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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach
August 16 - 19, 2018

(17, Q1) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
Pro Beach 2012	Vincent Robbins - 41st	Did not play
2013	Billy Kolinske - 41st	Did not play
2014	Kyle Stevenson - 41st	Did not play
2015	Marty Lorenz - 17th	Did not play
2016	Andrew Dentler - 41st	Did not play
2017	Spencer Sauter - 57th	Michael Brunsting - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/26-29/2018	AVP Hermosa Beach	15	9th	300	$2,500.00
AVP	8/31-9/3/2017	Chicago Championships	18, Q2	13th	384	$2,500.00

AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/16/2018

Qualifier 2

Roy McFarland / Dan Ortega (Q65)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:45

Thu, 8/16/2018

Qualifier 3

Matt Janas / Nathan Klaas (Q32)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:46

Thu, 8/16/2018

Qualifier 4

Orlando Irizarry / Brian Miller (Q17)

Won 15-21, 21-16, 15-12

1:07

Fri, 8/17/2018

Winner 1

Maddison McKibbin / Riley McKibbin (16)

Lost 11-21, 8-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Raffe Paulis	Total	11	5	2	0.273	0	4	0	3
	1	9	2	1	0.111	0	2	0	1
	2	2	3	1	1.000	0	2	0	2
Jeff Samuels	Total	7	6	3	0.429	0	2	0	1
	1	5	3	2	0.200	0	0	0	0
	2	2	3	1	1.000	0	2	0	1

Fri, 8/17/2018

Contender 1

Jacob Landel / Lev Priima (32, Q36)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Raffe Paulis	Total	26	12	5	0.269	0	12	0	1
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	3	0	1
	2	14	7	3	0.286	0	9	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	12	15	3	1.000	8	1	0	4
	1	7	7	0	1.000	2	0	0	2
	2	5	8	3	1.000	6	1	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Raffe Paulis	37	17	7	0.270	0	16	0	4
Jeff Samuels	19	21	6	0.789	8	3	0	5

Head to Head Results
Paulis/Samuels lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 12 Marciniak/Zaun 1-0
7/28/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Contender 2	Paulis/Samuels	15	Marciniak/Zaun	8	21-19, 21-18	0:59
Trail the series against # 16 McKibbin/McKibbin 0-1
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 1	McKibbin/McKibbin	16	Paulis/Samuels	17, Q1	21-11, 21-8	0:33
Trail the series against # 19, Q5 Clemens/Vaught 0-1
7/27/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Winner 1	Clemens/Vaught	18, Q3	Paulis/Samuels	15	21-19, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 32, Q36 Landel/Priima 0-1
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Contender 1	Landel/Priima	32, Q36	Paulis/Samuels	17, Q1	21-18, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # Q3 Friend/Muagututia 1-0
7/27/18	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach	Contender 1	Paulis/Samuels	15	Friend/Muagututia	16, Q1	21-15, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # Q17 Irizarry/Miller 1-0
8/16/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Qualifier 4	Paulis/Samuels	17, Q1	Irizarry/Miller	Q17	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:07
Lead the series against # Q32 Janas/Klaas 1-0
8/16/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Qualifier 3	Paulis/Samuels	17, Q1	Janas/Klaas	Q32	21-13, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # Q65 McFarland/Ortega 1-0
8/16/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Qualifier 2	Paulis/Samuels	17, Q1	McFarland/Ortega	Q65	21-17, 21-15	0:45