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$200,000 The Manhattan Beach Open
August 23 - 25, 2013

(7) 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 Manhattan 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 - 2nd
2006	Ben Brockman - 89th	Sean Rooney - 9th
2007	Ben Brockman - 89th	Mark Williams - 5th
2008	Did not play	Sean Scott - 2nd
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 17th	Brad Keenan - 3rd
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/15-18/2013	AVP Salt Lake City Open	9	3rd	540	$6,500.00

AVP Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 1

Christopher Austin / Cullen Irons (26, Q6)

Won 21-17, 21-9

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	23	13	1	0.522	4	4	2	1
	1	16	9	1	0.500	1	3	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	3	1	2	0
Nick Lucena	Total	12	6	2	0.333	0	11	2	3
	1	4	1	0	0.250	0	5	1	1
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	6	1	2

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 2

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (10)

Won 21-17, 24-22

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	28	15	2	0.464	3	2	1	1
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	1	1	1
	2	15	8	0	0.533	3	1	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	28	15	2	0.464	0	14	3	3
	1	16	9	2	0.438	0	10	1	1
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	4	2	2

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson (2)

Lost 25-27, 21-19, 10-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	44	20	8	0.273	3	6	1	1
	1	14	7	2	0.357	3	2	0	1
	2	19	9	4	0.263	0	2	1	0
	3	11	4	2	0.182	0	2	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	38	19	4	0.395	1	21	0	2
	1	20	8	2	0.300	1	10	0	0
	2	12	7	1	0.500	0	9	0	2
	3	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 4

Paul Baxter / Pedro Brazao (14)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	19	9	1	0.421	3	4	2	1
	1	12	5	0	0.417	2	4	2	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	0	0	1
Nick Lucena	Total	34	14	5	0.265	0	15	0	3
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	6	0	2
	2	21	8	4	0.190	0	9	0	1

Sun, 8/25/2013

Contender 5

Matt Prosser / Aaron Wachtfogel (16)

Won 21-10, 21-17

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	19	11	0	0.579	5	11	0	0
	1	10	7	0	0.700	2	5	0	0
	2	9	4	0	0.444	3	6	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	30	18	2	0.533	1	10	1	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	4	0	2
	2	18	10	1	0.500	0	6	1	1

Sun, 8/25/2013

Contender 6

Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal (1)

Lost 13-21, 15-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	21	9	4	0.238	2	3	0	2
	1	9	2	4	-0.222	1	2	0	1
	2	12	7	0	0.583	1	1	0	1
Nick Lucena	Total	22	8	6	0.091	0	10	0	4
	1	13	4	3	0.077	0	4	0	3
	2	9	4	3	0.111	0	6	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	154	77	16	0.396	20	30	6	6
Nick Lucena	164	80	21	0.360	2	81	6	18

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	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	8	4	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
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2013	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2013	NVL
											2013	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$7,950.00
17	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	4	6	$10,375.00	Total	Total	167	3	14	23	3	49	38	15	9	13	$570,602.50

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	11	84.6%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	5	33.3%	3	20.0%	7	46.7%	5-10	33.3%	22-14	61.1%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	17-11	60.7%

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
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 7-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal 0-3
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
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Patterson 0-1
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	2	Brunner/Lucena	7	27-25, 19-21, 15-10	1:02
Lead the series against # 6 Bourne/Hyden 1-0
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 # 10 Allen/Halverson 1-0
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 # 13 Grotowski/McColloch 1-0
8/16/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Lucena	9	Grotowski/McColloch	8, Q2	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Baxter/Brazao 2-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Lucena	7	Baxter/Brazao	14	21-16, 21-19	0:45
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 2	Brunner/Lucena	9	Baxter/Brazao	11, Q4	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 16 Prosser/Wachtfogel 1-0
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Brunner/Lucena	7	Prosser/Wachtfogel	16	21-10, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Austin/Irons 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Lucena	7	Austin/Irons	26, Q6	21-17, 21-9	0:36