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PHOTOS: AVP League’s Aspen debut wraps up with Day 2 at Koch Park

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Austin Colbert
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Molly Shaw, right, of the N.Y. Nitro goes on the attack against Kelly Cheng of the Miami Mayhem during their AVP League match on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Koch Park in Aspen.
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The Association of Volleyball Professionals — AVP — wrapped up its inaugural weekend of Aspen AVP League play on Sunday with a second and final day of pro beach volleyball at Koch Park.

The final records from the eight games played over two days were as follows: Miami Mayhem (3-1), Palm Beach Passion (3-1), Brooklyn Blaze (2-2) and New York Nitro (0-4).

Here are Sunday’s results:

  • 2 p.m. – Women
    • Palm Beach Passion (Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson) def. Brooklyn Blaze (Lexy Denaburg/Julia Donlin), 15-6, 15-10 
  • 3 p.m. – Women
    • Miami Mayhem (Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft) def. New York Nitro (Toni Rodriguez/Molly Shaw), 15-7, 10-15, 15-11 
  • 4 p.m. – Men
    • Palm Beach Passion (Trevor Crabb/Phil Dalhausser) def. Brooklyn Blaze (Derek Bradford/Evan Cory), 15-12. 15-13 
  • 5 p.m. – Men
    • Miami Mayhem (Andy Benesh/Taylor Crabb) def. New York Nitro (Chaim Schalk/James Shaw), 14-16, 15-13, 15-8

Aspen served as the second of eight regular-season stops for the AVP League this season, plus the finale that will be stop No. 9. Up next for the third-year league is a trip to Miami (June 12-13), followed by Las Vegas (June 19-20), Long Beach (July 11-12), New York’s Central Park (July 18-19), East Hampton (July 25-26) and Dallas (Aug. 7-8), plus the season-concluding league championship in Chicago (Sept. 5-6).

For photos and results from Saturday’s play, head to aspentimes.com.


AVP will return to Aspen later this summer — in a slightly different form, at least — via the Mother Lode Volleyball Classic, held in Aspen since 1972. The popular volleyball tournament, now run by the entity LetsGO Volleyball, will feature an AVP Heritage Contenders field, which is a qualifier for the larger AVP League series.

The Mother Lode returns Sept. 2-7 with sand volleyball at Koch Park and grass tournaments at both Rio Grande Park and Wagner Park.

Miami Mayhem’s Megan Kraft gets low in defense against the Nitro during their AVP League match on Sunday at Koch Park in Aspen.
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Palm Beach’s Phil Dalhausser, back, waits in defense as Brooklyn Blaze’s Evan Cory attempts to defend against an attack with teammate Derek Bradford looking on near the net during their AVP League match on Sunday at Koch Park in Aspen.
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Chaim Schalk of the N.Y. Nitro gets defensive with teammate James Shaw looking on against the Miami Mayhem during their AVP League match on Sunday at Koch Park in Aspen.
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Palm Beach’s Melissa Humana-Paredes, left, goes on the attack against Brooklyn’s Julia Donlin in their AVP League match on Sunday at Koch Park in Aspen.
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