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AVP Tour
$175,000 Michelob Light Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Xbox
August 8 - 11, 2002

(10) Matt Fuerbringer/Brandon Taliaferro

Matt Fuerbringer

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 29, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$706,982.50

Brandon Taliaferro

Photo: Brian Magee

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 28, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Clemente, CA

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Pfaeffikon 2000)

Career AVP Best:

13th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$7,152.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,470.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Andy Witt - 17th
2000	Jason Ring - 17th	Ricci Luyties - 25th
2001	David Swatik - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/9/2002

Winner 2

Jason Lee / Andrew Vazquez (23)

Won 20-22, 27-25, 15-9

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	0	N/A
Brandon Taliaferro	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A

Fri, 8/9/2002

Winner 3

Mike Lambert / Lee LeGrande (7)

Lost 22-24, 12-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
Brandon Taliaferro	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 8/10/2002

Contender 3

Chris Guigliano / Donald Suxho (40)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
Brandon Taliaferro	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A

Sat, 8/10/2002

Contender 4

George Roumain / Andy Witt (17)

Lost 25-27, 17-21

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Brandon Taliaferro	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	3	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	2	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	15	N/A	0	N/A
Brandon Taliaferro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	6	N/A
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	16	N/A	6	N/A
Opponents	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12	N/A	5	N/A

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$)
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,470.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,470.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matt Fuerbringer												Brandon Taliaferro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$18,000.00	World Championships
37	0	1	0	1	8	11	7	2	0	$139,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
122	6	13	19	1	30	31	7	5	0	$409,632.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$3,905.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
11	1	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	0	$55,375.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$1,597.50
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,125.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$450.00
175	7	15	22	2	43	46	16	7	0	$631,057.50	Total	22	0	0	1	0	1	5	7	5	0	$7,152.50

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
2002	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,470.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,470.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matt Fuerbringer													Brandon Taliaferro
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	1	0	0	0	$500.00	1999	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$512.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	$1,375.00	2000	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$2,750.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,900.00	2001	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$735.00	2002	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$2,290.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	4	$7,510.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	1	0	1	5	6	2	1	$6,752.50

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2001-2002	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	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
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Lambert/LeGrande 0-1
8/9/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Lambert/LeGrande	7	Fuerbringer/Taliaferro	10	24-22, 21-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 17 Roumain/Witt 0-1
8/10/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Roumain/Witt	17	Fuerbringer/Taliaferro	10	27-25, 21-17
Lead the series against # 23 Lee/Vazquez 1-0
8/9/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Taliaferro	10	Lee/Vazquez	23	20-22, 27-25, 15-9	1:09
Lead the series against # 40 Guigliano/Suxho 1-0
8/10/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Taliaferro	10	Guigliano/Suxho	40	21-19, 21-17	0:41