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AVP Tour
$150,000 Chicago Open Presented by Bud Light
August 28 - 31, 2003

(8) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Ian Clark - 17th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 5th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 5th	Did not play
1997	Canyon Ceman - 4th	Did not play
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 3rd	Did not play
FIVB 2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Did not play
2002	Scott Ayakatubby - 13th	Albert Hannemann - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/14-17/2003	Huntington Beach Open	7	7th	216	$3,000.00
AVP	8/7-10/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	5	13th	130	$1,260.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	12	4th	364	US$15,000.00
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	5	7th	180	$2,500.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	16, Q3	3rd	432	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	19, Q1	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	11	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
AVP	6/13-15/2003	San Diego Open	11	1st	360	$14,500.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/29/2003

Winner 1

Dan Fisher / Chris Guigliano (25, Q1)

Won 21-12, 21-17

0:40

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	1	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	1	N/A

Fri, 8/29/2003

Winner 2

Albert Hannemann / Scott Lane (24)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:39

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	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

Sat, 8/30/2003

Winner 3

Brent Doble / Karch Kiraly (1)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

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	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	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, 8/30/2003

Contender 4

Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (3)

Won 21-18, 21-11

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	2	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	2	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 8/31/2003

Contender 5

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (4)

Won 18-21, 21-12, 19-17

0:53

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

Sun, 8/31/2003

Contender 6

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (7)

Won 19-21, 21-19, 18-16

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	38	18	N/A	N/A	0	23	1	N/A
	1	11	6	N/A	N/A	0	3	0	N/A
	2	13	7	N/A	N/A	0	9	0	N/A
	3	14	5	N/A	N/A	0	11	1	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	34	18	N/A	N/A	5	3	1	N/A
	1	12	6	N/A	N/A	2	2	0	N/A
	2	9	5	N/A	N/A	3	1	0	N/A
	3	13	7	N/A	N/A	0	0	1	N/A

Sun, 8/31/2003

Semi-Finals

Brent Doble / Karch Kiraly (1)

Won 31-29, 21-19

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	16	6	N/A	N/A	0	12	0	N/A
	1	10	4	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
	2	6	2	N/A	N/A	0	4	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	49	26	N/A	N/A	9	6	0	N/A
	1	29	13	N/A	N/A	6	2	0	N/A
	2	20	13	N/A	N/A	3	4	0	N/A

Sun, 8/31/2003

Finals

Canyon Ceman / Mike Whitmarsh (5)

Won 21-18, 27-25

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	15	9	N/A	N/A	1	13	0	N/A
	1	8	4	N/A	N/A	1	8	0	N/A
	2	7	5	N/A	N/A	0	5	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	39	30	N/A	N/A	8	2	0	N/A
	1	25	19	N/A	N/A	7	2	0	N/A
	2	14	11	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	69	33	N/A	N/A	1	48	2	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	122	74	N/A	N/A	35	11	2	N/A
Total	191	107	N/A	N/A	36	59	4	N/A
Opponents	202	109	N/A	N/A	30	62	7	N/A

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 25-12 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Doble/Kiraly 2-2
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Doble/Kiraly	1	31-29, 21-19	0:55
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Doble/Kiraly	1	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-17, 21-17	0:43
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 5	Doble/Kiraly	3	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-14, 21-19	0:42
6/15/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Doble/Kiraly	3	19-21, 21-17, 25-23	1:14
Trail the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 3-4
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	Blanton/Nygaard	5	13-21, 21-15, 18-16	1:00
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Country Quota	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Fuerbringer/Jennings		21-18, 20-22, 15-8	1:01
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q29	Blanton/Nygaard		21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 3 Fonoimoana/Wong 1-0
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Fonoimoana/Wong	3	21-18, 21-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Rosenthal/Witt 1-2
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Rosenthal/Witt	4	18-21, 21-12, 19-17	0:53
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Blanton/Nygaard	7	21-18, 21-18	0:38
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	26	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Series tied with # 5 Ceman/Whitmarsh 1-1
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	21-18, 27-25	0:53
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 6 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
Series tied with # 7 Rogers/Scott 1-1
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Rogers/Scott	7	19-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:09
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Rogers/Scott	12	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-12, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 9 Holdren/Metzger 0-1
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Metzger	10	Blanton/Nygaard	7	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 11 Gibb/Jewell 1-0
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Gibb/Jewell	11	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 Fairfield/Souza 1-0
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Fairfield/Souza	15	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 15 Hyden/Witt 1-1
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Hyden/Witt	20	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-16, 14-21, 15-11	1:01
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Hyden/Witt	16	21-16, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Lee/Smith 1-0
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Lee/Smith	21	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 Mowrey/Ratledge 2-0
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Mowrey/Ratledge	21	21-13, 21-14	0:36
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 Mattarocci/Smith 1-0
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Mattarocci/Smith	24	21-13, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 24 Hannemann/Lane 1-0
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Hannemann/Lane	24	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Fisher/Guigliano 2-0
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Fisher/Guigliano	25, Q1	21-12, 21-17	0:40
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Fisher/Guigliano	26, Q1	22-20, 19-21, 15-10	1:01
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Dalhausser/Lucena	37, Q11	21-13, 21-18	0:32