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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 (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

Nathan Yang

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 15, 1991 (34 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

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$)
Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$5,300.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	1	$6,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michael Groselle												Nathan Yang
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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,650.00	Gold Series	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,650.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$925.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$0.00
13	0	0	2	0	0	7	4	0	0	$2,000.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	11	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	1	$1,000.00
37	0	0	2	0	1	9	9	4	1	$9,175.00	Total	37	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	7	4	$3,900.00

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
2022	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$650.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$650.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michael Groselle													Nathan Yang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$250.00
											2017	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2019	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$3,500.00	2021	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	$575.00	2022	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$575.00
19	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	11	$4,075.00	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	17	$825.00

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	10	50.0%	7	35.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	13	76.5%	2-15	11.8%	10-13	43.5%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	19-18	51.4%
2021-2022	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	5-4	55.6%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	9-8	52.9%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%

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
Gold Series	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	9
Total	0	0	10	3	3	1	0	0	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	18

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