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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 17 - 20, 2023

(21) Adam Roberts/Jeff Samuels

Adam Roberts

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

High Point, NC

Resides:

Myrtle Beach, SC

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Kansas State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

250

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$107,484.25

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	25	Money
AVP	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$3,400.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Jim Walls - 33rd	Did not play
2002	Jim Walls - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Matt Heath - 25th	Did not play
2004	Matt Heath - 17th	Did not play
2005	Steve Grotowski - 25th	Did not play
2006	Jeff Carlucci - 17th	Did not play
2007	Vincent Robbins - 33rd	Did not play
2008	Vincent Robbins - 33rd	Did not play
2009	Jeff Carlucci - 17th	Did not play
Pro Beach 2011	Braidy Halverson - 9th	Did not play
Pro Beach 2012	Andrey Belov - 13th	Did not play
2013	Andrey Belov - 13th	Did not play
2014	Billy Kolinske - 17th	Did not play
2015	Bradley Lawson - 17th	Did not play
2016	Ed Ratledge - 13th	Did not play
2017	Mark Burik - 17th	Michael Brunsting - 13th
2018	Did not play	Raffe Paulis - 25th
2019	Andy Benesh - 13th	Did not play
2021	Travis Mewhirter - 25th	Kyle Radde - 29th
2022	Marty Lorenz - 9th	Christopher Vaughan - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/5-7/2023	Tour Series Waupaca Open	7	2	1540	$2,200.00
AVP	6/30-7/2/2023	Tour Series Denver Open	11	9	1192	$0.00

Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/18/2023

Winner 1

Cody Caldwell / Seain Cook (12)

Lost 16-21, 21-19, 13-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adam Roberts	Total	47	20	7	0.277	0	18	1	0
	1	11	4	2	0.182	0	5	1	0
	2	20	9	2	0.350	0	6	0	0
	3	16	7	3	0.250	0	7	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	29	13	7	0.207	5	6	1	4
	1	12	5	3	0.167	1	2	1	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	2	2	0	2
	3	6	2	3	-0.167	2	2	0	2

Fri, 8/18/2023

Contender 1

Charlie Siragusa / Ben Vaught (28)

Won 21-15, 13-21, 15-10

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adam Roberts	Total	50	25	8	0.340	0	14	0	4
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	4	0	2
	2	23	8	5	0.130	0	5	0	0
	3	12	9	2	0.583	0	5	0	2
Jeff Samuels	Total	18	8	2	0.333	9	3	0	3
	1	10	6	0	0.600	5	3	0	1
	2	6	1	1	0.000	2	0	0	2
	3	2	1	1	0.000	2	0	0	0

Fri, 8/18/2023

Contender 2

Gage Basey / Diego Perez (22)

Lost 27-25, 17-21, 11-15

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adam Roberts	Total	58	31	6	0.431	0	14	0	1
	1	29	15	3	0.414	0	7	0	1
	2	19	9	1	0.421	0	4	0	0
	3	10	7	2	0.500	0	3	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	14	9	0	0.643	6	2	0	6
	1	6	5	0	0.833	3	1	0	3
	2	6	2	0	0.333	3	0	0	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adam Roberts	155	76	21	0.355	0	46	1	5
Jeff Samuels	61	30	9	0.344	20	11	1	13

Head to Head Results
Roberts/Samuels trail the series against the field 3-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 12 Caldwell/Cook 0-2
8/18/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Caldwell/Cook	12	Roberts/Samuels	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	1:07
7/7/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Finals	Caldwell/Cook	1	Roberts/Samuels	7	21-13, 21-18
Trail the series against # 22 Basey/Perez 0-1
8/18/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Basey/Perez	22	Roberts/Samuels	21	25-27, 21-17, 15-11	1:09
Lead the series against # 25 Ferrari/Vaughan 1-0
7/7/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Semi-Finals	Roberts/Samuels	7	Ferrari/Vaughan	9	24-22, 21-10
Lead the series against # 28 Siragusa/Vaught 1-0
8/18/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Roberts/Samuels	21	Siragusa/Vaught	28	21-15, 13-21, 15-10	0:58
Series tied with # Q7 Coyle/Leathers 1-1
7/7/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Winner 2	Roberts/Samuels	7	Coyle/Leathers	19, Q5	21-15, 21-19
7/6/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Pool F	Coyle/Leathers	19, Q5	Roberts/Samuels	7	21-14, 21-16