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AVP Tour
$175,000 Belmar Open Presented by Bud Light
July 8 - 11, 2004

(3) Sean Rosenthal/Larry Witt

Sean Rosenthal

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'4"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

282

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,357,265.00

Larry Witt

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 13, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Ynez, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$194,770.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
AVP	33	2	3	7	0	6	7	6	1	1	0	0	$201,010.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$3,500.00
Overall	35	2	3	7	0	6	7	6	1	1	1	1	US$204,510.00

Previous Belmar Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Brent Frohoff - 9th
2001	Jeff Carlucci - 13th	Did not play
2002	Mark Williams - 13th	Did not play
2003	Larry Witt - 1st	Sean Rosenthal - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/11-13/2004	San Diego Open	3	2nd	324	$9,750.00
AVP	6/4-6/2004	Manhattan Beach Open	2	7th	180	$2,500.00
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	1	2nd	324	$9,750.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	3	5th	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	1	17th	72	$500.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	6	1st	360	$14,500.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	32	25th	60	US$3,500.00
AVP	9/4-6/2003	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	3	3rd	324	$7,500.00
AVP	8/28-31/2003	Chicago Open	4	7th	216	$3,000.00
AVP	8/14-17/2003	Huntington Beach Open	5	3rd	324	$6,990.00
AVP	8/7-10/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	6	7th	216	$3,000.00
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	8	1st	360	$14,500.00

Belmar Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/9/2004

Winner 1

Mark Fay / Peter Goers (30, Q18)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	17	11	3	0.471	1	5	2	3
	1	8	6	1	0.625	1	2	1	2
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	3	1	1
Larry Witt	Total	17	12	2	0.588	5	5	0	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	3	1	0	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	2	4	0	0

Fri, 7/9/2004

Winner 2

Matt Heath / Adam Roberts (14)

Won 30-32, 21-16, 15-11

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	18	8	1	0.389	2	4	4	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	1	1
	2	4	0	0	0.000	1	0	3	0
	3	5	2	0	0.400	1	1	0	1
Larry Witt	Total	40	28	4	0.600	2	1	3	5
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	0	1	2
	2	15	11	0	0.733	1	0	1	1
	3	9	8	1	0.778	1	1	1	2

Sat, 7/10/2004

Winner 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	17	9	6	0.176	1	4	1	0
	1	9	5	3	0.222	1	3	1	0
	2	8	4	3	0.125	0	1	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	26	15	4	0.423	1	9	2	4
	1	11	7	1	0.545	1	5	0	1
	2	15	8	3	0.333	0	4	2	3

Sat, 7/10/2004

Contender 4

John Hyden / Andy Witt (8)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	15	11	0	0.733	2	3	0	6
	1	8	6	0	0.750	2	1	0	4
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	2	0	2
Larry Witt	Total	23	18	2	0.696	2	4	1	4
	1	13	11	1	0.769	1	2	0	3
	2	10	7	1	0.600	1	2	1	1

Sun, 7/11/2004

Contender 5

Canyon Ceman / Mike Whitmarsh (7)

Won 21-18, 23-25, 15-9

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	19	12	2	0.526	4	10	2	4
	1	7	4	0	0.571	2	2	0	3
	2	8	6	2	0.500	1	4	1	1
	3	4	2	0	0.500	1	4	1	0
Larry Witt	Total	42	18	6	0.286	2	8	2	7
	1	15	9	1	0.533	0	4	0	3
	2	18	7	3	0.222	1	4	1	2
	3	9	2	2	0.000	1	0	1	2

Sun, 7/11/2004

Contender 6

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard (4)

Won 21-13, 13-21, 15-13

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	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	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Larry Witt	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	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	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 7/11/2004

Semi-Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Lost 21-18, 20-22, 12-15

