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AVP Tour
$150,000 Chicago Open presented by McDonald's
September 2 - 5, 2004

(2) Sean Rosenthal/Larry Witt

Sean Rosenthal

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'4"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

282

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,357,265.00

Larry Witt

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 13, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Ynez, CA

Resides:

Santa Ynez, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$194,770.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
AVP	33	2	3	7	0	6	7	6	1	1	0	0	$201,010.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$3,500.00
Overall	35	2	3	7	0	6	7	6	1	1	1	1	US$204,510.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Jeff Carlucci - 17th	Brent Frohoff - 5th
2002	Mark Williams - 9th	Did not play
2003	Larry Witt - 7th	Sean Rosenthal - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/22-25/2004	Hermosa Beach Open	3	9	200	$2,200.00
AVP	7/8-11/2004	Belmar Open	3	3	378	$8,450.00
AVP	6/11-13/2004	San Diego Open	3	2	324	$9,750.00
AVP	6/4-6/2004	Manhattan Beach Open	2	7	180	$2,500.00
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	1	2	324	$9,750.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	3	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	1	17	72	$500.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	6	1	360	$14,500.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	32	25	60	US$3,500.00
AVP	9/4-6/2003	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	3	3	324	$7,500.00
AVP	8/28-31/2003	Chicago Open	4	7	216	$3,000.00
AVP	8/14-17/2003	Huntington Beach Open	5	3	324	$6,990.00
AVP	8/7-10/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	6	7	216	$3,000.00
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	8	1	360	$14,500.00
AVP	6/13-15/2003	San Diego Open	7	9	144	$1,600.00
AVP	6/6-8/2003	Hermosa Beach Open	5	5	260	$4,200.00
AVP	4/25-27/2003	Tempe Open	6	7	180	$2,500.00
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	26	7	180	$2,500.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/3/2004

Winner 1

Ivan Mercer / Chad Wick (31, Q13)

Won 21-7, 22-20

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	19	16	0	0.842	1	13	4	3
	1	8	8	0	1.000	1	5	1	2
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	8	3	1
Larry Witt	Total	15	5	1	0.267	0	1	4	2
	1	12	4	1	0.250	0	0	1	2
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	1	3	0

Fri, 9/3/2004

Winner 2

Scott Davenport / Jason Lee (18)

Lost 19-21, 14-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	14	6	3	0.214	2	11	1	2
	1	7	2	1	0.143	2	7	1	2
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	4	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	39	18	4	0.359	1	4	0	1
	1	20	10	1	0.450	1	1	0	1
	2	19	8	3	0.263	0	3	0	0

Sat, 9/4/2004

Contender 2

Eduardo Bacil / Scott Lane (17)

Won 21-19, 23-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	14	11	3	0.571	4	5	2	2
	1	7	5	2	0.429	2	2	2	2
	2	7	6	1	0.714	2	3	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	29	19	4	0.517	1	1	1	0
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	1	0	0
	2	16	10	3	0.438	1	0	1	0

Sat, 9/4/2004

Contender 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (7)

Won 27-25, 21-18

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	19	13	2	0.579	0	12	2	4
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	7	1	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	5	1	4
Larry Witt	Total	42	24	7	0.405	2	4	0	0
	1	23	14	5	0.391	2	1	0	0
	2	19	10	2	0.421	0	3	0	0

Sat, 9/4/2004

Contender 4

Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (4)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	11	7	3	0.364	3	1	0	4
	1	5	3	2	0.200	1	0	0	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	2	1	0	2
Larry Witt	Total	33	22	6	0.485	1	5	0	3
	1	13	11	2	0.692	0	1	0	2
	2	20	11	4	0.350	1	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	77	53	11	0.545	10	42	9	15
Larry Witt	158	88	22	0.418	5	15	5	6

Head to Head Results
Rosenthal/Witt lead the series against the field 29-21

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Rogers/Scott 2-1
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Rogers/Scott	7	21-18, 21-14	0:40
8/17/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Rogers/Scott	9	Rosenthal/Witt	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Rogers/Scott	8	21-16, 21-18	0:47
Series tied with # 3 Blanton/Nygaard 4-4
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Nygaard	6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	23-25, 21-17, 16-14	1:02
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-13, 13-21, 15-13	0:42
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Rosenthal/Witt	2	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
9/6/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-17, 21-18	0:37
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Rosenthal/Witt	4	18-21, 21-12, 19-17	0:53
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Blanton/Nygaard	7	21-18, 21-18	0:38
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	26	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Fonoimoana/Wong 3-2
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Fonoimoana/Wong	4	Rosenthal/Witt	2	21-18, 21-17	0:44
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fonoimoana/Wong	6	21-19, 21-13	0:40
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fonoimoana/Wong	5	21-14, 21-19	0:42
8/17/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Fonoimoana/Wong	6	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	1:05
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Fonoimoana/Wong	7	Rosenthal/Witt	6	21-17, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 5 Gibb/Jewell 2-1
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 5	Gibb/Jewell	12	Rosenthal/Witt	3	17-21, 29-27, 15-12	1:13
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Gibb/Jewell	11	21-18, 24-22	0:46
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Gibb/Jewell	9	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 6 Ring/Roumain 0-1
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Ring/Roumain	3	Rosenthal/Witt	1	21-12, 21-16	0:47
Series tied with # 7 Fuerbringer/Jennings 6-6
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Rosenthal/Witt	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	27-25, 21-18	1:01
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:14
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-18, 21-19	0:35
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-19, 25-23	0:47
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 # 9 Holdren/Metzger 2-1
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Holdren/Metzger	9	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:50
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool A	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Rosenthal/Witt	32	21-15, 21-16	0:34
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Holdren/Metzger	8	21-18, 20-22, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 10 Baxter/Wong 2-0
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Baxter/Wong	11	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	2	Baxter/Wong	13	21-16, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 Ayakatubby/Lewis 1-2
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Ayakatubby/Lewis	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	21-16, 27-25	0:56
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Ayakatubby/Lewis	1	21-18, 21-18	0:41
6/7/03	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Ayakatubby/Lewis	4	Rosenthal/Witt	5	15-21, 31-29, 17-15	1:10
Trail the series against # 13 Nichols/Olson 0-1
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Nichols/Olson	14	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Mowrey/Ratledge 2-1
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Mowrey/Ratledge	19	21-15, 21-15	0:40
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Mowrey/Ratledge	14	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Mowrey/Ratledge	17	Rosenthal/Witt	1	21-19, 22-24, 15-3	0:59
Lead the series against # 16 Doble/Mariano 1-0
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 3	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Doble/Mariano	15	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 17 Bacil/Lane 1-0
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Rosenthal/Witt	2	Bacil/Lane	17	21-19, 23-21	0:52
Trail the series against # 18 Davenport/Lee 0-1
9/3/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Davenport/Lee	18	Rosenthal/Witt	2	21-19, 21-14	0:47
Lead the series against # 31, Q13 Mercer/Wick 1-0
9/3/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	2	Mercer/Wick	31, Q13	21-7, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # Q3 Fischer/Quinn 1-0
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fischer/Quinn	29, Q1	21-11, 21-7	0:30
Lead the series against # Q16 Fay/Goers 1-0
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Fay/Goers	30, Q18	21-18, 21-17	0:34