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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 17 - 20, 2023

(20, Q1) 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
2022	Nathan Yang - 25th	Michael Groselle - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/4-6/2023	Gold Series Atlanta Open	16	13th	1706	$4,000.00
AVP	7/5-7/2023	Tour Series Waupaca Open	10	9th	1192	$0.00
AVP	6/30-7/2/2023	Tour Series Denver Open	17	3rd	1463	$1,000.00
AVP	5/18-21/2023	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Q13	21st	1192	$0.00
AVP	4/13-16/2023	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Q11	21st	1192	$0.00
AVP	8/26-28/2022	Virginia Beach Open	12	9th	1390	$500.00
AVP	8/18-21/2022	Manhattan Beach Open	26, Q7	25th	1132	$650.00

Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/17/2023

Qualifier 2

Matthew Pimblett / Jeff Steffens (Q65)

Won 21-12, 21-14

Thu, 8/17/2023

Qualifier 3

Skyler Kaufman / Manning Lemoine (Q33)

Won 21-14, 17-21, 15-10

Thu, 8/17/2023

Qualifier 4

Owen Karlenzig / Christopher Shaffer (Q16)

Won 26-24, 24-22

Fri, 8/18/2023

Winner 1

Jake Dietrich / Travis Mewhirter (13)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	Total	21	13	2	0.524	3	2	0	0
	1	9	5	0	0.556	3	1	0	0
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	1	0	0
Nathan Yang	Total	20	7	6	0.050	0	7	2	2
	1	12	4	4	0.000	0	5	1	1
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	2	1	1

Fri, 8/18/2023

Contender 1

Peter Connole / Steven Roschitz (29, Q5)

Lost 20-22, 13-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	Total	17	13	3	0.588	4	0	0	0
	1	12	9	2	0.583	2	0	0	0
	2	5	4	1	0.600	2	0	0	0
Nathan Yang	Total	20	8	5	0.150	0	5	3	2
	1	7	3	0	0.429	0	3	2	0
	2	13	5	5	0.000	0	2	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	38	26	5	0.553	7	2	0	0
Nathan Yang	40	15	11	0.100	0	12	5	4

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,150.00	9	8	52.9 %
2023	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$5,650.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	AVP	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	$6,800.00	19	17	52.8 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$825.00	2022	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	$825.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	$2,825.00	2023	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	$2,825.00
26	0	0	1	0	1	6	4	3	11	$7,150.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	1	0	0	5	6	3	17	$3,900.00

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%
2022-2023	10	50.0%	7	35.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	12	75.0%	2-14	12.5%	10-12	45.5%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	19-17	52.8%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	5-7	41.7%

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
Groselle/Yang trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Brewster/Friend 0-1
8/28/22	AVP	Virginia Beach Open	Contender 3	Brewster/Friend	1	Groselle/Yang	12	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	1:17
Trail the series against # 8 Allen/Cerutti 0-1
7/2/23	AVP	Tour Series Denver Open	Semi-Finals	Allen/Cerutti	6	Groselle/Yang	17	21-11, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Bomgren/Lotman 0-1
8/4/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Bomgren/Lotman	9	Groselle/Yang	16	22-20, 21-18	0:54
Trail the series against # 13 Dietrich/Mewhirter 0-1
8/18/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Dietrich/Mewhirter	13	Groselle/Yang	20, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:48
Trail the series against # 22 Basey/Perez 0-1
7/6/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Pool C	Basey/Perez	15	Groselle/Yang	10	14-21, 21-16, 15-13
Trail the series against # 29, Q5 Connole/Roschitz 0-1
8/18/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Connole/Roschitz	29, Q5	Groselle/Yang	20, Q1	22-20, 21-13	0:53
Trail the series against # Q7 Coyle/Leathers 0-1
7/6/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Winner 1	Coyle/Leathers	19, Q5	Groselle/Yang	10	21-16, 21-12
Lead the series against # Q16 Karlenzig/Shaffer 2-0
8/17/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Groselle/Yang	20, Q1	Karlenzig/Shaffer	Q16	26-24, 24-22
7/6/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Pool C	Groselle/Yang	10	Karlenzig/Shaffer	22, Q8	21-14, 21-14
Lead the series against # Q33 Kaufman/Lemoine 1-0
8/17/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Groselle/Yang	20, Q1	Kaufman/Lemoine	Q33	21-14, 17-21, 15-10
Lead the series against # Q47 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
Lead the series against # Q65 Pimblett/Steffens 1-0
8/17/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Groselle/Yang	20, Q1	Pimblett/Steffens	Q65	21-12, 21-14