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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Heritage Manhattan Beach Open
Thursday, August 13, 2026

Match #95: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q31) Jonathan Low/Brendan Schmidt
vs.
(Q34) Patrick Buckel /Val Gudz

Jonathan Low

Photo not available

Personal Info

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$0.00

Brendan Schmidt

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 3, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

O'Fallon, MO

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

McKendree

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

33rd (AVP Virginia Beach 2024)

Career Winnings:

$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Brett Hornung - 57th	Did not play
2023	Mitchell Keddie - 57th	Did not play
2024	Brett Hornung - 89th	Dylan Zacca - 57th
2025	Andrew Guaragno - 41st	Jesse Walker - 57th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Patrick Buckel / Val Gudz (Q34)

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonathan Low												Brendan Schmidt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Gold Series
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	$0.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	$0.00	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2024	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonathan Low													Brendan Schmidt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2022	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2023	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2024	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2025	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$0.00	2026	AVP
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	$0.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches	By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall	Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
2025-2026	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0	0	0	0-0

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Patrick Buckel

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Beach, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Mesa College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB Qidong 2026)

Career AVP Best:

45th (Laguna Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

$0.00

Val Gudz

Photo not available

Personal Info

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

$0.00

Team Career Summary

Previous Manhattan Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Jonathan Low / Brendan Schmidt (Q31)

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type

Played

Gold

Silver

Bronze

4th

5-6th

7-8th

9-12th

13-16th

17-24th

25th

Lower

Winnings (US$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Patrick Buckel												Val Gudz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	Total

Team Finishes by Season

Results

Matches

Season

Assoc

Played

Gold

Silver

Bronze

4th

5-6th

7-8th

9-12th

13-16th

17-24th

25th

Lower

Winnings (US$)

Won

Lost

Pct

Individual Finishes by Season

Patrick Buckel													Val Gudz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2025	AVP
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00	2026	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	Total	Total

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set				Lost 1st Set				2 Set Matches	3 Set Matches	By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0	Won 2-1	Lost 2-1	Overall	Won 2-1	Lost 2-1	Lost 2-0	Overall	Overall	Overall	Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

Team Match Records by Round

Country Quota

Qualifier

Pool Play

Lucky Loser

Elimination Rounds

Semi-Finals

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

Overall

Tournament Type

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/13/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2