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$200,000 smart AVP Championships at Huntington Beach
October 17 - 20, 2013

(4) Theo Brunner/Nick Lucena

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:

180

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$550,887.50

Nick Lucena

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Florida State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

288

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,382,652.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	14	17	25	Money
AVP	7	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$60,500.00
FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	US$103,750.00
NORCECA	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$3,500.00
Overall	19	2	2	3	1	4	0	2	1	1	1	2	US$167,750.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Phil Dalhausser - 25th
2004	Did not play	Phil Dalhausser - 13th
2005	Did not play	Phil Dalhausser - 7th
2006	Did not play	George Roumain - 9th
2007	Did not play	Bill Strickland - 5th
2008	Andrew McGuire - 37th	Sean Scott - 5th
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 57th	Brad Keenan - 13th
2010	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 13th
2011	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 3rd
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NORCECA	10/4-6/2013	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit San Diego	13	1st	200	US$3,000.00
AVP	9/26-29/2013	AVP Santa Barbara Open	3	13th	240	$2,000.00
NORCECA	9/20-22/2013	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Puerto Rico		14th	0	US$0.00
AVP	9/13-15/2013	AVP St. Petersburg Open	3	2nd	640	$10,000.00
AVP	9/6-8/2013	Atlantic City Invitational	3	3rd	0	$6,000.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2013	AVP Cincinnati Open	5	2nd	640	$10,000.00
AVP	8/23-25/2013	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	7	5th	450	$6,000.00
AVP	8/15-18/2013	AVP Salt Lake City Open	9	3rd	540	$6,500.00

AVP Championships at Huntington Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 10/18/2013

Winner 1

Jeremy Casebeer / Andrew McGuire (13, Q2)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	22	16	2	0.636	8	2	0	0
	1	11	7	1	0.545	4	2	0	0
	2	11	9	1	0.727	4	0	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	15	7	2	0.333	0	11	0	1
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	7	0	0
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	4	0	1

Sat, 10/19/2013

Winner 2

Pedro Brazao / Steve Grotowski (12)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	23	13	5	0.348	15	2	0	0
	1	12	5	2	0.250	7	2	0	0
	2	11	8	3	0.455	8	0	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	17	8	0	0.471	0	14	0	3
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	10	0	2
	2	8	3	0	0.375	0	4	0	1

Sat, 10/19/2013

Winner 3

Brad Keenan / John Mayer (8)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	9	5	1	0.444	7	0	1	3
	1	6	3	0	0.500	3	0	0	2
	2	3	2	1	0.333	4	0	1	1
Nick Lucena	Total	23	17	1	0.696	0	5	2	1
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	2	1	0
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	3	1	1

Sun, 10/20/2013

Semi-Finals

Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson (1)

Won 19-21, 26-24, 15-13

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	37	19	5	0.378	7	7	0	0
	1	14	5	5	0.000	3	3	0	0
	2	12	7	0	0.583	1	4	0	0
	3	11	7	0	0.636	3	0	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	43	20	6	0.326	0	22	0	2
	1	18	6	2	0.222	0	11	0	0
	2	20	11	3	0.400	0	8	0	1
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	3	0	1

Sun, 10/20/2013

Finals

Tri Bourne / John Hyden (3)

Won 23-21, 7-21, 15-13

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	36	15	6	0.250	5	4	0	0
	1	14	6	1	0.357	5	2	0	0
	2	13	3	4	-0.077	0	0	0	0
	3	9	6	1	0.556	0	2	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	41	17	6	0.268	0	16	0	3
	1	21	10	3	0.333	0	9	0	1
	2	8	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	2
	3	12	5	1	0.333	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	127	68	19	0.386	42	15	1	3
Nick Lucena	139	69	15	0.388	0	68	2	10

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$69,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$35,250.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Tour Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Total	15	1	2	2	1	3	0	2	1	1	2	0	$158,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Theo Brunner												Nick Lucena
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	$45,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$43,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Tour Finals	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$87,500.00
39	0	0	2	0	3	13	11	8	0	$141,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	59	3	5	3	2	13	8	14	5	0	$406,900.00
83	4	5	6	2	18	19	11	8	0	$165,257.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	159	13	19	19	4	43	38	8	9	0	$528,627.50
5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$8,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship
11	0	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	$28,530.00	Manhattan Beach	15	3	2	3	0	2	4	0	1	0	$110,200.00
6	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$26,500.00	Tour Championships	9	2	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$55,400.00
7	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$60,850.00	Gold Series	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
10	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$47,800.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$8,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,875.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
169	11	11	17	5	30	37	26	17	0	$536,912.50	Total	261	24	29	28	7	68	53	24	15	0	$1,260,527.50

