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AVP Tour
$250,000 Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 18 - 22, 2021

(3) Theo Brunner/Chaim Schalk

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:

$517,162.50

Chaim Schalk

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Resides:

Gardena, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Red Deer College
Trinity Western

Seasons:

Tournaments:

156

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$488,425.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
AVP	11	1	4	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$116,100.00
FIVB	15	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	1	1	2	US$71,250.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	27	2	4	4	1	2	1	5	2	2	0	1	1	2	US$187,850.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Ben Brockman - 89th	Did not play
2007	Ben Brockman - 89th	Did not play
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 17th	Did not play
2013	Nick Lucena - 5th	Did not play
2014	Todd Rogers - 2nd	Did not play
2015	Sean Rosenthal - 7th	Did not play
2016	Billy Allen - 5th	Did not play
2017	Casey Patterson - 3rd	Marty Lorenz - 13th
2018	John Hyden - 3rd	Tim Bomgren - 7th
2019	John Hyden - 17th	Jeremy Casebeer - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	4	2	896	$14,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2021	Rubavu 2 Star	2	1	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	27, Q5	17	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	Q14	33	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	27, Q7	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	31, Q17	17	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	Q18	41	40	US$0.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/20/2021

Winner 2

Evan Cory / Logan Webber (14)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	20	12	2	0.500	6	4	3	5
	1	9	5	1	0.444	6	2	1	3
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	2	2	2
Chaim Schalk	Total	21	10	3	0.333	2	7	0	0
	1	10	4	1	0.300	1	4	0	0
	2	11	6	2	0.364	1	3	0	0

Sat, 8/21/2021

Winner 3

Ed Ratledge / Skylar del Sol (11)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	16	12	0	0.750	3	1	2	2
	1	12	8	0	0.667	3	0	0	1
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	1	2	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	27	15	4	0.407	0	9	0	1
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	5	0	0
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	4	0	1

Sat, 8/21/2021

Winner 4

Billy Allen / Andy Benesh (10)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	14	8	1	0.500	8	1	4	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	4	0	4	1
	2	8	4	1	0.375	4	1	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	27	13	3	0.370	0	11	0	0
	1	14	6	2	0.286	0	8	0	0
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	3	0	0

Sun, 8/22/2021

Semi-Finals

Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb (4)

Lost 21-18, 18-21, 11-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	27	15	1	0.519	6	0	0	0
	1	13	7	0	0.538	3	0	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	3	0	0	0
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	38	21	7	0.368	0	10	0	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	3	0	0
	2	18	9	6	0.167	0	4	0	1
	3	14	8	1	0.500	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	77	47	4	0.558	23	6	9	8
Chaim Schalk	113	59	17	0.372	2	37	0	2

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 7-3

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Budinger/Patterson 0-1
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Budinger/Patterson	3	Brunner/Schalk	4	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 4 Bourne/Crabb 2-1
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Bourne/Crabb	4	Brunner/Schalk	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:03
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	4	Bourne/Crabb	6	10-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
2/18/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Country Quota	Brunner/Schalk	Q18	Bourne/Crabb		17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 10 Allen/Benesh 2-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Brunner/Schalk	3	Allen/Benesh	10	21-13, 21-17	0:40
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	4	Allen/Benesh	12	21-14, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 del Sol/Ratledge 1-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	3	Ratledge/del Sol	11	21-16, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Cory/Webber 1-0
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	3	Cory/Webber	14	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q1 Groselle/Vander Meer 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	4	Groselle/Vander Meer	16, Q12	21-9, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # Q4 Mewhirter/Roberts 0-1
5/25/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Country Quota	Mewhirter/Roberts	Q22	Brunner/Schalk		19-21, 21-17, 20-18	1:03