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AVP Tour
$125,000 Bud Light Huntington Beach Open Presented by Shark Energy Drink
May 28 - 30, 2004

(4) 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
USAV 1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Scott Davenport - 7th
2002	Carl Henkel - 13th	Albert Hannemann - 7th
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 7th	Dain Blanton - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	8	7th	180	US$7,000.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	7	3rd	270	$5,825.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	8	9th	144	$1,600.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	4	9th	144	$1,600.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	4	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	5	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	7	5th	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	5	9th	240	US$8,000.00
AVP	9/4-6/2003	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	7	1st	432	$30,000.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/28/2004

Winner 2

Jim Nichols / Matt Olson (13)

Won 21-14, 22-24, 15-9

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	35	22	9	0.371	1	12	1	5
	1	10	8	2	0.600	0	2	1	2
	2	19	11	6	0.263	1	7	0	3
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	3	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	30	20	2	0.600	6	7	0	1
	1	7	4	1	0.429	2	1	0	0
	2	12	6	0	0.500	2	4	0	1
	3	11	10	1	0.818	2	2	0	0

Fri, 5/28/2004

Winner 3

Eduardo Bacil / Eli Fairfield (12)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	18	12	4	0.444	0	11	2	2
	1	9	5	3	0.222	0	9	0	0
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	2	2	2
Jeff Nygaard	Total	20	11	4	0.350	9	0	0	0
	1	15	8	3	0.333	3	0	0	0
	2	5	3	1	0.400	6	0	0	0

Sat, 5/29/2004

Winner 1

Nick Hannemann / Mark Paaluhi (29, Q14)

Won 21-8, 21-18

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	23	16	2	0.609	0	10	3	3
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	6	2	0
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	4	1	3
Jeff Nygaard	Total	17	12	2	0.588	3	4	0	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	2	1	0	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	1	3	0	0

Sun, 5/30/2004

Winner 4

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (1)

Lost 21-19, 18-21, 10-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	30	16	5	0.367	0	11	1	4
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	4	0	3
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	5	1	0
	3	6	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	37	20	7	0.351	0	3	0	1
	1	13	8	2	0.462	0	0	0	1
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	0	0
	3	10	6	2	0.400	0	1	0	0

Sun, 5/30/2004

Contender 6

Paul Baxter / Scott Wong (11)

Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-12

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	29	15	2	0.448	3	15	1	2
	1	13	7	1	0.462	2	5	1	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	0	0
	3	7	3	0	0.429	1	6	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	37	18	6	0.324	4	10	0	0
	1	13	3	1	0.154	2	5	0	0
	2	15	10	3	0.467	1	4	0	0
	3	9	5	2	0.333	1	1	0	0

Sun, 5/30/2004

Semi-Finals

Jason Ring / George Roumain (3)

Lost 19-21, 21-16, 17-19

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	23	14	3	0.478	1	8	1	3
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	1	2
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	0	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	1	2	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	35	22	5	0.486	6	0	0	4
	1	11	8	1	0.636	3	0	0	1
	2	11	5	2	0.273	3	0	0	2
	3	13	9	2	0.538	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	158	95	25	0.443	5	67	9	19
Jeff Nygaard	176	103	26	0.438	28	24	0	7
Total	334	198	51	0.440	33	91	9	26
Opponents	330	173	55	0.358	20	81	4	17

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 23-15 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rosenthal/Witt 2-3
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
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
Trail the series against # 2 Kiraly/Lambert 1-2
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Kiraly/Lambert	2	21-19, 21-19	0:43
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Lambert	6	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-13, 20-22, 23-21	1:15
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Kiraly/Lambert	2	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-15, 15-21, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 3 Ring/Roumain 0-2
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Ring/Roumain	3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-19, 16-21, 19-17	1:09
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Ring/Roumain	13	Blanton/Nygaard	4	19-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:05
Lead the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 5-4
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 4	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	21, Q5	25-23, 21-16	0:45
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 Gibb/Jewell 2-1
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Jewell	12	Blanton/Nygaard	7	21-18, 22-20	0:46
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Gibb/Jewell	12	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Gibb/Jewell	11	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 9 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Baxter/Wong 1-0
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Baxter/Wong	11	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:09
Lead the series against # 12 Bacil/Fairfield 1-0
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Bacil/Fairfield	12	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Nichols/Olson 1-0
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Nichols/Olson	13	21-14, 22-24, 15-9	1:04
Lead the series against # 14 Mowrey/Ratledge 2-1
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Mowrey/Ratledge	17	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-13, 21-19	0:42
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 # 29, Q14 Hannemann/Paaluhi 1-0
5/29/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Hannemann/Paaluhi	29, Q14	21-8, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 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 # Q2 Koski/Minc 1-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Koski/Minc	29, Q13	21-13, 21-18	0:42