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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$150,000 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series Huntington Beach National Championships
September 21 - 23, 2012

(2) Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena

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 Pro Beach Best:

2nd (Miami 2011)

Career Winnings:

$706,982.50

Nick Lucena

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Florida State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

287

Career Wins:

Career Pro Beach Best:

2nd (Miami 2011)

Career Winnings:

$1,357,652.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
AVP	9	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$80,950.00
FIVB	34	0	3	1	2	9	2	6	2	5	3	1	US$328,100.00
Pro Beach	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,850.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Overall	48	1	6	6	2	11	2	6	4	6	3	1	US$443,900.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2000	Casey Jennings - 33rd	Did not play
AVP 2003	Casey Jennings - 9th	Phil Dalhausser - 25th
AVP 2004	Casey Jennings - 9th	Phil Dalhausser - 13th
AVP 2005	Casey Jennings - 13th	Phil Dalhausser - 7th
AVP 2006	Casey Jennings - 5th	George Roumain - 9th
AVP 2007	Sean Scott - 25th	Bill Strickland - 5th
AVP 2008	Casey Jennings - 3rd	Sean Scott - 5th
AVP 2009	Casey Jennings - 7th	Brad Keenan - 13th
AVP 2010	Nick Lucena - 13th	Matt Fuerbringer - 13th
AVP 2011	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/7-9/2012	AVP Championships	2	3rd	2040	$12,500.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2012	AVP Cincinnati Open	3	2nd	2160	$11,500.00
Pro Beach	8/24-26/2012	Manhattan Beach Open	2	3rd	400	$5,500.00
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	7	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	12	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	2	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	4	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	11	4th	420	US$11,200.00
Pro Beach	9/23-25/2011	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	2	3rd	576	$6,750.00

Huntington Beach National Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/22/2012	Winner 1	Jeffrey Carlson / Antonio Ciarelli (15, Q19)	Won 21-16, 21-15
Sat, 9/22/2012	Winner 2	Stein Metzger / Mark Williams (10)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-11
Sat, 9/22/2012	Winner 3	Brad Keenan / John Mayer (3)	Lost 21-14, 15-21, 13-15
Sun, 9/23/2012	Contender 4	John Hyden / Sean Scott (4)	Lost 13-21, 21-19, 8-15

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	1	0	1	7	0	3	0	4	1	0	$188,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	4	2	1	3	2	2	4	2	2	0	$197,350.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
Total	43	1	5	3	2	10	2	6	4	6	3	0	$409,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matt Fuerbringer												Nick Lucena
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$18,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$43,400.00
											World Tour Finals	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$87,500.00
37	0	1	0	1	8	11	7	2	0	$139,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	59	3	5	3	2	13	8	14	5	0	$406,900.00
122	6	13	19	1	30	31	7	5	0	$409,632.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	159	13	19	19	4	43	38	8	9	0	$528,627.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
11	1	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	0	$55,375.00	Manhattan Beach	15	3	2	3	0	2	4	0	1	0	$110,200.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,125.00	Tour Championships	9	2	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$55,400.00
											Gold Series	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$8,500.00
175	7	15	22	2	43	46	16	7	0	$631,057.50	Total	261	24	29	28	7	68	53	24	15	0	$1,260,527.50

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
2010	AVP	7	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$56,950.00	21	9	70.0 %
2010	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	$99,550.00	39	18	68.4 %
2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2011	Pro Beach	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,350.00	8	3	72.7 %
2011	FIVB	14	0	1	0	1	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	$108,550.00	34	27	55.7 %
2012	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$24,000.00	7	2	77.8 %
2012	Pro Beach	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
2012	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	$120,000.00	36	20	64.3 %
Total	AVP	9	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$80,950.00	28	11	71.8 %
Total	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	Pro Beach	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,850.00	14	7	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	3	1	2	9	2	6	2	5	3	1	$328,100.00	109	65	62.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matt Fuerbringer													Nick Lucena
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	$1,375.00	2000	AVP
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,900.00	2001	AVP
											2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$735.00	2002	AVP
9	0	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$28,290.00	2003	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	$780.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$9,750.00	2003	FIVB
12	1	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$31,455.00	2004	AVP	10	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$10,310.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$4,375.00	2004	FIVB
14	2	1	3	1	6	1	0	0	0	$70,450.00	2005	AVP	13	1	1	2	0	6	2	1	0	0	$49,537.50
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,250.00
16	1	0	6	0	7	2	0	0	0	$67,825.00	2006	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	9	5	1	1	0	$31,525.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB
18	1	1	3	1	7	4	0	1	0	$74,062.50	2007	AVP	17	0	0	1	0	7	8	1	0	0	$38,187.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$7,550.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	1	1	5	0	0	6	0	0	0	$69,725.00	2008	AVP	18	0	6	5	0	6	1	0	0	0	$121,262.50
8	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	$35,350.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,250.00
13	0	0	1	0	6	4	1	1	0	$30,240.00	2009	AVP	14	0	1	5	1	5	2	0	0	0	$58,725.00
7	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$35,200.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$8,625.00
7	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$28,475.00	2010	AVP	7	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$28,475.00
											2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
9	0	1	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	$49,775.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	$49,775.00
											2011	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,675.00	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,675.00
14	0	1	0	1	3	4	2	2	1	$54,275.00	2011	FIVB	14	0	1	0	1	3	4	2	2	1	$54,275.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2012	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	2012	Pro Beach	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00
11	0	1	0	1	5	1	2	1	0	$60,000.00	2012	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	5	1	2	1	0	$60,000.00
194	7	17	26	4	50	49	17	7	17	$696,982.50	Total	Total	158	3	14	22	3	48	38	12	9	9	$556,402.50

