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AVP Tour
$125,000 AVP Pro Series Austin Open
May 6 - 8, 2022

(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:

169

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$519,662.50

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 Austin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	John Hyden - 9th	Ricardo Santos - 9th
2019	Did not play	Jeremy Casebeer - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	8	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	14, Q6	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	11	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	5	9	400	US$4,000.00
AVP	9/1-5/2021	Chicago Open	5	7	518	$5,000.00
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	3	3	972	$10,500.00
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

Austin Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/6/2022

Winner 1

Raffe Paulis / Jeff Samuels (14)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	14	11	0	0.786	5	1	0	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	2	1	0	1
	2	8	7	0	0.875	3	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	25	16	6	0.400	0	18	1	4
	1	16	11	3	0.500	0	10	1	1
	2	9	5	3	0.222	0	8	0	3

Fri, 5/6/2022

Winner 2

Billy Allen / Jeremy Casebeer (6)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	17	10	3	0.412	6	0	2	3
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	0	2	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	6	0	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	16	11	3	0.500	0	9	1	0
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	6	0	0
	2	9	6	2	0.444	0	3	1	0

Sat, 5/7/2022

Winner 3

Andy Benesh / Phil Dalhausser (2)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	11	5	0	0.455	1	1	0	2
	1	8	4	0	0.500	1	0	0	1
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	1	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	30	12	5	0.233	0	7	1	0
	1	10	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	0
	2	20	10	3	0.350	0	3	1	0

Sun, 5/8/2022

Contender 4

John Hyden / Logan Webber (8)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	16	12	0	0.750	4	1	1	3
	1	8	5	0	0.625	2	0	1	1
	2	8	7	0	0.875	2	1	0	2
Chaim Schalk	Total	20	17	1	0.800	0	8	1	1
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	7	0	1
	2	8	8	0	1.000	0	1	1	0

Sun, 5/8/2022

Semi-Finals

Chase Budinger / Troy Field (4)

Lost 18-21, 20-22

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	21	13	0	0.619	1	1	0	1
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	1	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	32	12	8	0.125	0	12	1	1
	1	21	8	4	0.190	0	7	1	1
	2	11	4	4	0.000	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	79	51	3	0.608	17	4	3	10
Chaim Schalk	123	68	23	0.366	0	54	5	6

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 8-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Bourne/Crabb 2-2
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Bourne/Crabb	4	Brunner/Schalk	5	21-10, 21-15	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 2 Benesh/Dalhausser 0-1
5/7/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Benesh/Dalhausser	2	Brunner/Schalk	3	21-17, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 4 Budinger/Field 2-1
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Field	4	Brunner/Schalk	3	21-18, 22-20	0:43
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Schalk	14, Q6	Budinger/Field	Q14	21-19, 21-18	0:36
7/18/21	FIVB	Rubavu 2 Star	Gold Medal	Brunner/Schalk	2	Budinger/Field	21, Q7	25-23, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Allen/Casebeer 1-0
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	3	Allen/Casebeer	6	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Hyden/Webber 1-0
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Schalk	3	Hyden/Webber	8	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 Beranek/Drost 1-0
9/4/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Brunner/Schalk	5	Beranek/Drost	10	21-14, 21-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Paulis/Samuels 1-0
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	3	Paulis/Samuels	14	21-16, 21-19	0:45