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AVP Tour
$125,000 Tempe Open
April 25 - 27, 2003

(13) Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard

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

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	CQ	Money
AVP	17	4	1	3	0	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	$131,835.00
FIVB	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	US$129,000.00
Overall	34	5	1	4	1	4	5	5	2	3	1	2	1	US$260,835.00

Previous Tempe Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	12	9th	144	$1,600.00

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/26/2003

Winner 1

Jake Gibb / Ty Loomis (20, Q5)

Won 21-12, 21-14

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	2	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	2	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 4/26/2003

Winner 2

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (4)

Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-10

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	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
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	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	6	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 4/26/2003

Winner 3

Albert Hannemann / Sean Scott (12)

Won 22-20, 21-17

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	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
Jeff Nygaard	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 4/27/2003

Winner 4

Scott Ayakatubby / Brian Lewis (8)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	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
Jeff Nygaard	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	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	3	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 4/27/2003

Semi-Finals

Eric Fonoimoana / Dax Holdren (1)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	19	12	N/A	N/A	0	9	1	N/A
	1	11	7	N/A	N/A	0	4	1	N/A
	2	8	5	N/A	N/A	0	5	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	24	16	N/A	N/A	7	3	0	N/A
	1	9	7	N/A	N/A	4	3	0	N/A
	2	15	9	N/A	N/A	3	0	0	N/A

Sun, 4/27/2003

Finals

Canyon Ceman / Mike Whitmarsh (2)

Lost 17-21, 21-18, 12-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	21	10	N/A	N/A	0	24	0	N/A
	1	5	1	N/A	N/A	0	5	0	N/A
	2	8	5	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	3	8	4	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	55	26	N/A	N/A	5	4	0	N/A
	1	20	11	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	2	21	9	N/A	N/A	3	2	0	N/A
	3	14	6	N/A	N/A	2	1	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	40	22	N/A	N/A	0	33	3	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	79	42	N/A	N/A	35	7	0	N/A
Total	119	64	N/A	N/A	35	40	3	N/A
Opponents	125	63	N/A	N/A	14	39	2	N/A

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Fonoimoana/Holdren 1-0
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	13	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	21-15, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Ceman/Whitmarsh 0-1
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
Series tied with # 4 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-1
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:03
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	13	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-17, 15-21, 21-19	0:57
Trail the series against # 6 Rosenthal/Witt 0-1
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	26	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Ayakatubby/Lewis 2-0
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	Blanton/Nygaard	13	Ayakatubby/Lewis	8	21-17, 21-15	0:49
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Ayakatubby/Lewis	5	23-21, 21-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Hannemann/Scott 1-0
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Nygaard	13	Hannemann/Scott	12	22-20, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 20, Q5 Gibb/Loomis 1-0
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	13	Gibb/Loomis	20, Q5	21-12, 21-14	0:38