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AVP Tour
$200,000 The Manhattan Beach Open
August 23 - 25, 2013

(14) Paul Baxter/Pedro Brazao

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Resides:

Venice, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

Pedro Grael Brazão

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Resides:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

6'5"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$128,590.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
Pro Beach	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$9,000.00
Overall	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	1	0	$22,500.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Did not play
2000	Sean Scott - 17th	Did not play
2001	Jason Ring - 17th	Did not play
2002	Alika Williams - 5th	Did not play
2003	Carl Henkel - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Scott Wong - 9th	Did not play
2005	Fred Souza - 13th	Did not play
2006	Aaron Boss - 25th	Did not play
2007	Dain Blanton - 17th	Did not play
2008	Joaquin Acosta - 17th	Jose Loiola - 17th
2009	Jonathan Acosta - 9th	Matt Prosser - 9th
Pro Beach 2011	Jon Mesko - 17th	Kevin McColloch - 13th
Pro Beach 2012	Pedro Brazao - 9th	Paul Baxter - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/15-18/2013	AVP Salt Lake City Open	11, Q4	9	300	$2,750.00
Pro Beach	9/21-23/2012	Huntington Beach National Championships	Q5	21	60	$0.00
AVP	9/7-9/2012	AVP Championships	11	10	0	$2,500.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2012	AVP Cincinnati Open	14	9	270	$2,500.00
Pro Beach	8/24-26/2012	Manhattan Beach Open	22	9	200	$1,500.00
Pro Beach	7/20-22/2012	Hermosa Beach Open	20	13	150	$750.00
Pro Beach	9/23-25/2011	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	21	3	576	$6,750.00

AVP Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 1

Evan Engle / Stafford Slick (19)

Lost 19-21, 21-23

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	55	26	5	0.382	1	10	0	0
	1	23	10	2	0.348	1	4	0	0
	2	32	16	3	0.406	0	6	0	0
Pedro Brazao	Total	9	2	1	0.111	2	7	3	5
	1	5	1	1	0.000	1	5	3	4
	2	4	1	0	0.250	1	2	0	1

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 1

John Moran / Gregg Weaver (30, Q16)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	33	16	8	0.242	0	7	1	1
	1	11	6	3	0.273	0	3	1	1
	2	22	10	5	0.227	0	4	0	0
Pedro Brazao	Total	14	9	0	0.643	2	2	4	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	2	3	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	1	0	1	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 2

Steve Grotowski / Kevin McColloch (13)

Won 29-27, 19-21, 17-15

1:23

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	40	30	4	0.650	0	2	0	2
	1	19	13	2	0.579	0	1	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	1	0	1
	3	11	10	1	0.818	0	0	0	0
Pedro Brazao	Total	23	16	2	0.609	3	2	2	2
	1	14	9	1	0.571	1	2	1	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	1	0	1	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	1	0	0	1

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 3

Mike Placek / Bill Strickland (11)

Won 10-21, 30-28, 15-12

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	38	19	10	0.237	1	16	0	0
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	0
	2	22	11	6	0.227	1	11	0	0
	3	13	7	3	0.308	0	4	0	0
Pedro Brazao	Total	42	20	11	0.214	2	4	0	6
	1	18	5	8	-0.167	0	2	0	0
	2	18	11	2	0.500	1	2	0	5
	3	6	4	1	0.500	1	0	0	1

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 4

Theo Brunner / Nick Lucena (7)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	16	6	5	0.063	1	11	0	2
	1	7	3	3	0.000	1	7	0	0
	2	9	3	2	0.111	0	4	0	2
Pedro Brazao	Total	45	18	6	0.267	0	10	1	4
	1	23	9	2	0.304	0	4	1	3
	2	22	9	4	0.227	0	6	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	182	97	32	0.357	3	46	1	5
Pedro Brazao	133	65	20	0.338	9	25	10	18

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Bourne/Hyden 0-1
8/16/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Winner 1	Bourne/Hyden	6	Baxter/Brazao	11, Q4	21-14, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Lucena 0-2
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Lucena	7	Baxter/Brazao	14	21-16, 21-19	0:45
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 2	Brunner/Lucena	9	Baxter/Brazao	11, Q4	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 Placek/Strickland 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Brazao	14	Placek/Strickland	11	10-21, 30-28, 15-12	1:14
Lead the series against # 13 Grotowski/McColloch 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Brazao	14	Grotowski/McColloch	13	29-27, 19-21, 17-15	1:23
Trail the series against # 19 Engle/Slick 0-1
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Engle/Slick	19	Baxter/Brazao	14	21-19, 23-21	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 Carlson/Dykstra 1-0
8/16/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Brazao	11, Q4	Carlson/Dykstra	14, Q7	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 Moran/Weaver 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Brazao	14	Moran/Weaver	30, Q16	21-18, 21-17	0:46