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AVP Tour
$125,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
June 4 - 6, 2004

(6) Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings

Matt Fuerbringer

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 29, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Costa Mesa, CA

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$706,982.50

Casey Jennings

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 1975 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Las Vegas, NV

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Brigham Young

Seasons:

Tournaments:

220

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$636,312.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
AVP	80	7	9	17	0	15	9	14	4	1	0	3	0	1	0	$651,570.00
FIVB	28	0	1	1	0	2	2	9	1	4	0	1	1	1	5	US$167,300.00
Overall	108	7	10	18	0	17	11	23	5	5	0	4	1	2	5	US$818,870.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Jason Ring - 17th	Brian MacDonald - 25th
2001	David Swatik - 5th	Scott Lane - 17th
2002	Brandon Taliaferro - 13th	Brad Torsone - 13th
2003	Casey Jennings - 3rd	Matt Fuerbringer - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	6	9	144	$1,600.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	6	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	4	9	144	$1,600.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	3	2	324	$9,750.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	21, Q5	17	120	US$5,000.00
AVP	9/4-6/2003	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	6	5	260	$3,750.00
AVP	8/28-31/2003	Chicago Open	2	9	172	$1,920.00
AVP	8/14-17/2003	Huntington Beach Open	1	9	172	$1,920.00
AVP	8/7-10/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	4	3	324	$6,990.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam		CQ	0	US$0.00
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	4	2	324	$9,750.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	27	9	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	26	17	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	28, Q29	17	60	US$2,500.00
AVP	6/13-15/2003	San Diego Open	6	2	324	$9,750.00
AVP	6/6-8/2003	Hermosa Beach Open	6	2	388	$11,700.00
AVP	4/25-27/2003	Tempe Open	4	13	108	$1,050.00
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	13	2	324	$9,750.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 1

Brian Chapman / Mike Morrison (27, Q7)

Won 21-17, 21-8

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	18	12	1	0.611	1	8	2	2
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	1	6	2	1
Casey Jennings	Total	30	17	2	0.500	0	19	0	2
	1	15	7	1	0.400	0	8	0	1
	2	15	10	1	0.600	0	11	0	1

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 2

Chip McCaw / Alika Williams (22)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	17	12	1	0.647	6	2	1	0
	1	11	8	1	0.636	3	1	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	3	1	1	0
Casey Jennings	Total	28	17	4	0.464	0	12	0	1
	1	14	7	3	0.286	0	7	0	0
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	5	0	1

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 3

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard (3)

Won 21-15, 21-9

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	22	15	3	0.545	8	4	0	0
	1	11	9	1	0.727	4	2	0	0
	2	11	6	2	0.364	4	2	0	0
Casey Jennings	Total	22	15	0	0.682	0	19	0	1
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	7	0	1
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	12	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Winner 4

Canyon Ceman / Mike Whitmarsh (7)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	11	7	1	0.545	6	2	4	2
	1	4	3	0	0.750	4	0	3	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	2	2	1	1
Casey Jennings	Total	44	21	10	0.250	0	21	0	1
	1	20	11	4	0.350	0	9	0	1
	2	24	10	6	0.167	0	12	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Semi-Finals

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard (3)

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

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	40	21	4	0.425	6	8	0	2
	1	10	5	1	0.400	3	3	0	1
	2	19	12	3	0.474	2	3	0	1
	3	11	4	0	0.364	1	2	0	0
Casey Jennings	Total	25	9	2	0.280	0	18	2	0
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	7	2	0
	3	9	1	0	0.111	0	7	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Finals

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (4)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	19	4	4	0.000	1	3	0	1
	1	8	2	1	0.125	1	2	0	0
	2	11	2	3	-0.091	0	1	0	1
Casey Jennings	Total	38	25	7	0.474	0	14	0	1
	1	20	12	3	0.450	0	6	0	0
	2	18	13	4	0.500	0	8	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	127	71	14	0.449	28	27	7	7
Casey Jennings	187	104	25	0.422	0	103	2	6

Head to Head Results
Fuerbringer/Jennings lead the series against the field 25-17

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Ring/Roumain 1-1
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Ring/Roumain	5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:14
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Ring/Roumain	13	23-21, 21-19	0:51
Series tied with # 2 Rosenthal/Witt 4-4
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-19, 21-19	0:42
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-17, 21-14	0:50
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	1:03
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings		Rosenthal/Witt		22-20, 21-17	0:42
9/4/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-19, 21-18	0:43
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	7	16-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 3 Blanton/Nygaard 6-5
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Blanton/Nygaard	3	21-15, 21-23, 15-13	1:10
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Blanton/Nygaard	3	21-15, 21-9	0:38
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 4	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	21, Q5	25-23, 21-16	0:45
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	Blanton/Nygaard	5	13-21, 21-15, 18-16	1:00
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Country Quota	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Fuerbringer/Jennings		21-18, 20-22, 15-8	1:01
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q29	Blanton/Nygaard		21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:58
6/15/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-16, 13-21, 15-12	1:06
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Blanton/Nygaard	11	21-18, 21-19	0:45
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:03
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	13	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-17, 15-21, 21-19	0:57
Trail the series against # 4 Kiraly/Lambert 0-1
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-15, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 Hyden/Witt 2-1
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Hyden/Witt	9	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	22-20, 25-23	0:53
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Hyden/Witt	11	21-16, 21-16	0:45
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	Hyden/Witt	20	21-14, 11-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 7 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2-1
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	21-16, 21-18	0:56
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	1	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
4/6/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	13	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	22-20, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Gibb/Jewell 3-0
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	Gibb/Jewell	9	21-18, 21-17	0:45
6/15/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Gibb/Jewell	15	21-17, 21-14	0:41
6/8/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Gibb/Jewell	17	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	1:05
Trail the series against # 9 Fonoimoana/Wong 0-3
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Fonoimoana/Wong	7	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	1:06
3/23/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Country Quota	Fonoimoana/Wong	17, Q1	Fuerbringer/Jennings		21-17, 21-18	0:53
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Fonoimoana/Wong	Q1	Fuerbringer/Jennings		18-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:04
Series tied with # 13 Baxter/Wong 1-1
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Baxter/Wong	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-17, 21-19	0:51
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	Baxter/Wong	13	21-17, 21-17	0:49
Lead the series against # 14 Mowrey/Ratledge 1-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Mowrey/Ratledge	19	21-19, 21-12	0:43
Lead the series against # 18 Clark/Davenport 1-0
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Clark/Davenport	20	14-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 21 Fischer/Lane 1-0
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Fischer/Lane	21	30-28, 21-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 22 McCaw/Williams 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	McCaw/Williams	22	21-16, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Chapman/Morrison 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Chapman/Morrison	27, Q7	21-17, 21-8	0:41
Lead the series against # Q8 Mayer/Mintz 1-0
5/29/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Mayer/Mintz	27, Q10	21-10, 21-15	0:36