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$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 21, 2005

(4) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Devin Poolman - 25th
2000	Jeff Carlucci - 41st	Brent Frohoff - 9th
2001	Mark Williams - 17th	Andy Witt - 13th
2002	Mark Williams - 7th	Did not play
2003	Larry Witt - 7th	Sean Rosenthal - 7th
2004	Larry Witt - 7th	Sean Rosenthal - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	6	2	468	$20,000.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	6	3	390	$12,000.00
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	8	3	270	$8,450.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	8	5	312	$7,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	9	9	144	$2,200.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	10	9	144	$2,200.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	8	5	216	$5,000.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	6	13	108	$1,400.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	8	3	270	$8,450.00
AVP	10/16-17/2004	Santa Barbara Invitational	7	7	0	$3,000.00
AVP	9/9-11/2004	Las Vegas Shootout	8	5	260	$3,750.00
AVP	9/2-5/2004	Chicago Open	2	9	172	$1,920.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Brian Corso / Jim Nichols (29, Q2)

Won 21-11, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	21	15	1	0.667	0	12	0	1
	1	11	10	0	0.909	0	7	0	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	5	0	1
Larry Witt	Total	24	17	3	0.583	1	6	1	1
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	4	0	0
	2	13	8	3	0.385	1	2	1	1

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 2

Paul Baxter / Fred Souza (13)

Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-13

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	28	17	1	0.571	0	15	1	5
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	2	1	4
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	5	0	1
	3	10	4	0	0.400	0	8	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	42	20	5	0.357	2	8	3	4
	1	16	8	2	0.375	0	2	0	1
	2	16	7	2	0.313	0	6	2	2
	3	10	5	1	0.400	2	0	1	1

Sat, 8/20/2005

Winner 3

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (5)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	20	9	5	0.200	1	10	1	3
	1	6	4	2	0.333	0	3	0	2
	2	14	5	3	0.143	1	7	1	1
Larry Witt	Total	31	13	6	0.226	0	6	0	4
	1	15	4	5	-0.067	0	1	0	1
	2	16	9	1	0.500	0	5	0	3

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 4

Eric Fonoimoana / Albert Hannemann (18)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	32	14	7	0.219	3	12	0	2
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	4	0	2
	2	22	9	5	0.182	3	8	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	18	10	2	0.444	1	10	1	1
	1	11	7	1	0.545	1	4	1	0
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	6	0	1

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 5

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (9)

Won 21-16, 15-21, 15-11

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	25	9	4	0.200	2	16	1	3
	1	8	3	0	0.375	1	3	1	2
	2	8	1	3	-0.250	0	5	0	1
	3	9	5	1	0.444	1	8	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	50	26	9	0.340	4	8	0	2
	1	17	10	3	0.412	0	2	0	0
	2	19	10	4	0.316	2	3	0	1
	3	14	6	2	0.286	2	3	0	1

Sun, 8/21/2005

Contender 6

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (7)

Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-13

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	54	26	9	0.315	2	18	0	4
	1	16	9	1	0.500	2	5	0	2
	2	23	10	6	0.174	0	6	0	1
	3	15	7	2	0.333	0	7	0	1
Larry Witt	Total	22	14	3	0.500	1	7	0	3
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	3	0	1
	2	4	2	0	0.500	0	1	0	1
	3	9	7	1	0.667	1	3	0	1

Sun, 8/21/2005

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (5)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	Total	25	15	4	0.440	1	11	1	2
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	1	2
	2	13	7	3	0.308	1	7	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	29	17	5	0.414	1	4	0	2
	1	13	8	3	0.385	1	2	0	1
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sean Rosenthal	205	105	31	0.361	9	94	4	20
Larry Witt	216	117	33	0.389	10	49	5	17

Head to Head Results
Rosenthal/Witt lead the series against the field 36-25

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 0-4
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Metzger	2	Rosenthal/Witt	8	13-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:13
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	1	Rosenthal/Witt	8	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:57
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	1	Rosenthal/Witt	8	23-21, 21-16	0:38
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Metzger	6	Rosenthal/Witt	8	21-15, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 8-9
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	21-18, 25-27, 15-12	1:18
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:01
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:57
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	8	26-24, 21-15	0:48
10/16/04	AVP	Santa Barbara Invitational	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Rosenthal/Witt	7	21-17, 21-6	0:41
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 # 3 Holdren/Nygaard 3-1
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Holdren/Nygaard	2	21-18, 21-16	0:45
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	1:07
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Rosenthal/Witt	10	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Holdren/Nygaard	5	23-25, 21-16, 15-8	1:05
Trail the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-3
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	Rosenthal/Witt	4	21-19, 21-19	0:40
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	Rosenthal/Witt	4	21-15, 21-18	0:35
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	15-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:47
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	Rosenthal/Witt	10	21-11, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 6 Rogers/Scott 3-1
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Rogers/Scott	5	21-18, 21-18	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 7 Kiraly/Lambert 4-5
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Kiraly/Lambert	7	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:55
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Rosenthal/Witt	6	15-21, 26-24, 17-15	1:27
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Rosenthal/Witt	6	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Kiraly/Lambert	1	23-21, 22-20	0:45
9/9/04	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Winner 1	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Rosenthal/Witt	8	23-21, 25-23	0:40
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Rosenthal/Witt	3	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:01
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	2	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-18, 14-21, 15-8	0:59
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	1	Kiraly/Lambert	2	22-20, 21-19	0:40
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Kiraly/Lambert	2	18-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:01
Series tied with # 8 Blanton/Wong 2-2
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Blanton/Wong	8	23-21, 21-16	0:42
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Wong	6	Rosenthal/Witt	9	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:53
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Blanton/Wong	4	21-18, 21-19	0:46
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 9 Williams/Wong 3-0
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Williams/Wong	9	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	0:59
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Williams/Wong	11	21-14, 21-16	0:43
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Williams/Wong	9	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 11 Lee/Stolfus 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Lee/Stolfus	14	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 12 Priddy/Ring 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Priddy/Ring	11	21-17, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Baxter/Souza 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Baxter/Souza	13	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 18 Fonoimoana/Hannemann 1-0
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Fonoimoana/Hannemann	18	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Loomis/Medel 2-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	9	Loomis/Medel	24	21-14, 21-19	0:42
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	10	Loomis/Medel	23	26-24, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 Ratledge/Wachtfogel 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	25, Q1	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:02
Lead the series against # 22 Clark/McCaw 1-0
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Clark/McCaw	20	22-20, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Grotowski/Roberts 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Rosenthal/Witt	9	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	21-17, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 29, Q2 Corso/Nichols 3-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	21-11, 21-16	0:38
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:42
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	21-19, 21-16