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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Houston Open presented by Warehouse Pool Supply
May 15 - 17, 2009

(6) Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings

Matt Fuerbringer

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 29, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$706,982.50

Casey Jennings

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Las Vegas, NV

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Brigham Young

Seasons:

Tournaments:

220

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$636,312.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
AVP	80	7	9	17	0	15	9	14	4	1	0	3	0	1	0	$651,570.00
FIVB	28	0	1	1	0	2	2	9	1	4	0	1	1	1	5	US$167,300.00
Overall	108	7	10	18	0	17	11	23	5	5	0	4	1	2	5	US$818,870.00

Previous Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	3	7th	370	$5,280.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	11	9th	240	US$6,000.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	3	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	9/17-21/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	6, Q1	3rd	390	$44,500.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	5	13th	108	$2,000.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	8	3rd	390	$9,500.00
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	6	1st	520	$25,000.00
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	8	9th	208	$2,875.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	2	9th	208	$2,600.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	12	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	2	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	2	9th	144	$2,875.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	15, Q8	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	20, Q13	7th	300	US$7,000.00

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Mike DiPierro / Adam Roberts (22)

Won 21-12, 21-17

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	11	7	4	0.273	2	4	0	2
	1	5	3	2	0.200	1	1	0	1
	2	6	4	2	0.333	1	3	0	1
Casey Jennings	Total	31	23	2	0.677	0	11	1	2
	1	18	12	1	0.611	0	8	1	2
	2	13	11	1	0.769	0	3	0	0

Sat, 5/16/2009

Winner 3

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (3)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	23	13	2	0.478	1	2	0	3
	1	16	8	2	0.375	1	2	0	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	0	0	1
Casey Jennings	Total	28	14	5	0.321	0	9	1	0
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	3	0	0
	2	16	7	3	0.250	0	6	1	0

Sat, 5/16/2009

Contender 3

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (9)

Won 21-12, 21-19

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	14	8	1	0.500	5	1	1	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	1	1	1	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	4	0	0	1
Casey Jennings	Total	22	16	3	0.591	0	8	1	0
	1	9	8	1	0.778	0	3	1	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	5	0	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Contender 4

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (7)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	10	7	0	0.700	6	2	0	1
	1	6	5	0	0.833	4	2	0	0
	2	4	2	0	0.500	2	0	0	1
Casey Jennings	Total	38	20	8	0.316	0	12	2	0
	1	15	9	3	0.400	0	5	1	0
	2	23	11	5	0.261	0	7	1	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Contender 5

John Hyden / Sean Scott (4)

Lost 19-21, 12-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	10	6	3	0.300	3	1	0	3
	1	5	3	1	0.400	3	0	0	2
	2	5	3	2	0.200	0	1	0	1
Casey Jennings	Total	29	13	8	0.172	0	15	0	0
	1	15	7	5	0.133	0	9	0	0
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	68	41	10	0.456	17	10	1	11
Casey Jennings	148	86	26	0.405	0	55	5	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 30-30 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 4-16
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-18, 21-17	0:51
8/31/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-18, 21-17	0:56
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-12, 21-11	0:39
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-19, 21-14	0:48
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	21-14, 25-23	1:07
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	16-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:19
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-10, 21-17	0:49
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	1:08
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 6	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	21-16, 21-17	0:52
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-16, 21-12	0:49
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	22-20, 21-16	0:46
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-12, 21-17	0:44
7/9/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-14, 21-15	0:45
7/2/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	1:02
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	32, Q38	Dalhausser/Rogers	15	21-19, 21-15	0:49
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	15-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:08
6/11/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	36-34, 21-16	1:12
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-19, 21-14	0:49
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-13, 21-18	0:47
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-16, 20-22, 17-15	1:10
Lead the series against # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 12-8
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-14, 21-13	0:40
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	11	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	1:06
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	15, Q8	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	13-21, 23-21, 18-16	1:08
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	21-15, 21-19	0:42
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	21-16, 21-19	0:47
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	21-19, 21-19	0:50
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q8	17-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:57
9/16/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-18, 27-25	1:15
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-15, 21-16	0:42
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	1:10
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-19, 21-18	0:54
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	10-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:58
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	1:07
9/16/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-15, 21-16	0:43
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-16, 21-19	0:45
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-16, 21-13	0:43
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-12, 29-27	0:57
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	1:04
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-18, 21-14	0:43
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-18, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 3 Mayer/Nygaard 3-1
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-19, 21-17	0:53
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6, Q1	Mayer/Nygaard	11	28-26, 21-15	1:06
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Mayer/Nygaard	9	21-19, 21-17	0:50
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Mayer/Nygaard	14	21-16, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 4 Hyden/Scott 0-1
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 5	Hyden/Scott	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-19, 21-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 5 Olson/Wong 3-1
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	1:10
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6, Q1	Olson/Wong	7	21-17, 21-14	0:46
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Olson/Wong	3	21-14, 21-15	0:40
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 7 Mariano/Ratledge 3-0
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Mariano/Ratledge	7	21-17, 21-19	0:53
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Mariano/Ratledge	8	22-20, 22-20	0:57
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Mariano/Ratledge	15	21-16, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 8 Medel/Stolfus 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Medel/Stolfus	14	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	25-23, 16-21, 15-9	1:16
Lead the series against # 9 Brazao/Prosser 1-0
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Brazao/Prosser	9	21-12, 21-19	1:02
Lead the series against # 10 Strickland/Wachtfogel 1-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	1:17
Trail the series against # 12 Allen/Halverson 1-2
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Contender 1	Allen/Halverson	13	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:02
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Allen/Halverson	20	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	21-14, 21-15	0:39
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Allen/Halverson	23, Q2	21-16, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 15 Morrison/Zimet 1-0
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Morrison/Zimet	19	21-19, 22-20	0:56
Lead the series against # 22 DiPierro/Roberts 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	DiPierro/Roberts	22	21-12, 21-17	0:42