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AVP Tour
$150,000 Las Vegas Aquafina AVP Shootout Presented by Bud Light
September 4 - 6, 2003

(7) Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 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 (53 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 Las Vegas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Various - 12th	Did not play
1998	Various - 13th	Did not play
1999	Various - 2nd	Did not play
2002	Did not play	Albert Hannemann - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/28-31/2003	Chicago Open	8	1st	432	$17,400.00
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

Las Vegas AVP Shootout Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 9/4/2003

Winner 1

Canyon Ceman / Mike Whitmarsh (2)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	33	23	N/A	N/A	0	14	0	N/A
	1	15	10	N/A	N/A	0	4	0	N/A
	2	18	13	N/A	N/A	0	10	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	16	8	N/A	N/A	3	1	2	N/A
	1	7	5	N/A	N/A	0	1	2	N/A
	2	9	3	N/A	N/A	3	0	0	N/A

Sat, 9/6/2003

Semi-Finals

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (3)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	17	9	N/A	N/A	0	4	3	N/A
	1	4	2	N/A	N/A	0	0	3	N/A
	2	13	7	N/A	N/A	0	4	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	21	15	N/A	N/A	5	2	1	N/A
	1	8	7	N/A	N/A	1	0	0	N/A
	2	13	8	N/A	N/A	4	2	1	N/A

Sat, 9/6/2003

Finals

Scott Ayakatubby / Brian Lewis (5)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	11	9	N/A	N/A	0	7	4	N/A
	1	6	5	N/A	N/A	0	1	3	N/A
	2	5	4	N/A	N/A	0	6	1	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	24	15	N/A	N/A	3	3	0	N/A
	1	9	7	N/A	N/A	1	3	0	N/A
	2	15	8	N/A	N/A	2	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	61	41	N/A	N/A	0	25	7	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	61	38	N/A	N/A	11	6	3	N/A
Total	122	79	N/A	N/A	11	31	10	N/A
Opponents	129	70	N/A	N/A	8	29	3	N/A

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	$62,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	4	1	2	0	2	4	4	1	2	1	0	$143,000.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,085.00
Total	32	4	1	4	1	3	5	5	2	4	2	0	$227,085.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Jeff Nygaard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	$31,000.00
193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	100	7	6	16	0	33	27	8	1	0	$311,765.00
11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50	Manhattan Beach	9	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	$28,507.50
18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25	Total	119	7	6	20	1	36	35	10	2	0	$381,522.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2003	AVP	8	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	$80,010.00	34	11	75.6 %
2003	FIVB	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$64,500.00	23	11	67.6 %
Total	AVP	8	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	$80,010.00	34	11	75.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$64,500.00	23	11	67.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Jeff Nygaard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
14	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$12,118.75	1994	AVP
22	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	0	$27,625.00	1995	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB
20	0	1	1	1	9	6	2	0	0	$54,405.00	1996	AVP
22	1	1	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	$117,845.00	1997	AVP
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
18	0	2	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	$32,470.50	1998	AVP
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB
10	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$69,600.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	1999	USAV
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB
6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2000	USAV
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,950.00	2001	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	$6,700.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,155.00	2002	AVP	7	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$15,660.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB
8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00	2003	AVP	8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00
6	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	$32,250.00	2003	FIVB	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	$32,250.00
182	10	11	18	10	42	55	23	8	5	$555,584.25	Total	Total	29	5	1	1	1	8	10	0	1	2	$95,865.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	39	73.6%	10	18.9%	4	7.5%	49-4	92.5%	13	38.2%	9	26.5%	12	35.3%	13-21	38.2%	39-12	76.5%	23-13	63.9%	0	0	62-25	71.3%
2002-2003	24	80.0%	4	13.3%	2	6.7%	28-2	93.3%	6	40.0%	3	20.0%	6	40.0%	6-9	40.0%	24-6	80.0%	10-5	66.7%	0	0	34-11	75.6%
Against the Field	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	6	33.3%	4	22.2%	8	44.4%	6-12	33.3%	18-16	52.9%	18-12	60.0%	0	0	18-14	56.3%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	7	5	0	0	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	19	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	36	17	5	2	0	0	1	0	74	36
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	4
Total	1	1	4	0	13	11	0	0	47	23	5	5	1	1	1	0	104	58

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 15-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 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
Lead the series against # 2 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2-1
9/4/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	21-18, 21-19	0:40
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
Series tied with # 3 Rosenthal/Witt 2-2
9/6/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-17, 21-18	0:37
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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Ayakatubby/Lewis 3-0
9/6/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Ayakatubby/Lewis	5	21-13, 21-19	0:52
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
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 8 Fonoimoana/Holdren 2-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonoimoana/Holdren	22	Blanton/Nygaard	11	21-18, 12-21, 15-11	0:55
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