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

(32, Q7) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Rico Becker - 57th	Chris Magill - 41st
2001	Did not play	Sean Burke - 33rd
2002	Jeff Smith - 49th	Sean Burke - 49th
2003	Aaron Steele - 49th	Did not play
2004	Rico Becker - 33rd	Brian Corso - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	29, Q10	25	52	$250.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	30, Q9	25	52	$250.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 2

Owen McKibbin / Tony Zapata (Q58)

Won 21-19, 21-8

0:48

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 3

Kyle Denitz / Morgan Mainz (Q26)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:45

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 4

Art Barron / Mike Szymanski (Q10)

Won 21-12, 21-12

0:40

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 12-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Bruning	Total	18	6	4	0.111	1	1	0	2
	1	5	2	2	0.000	0	0	0	2
	2	13	4	2	0.154	1	1	0	0
Said Souikane	Total	25	13	4	0.360	1	8	1	2
	1	9	7	2	0.556	0	1	1	1
	2	16	6	2	0.250	1	7	0	1

Sun, 8/21/2005

Contender 1

Brian Lewis / Sean Rooney (17)

Lost 21-23, 17-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Bruning	Total	20	11	6	0.250	4	5	1	3
	1	12	7	3	0.333	1	2	1	1
	2	8	4	3	0.125	3	3	0	2
Said Souikane	Total	35	15	6	0.257	0	8	0	1
	1	19	7	4	0.158	0	5	0	0
	2	16	8	2	0.375	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Bruning	38	17	10	0.184	5	6	1	5
Said Souikane	60	28	10	0.300	1	16	1	3

Head to Head Results
Bruning/Souikane trail the series against the field 6-7

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 0-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Metzger	1	Bruning/Souikane	32, Q7	21-12, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 0-1
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	Bruning/Souikane	29, Q10	21-18, 21-19	0:37
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 # 14 Doble/Olson 0-1
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Doble/Olson	13	Bruning/Souikane	29, Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 17 Lewis/Rooney 0-1
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Lewis/Rooney	17	Bruning/Souikane	32, Q7	23-21, 21-17	0:49
Lead the series against # Q10 Barron/Szymanski 2-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Bruning/Souikane	32, Q7	Barron/Szymanski	Q10	21-12, 21-12	0:40
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 # Q21 Delaney/Donen 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Bruning/Souikane	29, Q10	Delaney/Donen	Q23	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # Q26 Denitz/Mainz 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Bruning/Souikane	32, Q7	Denitz/Mainz	Q26	21-18, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # Q35 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
Lead the series against # Q58 McKibbin/Zapata 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Bruning/Souikane	32, Q7	McKibbin/Zapata	Q58	21-19, 21-8	0:48