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	11	78.6%	1	7.1%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	11-3	78.6%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	14-7	66.7%
2011-2012	11	78.6%	1	7.1%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	11-3	78.6%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	14-7	66.7%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	10-6	62.5%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	6-7	46.2%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	6	0	35	16	0	0	15	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	57	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	42	18	5	3	1	1	0	2	73	40
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	1	9	0	41	16	0	0	58	33	6	5	1	2	0	3	137	76

Head to Head Results
Fuerbringer/Lucena lead the series against the field 18-16 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gibb/Rosenthal 6-5
9/1/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	18-21, 24-22, 15-9
8/18/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	6	21-12, 21-19	0:34
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool N	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	0:58
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	13-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:56
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	11	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:56
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	21-17, 21-18	0:52
9/18/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	21-17, 23-21	0:50
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-12, 21-16	0:34
7/23/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-17, 21-14	0:37
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	20, Q4	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	17-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:05
5/2/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	21-14, 20-22, 15-13	1:05
Series tied with # 3 Keenan/Mayer 2-2
9/22/12	Pro Beach	Huntington Beach National Championships	Winner 3	Keenan/Mayer	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	14-21, 21-15, 15-13
9/8/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Semi-Finals	Keenan/Mayer	4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	21-18, 21-14
9/2/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	Keenan/Mayer	4
8/26/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Keenan/Mayer	4	25-23, 21-19
Trail the series against # 4 Hyden/Scott 2-6
9/23/12	Pro Beach	Huntington Beach National Championships	Contender 4	Hyden/Scott	4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	21-13, 19-21, 15-8
9/2/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Finals	Hyden/Scott	1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	21-17, 21-16
8/26/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Hyden/Scott	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	21-15, 22-24, 15-11
9/18/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Finals	Hyden/Scott	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	21-19, 21-11	1:05
9/17/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Winner 3	Hyden/Scott	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	21-18, 21-16
9/4/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Scott	2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	1:01
6/20/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Hyden/Scott	1	21-17, 21-19	0:53
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	6	Hyden/Scott	2	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:20
Series tied with # 5 Doherty/Patterson 1-1
9/8/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool B	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Doherty/Patterson	5	21-18, 21-14
8/26/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Doherty/Patterson	8	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	12-21, 21-19, 15-9
Trail the series against # 7 Mariano/Ratledge 1-2
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool B	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Mariano/Ratledge	8	21-17, 24-22
7/24/10	AVP	AVP Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Mariano/Ratledge	11	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:00
6/5/10	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	11	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Carambula/Grotowski 2-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Carambula/Grotowski	7	21-19, 21-18
9/17/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Carambula/Grotowski	8	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Metzger/Williams 1-0
9/22/12	Pro Beach	Huntington Beach National Championships	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Metzger/Williams	10	19-21, 21-18, 15-11
Lead the series against # 15, Q19 Carlson/Ciarelli 1-0
9/22/12	Pro Beach	Huntington Beach National Championships	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Carlson/Ciarelli	15, Q19	21-16, 21-15
Lead the series against # Q5 Baxter/Brazao 2-0
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool B	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Baxter/Brazao	11	21-16, 19-21, 15-12
8/31/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	Baxter/Brazao	14	16-21, 21-16, 15-12