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AVP Tour
$125,000 San Diego Open Presented by Bud Light
June 13 - 15, 2003

(11) 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 San Diego Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Albert Hannemann - 13th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 5th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 4th	Did not play
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	24	1st	300	US$22,000.00
AVP	4/25-27/2003	Tempe Open	13	2nd	324	$9,750.00
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	12	9th	144	$1,600.00

San Diego Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/14/2003

Winner 1

Jake Elliott / Brian Soldano (22)

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

1:00

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, 6/14/2003

Winner 2

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:45

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	2	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	0	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 6/14/2003

Contender 2

Chad Mowrey / Ed Ratledge (21)

Won 23-21, 21-15

0:43

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	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	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	3	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	2	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 6/14/2003

Contender 3

Aaron Boss / Alika Williams (14)

Won 21-18, 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	2	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	2	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	2	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	1	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 6/14/2003

Contender 4

Paul Baxter / Carl Henkel (9)

Won 21-17, 21-23, 15-8

1:10

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	3	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	2	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	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	5	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	2	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 6/15/2003

Contender 5

Eric Fonoimoana / Dax Holdren (4)

Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-11

0:55

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	1	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	1	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	2	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	0	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 6/15/2003

Contender 6

Brent Doble / Karch Kiraly (3)

Won 19-21, 21-17, 25-23

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	18	9	N/A	N/A	1	25	1	N/A
	1	8	4	N/A	N/A	0	7	0	N/A
	2	3	2	N/A	N/A	0	6	1	N/A
	3	7	3	N/A	N/A	1	12	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	72	38	N/A	N/A	5	9	0	N/A
	1	25	11	N/A	N/A	1	6	0	N/A
	2	19	11	N/A	N/A	2	1	0	N/A
	3	28	16	N/A	N/A	2	2	0	N/A

Sun, 6/15/2003

Semi-Finals

Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong (5)

Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-11

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	28	14	N/A	N/A	0	18	2	N/A
	1	7	3	N/A	N/A	0	3	1	N/A
	2	14	7	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	3	7	4	N/A	N/A	0	4	1	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	35	22	N/A	N/A	5	2	0	N/A
	1	14	8	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	2	13	9	N/A	N/A	3	0	0	N/A
	3	8	5	N/A	N/A	2	1	0	N/A

Sun, 6/15/2003

Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Won 21-16, 13-21, 15-12

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	27	13	N/A	N/A	0	15	2	N/A
	1	11	6	N/A	N/A	0	4	2	N/A
	2	7	3	N/A	N/A	0	2	0	N/A
	3	9	4	N/A	N/A	0	9	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	30	16	N/A	N/A	4	4	1	N/A
	1	8	6	N/A	N/A	2	2	1	N/A
	2	12	3	N/A	N/A	1	2	0	N/A
	3	10	7	N/A	N/A	1	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	73	36	N/A	N/A	1	58	12	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	137	76	N/A	N/A	37	15	1	N/A
Total	210	112	N/A	N/A	38	73	13	N/A
Opponents	226	117	N/A	N/A	24	85	10	N/A

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 12-3 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 3 Doble/Kiraly 1-0
6/15/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Doble/Kiraly	3	19-21, 21-17, 25-23	1:14
Lead the series against # 4 Fonoimoana/Holdren 2-0
6/15/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Fonoimoana/Holdren	4	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:55
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	13	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	21-15, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 Metzger/Wong 1-0
6/15/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Metzger/Wong	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:59
Series tied with # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 2-2
6/15/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-16, 13-21, 15-12	1:06
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Blanton/Nygaard	11	21-18, 21-19	0:45
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 # 7 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 # 9 Baxter/Henkel 1-0
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Baxter/Henkel	9	21-17, 21-23, 15-8	1:10
Lead the series against # 14 Boss/Williams 1-0
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Boss/Williams	14	21-18, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 21 Mowrey/Ratledge 1-0
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Mowrey/Ratledge	21	23-21, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Elliott/Soldano 1-0
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Elliott/Soldano	22	15-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:00