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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 18 - 21, 2022

(24) Brian Miller/Raffe Paulis

Brian Miller

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 26, 1994 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mercer Island, WA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Washington State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (AVP Virginia Beach 2024)

Career Winnings:

$16,275.00

Raffe Paulis

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chicago, IL

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Northeastern Illinois

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (NORCECA Managua 2022)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$24,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	$9,300.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Vincent Robbins - 41st
2013	Did not play	Billy Kolinske - 41st
2014	Did not play	Kyle Stevenson - 41st
2015	Did not play	Marty Lorenz - 17th
2016	Did not play	Andrew Dentler - 41st
2017	Brett Ryan - 17th	Spencer Sauter - 57th
2018	Orlando Irizarry - 33rd	Jeff Samuels - 25th
2019	Christian Honer - 17th	Travis Mewhirter - 25th
2021	Kyle Friend - 29th	Aaren Rice - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/7-9/2022	Waupaca Open	12	7th	1463	$1,000.00
AVP	7/1-3/2022	Denver Open	18, Q4	17th	1132	$0.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 1

Timothy Brewster / Kyle Friend (9)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:50

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 2

Evan Cory / Billy Kolinske (8)

Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-12

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Miller	Total	33	19	4	0.455	3	4	1	1
	1	9	6	1	0.556	2	0	0	0
	2	14	7	3	0.286	0	2	0	1
	3	10	6	0	0.600	1	2	1	0
Raffe Paulis	Total	33	20	5	0.455	0	15	1	5
	1	13	10	2	0.615	0	5	0	2
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	3	1	3
	3	10	5	2	0.300	0	7	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2022

Winner 3

Theo Brunner / Chaim Schalk (1)

Lost 18-21, 23-21, 14-16

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Miller	Total	39	23	7	0.410	5	4	0	3
	1	11	5	2	0.273	3	1	0	0
	2	17	13	1	0.706	1	2	0	2
	3	11	5	4	0.091	1	1	0	1
Raffe Paulis	Total	42	18	6	0.286	0	15	0	3
	1	16	8	3	0.313	0	5	0	2
	2	16	5	3	0.125	0	5	0	0
	3	10	5	0	0.500	0	5	0	1

Sat, 8/20/2022

Contender 4

Marty Lorenz / Adam Roberts (21, Q1)

Won 21-12, 21-19

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Miller	Total	18	12	1	0.611	0	12	1	0
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	10	1	0
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	2	0	0
Raffe Paulis	Total	25	17	4	0.520	0	13	1	0
	1	12	9	2	0.583	0	8	1	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	5	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2022

Contender 5

Andy Benesh / Miles Evans (7)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Miller	Total	30	13	6	0.233	1	1	0	1
	1	12	5	4	0.083	0	0	0	1
	2	18	8	2	0.333	1	1	0	0
Raffe Paulis	Total	20	11	5	0.300	0	10	2	2
	1	8	3	4	-0.125	0	4	2	2
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Miller	120	67	18	0.408	9	21	2	5
Raffe Paulis	120	66	20	0.383	0	53	4	10

Head to Head Results
Miller/Paulis trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brunner/Schalk 0-1
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	1	Miller/Paulis	24	21-18, 21-23, 16-14	1:08
Trail the series against # 7 Benesh/Evans 0-2
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Benesh/Evans	7	Miller/Paulis	24	21-18, 21-18	0:45
7/2/22	AVP	Denver Open	Contender 1	Benesh/Evans	1	Miller/Paulis	18, Q4	21-17, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 8 Cory/Kolinske 1-0
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Miller/Paulis	24	Cory/Kolinske	8	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 9 Brewster/Friend 1-0
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Miller/Paulis	24	Brewster/Friend	9	21-19, 21-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 20 Kwekel/Satterfield 0-1
7/8/22	AVP	Waupaca Open	Winner 3	Kwekel/Satterfield	13	Miller/Paulis	12	21-15, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 21, Q1 Lorenz/Roberts 1-0
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Miller/Paulis	24	Lorenz/Roberts	21, Q1	21-12, 21-19	0:51
Trail the series against # 22 Samuels/Vaughan 0-1
7/9/22	AVP	Waupaca Open	Contender 4	Samuels/Vaughan	8	Miller/Paulis	12	19-21, 21-13, 15-8	1:05
Series tied with # Q2 Burik/Joyner 1-1
7/8/22	AVP	Waupaca Open	Contender 3	Miller/Paulis	12	Burik/Joyner	9	21-19, 21-17	0:51
7/2/22	AVP	Denver Open	Winner 1	Burik/Joyner	15	Miller/Paulis	18, Q4	23-21, 18-21, 15-12	1:13