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AVP Tour
$300,000 Manhattan Beach Heritage Series
August 15 - 18, 2024

(23) Michael Groselle/Raffe Paulis

Michael Groselle

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1990 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Plano, TX

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Citadel

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$8,750.00

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	19	25	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00

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	Did not play	Spencer Sauter - 57th
2018	David Smith - 41st	Jeff Samuels - 25th
2019	Ty Coutts - 41st	Travis Mewhirter - 25th
2021	David Vander Meer - 25th	Aaren Rice - 37th
2022	Nathan Yang - 25th	Brian Miller - 7th
2023	Nathan Yang - 25th	Marty Lorenz - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/2-4/2024	Virginia Beach Contender Series	11	9th	1254	$400.00
AVP	7/10-12/2024	Waupaca Contender Series	13	9th	1254	$400.00
AVP	7/5-7/2024	Denver Contender Series	14	19th	971	$0.00

Manhattan Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/16/2024

Winner 1

Alison Cerutti / Evan Cory (10)

Lost 13-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	Total	26	10	4	0.231	1	1	0	3
	1	16	3	2	0.063	0	1	0	0
	2	10	7	2	0.500	1	0	0	3
Raffe Paulis	Total	14	10	2	0.571	0	2	1	1
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	2	1	0
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	0	0	1

Fri, 8/16/2024

Contender 1

Tyler Penberthy / Garrett Peterson (26, Q5)

Won 23-21, 16-21, 15-10

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	Total	24	11	3	0.333	4	3	1	0
	1	10	7	1	0.600	3	1	0	0
	2	10	3	2	0.100	1	0	1	0
	3	4	1	0	0.250	0	2	0	0
Raffe Paulis	Total	40	23	5	0.450	0	8	1	3
	1	15	6	3	0.200	0	3	0	0
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	4	0	0
	3	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	1	3

Fri, 8/16/2024

Contender 2

Tim Bomgren / Troy Field (8)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	Total	22	9	7	0.091	0	4	0	2
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	0	0	1
	2	12	4	4	0.000	0	4	0	1
Raffe Paulis	Total	21	10	3	0.333	0	3	1	2
	1	10	4	2	0.200	0	2	0	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	1	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	72	30	14	0.222	5	8	1	5
Raffe Paulis	75	43	10	0.440	0	13	3	6

Head to Head Results
Groselle/Paulis trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Crabb/Sander 1-0
7/11/24	AVP	Waupaca Contender Series	Pool A	Groselle/Paulis	13	Crabb/Sander	1	29-27, 11-21, 15-10
Trail the series against # 8 Bomgren/Field 0-1
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 2	Bomgren/Field	8	Groselle/Paulis	23	21-14, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Cerutti/Cory 0-1
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Cerutti/Cory	10	Groselle/Paulis	23	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Bourne/Wilcox 0-1
8/3/24	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Winner 1	Bourne/Wilcox	3	Groselle/Paulis	11	21-16, 21-19
Lead the series against # 18 Ierna/Perez 1-0
7/11/24	AVP	Waupaca Contender Series	Pool A	Groselle/Paulis	13	Ierna/Perez	12	21-19, 16-21, 15-11
Trail the series against # 22 Carvalhaes/Kolinske 0-1
8/3/24	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Pool B	Carvalhaes/Kolinske	14	Groselle/Paulis	11	21-16, 21-18
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Penberthy/Peterson 1-0
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 1	Groselle/Paulis	23	Penberthy/Peterson	26, Q5	23-21, 16-21, 15-10	1:03