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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 (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 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

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,850.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,850.00	8	4	66.7 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$7,725.00	2017	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	$4,925.00
19	0	0	0	0	2	9	6	0	2	$14,225.00	Total	Total	34	0	1	5	0	11	8	6	1	2	$24,000.00

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-6	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-4	55.6%

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 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