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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
Friday, August 19, 2022

Match #45: Contender's Bracket Round 2

(23, Q3) Travis Mewhirter/John-Michael Plummer
vs.
(8) Evan Cory/Billy Kolinske

Travis Mewhirter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1990 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Baltimore, MD

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Maryland

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$17,485.83

John-Michael Plummer

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 28, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jupiter, FL

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Lindenwood University

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$17,162.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	10	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	3	1	1	0	$12,800.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Aaron Wexler - 57th	Did not play
2017	Skyler McCoy - 41st	Did not play
2018	Hagen Smith - 41st	Christopher Vaughan - 33rd
2019	Raffe Paulis - 25th	Drew Punjabi - 57th
2021	Adam Roberts - 25th	Dave Palm - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/29-31/2022	Fort Lauderdale Open	15	13	1390	$1,400.00
AVP	7/22-24/2022	Atlantic City Open	12	9	1390	$500.00
AVP	7/7-9/2022	Waupaca Open	4	13	1254	$0.00
AVP	7/1-3/2022	Denver Open	16, Q1	5	1540	$1,500.00
AVP	6/10-12/2022	Muskegon Open	12	13	1254	$0.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/18/2022

Qualifier 2

Duncan Budinger / Daniel Dalanhese (Q62)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:48

Thu, 8/18/2022

Qualifier 3

Heath Hughes / Ryan Smith (Q35)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:44

Thu, 8/18/2022

Qualifier 4

Sebastian Rodriguez / Jack Walmer (Q51)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:37

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 1

Avery Drost / Chase Frishman (10)

Lost 20-22, 18-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Travis Mewhirter	Total	16	15	2	0.813	1	5	2	1
	1	9	9	1	0.889	0	4	1	1
	2	7	6	1	0.714	1	1	1	0
John-Michael Plummer	Total	30	16	2	0.467	0	10	0	3
	1	14	7	1	0.429	0	6	0	0
	2	16	9	1	0.500	0	4	0	3

Fri, 8/19/2022

Contender 1

Michael Groselle / Nathan Yang (26, Q7)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Travis Mewhirter	Total	12	13	0	1.083	0	2	1	2
	1	5	6	0	1.200	0	1	1	1
	2	7	7	0	1.000	0	1	0	1
John-Michael Plummer	Total	32	17	4	0.406	0	14	1	1
	1	19	10	3	0.368	0	10	0	0
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	4	1	1

Fri, 8/19/2022

Contender 2

Evan Cory / Billy Kolinske (8)

Lost 19-21, 20-22

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Travis Mewhirter	Total	18	18	2	0.889	0	0	1	1
	1	10	11	1	1.000	0	0	0	1
	2	8	7	1	0.750	0	0	1	0
John-Michael Plummer	Total	28	12	4	0.286	0	10	0	1
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	6	0	0
	2	17	7	3	0.235	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Travis Mewhirter	46	46	4	0.913	1	7	4	4
John-Michael Plummer	90	45	10	0.389	0	34	1	5

Evan Cory

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 1997 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Metairie, LA

Resides:

Metairie, LA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Lincoln Memorial University

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$44,709.25

Billy Kolinske

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1986 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Big Bend, WI

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Wisconsin-Whitewater

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$102,920.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	8	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	$32,450.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00
NORCECA	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,000.00
Overall	12	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	US$35,450.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Raffe Paulis - 41st
2014	Did not play	Adam Roberts - 17th
2015	Did not play	Casey Jennings - 9th
2016	Did not play	Avery Drost - 13th
2019	Jon Justice - 57th	Eric Beranek - 3rd
2021	Logan Webber - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/5-7/2022	Atlanta Open	9	5	1891	$10,000.00
AVP	7/29-31/2022	Fort Lauderdale Open	8	9	1540	$2,000.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	Q11	33	140	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	Q16	25	220	US$0.00
AVP	7/8-10/2022	Hermosa Beach Open	9	13	1390	$1,400.00
AVP	7/1-3/2022	Denver Open	4	2	1796	$5,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2022	Muskegon Open	2	2	1796	$5,000.00
AVP	5/27-29/2022	New Orleans Open	8	7	1621	$3,000.00
NORCECA	5/13-15/2022	NORCECA Continental Tour La Paz	6	1	320	US$2,000.00
AVP	5/6-8/2022	Austin Open	9	7	1621	$3,000.00
NORCECA	4/22-24/2022	NORCECA Continental Tour Aguascalientes	6	2	288	US$1,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 1

Peter Connole / Silila Tucker (25, Q4)

Won 21-13, 21-14

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Evan Cory	Total	16	8	4	0.250	0	10	1	0
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	5	1	0
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	5	0	0
Billy Kolinske	Total	17	14	2	0.706	6	2	2	1
	1	10	7	2	0.500	5	1	1	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	1	1	1	1

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 2

Brian Miller / Raffe Paulis (24)

Lost 19-21, 21-16, 12-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Evan Cory	Total	24	17	2	0.625	0	12	0	4
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	3	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	3	0	2
	3	8	6	1	0.625	0	6	0	1
Billy Kolinske	Total	37	21	4	0.459	2	2	0	1
	1	15	7	3	0.267	1	0	0	0
	2	11	9	0	0.818	1	1	0	1
	3	11	5	1	0.364	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/19/2022

Contender 2

Travis Mewhirter / John-Michael Plummer (23, Q3)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Evan Cory	Total	22	17	3	0.636	0	8	0	4
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	2	0	3
	2	14	10	3	0.500	0	6	0	1
Billy Kolinske	Total	25	18	0	0.720	0	3	0	1
	1	16	11	0	0.688	0	2	0	0
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	1	0	1

Sat, 8/20/2022

Contender 3

Tim Bomgren / Piotr Marciniak (17)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Evan Cory	Total	20	11	2	0.450	0	11	1	2
	1	9	3	1	0.222	0	6	1	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	5	0	1
Billy Kolinske	Total	28	14	5	0.321	2	0	0	2
	1	16	11	3	0.500	1	0	0	0
	2	12	3	2	0.083	1	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Evan Cory	82	53	11	0.512	0	41	2	10
Billy Kolinske	107	67	11	0.523	10	7	2	5

Head to Head Results
Cory/Kolinske lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Cory/Kolinske	8	Mewhirter/Plummer	23, Q3	21-19, 22-20	0:50
7/3/22	AVP	Denver Open	Winner 4	Cory/Kolinske	4	Mewhirter/Plummer	16, Q1	21-18, 22-20	0:49