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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Gold Series The Championships
August 30 - September 2, 2018

(Q1) Raffe Paulis/Jeff Samuels

Raffe Paulis

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1986 (39 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 (39 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:

$35,225.00

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
2017	Jeff Samuels - 13th	Raffe Paulis - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/16-19/2018	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	17, Q1	25th	216	$550.00
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 The Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/30/2018	Qualifier 1	Jimmy Minton / Aaron Troutman (Q64)	Won 21-9, 21-13	0:35
Thu, 8/30/2018	Qualifier 2	Kyle Stevenson / Christopher Vaughan (Q32)	Won 21-17, 21-9	0:39
Thu, 8/30/2018	Qualifier 3	Paul Araiza / David Lee (22, Q17)	Lost 21-15, 11-21, 8-15	0:53

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$550.00
Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,500.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,800.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	$8,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Raffe Paulis												Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
34	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	0	1	$11,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$1,650.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,350.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	$2,700.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	$2,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	0	$1,400.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	15	0	1	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$4,525.00
75	0	0	0	0	3	20	32	4	4	$23,500.00	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
2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
2018	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$3,050.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	$5,550.00	11	7	61.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Raffe Paulis													Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	AVP
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00
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	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
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	8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,675.00
											2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	$1,400.00	2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00
											2016	NVL	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,475.00
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	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,175.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	$4,775.00	2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$2,525.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
48	0	0	0	0	0	12	18	6	12	$12,400.00	Total	Total	43	0	1	5	0	11	11	9	3	3	$27,775.00

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	10	62.5%	5	31.3%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	10-10	50.0%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	17-14	54.8%
2017-2018	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	6	75.0%	2-6	25.0%	8-6	57.1%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	11-7	61.1%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Tour Championships	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14

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
Lead the series against # 17, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 22, Q17 Araiza/Lee 0-1
8/30/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series The Championships	Qualifier 3	Araiza/Lee	22, Q17	Paulis/Samuels	Q1	15-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q30 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 # Q32 Stevenson/Vaughan 1-0
8/30/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series The Championships	Qualifier 2	Paulis/Samuels	Q1	Stevenson/Vaughan	Q32	21-17, 21-9	0:39
Lead the series against # Q64 Minton/Troutman 1-0
8/30/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series The Championships	Qualifier 1	Paulis/Samuels	Q1	Minton/Troutman	Q64	21-9, 21-13	0:35