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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 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Plano, TX

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Citadel

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$9,175.00

Raffe Paulis

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1986 (39 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

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$)
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michael Groselle												Raffe Paulis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	0	1	$11,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Tour Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$1,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,650.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,350.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$925.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	$2,700.00
13	0	0	2	0	0	7	4	0	0	$2,000.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	13	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	0	$1,400.00
37	0	0	2	0	1	9	9	4	1	$9,175.00	Total	75	0	0	0	0	3	20	32	4	4	$23,500.00

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
2024	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00	4	7	36.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michael Groselle													Raffe Paulis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	Pro Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$475.00
											2013	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$0.00
											2013	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00
											2014	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
											2014	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
											2015	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$1,650.00
											2015	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2016	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	$1,400.00
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	$3,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	$4,775.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2019	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	$2,225.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$3,500.00	2021	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$825.00	2022	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$5,350.00
											2022	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	$3,425.00	2023	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$3,100.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$1,000.00	2024	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$1,000.00
											2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
32	0	0	2	0	1	8	6	3	12	$8,750.00	Total	Total	80	0	0	0	1	3	22	30	8	16	$24,075.00

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	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	1-5	16.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	4-7	36.4%
2023-2024	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	1-5	16.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	4-7	36.4%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-8	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Total	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7

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