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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$200,000 2011 Manhattan Beach Open
August 26 - 28, 2011

(49) Sam Haghighi/Dane Pearson

Sam Haghighi

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 5, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Height:

6'3"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (Pro Beach Manhattan Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$1,955.00

Dane Pearson

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1967 (57 yrs old)

Height:

6'4"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (NVL Santa Monica 2012)

Career Pro Beach Best:

17th (Manhattan Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$3,150.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	3	$1,310.00
Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
Overall	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$2,060.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 1996	Did not play	Richard Boldt - 33rd
AVP 2000	Karl Owens - 25th	Mike Scales - 25th
AVP 2001	Brett Scharf - 61st	Mike Scales - 37th
AVP 2002	Jeff Murrell - 33rd	Did not play
AVP 2003	Tom Barber - 65th	Ran Kumgisky - 33rd
AVP 2004	Brian Duff - 41st	Did not play
AVP 2005	Dane Pearson - 57th	Sam Haghighi - 57th
AVP 2006	Shawn Essert - 57th	Did not play
AVP 2007	Dane Pearson - 41st	Sam Haghighi - 41st
AVP 2009	Dane Pearson - 25th	Sam Haghighi - 25th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/26/2011	Winner 1	Paul Baxter / Jon Mesko (16)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:47
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 1	Shane Cervantes / Tim Nestlerode (48)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:44
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 2	Charles VanRees / Steven VanderWerp (14)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:38
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 3	Alexi Gabriel / Ken Lentin (35)	Won 21-18, 21-16, 15-7	0:52
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 4	Avery Drost / Will Montgomery (20)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:27

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$830.00
Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$480.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$1,310.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sam Haghighi												Dane Pearson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	$840.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	$1,210.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$740.00	Manhattan Beach	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$740.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$825.00
45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	$1,580.00	Total	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	$2,775.00

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
2005	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2007	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$350.00	7	4	63.6 %
2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2009	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$960.00	7	5	58.3 %
2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$1,310.00	21	13	61.8 %
Total	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sam Haghighi													Dane Pearson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,370.00
											1997	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1998	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00
											1999	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$750.00	2000	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2001	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2003	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2004	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2005	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2006	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$175.00	2007	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$175.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$480.00	2009	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$480.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$175.00	2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00	2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	38	$1,955.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	25	$3,150.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2010-2011	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	9
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	0	0	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	13

Head to Head Results
Haghighi/Pearson lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 14 VanderWerp/VanRees 1-0
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Haghighi/Pearson	49	VanRees/VanderWerp	14	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Baxter/Mesko 0-1
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Mesko	16	Haghighi/Pearson	49	21-15, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # 20 Drost/Montgomery 0-1
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Drost/Montgomery	20	Haghighi/Pearson	49	21-13, 21-16	0:27
Lead the series against # 35 Gabriel/Lentin 1-0
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Haghighi/Pearson	49	Gabriel/Lentin	35	21-18, 21-16, 15-7	0:52
Lead the series against # 48 Cervantes/Nestlerode 1-0
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Haghighi/Pearson	49	Cervantes/Nestlerode	48	21-13, 21-14	0:44