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

(26, Q7) Michael Groselle/Nathan Yang

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

Nathan Yang

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 15, 1991 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davis, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Davis
Colorado

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (AVP Denver 2023)

Career Winnings:

$3,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	Money
AVP	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	$6,800.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	David Smith - 25th
2018	David Smith - 41st	Steven Irvin - 57th
2019	Ty Coutts - 41st	Patrick Bolton - 41st
2021	David Vander Meer - 25th	Mikhail Butler - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/22-24/2022	Atlantic City Open	15, Q1	13th	1254	$0.00
AVP	7/7-9/2022	Waupaca Open	7	17th	1132	$0.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/18/2022

Qualifier 2

Chris Fleming / Joshua Harner (Q71)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:44

Thu, 8/18/2022

Qualifier 3

Markus Koppke / Joe Osmani (Q26)

Won 21-13, 15-21, 15-9

0:56

Thu, 8/18/2022

Qualifier 4

Nolan Albrecht / Tomas Goldsmith (Q10)

Won 21-17, 13-21, 15-10

0:57

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 1

Andy Benesh / Miles Evans (7)

Lost 15-21, 22-24

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	Total	22	18	3	0.682	3	0	2	5
	1	10	8	2	0.600	1	0	1	2
	2	12	10	1	0.750	2	0	1	3
Nathan Yang	Total	28	8	5	0.107	0	6	0	3
	1	15	5	3	0.133	0	5	0	0
	2	13	3	2	0.077	0	1	0	3

Fri, 8/19/2022

Contender 1

Travis Mewhirter / John-Michael Plummer (23, Q3)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	Total	17	9	5	0.235	0	4	0	0
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	2	0	0
	2	7	4	3	0.143	0	2	0	0
Nathan Yang	Total	29	14	4	0.345	0	11	0	2
	1	19	7	1	0.316	0	7	0	1
	2	10	7	3	0.400	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	39	27	8	0.487	3	4	2	5
Nathan Yang	57	22	9	0.228	0	17	0	5

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Benesh/Evans 0-1
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Benesh/Evans	7	Groselle/Yang	26, Q7	21-15, 24-22	0:45
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Mewhirter/Plummer 0-1
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Mewhirter/Plummer	23, Q3	Groselle/Yang	26, Q7	21-16, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 25, Q4 Connole/Tucker 0-1
7/23/22	AVP	Atlantic City Open	Contender 2	Connole/Tucker	7	Groselle/Yang	15, Q1	21-13, 21-6	0:39
Trail the series against # Q2 Burik/Joyner 0-1
7/8/22	AVP	Waupaca Open	Contender 1	Burik/Joyner	9	Groselle/Yang	7	19-21, 24-22, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # Q6 Diaz/Jurko 1-0
7/23/22	AVP	Atlantic City Open	Contender 1	Groselle/Yang	15, Q1	Diaz/Jurko	16	22-20, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # Q10 Albrecht/Goldsmith 1-0
8/18/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Groselle/Yang	26, Q7	Albrecht/Goldsmith	Q10	21-17, 13-21, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # Q26 Koppke/Osmani 1-0
8/18/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Groselle/Yang	26, Q7	Koppke/Osmani	Q26	21-13, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # Q71 Fleming/Harner 1-0
8/18/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Groselle/Yang	26, Q7	Fleming/Harner	Q71	21-14, 21-19	0:44