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AVP Tour
$175,000 Tempe Open
April 22 - 24, 2005

(3) Dain Blanton/Kevin Wong

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Kevin Wong

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$757,282.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	12	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	1	2	0	$46,875.00
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	US$29,000.00
Overall	16	0	0	2	0	2	2	4	1	5	0	US$75,875.00

Previous Tempe Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 2nd	Stein Metzger - 5th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 9th	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	3	3rd	270	$8,450.00

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/23/2005

Winner 2

Scott Lane / Chad Mowrey (19)

Lost 17-21, 26-28

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	9	6	0	0.667	3	5	0	2
	1	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	0	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	3	3	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	41	26	9	0.415	2	4	0	0
	1	19	12	4	0.421	0	4	0	0
	2	22	14	5	0.409	2	0	0	0

Sat, 4/23/2005

Contender 1

Albert Hannemann / Chad Turner (20, Q3)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	20	9	2	0.350	0	14	0	2
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	0
	2	13	7	0	0.538	0	9	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	27	17	2	0.556	3	4	1	1
	1	13	9	1	0.615	3	2	0	1
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	2	1	0

Sat, 4/23/2005

Contender 2

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (6)

Won 11-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	22	7	3	0.182	0	16	2	2
	1	6	1	1	0.000	0	3	1	1
	2	10	3	2	0.100	0	8	0	1
	3	6	3	0	0.500	0	5	1	0
Kevin Wong	Total	40	22	12	0.250	4	1	0	0
	1	17	8	7	0.059	1	0	0	0
	2	14	9	4	0.357	2	1	0	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	1	0	0	0

Sat, 4/23/2005

Contender 3

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (1)

Lost 16-21, 18-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	13	4	3	0.077	0	8	2	5
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	5	2	2
	2	6	2	1	0.167	0	3	0	3
Kevin Wong	Total	38	23	9	0.368	3	4	0	0
	1	19	10	4	0.316	1	2	0	0
	2	19	13	5	0.421	2	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	64	26	8	0.281	3	43	4	11
Kevin Wong	146	88	32	0.384	12	13	1	1
Total	210	114	40	0.352	15	56	5	12
Opponents	208	115	32	0.399	18	54	1	15

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kiraly/Lambert 0-1
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Blanton/Wong	3	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Holdren/Nygaard 0-1
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	5	Blanton/Wong	3	21-18, 21-7	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Rosenthal/Witt 1-0
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 8 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Blanton/Wong	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	25-23, 14-21, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 9 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Wong	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	11	24-26, 21-13, 15-7	0:57
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 Williams/Wong 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Williams/Wong	14	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 19 Lane/Mowrey 0-1
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Lane/Mowrey	19	Blanton/Wong	3	21-17, 28-26	0:46
Lead the series against # 20, Q3 Hannemann/Turner 1-0
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Hannemann/Turner	20, Q3	21-14, 21-15	0:39