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$150,000 AVP Heritage Huntington Beach Open
May 14 - 17, 2026

(Q26) Raffe Paulis/Spencer Sauter

Raffe Paulis

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chicago, IL

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Northeastern Illinois

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (NORCECA Managua 2022)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$24,075.00

Spencer Sauter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodridge, IL

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Penn State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (NORCECA Grand Cayman 2019)

Career AVP Best:

13th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$4,950.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	15	17	25	37	57	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	$2,500.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Jeff Carlucci - 21st	Did not play
2014	Abel Gustafson - 21st	Did not play
2015	Jake Rosener - 17th	Did not play
2016	Tim May - 17th	Did not play
2017	Bill Strickland - 21st	Did not play
FIVB 2018	Andrew Dentler - 33rd	Adam Roberts - 25th
2019	Marty Lorenz - 17th	Ben Vaught - 13th
2022	Brian Miller - 9th	Aaren Rice - 25th
2023	Jeff Samuels - 13th	Dylan Maarek - 29th
2024	Charlie Siragusa - 29th	Christopher Shaffer - 21st
2025	Devon Burki - 21st	Tomer Hadar - 29th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Qualifier 1	Cuban Perez / Orlando Rojas (Q39)	Won 20-22, 21-14, 15-11	1:02
Thu, 5/14/2026	Qualifier 2	Timothy Brewster / Ryan Ierna (15, Q7)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:37

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$2,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Raffe Paulis												Spencer Sauter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
34	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	0	1	$11,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	1	1	$3,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$1,000.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$900.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$1,650.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,350.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	3	$2,700.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	$700.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	0	$1,400.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
76	0	0	0	0	3	20	32	4	5	$23,500.00	Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	3	11	$4,950.00

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
2017	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$2,500.00	4	5	44.4 %
2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,500.00	5	6	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Raffe Paulis													Spencer Sauter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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	1	0	$0.00	2011	NVL
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	AVP
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$475.00	2012	Pro Beach
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$0.00	2013	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00	2013	NVL
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2014	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2014	NVL
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$1,650.00	2015	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2015	NVL
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	$1,400.00	2016	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$400.00
											2016	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	$3,500.00	2017	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$1,250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	$4,775.00	2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	$2,225.00	2019	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	$1,100.00
											2019	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2021	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$5,350.00	2022	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	NORCECA
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$3,100.00	2023	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$700.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$1,000.00	2024	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	2025	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
85	0	0	0	1	3	22	33	8	18	$24,075.00	Total	Total	40	0	0	0	1	0	5	10	3	21	$4,950.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	4-4	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
2025-2026	0		0		0		0-0		1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15, Q7 Brewster/Ierna 0-1
5/14/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Brewster/Ierna	15, Q7	Paulis/Sauter	Q26	21-13, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # Q39 Perez/Rojas 1-0
5/14/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 1	Paulis/Sauter	Q26	Perez/Rojas	Q39	20-22, 21-14, 15-11	1:02