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AVP Tour
$125,000 AVP Pro Series Hermosa Beach Open
July 8 - 10, 2022

(2) Theo Brunner/Chaim Schalk

Theo Brunner

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ridgefield, CT

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

177

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$543,162.50

Chaim Schalk

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Red Deer College
Trinity Western

Seasons:

Tournaments:

166

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$510,150.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
AVP	11	1	4	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$116,100.00
FIVB	15	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	1	1	2	US$71,250.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	27	2	4	4	1	2	1	5	2	2	0	1	1	2	US$187,850.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 25th	Did not play
2010	Aaron Mansfield - 13th	Did not play
2018	John Hyden - 1st	Tim Bomgren - 7th
2019	Did not play	Jeremy Casebeer - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	19	4th	1120	US$28,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
AVP	5/6-8/2022	Austin Open	3	3rd	1891	$6,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	8	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	14, Q6	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	11	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	5	9th	400	US$4,000.00
AVP	9/1-5/2021	Chicago Open	5	7th	518	$5,000.00
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	3	3rd	972	$10,500.00
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	4	2nd	896	$14,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2021	Rubavu 2 Star	2	1st	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	27, Q5	17th	320	US$3,000.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/8/2022

Winner 1

Lev Priima / Silila Tucker (15)

Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-11

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	15	6	0	0.400	6	1	2	2
	1	4	1	0	0.250	3	1	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	2	0	0	1
	3	4	1	0	0.250	1	0	2	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	39	19	4	0.385	6	11	0	1
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	2	0	1
	2	18	5	4	0.056	6	6	0	0
	3	10	6	0	0.600	0	3	0	0

Fri, 7/8/2022

Winner 2

Paul Lotman / Miles Partain (7)

Lost 21-15, 16-21, 14-16

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	13	6	1	0.385	3	6	0	1
	1	4	3	0	0.750	3	1	0	0
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	4	0	0
	3	4	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	46	23	6	0.370	0	11	0	2
	1	13	8	3	0.385	0	5	0	0
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	2	0	1
	3	16	5	1	0.250	0	4	0	1

Sat, 7/9/2022

Contender 2

Noah Dyer / Chase Frishman (13)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	18	9	3	0.333	3	3	1	4
	1	7	3	1	0.286	1	1	0	3
	2	11	6	2	0.364	2	2	1	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	26	18	2	0.615	0	9	1	2
	1	19	11	2	0.474	0	5	0	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	0	4	1	2

Sat, 7/9/2022

Contender 3

Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb (1)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	22	12	2	0.455	5	5	2	4
	1	7	5	1	0.571	3	0	1	2
	2	15	7	1	0.400	2	5	1	2
Chaim Schalk	Total	31	17	4	0.419	0	11	2	1
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	7	2	0
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	4	0	1

Sun, 7/10/2022

Contender 4

Jake Dietrich / Hagen Smith (16)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	18	8	0	0.444	3	2	1	2
	1	10	4	0	0.400	2	1	0	1
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	1	1	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	28	19	2	0.607	0	6	0	2
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	4	0	1
	2	16	12	0	0.750	0	2	0	1

Sun, 7/10/2022

Semi-Finals

Paul Lotman / Miles Partain (7)

Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-12

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	18	9	3	0.333	1	1	2	4
	1	4	3	0	0.750	1	1	2	1
	2	8	2	3	-0.125	0	0	0	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	0	0	3
Chaim Schalk	Total	24	15	0	0.625	0	3	0	1
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	1	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	1	0	0
	3	4	1	0	0.250	0	1	0	0

Sun, 7/10/2022

Finals

Taylor Crabb / Taylor Sander (5)

Won 22-20, 24-26, 15-9

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	33	20	3	0.515	3	7	2	3
	1	13	7	1	0.462	1	5	1	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	0	0	3
	3	8	6	0	0.750	1	2	1	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	34	22	5	0.500	0	13	0	1
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	4	0	1
	2	13	8	5	0.231	0	4	0	0
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	137	70	12	0.423	24	25	10	20
Chaim Schalk	228	133	23	0.482	6	64	3	10

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 12-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Bourne/Crabb 3-2
7/9/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Brunner/Schalk	2	Bourne/Crabb	1	21-19, 22-20	0:48
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Bourne/Crabb	4	Brunner/Schalk	5	21-10, 21-15	0:35
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Bourne/Crabb	4	Brunner/Schalk	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:03
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	4	Bourne/Crabb	6	10-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
2/18/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Country Quota	Brunner/Schalk	Q18	Bourne/Crabb		17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 5 Crabb/Sander 1-0
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Brunner/Schalk	2	Crabb/Sander	5	22-20, 24-26, 15-9	1:14
Lead the series against # 6 Budinger/Field 2-1
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Field	4	Brunner/Schalk	3	21-18, 22-20	0:43
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Schalk	14, Q6	Budinger/Field	Q14	21-19, 21-18	0:36
7/18/21	FIVB	Rubavu 2 Star	Gold Medal	Brunner/Schalk	2	Budinger/Field	21, Q7	25-23, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # 7 Lotman/Partain 1-1
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	2	Lotman/Partain	7	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:54
7/8/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Lotman/Partain	7	Brunner/Schalk	2	15-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 8 Allen/Casebeer 1-0
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	3	Allen/Casebeer	6	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Hyden/Webber 1-0
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Schalk	3	Hyden/Webber	8	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Dyer/Frishman 1-0
7/9/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Brunner/Schalk	2	Dyer/Frishman	13	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Priima/Tucker 1-0
7/8/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	2	Priima/Tucker	15	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 16 Dietrich/Smith 1-0
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Schalk	2	Dietrich/Smith	16	21-18, 21-19	0:41