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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 21 - 23, 2005

(30, Q9) Mike Bruning/Said Souikane

Mike Brüning

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tucson, AZ

Resides:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Grand Cayman 2009)

Career AVP Best:

17th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

$7,267.50

Said Souikane

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1971 (52 yrs old)

Resides:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (AVP Huntington Beach 2000)

Career Winnings:

$1,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	$950.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Everett Matthews - 33rd
2001	Did not play	Adam Renfree - 37th
2002	Ross Carson - 57th	Levi Gundert - 57th
2003	Michael DeRaffaele - 57th	Did not play
2004	Rico Becker - 57th	Brian Corso - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	28, Q12	25	36	$100.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	30, Q10	25	36	$100.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 7/21/2005

Qualifier 2

Geoff Cryst / Ty Tramblie (Q56)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:45

Thu, 7/21/2005

Qualifier 3

Mike Desjardins / Ken Lentin (Q41)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:43

Thu, 7/21/2005

Qualifier 4

John Braunstein / Eric Burness (Q25)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:40

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 1

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Lost 20-22, 17-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Bruning	Total	15	8	5	0.200	4	2	0	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	3	1	0	0
	2	7	2	4	-0.286	1	1	0	1
Said Souikane	Total	48	17	7	0.208	0	20	1	2
	1	23	8	4	0.174	0	7	1	2
	2	25	9	3	0.240	0	13	0	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Contender 1

John Mayer / Sean Rooney (19)

Lost 21-23, 9-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Bruning	Total	19	8	5	0.158	2	1	2	2
	1	12	5	2	0.250	1	0	2	2
	2	7	3	3	0.000	1	1	0	0
Said Souikane	Total	27	11	7	0.148	2	5	0	0
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	4	0	0
	2	15	4	5	-0.067	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Bruning	34	16	10	0.176	6	3	2	3
Said Souikane	75	28	14	0.187	2	25	1	2

Head to Head Results
Bruning/Souikane trail the series against the field 5-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-2
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q9	22-20, 21-17	0:50
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Bruning/Souikane	28, Q12	21-13, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Wong 0-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q10	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:57
Trail the series against # 10 Jewell/Kiraly 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 1	Jewell/Kiraly	12	Bruning/Souikane	28, Q12	21-18, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Lee/Priddy 0-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Lee/Priddy	19, Q1	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q10	16-21, 21-15, 22-20	1:03
Trail the series against # 19 Mayer/Rooney 0-1
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Mayer/Rooney	19	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q9	23-21, 21-9	0:41
Lead the series against # 32, Q14 Barron/Szymanski 1-0
5/20/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 4	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q10	Barron/Szymanski	Q26	21-15, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q11 Cronin/Dake 1-0
6/10/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Qualifier 3	Bruning/Souikane	28, Q12	Cronin/Dake	Q21	21-15, 15-21, 15-8	0:55
Lead the series against # Q25 Braunstein/Burness 1-0
7/21/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q9	Braunstein/Burness	Q25	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # Q41 Desjardins/Lentin 1-0
7/21/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q9	Desjardins/Lentin	Q41	21-18, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # Q56 Cryst/Tramblie 1-0
7/21/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q9	Cryst/Tramblie	Q56	21-13, 21-16	0:45