sports league

The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) is the biggest and longest-running professional beach volleyball tour in the United States. Founded in 1983, the AVP is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The AVP operates as a 3-tiered development system with AVPFirst, a youth program; AVPNext, a developmental circuit; and the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour itself.

Contents

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar, with team progression documented from the semifinals stage. All tournaments consisted of single-elimination qualifying rounds followed by a double-elimination main draw.

Single-elimination tournament knock-out sports competition

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European football or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often called playoffs.

Double-elimination tournament

A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimination tournament, in which only one defeat results in elimination.

Men

Tournament [1] ChampionsRunners-upSemifinalist #1Semifinalist #2
New Orleans Open [2]
New Orleans, Louisiana
US$75,000
April 14–17		Flag of the United States.svg  Ryan Doherty  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg John Mayer (USA)
21-17, 15-8 (1:09)		Flag of the United States.svg  Jake Gibb  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Casey Patterson  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Mark Burik (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Russ Marchewka (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Crabb (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Crabb (USA)
Huntington Beach Open [3]
Huntington Beach, California
US$75,000
May 5–8		Flag of the United States.svg  Jake Gibb  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Casey Patterson  (USA)
21-19, 23-21 (0:49)		Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Crabb (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Crabb (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Billy Allen (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Theo Brunner  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Ryan Doherty  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg John Mayer (USA)
Seattle Open [4]
Seattle, Washington
US$75,000
June 2–5		Flag of the United States.svg Billy Allen (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Theo Brunner  (USA)
21-19, 19-21, 15-12 (1:15)		Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Crabb (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Crabb (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Jake Gibb  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Casey Patterson  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Avery Drost (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Gregg Weaver (USA)
New York City Open [5]
New York City, New York
US$75,000
June 16–19		Flag of the United States.svg  Phil Dalhausser  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Nick Lucena  (USA)
21-19, 21-12 (0:50)		Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Casebeer (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Sean Rosenthal  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Avery Drost (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Gregg Weaver (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Crabb (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Crabb (USA)
San Francisco Open [6]
San Francisco, California
US$75,000
June 23–26		Flag of the United States.svg  Jake Gibb  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Casey Patterson  (USA)
18-21, 21-15, 15-10 (0:54)		Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Crabb (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Crabb (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Ty Loomis  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Marty Lorenz (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg John Mayer (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Stafford Slick (USA)
Manhattan Beach Open [7]
Manhattan Beach, California
US$100,000
July 14–17		Flag of the United States.svg  Jake Gibb  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Casey Patterson  (USA)
17-21, 21-18, 16-14 (1:07)		Flag of the United States.svg  Tri Bourne  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  John Hyden  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Phil Dalhausser  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Nick Lucena  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Crabb (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Crabb (USA)
AVP Championships [8]
Chicago, Illinois
US$100,000
September 1–4		Flag of the United States.svg  Phil Dalhausser  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Nick Lucena  (USA)
21-13, 21-7 (0:49)		Flag of the United States.svg  Tri Bourne  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  John Hyden  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Crabb (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Crabb (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Ryan Doherty  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg John Mayer (USA)

Women

Tournament [1] ChampionsRunners-upSemifinalist #1Semifinalist #2
New Orleans Open [9]
New Orleans, Louisiana
US$75,000
April 14–17		Flag of the United States.svg Kim DiCello (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Kendra VanZwieten (USA)
21-19, 19-21, 15-13 (1:00)		Flag of the United States.svg Angela Bensend (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Geena Urango (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Jenny Kropp  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Misty May-Treanor  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Dowdy (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Emily Stockman (USA)
Huntington Beach Open [10]
Huntington Beach, California
US$75,000
May 5–8		Flag of the United States.svg  April Ross  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kerri Walsh Jennings  (USA)
21-13, 21-16 (0:55)		Flag of the United States.svg Angela Bensend (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Geena Urango (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Lane Carico (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Summer Ross  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Kim DiCello (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Kendra VanZwieten (USA)
Seattle Open [11]
Seattle, Washington
US$75,000
June 2–5		Flag of the United States.svg Lane Carico (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Summer Ross  (USA)
21-17, 21-17 (0:51)		Flag of the United States.svg  Jennifer Fopma  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Brittany Hochevar  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Angela Bensend (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Geena Urango (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Kim DiCello (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Kendra VanZwieten (USA)
New York City Open [12]
New York City, New York
US$75,000
June 16–19		Flag of the United States.svg  April Ross  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kerri Walsh Jennings  (USA)
21-16, 21-18 (0:55)		Flag of the United States.svg Lane Carico (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Summer Ross  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Claes (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Sara Hughes  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Jennifer Fopma  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Brittany Hochevar  (USA)
San Francisco Open [13]
San Francisco, California
US$75,000
June 23–26		Flag of the United States.svg  April Ross  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kerri Walsh Jennings  (USA)
21-17, 21-13 (0:53)		Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Claes (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Sara Hughes  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Lane Carico (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Summer Ross  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Emily Day  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Brittany Hochevar  (USA)
Manhattan Beach Open [14]
Manhattan Beach, California
US$100,000
July 14–17		Flag of the United States.svg  Emily Day  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Brittany Hochevar  (USA)
21-16, 19-21, 19-17 (1:11)		Flag of the United States.svg Lane Carico (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Summer Ross  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Kim DiCello (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Kendra VanZwieten (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  Lauren Fendrick  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Brooke Sweat  (USA)
AVP Championships [15]
Chicago, Illinois
US$100,000
September 1–4		Flag of the United States.svg  Lauren Fendrick  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Brooke Sweat  (USA)
14-21, 21-10, 19-17 (1:08)		Flag of the United States.svg Betsi Flint (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Kelley Larsen (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Ali McColloch (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Geena Urango (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg Lane Carico (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Summer Ross  (USA)

Milestones and events

New Orleans Open
Ryan Doherty American beach volleyball player

Ryan Daniel Doherty is an American professional beach volleyball player.

AVP Championships

Statistics leaders

Men's statistical leaders

Women's statistical leaders

Points distribution

Finish [19] US$150,000
tournaments		US$200,000
tournaments
17501050
2640896
3540756
5450630
7370518
9300420
13240336
15210294
17190266
19170238
21150210
25120168
-1100140
-282114
-36692
-45272

Awards

The season's top performers were chosen based on statistics, player votes and AVP national ranking points earned during the year. [20]

Phil Dalhausser at the AVP Austin Open 2017.jpg
April Ross at the AVP Austin Open 2017 (2).jpg
On the men's side, Phil Dalhausser was named Best Blocker and Best Offensive Player. On the women's side, April Ross was named Most Valuable Player, Best Server and Team of the Year (with Kerri Walsh Jennings).
Award [21] MenWomen
Best BlockerFlag of the United States.svg  Phil Dalhausser  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Lauren Fendrick  (USA)
Best ServerFlag of the United States.svg Jeremy Casebeer (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  April Ross  (USA)
Best DefenderFlag of the United States.svg  Taylor Crabb  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Brooke Sweat  (USA)
Best Offensive PlayerFlag of the United States.svg  Phil Dalhausser  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg Whitney Pavlik (USA)
Most Improved PlayerN/AFlag of the United States.svg Geena Urango (USA)
Newcomer of the YearFlag of the United States.svg Chase Frishman (USA)Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Reeves (USA)
Most Valuable PlayerN/AFlag of the United States.svg  April Ross  (USA)
Team of the YearFlag of the United States.svg  Jake Gibb  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Casey Patterson  (USA)		Flag of the United States.svg  April Ross  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kerri Walsh Jennings  (USA)

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