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$250,000 AVP Huntington Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 11 - 13, 2005

(6) Sean Rosenthal/Larry Witt

Sean Rosenthal

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1980 (45 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 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Ynez, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$194,770.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2006
Most Outstanding 2012
Team of the Year 2012 (with Jake Gibb)
Tour Champion 2012 (with Jake Gibb)

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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Jeff Carlucci - 17th	Brent Frohoff - 17th
2001	Casey Jennings - 9th	Andy Witt - 5th
2002	Mark Williams - 9th	Did not play
2003	Larry Witt - 3rd	Sean Rosenthal - 3rd
2004	Larry Witt - 2nd	Sean Rosenthal - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	6	3rd	390	$12,000.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 1

Brian Corso / Jim Nichols (27, Q3)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	18	13	1	0.667	3	7	1	2
	1	6	3	1	0.333	2	5	1	1
	2	12	10	0	0.833	1	2	0	1
Larry Witt	Total	26	15	6	0.346	2	4	0	3
	1	14	10	3	0.500	1	1	0	2
	2	12	5	3	0.167	1	3	0	1

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 2

Reid Priddy / Jason Ring (11)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	20	14	5	0.450	2	6	1	2
	1	12	8	4	0.333	2	3	0	1
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	1	1
Larry Witt	Total	23	16	2	0.609	2	6	1	3
	1	12	7	2	0.417	2	2	1	2
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	4	0	1

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 3

Jason Lee / Hans Stolfus (14)

Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-10

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	36	17	6	0.306	1	8	0	2
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	0	2
	2	13	5	2	0.231	1	2	0	0
	3	9	6	1	0.556	0	4	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	29	18	5	0.448	5	5	1	2
	1	12	6	4	0.167	1	5	1	0
	2	11	7	1	0.545	3	0	0	2
	3	6	5	0	0.833	1	0	0	0

Sat, 8/13/2005

Winner 4

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (7)

Lost 21-14, 18-21, 11-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	33	19	4	0.455	1	13	0	1
	1	17	9	1	0.471	1	8	0	1
	2	13	7	3	0.308	0	4	0	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	0	1	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	40	22	9	0.325	2	10	1	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	1	1
	2	19	10	2	0.421	0	7	0	0
	3	13	6	6	0.000	2	0	0	0

Sat, 8/13/2005

Contender 6

Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (8)

Won 23-21, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	20	12	2	0.500	3	5	0	2
	1	14	10	1	0.643	2	4	0	2
	2	6	2	1	0.167	1	1	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	23	19	2	0.739	2	3	3	5
	1	11	9	2	0.636	0	1	1	3
	2	12	10	0	0.833	2	2	2	2

Sat, 8/13/2005

Semi-Finals

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (5)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	31	19	2	0.548	0	16	0	1
	1	20	10	2	0.400	0	8	0	0
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	8	0	1
Larry Witt	Total	27	12	1	0.407	3	11	0	1
	1	15	5	0	0.333	2	7	0	0
	2	12	7	1	0.500	1	4	0	1

Sat, 8/13/2005

Finals

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (7)

Lost 21-15, 24-26, 15-17

1:27

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	45	24	9	0.333	2	13	0	2
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	0	0
	2	18	10	3	0.389	1	6	0	2
	3	15	8	4	0.267	1	3	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	46	25	8	0.370	2	11	2	2
	1	15	10	3	0.467	1	5	2	1
	2	20	11	2	0.450	1	4	0	0
	3	11	4	3	0.091	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	203	118	29	0.438	12	68	2	12
Larry Witt	214	127	33	0.439	18	50	8	17
Total	417	245	62	0.439	30	118	10	29
Opponents	394	200	55	0.368	27	79	4	19

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	2	3	5	0	4	4	6	1	1	0	0	$162,260.00
Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
Total	31	2	3	6	0	4	6	6	1	1	1	0	$183,260.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sean Rosenthal												Larry Witt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$23,500.00	World Championships
64	7	4	2	2	12	11	18	6	0	$471,275.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
153	11	30	21	1	37	31	14	4	0	$622,905.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	2	4	6	0	19	31	17	1	0	$155,445.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$4,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
17	2	2	2	0	4	5	1	0	0	$73,950.00	Manhattan Beach	9	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	2	0	$14,700.00
11	1	0	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	$39,235.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	Gold Series
258	21	36	25	3	61	56	37	11	0	$1,238,815.00	Total	97	2	4	8	0	22	33	19	5	0	$172,745.00

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
2003	AVP	9	1	0	2	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	$45,790.00	32	15	68.1 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2004	AVP	11	1	2	1	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	$59,820.00	37	19	66.1 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	AVP	9	0	1	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$66,700.00	30	15	66.7 %
Total	AVP	29	2	3	6	0	5	6	5	1	1	0	0	$172,310.00	99	49	66.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$3,500.00	0	4	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sean Rosenthal													Larry Witt
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	AVP
											1998	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											1999	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	$2,750.00	2000	AVP	11	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	0	0	$16,875.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$3,725.00	2001	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,260.00
											2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$2,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$6,245.00	2002	AVP
9	1	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	$22,895.00	2003	AVP	9	1	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	$22,895.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
12	1	2	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	$31,410.00	2004	AVP	12	1	2	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	$35,160.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	1	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	$33,350.00	2005	AVP	9	0	1	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	$33,350.00
53	2	3	6	0	14	13	11	1	3	$102,125.00	Total	Total	54	2	4	7	0	16	13	5	3	4	$115,890.00

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	78	69.6%	17	15.2%	17	15.2%	95-17	84.8%	15	27.3%	9	16.4%	31	56.4%	15-40	27.3%	78-31	71.6%	32-26	55.2%	0	0	110-57	65.9%
2004-2005	55	70.5%	11	14.1%	12	15.4%	66-12	84.6%	12	28.6%	7	16.7%	23	54.8%	12-30	28.6%	55-23	70.5%	23-19	54.8%	0	0	78-42	65.0%
Against the Field	23	59.0%	7	17.9%	9	23.1%	30-9	76.9%	7	25.9%	6	22.2%	14	51.9%	7-20	25.9%	46-28	62.2%	28-30	48.3%	0	0	37-29	56.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	21	5	5	0	0	0	0	95	46
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	6
Total	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	52	24	5	6	0	0	0	0	106	55

Head to Head Results
Rosenthal/Witt lead the series against the field 31-23 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 2 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
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 3-1
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Rogers/Scott	5	21-18, 21-18	0:43
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 Kiraly/Lambert 3-5
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Rosenthal/Witt	6	15-21, 26-24, 17-15	1:27
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Rosenthal/Witt	6	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Kiraly/Lambert	1	23-21, 22-20	0:45
9/9/04	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Winner 1	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Rosenthal/Witt	8	23-21, 25-23	0:40
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Rosenthal/Witt	3	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:01
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
Series tied with # 8 Blanton/Wong 2-2
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Blanton/Wong	8	23-21, 21-16	0:42
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 # 9 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 # 11 Priddy/Ring 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Priddy/Ring	11	21-17, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Lee/Stolfus 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Lee/Stolfus	14	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 20 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 # 21 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, Q3 Corso/Nichols 2-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:42
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	21-19, 21-16
Lead the series against # Q2 Grotowski/Roberts 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Rosenthal/Witt	9	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	21-17, 21-12	0:33