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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 5, 2021

(Q4) Michael Groselle/David Vander Meer

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

David Vander Meer

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Rapids, MI

Height:

5'9"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (AVP Atlanta 2021)

Career Winnings:

$8,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	$7,000.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Marc Kremers - 89th
Wide Open 2011	Did not play	Jeff Samuels - 33rd
2015	Did not play	Charles VanRees - 29th
2017	Did not play	Nathanael Vander Meer - 33rd
2018	Brad Torsone - 49th	Spencer Sauter - 25th
2019	Justin Phipps - 49th	Cody Caldwell - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	Q1	25th	270	$0.00
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	16, Q12	5th	630	$7,000.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/2/2021	Qualifier 4	Joshua Bigford / David Evans (Q36)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:41
Thu, 9/2/2021	Qualifier 5	John-Michael Plummer / Garrett Wessberg (Q13)	Won 21-18, 28-26	0:49
Thu, 9/2/2021	Qualifier 6	Jacob Landel / Lev Priima (15, Q5)	Lost 20-22, 20-22	0:47

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$7,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michael Groselle												David Vander Meer
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	19	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$5,950.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	$1,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$650.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,650.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$925.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series
13	0	0	2	0	0	7	4	0	0	$2,000.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00
37	0	0	2	0	1	9	9	4	1	$9,175.00	Total	33	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	4	2	$8,350.00

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
2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$7,000.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$7,000.00	9	4	69.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michael Groselle													David Vander Meer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2009	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2015	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$200.00
											2015	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2017	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$450.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$2,000.00
											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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$1,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$3,500.00	2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$3,500.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	11	$3,500.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	1	4	11	3	14	$8,600.00

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	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	8-3	72.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	9-4	69.2%
2020-2021	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	8-3	72.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	9-4	69.2%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	8-6	57.1%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Manhattan Beach	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4

Head to Head Results
Groselle/Vander Meer lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Budinger/Patterson 0-1
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Budinger/Patterson	3	Groselle/Vander Meer	16, Q12	21-11, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Groselle/Vander Meer	16, Q12	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 5 Brunner/Schalk 0-1
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	4	Groselle/Vander Meer	16, Q12	21-9, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 15, Q5 Landel/Priima 0-1
9/2/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 6	Landel/Priima	15, Q5	Groselle/Vander Meer	Q4	22-20, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # Q6 Connole/Tucker 1-0
8/12/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Qualifier 5	Groselle/Vander Meer	16, Q12	Connole/Tucker	Q5	21-17, 21-14
Trail the series against # Q9 Dentler/Ferrari 0-1
8/19/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 6	Dentler/Ferrari	21, Q8	Groselle/Vander Meer	Q1	13-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:58
Lead the series against # Q13 Plummer/Wessberg 1-0
9/2/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 5	Groselle/Vander Meer	Q4	Plummer/Wessberg	Q13	21-18, 28-26	0:49
Lead the series against # Q25 Diaz/Jurko 1-0
8/12/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Qualifier 4	Groselle/Vander Meer	16, Q12	Diaz/Jurko	Q21	21-15, 21-14
Lead the series against # Q36 Bigford/Evans 1-0
9/2/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 4	Groselle/Vander Meer	Q4	Bigford/Evans	Q36	21-13, 21-13	0:41