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

(7) Theo Brunner/Nick Lucena

Theo Brunner

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ridgefield, CT

Resides:

Torrance, CA

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

168

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$516,412.50

Nick Lucena

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Resides:

Tallahassee, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Florida State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

287

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,378,152.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	14	17	25	Money
AVP	7	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$60,500.00
FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	US$103,750.00
NORCECA	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$3,500.00
Overall	19	2	2	3	1	4	0	2	1	1	1	2	US$167,750.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Phil Dalhausser - 25th
2004	Did not play	Phil Dalhausser - 13th
2005	Did not play	Phil Dalhausser - 2nd
2006	Ben Brockman - 89th	Sean Rooney - 9th
2007	Ben Brockman - 89th	Mark Williams - 5th
2008	Did not play	Sean Scott - 2nd
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 17th	Brad Keenan - 3rd
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/15-18/2013	AVP Salt Lake City Open	9	3	540	$6,500.00

AVP Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 1

Christopher Austin / Cullen Irons (26, Q6)

Won 21-17, 21-9

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	23	13	1	0.522	4	4	2	1
	1	16	9	1	0.500	1	3	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	3	1	2	0
Nick Lucena	Total	12	6	2	0.333	0	11	2	3
	1	4	1	0	0.250	0	5	1	1
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	6	1	2

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 2

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (10)

Won 21-17, 24-22

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	28	15	2	0.464	3	2	1	1
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	1	1	1
	2	15	8	0	0.533	3	1	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	28	15	2	0.464	0	14	3	3
	1	16	9	2	0.438	0	10	1	1
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	4	2	2

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson (2)

Lost 25-27, 21-19, 10-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	44	20	8	0.273	3	6	1	1
	1	14	7	2	0.357	3	2	0	1
	2	19	9	4	0.263	0	2	1	0
	3	11	4	2	0.182	0	2	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	38	19	4	0.395	1	21	0	2
	1	20	8	2	0.300	1	10	0	0
	2	12	7	1	0.500	0	9	0	2
	3	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 4

Paul Baxter / Pedro Brazao (14)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	19	9	1	0.421	3	4	2	1
	1	12	5	0	0.417	2	4	2	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	0	0	1
Nick Lucena	Total	34	14	5	0.265	0	15	0	3
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	6	0	2
	2	21	8	4	0.190	0	9	0	1

Sun, 8/25/2013

Contender 5

Matt Prosser / Aaron Wachtfogel (16)

Won 21-10, 21-17

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	19	11	0	0.579	5	11	0	0
	1	10	7	0	0.700	2	5	0	0
	2	9	4	0	0.444	3	6	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	30	18	2	0.533	1	10	1	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	4	0	2
	2	18	10	1	0.500	0	6	1	1

Sun, 8/25/2013

Contender 6

Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal (1)

Lost 13-21, 15-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	21	9	4	0.238	2	3	0	2
	1	9	2	4	-0.222	1	2	0	1
	2	12	7	0	0.583	1	1	0	1
Nick Lucena	Total	22	8	6	0.091	0	10	0	4
	1	13	4	3	0.077	0	4	0	3
	2	9	4	3	0.111	0	6	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	154	77	16	0.396	20	30	6	6
Nick Lucena	164	80	21	0.360	2	81	6	18

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Lucena lead the series against the field 7-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal 0-3
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Brunner/Lucena	7	21-13, 21-15	0:36
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Brunner/Lucena	9	21-14, 22-20	0:40
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Brunner/Lucena	9	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Patterson 0-1
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	2	Brunner/Lucena	7	27-25, 19-21, 15-10	1:02
Lead the series against # 6 Bourne/Hyden 1-0
8/18/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Lucena	9	Bourne/Hyden	6	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 10 Allen/Halverson 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	7	Allen/Halverson	10	21-17, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Grotowski/McColloch 1-0
8/16/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Lucena	9	Grotowski/McColloch	8, Q2	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Baxter/Brazao 2-0
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 # 16 Prosser/Wachtfogel 1-0
8/25/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Brunner/Lucena	7	Prosser/Wachtfogel	16	21-10, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Austin/Irons 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Lucena	7	Austin/Irons	26, Q6	21-17, 21-9	0:36