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AVP Tour
$175,000 Belmar Open Presented by Bud Light
July 8 - 11, 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 Belmar Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Ian Clark - 9th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 13th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 5th	Did not play
1997	Eric Fonoimoana - 4th	Did not play
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Scott Davenport - 9th
2002	Did not play	Albert Hannemann - 9th
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 7th	Dain Blanton - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	15	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	19	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	9	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	8	7th	180	US$7,000.00
AVP	6/4-6/2004	Manhattan Beach Open	3	3rd	270	$5,825.00
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

Belmar Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/9/2004

Winner 1

Gaston Macau / Andre Melo (29, Q8)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	23	18	2	0.696	0	14	1	3
	1	11	8	2	0.545	0	4	0	2
	2	12	10	0	0.833	0	10	1	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	10	8	1	0.700	2	7	0	3
	1	3	3	0	1.000	2	2	0	3
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	0	0

Fri, 7/9/2004

Winner 2

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (13)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	16	7	3	0.250	0	8	3	3
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	1	2	3
	2	7	1	2	-0.143	0	7	1	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	21	12	0	0.571	2	3	1	3
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	1	1	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	2	2	0	2

Sat, 7/10/2004

Winner 3

Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (5)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	34	19	3	0.471	0	9	0	5
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	4	0	3
	2	21	11	2	0.429	0	5	0	2
Jeff Nygaard	Total	9	7	0	0.778	3	2	0	1
	1	7	7	0	1.000	2	1	0	1
	2	2	0	0	0.000	1	1	0	0

Sun, 7/11/2004

Winner 4

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (1)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	12	6	0	0.500	0	6	0	3
	1	4	1	0	0.250	0	4	0	3
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	2	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	35	18	7	0.314	3	3	0	2
	1	17	10	2	0.471	1	1	0	2
	2	18	8	5	0.167	2	2	0	0

Sun, 7/11/2004

Contender 6

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (3)

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

0:42

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	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

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	85	50	8	0.494	0	37	4	14
Jeff Nygaard	75	45	8	0.493	10	15	1	9
Total	160	95	16	0.494	10	52	5	23
Opponents	163	86	26	0.368	10	53	8	13

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 29-17 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kiraly/Lambert 1-3
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-17, 21-18	0:50
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
Lead the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Rosenthal/Witt 3-4
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-13, 13-21, 15-13	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 5 Fonoimoana/Wong 2-0
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Fonoimoana/Wong	5	21-17, 21-17	0:43
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Fonoimoana/Wong	3	21-18, 21-11	0:49
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
Series tied with # 8 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 # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 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 # 12 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 # 13 Dalhausser/Lucena 2-0
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Dalhausser/Lucena	13	21-16, 21-18	0:38
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 # 29, Q8 Macau/Melo 1-0
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Macau/Melo	29, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:39
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