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National Volleyball League
$50,000 NVL Midwest Championships
July 10 - 12, 2014

(4) Matthew O'Sullivan/Jeff Samuels

Matthew O'Sullivan

Photo: Seth Poch

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 5, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$3,425.00

Jeff Samuels, II

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Blanc, MI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Michigan State
Davenport

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career NVL Best:

2nd (Madeira Beach 2015)

Career Winnings:

$34,975.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
NVL	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	$6,650.00

Previous Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Jeff Samuels - 7th	Matthew O'Sullivan - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NVL	6/12-14/2014	NVL Atlanta Championships	4	5th	700	$850.00
NVL	5/22-24/2014	NVL Texas Championships	6	7th	600	$300.00
NVL	8/16-18/2013	West Coast Championships	4	25th	64	$0.00
NVL	7/20-21/2013	Midwest Championships and Junior Festival	12	7th	320	$1,250.00

NVL Midwest Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/11/2014

Winner 1

Bradley Connors / Brandon Joyner (13, Q3)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	Total	19	4	0	0.211	1	0	0	1
	1	11	2	0	0.182	1	0	0	0
	2	8	2	0	0.250	0	0	0	1
Jeff Samuels	Total	11	1	4	-0.273	9	1	0	0
	1	5	1	2	-0.200	3	0	0	0
	2	6	0	2	-0.333	6	1	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2014

Winner 2

Stephen Keffer / Brad Torsone (5)

Won 18-21, 21-17, 22-20

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	Total	12	21	7	1.167	3	8	0	0
	1	4	5	2	0.750	0	2	0	0
	2	3	6	3	1.000	1	4	0	0
	3	5	10	2	1.600	2	2	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	13	17	2	1.154	4	8	0	0
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	1	0	0
	2	2	3	1	1.000	3	4	0	0
	3	4	9	1	2.000	1	3	0	0

Sat, 7/12/2014

Winner 3

Andrew Hinchey / Ryan Vandenburg (1)

Lost 12-21, 16-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	Total	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 7/12/2014

Contender 4

Todd Strassberger / Eric Zaun (7)

Lost 19-21, 14-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	Total	23	11	4	0.304	0	8	0	0
	1	15	5	3	0.133	0	3	0	0
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	5	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	16	9	3	0.375	2	5	0	2
	1	7	4	2	0.286	2	1	0	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	54	36	11	0.463	4	16	0	1
Jeff Samuels	40	27	9	0.450	15	14	0	2

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$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matthew O'Sullivan												Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00
											Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00
											Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	$2,000.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	15	0	1	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$4,525.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	49	0	1	1	0	2	19	15	4	3	$16,550.00

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
2013	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	4	4	50.0 %
2014	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,950.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	NVL	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	$4,200.00	10	10	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matthew O'Sullivan													Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2009	AVP
											2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2012	Pro Beach
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$725.00	2013	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$1,475.00	2014	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$1,475.00
10	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	3	$2,200.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	2	$2,150.00

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	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	3	23.1%	0	0.0%	10	76.9%	3-10	23.1%	3-10	23.1%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	10-14	41.7%
2013-2014	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	3	23.1%	0	0.0%	10	76.9%	3-10	23.1%	3-10	23.1%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	10-14	41.7%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	2-8	20.0%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	6-5	54.5%

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

Head to Head Results
O'Sullivan/Samuels lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hinchey/Vandenburg 0-1
7/12/14	NVL	NVL Midwest Championships	Winner 3	Hinchey/Vandenburg	1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	21-12, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 5 Keffer/Torsone 1-0
7/11/14	NVL	NVL Midwest Championships	Winner 2	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	Keffer/Torsone	5	18-21, 21-17, 22-20	1:14
Lead the series against # 6 Hamilton/Lindsey 1-0
5/23/14	NVL	NVL Texas Championships	Winner 1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	6	Hamilton/Lindsey	11	22-20, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 7 Strassberger/Zaun 1-2
7/12/14	NVL	NVL Midwest Championships	Contender 4	Strassberger/Zaun	7	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	21-19, 21-14	0:49
6/14/14	NVL	NVL Atlanta Championships	Contender 4	Strassberger/Zaun	13, Q5	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	19-21, 21-8, 15-13	1:15
6/13/14	NVL	NVL Atlanta Championships	Winner 1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	Strassberger/Zaun	13, Q5	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 10 Luers/Robbins 1-0
6/13/14	NVL	NVL Atlanta Championships	Winner 2	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	Luers/Robbins	12	14-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Connors/Joyner 1-0
7/11/14	NVL	NVL Midwest Championships	Winner 1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	Connors/Joyner	13, Q3	21-15, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # Q9 Schmidt/Schuler 1-0
7/20/13	NVL	Midwest Championships and Junior Festival	Winner 1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	12	Schmidt/Schuler	21	18-21, 21-9, 15-12