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AVP Tour
$150,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 7 - 10, 2003

(13) Brandon Taliaferro/Mark Williams

Brandon Taliaferro

Photo: Brian Magee

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 28, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Clemente, CA

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Pfaeffikon 2000)

Career AVP Best:

13th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$7,152.50

Mark Williams

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Australia

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Boulder 2008)

Career Winnings:

$298,005.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$100.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Andy Witt - 17th	Did not play
2000	Ricci Luyties - 25th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Sean Rosenthal - 17th
2002	Matt Fuerbringer - 13th	Sean Rosenthal - 7th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/8/2003

Winner 2

John Hyden / Andy Witt (20)

Lost 16-21, 21-17, 10-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brandon Taliaferro	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	1	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mark Williams	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A

Fri, 8/8/2003

Contender 1

Mark Fay / Jim Vanderwall (46, Q42)

Won 21-14, 21-10

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brandon Taliaferro	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mark Williams	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Fri, 8/8/2003

Contender 2

Ryan Mariano / Rich VanHuizen (30, Q1)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brandon Taliaferro	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
Mark Williams	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brandon Taliaferro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	1	N/A
Mark Williams	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	1	N/A
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	N/A	2	N/A
Opponents	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	N/A	0	N/A

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$)
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$100.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Brandon Taliaferro												Mark Williams
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$41,400.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$3,905.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	76	1	1	8	0	18	29	14	4	0	$162,857.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	Challenger
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	Satellite
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$1,597.50	Manhattan Beach	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	$22,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$450.00	Tour Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$3,960.00
22	0	0	1	0	1	5	7	5	0	$7,152.50	Total	100	1	2	8	1	24	35	19	7	0	$235,467.50

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
2003	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$100.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$100.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Brandon Taliaferro													Mark Williams
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$512.50	1999	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$2,750.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2000	FIVB C&S
											2001	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$3,300.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$2,540.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$6,245.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00	2003	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00
											2003	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	$12,000.00
18	0	0	1	0	1	5	7	3	1	$7,052.50	Total	Total	20	0	0	1	0	3	5	5	4	2	$21,595.00

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%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2002-2003	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Taliaferro/Williams trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 20 Hyden/Witt 0-1
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Witt	20	Taliaferro/Williams	13	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 30, Q1 Mariano/VanHuizen 0-1
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Mariano/VanHuizen	30, Q1	Taliaferro/Williams	13	21-17, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 46, Q42 Fay/Vanderwall 1-0
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Taliaferro/Williams	13	Fay/Vanderwall	46, Q42	21-14, 21-10	0:41