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AVP Tour
$175,000 Santa Barbara Open
May 20 - 22, 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 Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Carl Henkel - 25th	Stein Metzger - 1st
2002	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 5th
2004	Phil Dalhausser - 9th	Stein Metzger - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	4	7th	180	$3,500.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	3	9th	144	$2,200.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	3	3rd	270	$8,450.00

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/21/2005

Winner 1

Mike Bruning / Said Souikane (30, Q10)

Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-8

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	18	11	2	0.500	0	7	1	6
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	0	2
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	1	0	3
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	2	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	44	18	5	0.295	5	1	0	0
	1	17	6	2	0.235	0	0	0	0
	2	21	10	1	0.429	2	1	0	0
	3	6	2	2	0.000	3	0	0	0

Sat, 5/21/2005

Winner 2

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (14)

Lost 21-23, 21-14, 15-17

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	55	27	8	0.345	0	18	1	4
	1	25	15	3	0.480	0	5	0	1
	2	16	6	2	0.250	0	8	1	0
	3	14	6	3	0.214	0	5	0	3
Kevin Wong	Total	16	9	2	0.438	4	4	0	3
	1	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	2
	2	9	3	1	0.222	2	2	0	1
	3	6	5	1	0.667	2	2	0	0

Sat, 5/21/2005

Contender 2

David Fischer / Ed Ratledge (20)

Lost 21-18, 20-22, 12-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	21	8	2	0.286	0	17	5	3
	1	5	2	0	0.400	0	5	5	1
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	5	0	0
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	7	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	41	23	6	0.415	3	14	1	1
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	21	12	3	0.429	2	7	0	0
	3	10	5	2	0.300	1	4	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	94	46	12	0.362	0	42	7	13
Kevin Wong	101	50	13	0.366	12	19	1	4
Total	195	96	25	0.364	12	61	8	17
Opponents	208	94	31	0.303	13	43	3	7

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong lead the series against the field 6-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 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 # 5 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
Series tied with # 10 Rosenthal/Witt 1-1
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Blanton/Wong	4	21-18, 21-19	0:46
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 11 Doble/Hyden 0-1
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Doble/Hyden	12	Blanton/Wong	4	25-23, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Williams/Wong 2-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Williams/Wong	14	Blanton/Wong	3	23-21, 14-21, 17-15	1:13
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	4	Williams/Wong	13	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	1:10
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 # 20 Fischer/Ratledge 0-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Fischer/Ratledge	20	Blanton/Wong	3	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 Bruning/Souikane 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q10	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:57