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AVP Tour
$158,000 Hermosa Beach Open
July 20 - 23, 2017

(10) Michael Brunsting/Jeff Samuels

Michael Brunsting

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 12, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

California-San Diego

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$36,425.00

Jeff Samuels, II

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Blanc, MI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Michigan State
Davenport

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$35,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,850.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Charles VanRees - 89th
NVL 2013	Did not play	Matthew O'Sullivan - 25th
NVL 2014	Did not play	Daniel Lindsey - 5th
NVL 2015	Did not play	Mike Placek - 3rd
NVL 2016	Did not play	Travis Schoonover - 13th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/21/2017

Winner 1

Marcus Partain / Miles Partain (23, Q27)

Won 21-16, 19-21, 16-14

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	31	19	3	0.516	2	9	1	4
	1	8	3	1	0.250	1	5	0	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	3	1	1
	3	12	8	1	0.583	0	1	0	3
Jeff Samuels	Total	34	21	0	0.618	2	12	1	3
	1	19	12	0	0.632	0	6	0	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	1	1	2
	3	12	6	0	0.500	2	5	0	1

Fri, 7/21/2017

Winner 2

Reid Priddy / Ricardo Santos (7)

Lost 14-21, 21-17, 14-16

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	26	14	5	0.346	1	9	1	2
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	0	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	1	4	1	0
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	1
Jeff Samuels	Total	35	21	8	0.371	1	12	1	3
	1	7	4	2	0.286	1	1	0	2
	2	17	9	2	0.412	0	8	1	1
	3	11	8	4	0.364	0	3	0	0

Fri, 7/21/2017

Contender 1

Travis Schoonover / David Smith (24, Q31)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	24	13	1	0.500	3	7	0	4
	1	9	4	1	0.333	2	4	0	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	1	3	0	3
Jeff Samuels	Total	34	21	5	0.471	0	15	0	3
	1	20	12	3	0.450	0	9	0	1
	2	14	9	2	0.500	0	6	0	2

Sat, 7/22/2017

Contender 2

Jorge Martinez / Ian Satterfield (16)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	24	11	6	0.208	3	4	2	1
	1	9	5	2	0.333	2	2	1	1
	2	15	6	4	0.133	1	2	1	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	29	20	2	0.621	0	19	1	0
	1	21	12	2	0.476	0	11	1	0
	2	8	8	0	1.000	0	8	0	0

Sat, 7/22/2017

Contender 3

Jeremy Casebeer / John Mayer (4)

Lost 22-24, 10-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	8	4	4	0.000	6	1	1	1
	1	1	1	0	1.000	5	0	1	1
	2	7	3	4	-0.143	1	1	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	27	14	10	0.148	0	2	0	4
	1	13	9	4	0.385	0	2	0	0
	2	14	5	6	-0.071	0	0	0	4

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	113	61	19	0.372	15	30	5	12
Jeff Samuels	159	97	25	0.453	3	60	3	13

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,350.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michael Brunsting												Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
25	0	0	0	0	3	15	6	0	0	$25,700.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$5,775.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$4,950.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00
											Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	$2,000.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	15	0	1	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$4,525.00
36	0	0	0	0	3	23	7	0	0	$36,425.00	Total	49	0	1	1	0	2	19	15	4	3	$16,550.00

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
2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michael Brunsting													Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											2013	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,250.00	2014	AVP
											2014	NVL	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	2015	AVP
											2015	NVL	8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,675.00
											2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	$5,250.00	2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00
											2016	NVL	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,475.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$6,550.00	2017	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$3,750.00
18	0	0	0	0	2	8	6	0	2	$13,050.00	Total	Total	33	0	1	5	0	11	7	6	1	2	$22,825.00

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	7	77.8%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	7-4	63.6%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	10-5	66.7%
2016-2017	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	5-3	62.5%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	8-4	66.7%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	4-4	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5

Head to Head Results
Brunsting/Samuels lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Casebeer/Mayer 0-1
7/22/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Casebeer/Mayer	4	Brunsting/Samuels	10	24-22, 21-10	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Priddy/Santos 0-1
7/21/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Priddy/Santos	7	Brunsting/Samuels	10	21-14, 17-21, 16-14	1:10
Lead the series against # 16 Martinez/Satterfield 1-0
7/22/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Brunsting/Samuels	10	Martinez/Satterfield	16	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 23, Q27 Partain/Partain 1-0
7/21/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Brunsting/Samuels	10	Partain/Partain	23, Q27	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	1:14
Lead the series against # 24, Q31 Schoonover/Smith 1-0
7/21/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Brunsting/Samuels	10	Schoonover/Smith	24, Q31	21-17, 21-19	0:47