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AVP Tour
$158,000 Hermosa Beach Open
July 20 - 23, 2017

(10) Michael Brunsting/Jeff Samuels

Michael Brunsting

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 12, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Resides:

Lake Forest, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

California-San Diego

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$36,425.00

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 AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$31,950.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,850.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Charles VanRees - 89th
NVL 2013	Did not play	Matthew O'Sullivan - 25th
NVL 2014	Did not play	Daniel Lindsey - 5th
NVL 2015	Did not play	Mike Placek - 3rd
NVL 2016	Did not play	Travis Schoonover - 13th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/21/2017

Winner 1

Marcus Partain / Miles Partain (23, Q27)

Won 21-16, 19-21, 16-14

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	31	19	3	0.516	2	9	1	4
	1	8	3	1	0.250	1	5	0	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	3	1	1
	3	12	8	1	0.583	0	1	0	3
Jeff Samuels	Total	34	21	0	0.618	2	12	1	3
	1	19	12	0	0.632	0	6	0	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	1	1	2
	3	12	6	0	0.500	2	5	0	1

Fri, 7/21/2017

Winner 2

Reid Priddy / Ricardo Santos (7)

Lost 14-21, 21-17, 14-16

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	26	14	5	0.346	1	9	1	2
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	0	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	1	4	1	0
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	1
Jeff Samuels	Total	35	21	8	0.371	1	12	1	3
	1	7	4	2	0.286	1	1	0	2
	2	17	9	2	0.412	0	8	1	1
	3	11	8	4	0.364	0	3	0	0

Fri, 7/21/2017

Contender 1

Travis Schoonover / David Smith (24, Q31)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	24	13	1	0.500	3	7	0	4
	1	9	4	1	0.333	2	4	0	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	1	3	0	3
Jeff Samuels	Total	34	21	5	0.471	0	15	0	3
	1	20	12	3	0.450	0	9	0	1
	2	14	9	2	0.500	0	6	0	2

Sat, 7/22/2017

Contender 2

Jorge Martinez / Ian Satterfield (16)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	24	11	6	0.208	3	4	2	1
	1	9	5	2	0.333	2	2	1	1
	2	15	6	4	0.133	1	2	1	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	29	20	2	0.621	0	19	1	0
	1	21	12	2	0.476	0	11	1	0
	2	8	8	0	1.000	0	8	0	0

Sat, 7/22/2017

Contender 3

Jeremy Casebeer / John Mayer (4)

Lost 22-24, 10-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	Total	8	4	4	0.000	6	1	1	1
	1	1	1	0	1.000	5	0	1	1
	2	7	3	4	-0.143	1	1	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	27	14	10	0.148	0	2	0	4
	1	13	9	4	0.385	0	2	0	0
	2	14	5	6	-0.071	0	0	0	4

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Brunsting	113	61	19	0.372	15	30	5	12
Jeff Samuels	159	97	25	0.453	3	60	3	13

Head to Head Results
Brunsting/Samuels lead the series against the field 3-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Casebeer/Mayer 0-1
7/22/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Casebeer/Mayer	4	Brunsting/Samuels	10	24-22, 21-10	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Priddy/Santos 0-1
7/21/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Priddy/Santos	7	Brunsting/Samuels	10	21-14, 17-21, 16-14	1:10
Lead the series against # 16 Martinez/Satterfield 1-0
7/22/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Brunsting/Samuels	10	Martinez/Satterfield	16	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 23, Q27 Partain/Partain 1-0
7/21/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Brunsting/Samuels	10	Partain/Partain	23, Q27	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	1:14
Lead the series against # 24, Q31 Schoonover/Smith 1-0
7/21/17	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Brunsting/Samuels	10	Schoonover/Smith	24, Q31	21-17, 21-19	0:47