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	22	15	2	0.591	1	13	0	5
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	4	0	1
	2	9	7	2	0.556	0	7	0	3
	3	6	2	0	0.333	1	2	0	1
Larry Witt	Total	49	25	5	0.408	0	9	3	6
	1	17	9	1	0.471	0	3	2	4
	2	18	10	3	0.389	0	3	0	1
	3	14	6	1	0.357	0	3	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	108	66	14	0.481	11	39	9	20
Larry Witt	197	116	23	0.472	12	36	11	27
Total	305	182	37	0.475	23	75	20	47
Opponents	277	145	42	0.372	25	74	4	19

Head to Head Results
Rosenthal/Witt lead the series against the field 31-20 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Kiraly/Lambert 2-1
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	2	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-18, 14-21, 15-8	0:59
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	1	Kiraly/Lambert	2	22-20, 21-19	0:40
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Kiraly/Lambert	2	18-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 2 Gibb/Jewell 2-1
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 5	Gibb/Jewell	12	Rosenthal/Witt	3	17-21, 29-27, 15-12	1:13
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Gibb/Jewell	11	21-18, 24-22	0:46
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Gibb/Jewell	9	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 4 Blanton/Nygaard 4-3
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-13, 13-21, 15-13	0:42
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Rosenthal/Witt	2	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
9/6/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-17, 21-18	0:37
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Rosenthal/Witt	4	18-21, 21-12, 19-17	0:53
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Blanton/Nygaard	7	21-18, 21-18	0:38
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	26	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Fonoimoana/Wong 3-1
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fonoimoana/Wong	6	21-19, 21-13	0:40
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fonoimoana/Wong	5	21-14, 21-19	0:42
8/17/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Fonoimoana/Wong	6	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	1:05
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Fonoimoana/Wong	7	Rosenthal/Witt	6	21-17, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 5-6
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:14
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-18, 21-19	0:35
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-19, 25-23	0:47
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-19, 21-19	0:42
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-17, 21-14	0:50
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	1:03
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings		Rosenthal/Witt		22-20, 21-17	0:42
9/4/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-19, 21-18	0:43
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	7	16-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:57
Series tied with # 7 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2-2
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	21-18, 23-25, 15-9	0:56
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	8	21-19, 21-15	0:34
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Rosenthal/Witt	2	24-22, 21-16	0:47
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Rosenthal/Witt	4	24-26, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 8 Hyden/Witt 3-0
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Hyden/Witt	8	21-19, 21-15	0:36
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	1	Hyden/Witt	9	21-10, 21-12	0:41
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Hyden/Witt	11	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Ayakatubby/Lewis 1-2
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Ayakatubby/Lewis	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	21-16, 27-25	0:56
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Ayakatubby/Lewis	1	21-18, 21-18	0:41
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Ayakatubby/Lewis	4	Rosenthal/Witt	5	15-21, 31-29, 17-15	1:10
Lead the series against # 10 Baxter/Wong 2-0
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Baxter/Wong	11	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	2	Baxter/Wong	13	21-16, 21-15	0:45
Series tied with # 11 Mowrey/Ratledge 1-1
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Mowrey/Ratledge	14	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Mowrey/Ratledge	17	Rosenthal/Witt	1	21-19, 22-24, 15-3	0:59
Trail the series against # 12 Nichols/Olson 0-1
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Nichols/Olson	14	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 14 Heath/Roberts 5-2
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Heath/Roberts	14	30-32, 21-16, 15-11	1:06
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Heath/Roberts	16	21-14, 21-18	0:30
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	2	Heath/Roberts	15	22-20, 21-17	0:34
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	1	Heath/Roberts	16	21-18, 21-12	0:38
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Heath/Roberts	18	Rosenthal/Witt	1	24-22, 21-18	0:38
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Heath/Roberts	26, Q1	Rosenthal/Witt	7	21-16, 11-21, 15-8	0:47
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Heath/Roberts	28, Q1	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 30, Q18 Fay/Goers 1-0
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fay/Goers	30, Q18	21-18, 21-17	0:34