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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Huntington Beach Four Star
May 1 - 6, 2018

(19) Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada

Grant O'Gorman
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 2, 1993 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Scarborough, ON

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$98,562.50

Ben Saxton
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 21, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Calgary

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

129

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$330,187.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	32	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	14	1	4	4	1	US$106,000.00

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	15	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	14	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	17	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	11	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/22-25/2017	Sydney Two Star	2	1st	400	US$4,000.00

Huntington Beach Four Star Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/3/2018

Winner 1

Jonathan Drake / Chris Luers, United States (46, Q21)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:33

Thu, 5/3/2018

Winner 2

Theo Brunner / John Hyden, United States (14)

Lost 11-21, 15-21

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grant O'Gorman	Total	16	8	8	0.000	0	32	0	3
	1	6	3	3	0.000	0	10	0	3
	2	10	5	5	0.000	0	22	0	0
Ben Saxton	Total	20	8	7	0.050	3	13	1	2
	1	11	5	3	0.182	2	10	0	0
	2	9	3	4	-0.111	1	3	1	2

Thu, 5/3/2018

Contender 1

David Vander Meer / Logan Webber, United States (48, Q24)

Won 21-9, 21-13

0:28

Fri, 5/4/2018

Contender 2

Miles Evans / Billy Kolinske, United States (30)

Lost 16-21, 21-13, 5-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grant O'Gorman	Total	24	16	2	0.583	1	11	1	0
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	2	1	0
	2	16	10	2	0.500	1	9	0	0
Ben Saxton	Total	22	15	0	0.682	2	3	1	2
	1	10	7	0	0.700	1	2	1	1
	2	12	8	0	0.667	1	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grant O'Gorman	40	24	10	0.350	1	43	1	3
Ben Saxton	42	23	7	0.381	5	16	2	4
Total	82	47	17	0.366	6	59	3	7
Opponents	83	48	10	0.458	14	45	5	2

Head to Head Results
O'Gorman/Saxton trail the series against the field 5-8 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-2
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	21-15, 21-15	0:37
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool A	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	O'Gorman/Saxton	17	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	21-19, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 0-1
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Plavins/Tocs	17	O'Gorman/Saxton	11	21-15, 22-20	0:33
Trail the series against # 14 Brunner/Hyden, United States 0-2
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Hyden	14	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-11, 21-15	0:31
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Brunner/Hyden	20	O'Gorman/Saxton	17	15-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 1-0
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool A	O'Gorman/Saxton	17	Pedlow/Schachter	16	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 18 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	19	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	21-17, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 26 Aye/Krou, France 1-0
11/25/17	FIVB	Sydney Two Star	Gold Medal	O'Gorman/Saxton	2	Aye/Krou	4	21-8, 21-16	0:30
Series tied with # 30 Evans/Kolinske, United States 1-1
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 2	Evans/Kolinske	30	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-16, 13-21, 15-5	0:43
11/25/17	FIVB	Sydney Two Star	Semi-Finals	O'Gorman/Saxton	2	Evans/Kolinske	10	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 46, Q21 Drake/Luers, United States 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	Drake/Luers	46, Q21	21-16, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 48, Q24 Vander Meer/Webber, United States 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	Vander Meer/Webber	48, Q24	21-9, 21-13	0:28