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$250,000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 21 - 23, 2005

(6) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Sean Smith - 49th	Did not play
1998	Did not play	Mark Williams - 25th
2000	Jeff Carlucci - 17th	Brent Frohoff - 17th
2001	Casey Jennings - 17th	Andy Witt - 17th
2002	Mark Williams - 9th	Did not play
2003	Larry Witt - 5th	Sean Rosenthal - 5th
2004	Larry Witt - 9th	Sean Rosenthal - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	8	3rd	270	$8,450.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	8	5th	312	$7,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	9	9th	144	$2,200.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	10	9th	144	$2,200.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	8	5th	216	$5,000.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	6	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	8	3rd	270	$8,450.00
AVP	10/16-17/2004	Santa Barbara Invitational	7	7th	0	$3,000.00
AVP	9/9-11/2004	Las Vegas Shootout	8	5th	260	$3,750.00
AVP	9/2-5/2004	Chicago Open	2	9th	172	$1,920.00
AVP	7/22-25/2004	Hermosa Beach Open	3	9th	200	$2,200.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 1

Brian Corso / Jim Nichols (27, Q1)

Won 21-19, 21-16

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	35	15	4	0.314	4	13	1	0
	1	11	2	2	0.000	4	2	1	0
	2	24	13	2	0.458	0	11	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	23	14	2	0.522	0	12	1	0
	1	16	11	2	0.563	0	7	0	0
	2	7	3	0	0.429	0	5	1	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 2

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (11)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	24	16	1	0.625	0	12	0	3
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	6	0	2
	2	13	9	0	0.692	0	6	0	1
Larry Witt	Total	16	8	0	0.500	5	3	0	2
	1	4	3	0	0.750	4	1	0	1
	2	12	5	0	0.417	1	2	0	1

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Won 18-21, 21-17, 16-14

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	25	14	6	0.320	2	9	0	5
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	5	0	1
	2	6	5	1	0.667	2	2	0	3
	3	9	4	3	0.111	0	2	0	1
Larry Witt	Total	40	22	7	0.375	3	3	1	2
	1	17	6	4	0.118	1	1	1	1
	2	11	9	1	0.727	2	1	0	1
	3	12	7	2	0.417	0	1	0	0

Sat, 7/23/2005

Winner 4

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (2)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	28	13	5	0.286	2	8	0	0
	1	13	5	2	0.231	0	6	0	0
	2	15	8	3	0.333	2	2	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	19	15	1	0.737	2	5	1	5
	1	13	10	1	0.692	0	3	1	2
	2	6	5	0	0.833	2	2	0	3

Sat, 7/23/2005

Semi-Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Lost 18-21, 27-25, 12-15

1:18

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	30	20	3	0.567	2	12	0	3
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	5	0	0
	2	12	9	1	0.667	2	3	0	3
	3	8	6	1	0.625	0	4	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	52	25	7	0.346	2	6	0	3
	1	22	9	5	0.182	1	4	0	2
	2	20	11	2	0.450	0	2	0	1
	3	10	5	0	0.500	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	142	78	19	0.415	10	54	1	11
Larry Witt	150	84	17	0.447	12	29	3	12
Total	292	162	36	0.432	22	83	4	23
Opponents	288	140	53	0.302	24	68	1	12

Head to Head Results
Rosenthal/Witt lead the series against the field 28-21 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 0-4
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Metzger	2	Rosenthal/Witt	8	13-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:13
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	1	Rosenthal/Witt	8	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:57
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	1	Rosenthal/Witt	8	23-21, 21-16	0:38
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Metzger	6	Rosenthal/Witt	8	21-15, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 2 Holdren/Nygaard 3-1
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Holdren/Nygaard	2	21-18, 21-16	0:45
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	1:07
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Rosenthal/Witt	10	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Holdren/Nygaard	5	23-25, 21-16, 15-8	1:05
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 8-9
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	21-18, 25-27, 15-12	1:18
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:01
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:57
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	8	26-24, 21-15	0:48
10/16/04	AVP	Santa Barbara Invitational	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	7	21-17, 21-6	0:41
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Rosenthal/Witt	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	27-25, 21-18	1:01
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 # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-1
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	15-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:47
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	Rosenthal/Witt	10	21-11, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott 2-1
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Rogers/Scott	7	21-18, 21-14	0:40
8/17/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Rogers/Scott	9	Rosenthal/Witt	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Rogers/Scott	8	21-16, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 Baxter/Ring 0-1
7/3/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 6	Baxter/Ring	6	Rosenthal/Witt	8	21-17, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Wong 1-2
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Wong	6	Rosenthal/Witt	9	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:53
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Blanton/Wong	4	21-18, 21-19	0:46
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 10 Jewell/Kiraly 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	10	Jewell/Kiraly	7	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Williams/Wong 2-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Williams/Wong	11	21-14, 21-16	0:43
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Williams/Wong	9	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Lee/Priddy 1-0
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Lee/Priddy	20	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Loiola/Souza 1-0
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Loiola/Souza	11, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Lane/Mowrey 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Rosenthal/Witt	9	Lane/Mowrey	16	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 17 Ayakatubby/Lewis 2-2
10/16/04	AVP	Santa Barbara Invitational	Contender 2	Rosenthal/Witt	7	Ayakatubby/Lewis	13	27-25, 21-12	0:52
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 # 18 Ratledge/Wachtfogel 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	25, Q1	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:02
Lead the series against # 20 Loomis/Medel 2-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	9	Loomis/Medel	24	21-14, 21-19	0:42
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	10	Loomis/Medel	23	26-24, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 27, Q1 Corso/Nichols 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	21-19, 21-16
Lead the series against # Q42 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