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National Volleyball League
$50,000 NVL Midwest Championships
July 10 - 12, 2014

(4) Matthew O'Sullivan/Jeff Samuels

Matthew O'Sullivan

Photo: Seth Poch

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 5, 1975 (48 yrs old)

Resides:

South Haven, MI

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$3,425.00

Jeff Samuels, II

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1986 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Blanc, MI

Resides:

Grand Blanc, MI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Michigan State
Davenport

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career NVL Best:

2nd (Madeira Beach 2015)

Career Winnings:

$31,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
NVL	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	$6,650.00

Previous Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Jeff Samuels - 7th	Matthew O'Sullivan - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NVL	6/12-14/2014	NVL Atlanta Championships	4	5	700	$850.00
NVL	5/22-24/2014	NVL Texas Championships	6	7	600	$300.00
NVL	8/16-18/2013	West Coast Championships	4	25	64	$0.00
NVL	7/20-21/2013	Midwest Championships and Junior Festival	12	7	320	$1,250.00

NVL Midwest Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/11/2014

Winner 1

Bradley Connors / Brandon Joyner (13, Q3)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	Total	19	4	0	0.211	1	0	0	1
	1	11	2	0	0.182	1	0	0	0
	2	8	2	0	0.250	0	0	0	1
Jeff Samuels	Total	11	1	4	-0.273	9	1	0	0
	1	5	1	2	-0.200	3	0	0	0
	2	6	0	2	-0.333	6	1	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2014

Winner 2

Stephen Keffer / Brad Torsone (5)

Won 18-21, 21-17, 22-20

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	Total	12	21	7	1.167	3	8	0	0
	1	4	5	2	0.750	0	2	0	0
	2	3	6	3	1.000	1	4	0	0
	3	5	10	2	1.600	2	2	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	13	17	2	1.154	4	8	0	0
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	1	0	0
	2	2	3	1	1.000	3	4	0	0
	3	4	9	1	2.000	1	3	0	0

Sat, 7/12/2014

Winner 3

Andrew Hinchey / Ryan Vandenburg (1)

Lost 12-21, 16-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	Total	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 7/12/2014

Contender 4

Todd Strassberger / Eric Zaun (7)

Lost 19-21, 14-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	Total	23	11	4	0.304	0	8	0	0
	1	15	5	3	0.133	0	3	0	0
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	5	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	16	9	3	0.375	2	5	0	2
	1	7	4	2	0.286	2	1	0	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew O'Sullivan	54	36	11	0.463	4	16	0	1
Jeff Samuels	40	27	9	0.450	15	14	0	2

Head to Head Results
O'Sullivan/Samuels lead the series against the field 6-3

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hinchey/Vandenburg 0-1
7/12/14	NVL	NVL Midwest Championships	Winner 3	Hinchey/Vandenburg	1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	21-12, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 5 Keffer/Torsone 1-0
7/11/14	NVL	NVL Midwest Championships	Winner 2	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	Keffer/Torsone	5	18-21, 21-17, 22-20	1:14
Lead the series against # 6 Hamilton/Lindsey 1-0
5/23/14	NVL	NVL Texas Championships	Winner 1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	6	Hamilton/Lindsey	11	22-20, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 7 Strassberger/Zaun 1-2
7/12/14	NVL	NVL Midwest Championships	Contender 4	Strassberger/Zaun	7	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	21-19, 21-14	0:49
6/14/14	NVL	NVL Atlanta Championships	Contender 4	Strassberger/Zaun	13, Q5	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	19-21, 21-8, 15-13	1:15
6/13/14	NVL	NVL Atlanta Championships	Winner 1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	Strassberger/Zaun	13, Q5	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 10 Luers/Robbins 1-0
6/13/14	NVL	NVL Atlanta Championships	Winner 2	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	Luers/Robbins	12	14-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Connors/Joyner 1-0
7/11/14	NVL	NVL Midwest Championships	Winner 1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	4	Connors/Joyner	13, Q3	21-15, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # Q9 Schmidt/Schuler 1-0
7/20/13	NVL	Midwest Championships and Junior Festival	Winner 1	O'Sullivan/Samuels	12	Schmidt/Schuler	21	18-21, 21-9, 15-12