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
2013	AVP	7	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$60,500.00	24	12	66.7 %
Total	AVP	7	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$60,500.00	24	12	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Theo Brunner													Nick Lucena
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	$780.00
											2004	AVP	10	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$10,310.00
											2005	AVP	13	1	1	2	0	6	2	1	0	0	$49,537.50
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	9	5	1	1	0	$31,525.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	AVP	17	0	0	1	0	7	8	1	0	0	$38,187.50
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	AVP	18	0	6	5	0	6	1	0	0	0	$121,262.50
											2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$2,150.00	2009	AVP	14	0	1	5	1	5	2	0	0	0	$58,725.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$8,625.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$1,675.00	2010	AVP	7	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$28,475.00
											2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2010	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	$49,775.00
											2011	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
											2011	Pro Beach	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,675.00
											2011	FIVB	14	0	1	0	1	3	4	2	2	1	$54,275.00
											2012	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
											2012	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	Pro Beach	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00
											2012	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	5	1	2	1	0	$60,000.00
7	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$30,250.00	2013	AVP	7	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$30,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2013	NVL
											2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	$12,950.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2013	NORCECA	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
24	2	2	3	0	1	5	1	4	6	$35,875.00	Total	Total	175	5	16	24	3	50	40	15	9	13	$601,102.50

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	17	85.0%	1	5.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	6	37.5%	3	18.8%	7	43.8%	6-10	37.5%	17-7	70.8%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	24-12	66.7%
2012-2013	17	85.0%	1	5.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	6	37.5%	3	18.8%	7	43.8%	6-10	37.5%	17-7	70.8%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	24-12	66.7%
Against the Field	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	5	33.3%	3	20.0%	7	46.7%	5-10	33.3%	18-14	56.3%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	15-12	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	9	0	11	7	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	21	10
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Total	2	0	9	0	20	7	0	0	17	10	3	3	1	1	0	0	62	25

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Lucena lead the series against the field 15-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Patterson 1-5
10/20/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Lucena	4	Gibb/Patterson	1	19-21, 26-24, 15-13	1:05
9/15/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Finals	Gibb/Patterson	2	Brunner/Lucena	3	22-20, 21-19	0:49
9/14/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	2	Brunner/Lucena	3	21-16, 21-18	0:43
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	2	Brunner/Lucena	3	21-17, 17-21, 17-15	1:05
9/2/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Finals	Gibb/Patterson	2	Brunner/Lucena	5	21-14, 22-20	0:56
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	2	Brunner/Lucena	7	27-25, 19-21, 15-10	1:02
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rosenthal 2-4
9/15/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Lucena	3	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:58
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Brunner/Lucena	3	21-16, 21-12	0:39
9/2/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Lucena	5	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	21-19, 21-14	0:44
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Brunner/Lucena	7	21-13, 21-15	0:36
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Brunner/Lucena	9	21-14, 22-20	0:40
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Brunner/Lucena	9	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 3 Bourne/Hyden 2-1
10/20/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Finals	Brunner/Lucena	4	Bourne/Hyden	3	23-21, 7-21, 15-13	1:03
8/31/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Bourne/Hyden	4	Brunner/Lucena	5	17-21, 21-15, 15-6	0:49
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Lucena	9	Bourne/Hyden	6	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 5 Carambula/Slick 3-0
9/15/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Lucena	3	Carambula/Slick	9	21-18, 21-13	0:40
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Contender 2	Brunner/Lucena	3	Carambula/Slick	8, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:37
9/1/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Contender 3	Brunner/Lucena	5	Carambula/Slick	8, Q1	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 6 Allen/Halverson 2-0
9/1/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Brunner/Lucena	5	Allen/Halverson	7	21-15, 21-15	0:34
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	7	Allen/Halverson	10	21-17, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Keenan/Mayer 3-1
10/19/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Winner 3	Brunner/Lucena	4	Keenan/Mayer	8	21-17, 21-13	0:32
9/28/13	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Keenan/Mayer	6	Brunner/Lucena	3	21-16, 21-19	0:40
9/13/13	AVP	AVP St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	3	Keenan/Mayer	6	21-15, 21-15	0:35
9/7/13	AVP	Atlantic City Invitational	Winner 1	Brunner/Lucena	3	Keenan/Mayer	6	14-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 12 Brazao/Grotowski 1-0
10/19/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	4	Brazao/Grotowski	12	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Casebeer/McGuire 1-0
10/18/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Winner 1	Brunner/Lucena	4	Casebeer/McGuire	13, Q2	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # Q1 Marchewka/Olson 0-1
9/27/13	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Marchewka/Olson	14, Q7	Brunner/Lucena	3	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:54