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AVP Tour
$225,000 Chicago Championships
August 31 - September 3, 2017

(18, Q2) Raffe Paulis/Jeff Samuels

Raffe Paulis

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1986 (38 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

Jeff Samuels, II

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Blanc, MI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Michigan State
Davenport

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$32,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	$8,350.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Mark Lodewyck - 89th	Did not play
Wide Open 2011	Did not play	David Vander Meer - 33rd
Pro Beach 2012	Vincent Robbins - 13th	Did not play
2015	Spencer McLachlin - 17th	Did not play
2016	Andrew Dentler - 17th	Dylan Maarek - 17th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Chicago Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/31/2017

Qualifier 2

Kyle Condon / Mike Sauro (Q63)

Won 21-7, 21-9

0:31

Thu, 8/31/2017

Qualifier 3

Bradley Connors / Carl Naslund (Q34)

Won 14-21, 21-15, 15-13

1:04

Thu, 8/31/2017

Qualifier 4

Kyle Stevenson / Travis Woloson (Q18)

Won 21-13, 20-22, 15-9

1:03

Fri, 9/1/2017

Winner 1

Piotr Marciniak / Roberto Rodriguez (15)

Lost 17-21, 13-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Raffe Paulis	Total	25	11	5	0.240	1	5	1	2
	1	10	5	5	0.000	1	3	0	1
	2	15	6	0	0.400	0	2	1	1
Jeff Samuels	Total	13	6	2	0.308	2	0	1	1
	1	7	3	1	0.286	2	0	0	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	0	1	1

Fri, 9/1/2017

Contender 1

Mark Burik / Adam Roberts (16)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Raffe Paulis	Total	26	12	5	0.269	0	19	1	0
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	10	0	0
	2	15	6	3	0.200	0	9	1	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	22	9	3	0.273	5	4	2	2
	1	10	6	1	0.500	1	0	2	0
	2	12	3	2	0.083	4	4	0	2

Sat, 9/2/2017

Contender 2

Ed Ratledge / Eric Zaun (9)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Raffe Paulis	Total	26	16	6	0.385	0	15	1	2
	1	10	8	4	0.400	0	3	1	0
	2	16	8	2	0.375	0	12	0	2
Jeff Samuels	Total	15	8	4	0.267	3	0	0	2
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	0	0	0
	2	9	4	3	0.111	3	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Raffe Paulis	77	39	16	0.299	1	39	3	4
Jeff Samuels	50	23	9	0.280	10	4	3	5

Head to Head Results
Paulis/Samuels lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Ratledge/Zaun 0-1
9/2/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 2	Ratledge/Zaun	9	Paulis/Samuels	18, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 15 Marciniak/Rodriguez 0-1
9/1/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Winner 1	Marciniak/Rodriguez	15	Paulis/Samuels	18, Q2	21-17, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Burik/Roberts 1-0
9/1/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Contender 1	Paulis/Samuels	18, Q2	Burik/Roberts	16	21-14, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q18 Stevenson/Woloson 1-0
8/31/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Qualifier 4	Paulis/Samuels	18, Q2	Stevenson/Woloson	Q18	21-13, 20-22, 15-9	1:03
Lead the series against # Q34 Connors/Naslund 1-0
8/31/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Qualifier 3	Paulis/Samuels	18, Q2	Connors/Naslund	Q34	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # Q63 Condon/Sauro 1-0
8/31/17	AVP	Chicago Championships	Qualifier 2	Paulis/Samuels	18, Q2	Condon/Sauro	Q63	21-7, 21-9	0:31