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AVP Tour
$225,000 Manhattan Beach Open
August 17 - 20, 2017

(17, Q1) Michael Brunsting/Jeff Samuels

Michael Brunsting

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 12, 1992 (32 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 (38 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:

$32,550.00

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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Hylas Smith - 33rd	Did not play
2015	Spencer McLachlin - 33rd	Did not play
2016	Chase Frishman - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/20-23/2017	Hermosa Beach Open	10	9th	300	$2,500.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/17/2017

Qualifier 2

Matt Motter / Matt Olson (Q65)

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

1:12

Thu, 8/17/2017

Qualifier 3

Philip Burrow / Alex Diaz (Q32)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:45

Thu, 8/17/2017

Qualifier 4

Cole Fiers / Hagen Smith (Q48)

Won 21-12, 19-21, 15-7

0:56

Fri, 8/18/2017

Winner 1

Mark Burik / Adam Roberts (16)

Won 21-16, 22-20

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/18/2017

Winner 2

Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb (1)

Lost 12-21, 16-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	27	10	6	0.148	2	5	0	4
	1	12	5	2	0.250	2	2	0	2
	2	15	5	4	0.067	0	3	0	2
Jeff Samuels	Total	17	9	5	0.235	2	4	0	1
	1	10	4	3	0.100	0	0	0	1
	2	7	5	2	0.429	2	4	0	0

Fri, 8/18/2017

Contender 2

Dave McKienzie / Ian Satterfield (18, Q3)

Won 22-20, 21-13

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	16	9	1	0.500	1	7	1	2
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	3	1	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	1	4	0	2
Jeff Samuels	Total	28	15	5	0.357	4	11	1	0
	1	17	10	4	0.353	2	7	1	0
	2	11	5	1	0.364	2	4	0	0

Sat, 8/19/2017

Contender 3

Ed Ratledge / Eric Zaun (8)

Lost 12-21, 17-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	18	11	2	0.500	0	2	0	1
	1	5	2	1	0.200	0	0	0	1
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	2	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	21	8	3	0.238	2	4	0	1
	1	11	4	2	0.182	0	2	0	1
	2	10	4	1	0.300	2	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	61	30	9	0.344	3	14	1	7
Jeff Samuels	66	32	13	0.288	8	19	1	2

Head to Head Results
Brunsting/Samuels lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Crabb/Gibb 0-1
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Crabb/Gibb	1	Brunsting/Samuels	17, Q1	21-12, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Ratledge/Zaun 0-1
8/19/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Ratledge/Zaun	8	Brunsting/Samuels	17, Q1	21-12, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 9 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 Burik/Roberts 1-0
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Brunsting/Samuels	17, Q1	Burik/Roberts	16	21-16, 22-20	1:05
Lead the series against # 18, Q3 McKienzie/Satterfield 1-0
8/18/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Brunsting/Samuels	17, Q1	McKienzie/Satterfield	18, Q3	22-20, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q32 Burrow/Diaz 1-0
8/17/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Brunsting/Samuels	17, Q1	Burrow/Diaz	Q32	21-17, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # Q48 Fiers/Smith 1-0
8/17/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Brunsting/Samuels	17, Q1	Fiers/Smith	Q48	21-12, 19-21, 15-7	0:56
Lead the series against # Q65 Motter/Olson 1-0
8/17/17	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Brunsting/Samuels	17, Q1	Motter/Olson	Q65	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:12