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AVP Tour
$125,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
June 4 - 6, 2004

(3) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Lee LeGrande - 25th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 17th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 7th	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 4th	Did not play
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Scott Davenport - 9th
2002	Carl Henkel - 33rd	Albert Hannemann - 13th
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 13th	Dain Blanton - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	4	3rd	270	$5,825.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 1

Esteban Escobar / Leonardo Moraes (30, Q18)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	15	7	3	0.267	0	9	1	2
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	4	1	2
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	5	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	22	13	2	0.500	2	4	0	1
	1	11	8	1	0.636	1	2	0	1
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	2	0	0

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 2

Chad Mowrey / Ed Ratledge (14)

Won 17-21, 21-19, 20-18

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	12	8	1	0.583	0	11	0	4
	1	2	1	1	0.000	0	2	0	2
	2	2	2	0	1.000	0	2	0	0
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	7	0	2
Jeff Nygaard	Total	62	36	11	0.403	4	2	0	5
	1	22	14	3	0.500	1	0	0	1
	2	24	13	4	0.375	1	1	0	3
	3	16	9	4	0.313	2	1	0	1

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Lost 15-21, 9-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	10	2	1	0.100	0	8	1	0
	1	4	0	0	0.000	0	6	1	0
	2	6	2	1	0.167	0	2	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	40	11	4	0.175	2	1	0	1
	1	20	7	3	0.200	1	0	0	1
	2	20	4	1	0.150	1	1	0	0

Sat, 6/5/2004

Contender 4

Brent Doble / Brian Lewis (10)

Won 21-23, 28-26, 15-11

1:16

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	24	13	2	0.458	0	12	1	5
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	5	1	2
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	3	0	2
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	4	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	53	28	6	0.415	7	6	1	2
	1	17	8	1	0.412	0	2	0	0
	2	23	12	3	0.391	6	2	1	2
	3	13	8	2	0.462	1	2	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Contender 5

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (2)

Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-9

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	28	17	7	0.357	0	13	1	3
	1	9	6	3	0.333	0	3	1	1
	2	11	5	3	0.182	0	5	0	2
	3	8	6	1	0.625	0	5	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	35	19	4	0.429	2	3	2	3
	1	13	6	2	0.308	1	2	0	2
	2	16	10	2	0.500	1	1	0	1
	3	6	3	0	0.500	0	0	2	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Contender 6

Jason Ring / George Roumain (1)

Won 13-21, 21-18, 15-11

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	7	4	2	0.286	1	3	3	5
	1	3	1	2	-0.333	0	2	2	3
	2	3	2	0	0.667	1	1	0	2
	3	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	49	27	10	0.347	2	2	3	1
	1	18	6	6	0.000	0	0	0	0
	2	18	11	2	0.500	0	2	2	0
	3	13	10	2	0.615	2	0	1	1

Sun, 6/6/2004

Semi-Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Lost 15-21, 23-21, 13-15

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	11	6	0	0.545	6	11	0	2
	1	2	1	0	0.500	2	3	0	1
	2	4	3	0	0.750	1	4	0	1
	3	5	2	0	0.400	3	4	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	61	30	9	0.344	6	9	1	5
	1	23	11	6	0.217	1	3	0	2
	2	23	13	0	0.565	2	4	0	1
	3	15	6	3	0.200	3	2	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	107	57	16	0.383	7	67	7	21
Jeff Nygaard	322	164	46	0.366	25	27	7	18
Total	429	221	62	0.371	32	94	14	39
Opponents	406	210	65	0.357	32	124	10	20

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 27-17 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ring/Roumain 1-2
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Ring/Roumain	1	13-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:01
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
Series tied with # 2 Rosenthal/Witt 3-3
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Rosenthal/Witt	2	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
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 # 4 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
Series tied with # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 5-6
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Blanton/Nygaard	3	21-15, 21-23, 15-13	1:10
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Blanton/Nygaard	3	21-15, 21-9	0:38
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 # 7 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 9 Fonoimoana/Wong 1-0
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Fonoimoana/Wong	3	21-18, 21-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Doble/Lewis 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Doble/Lewis	10	21-23, 28-26, 15-11	1:16
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 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 # 13 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 # 14 Mowrey/Ratledge 3-1
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Mowrey/Ratledge	14	17-21, 21-19, 20-18	1:09
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 # 16 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 # 30, Q18 Escobar/Moraes 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Escobar/Moraes	30, Q18	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q2 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