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AVP Tour
$150,000 Aquafina AVP Shootout Presented by Bud Light
September 9 - 11, 2004

(3) 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
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 1st	Dain Blanton - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/2-5/2004	Chicago Open	3	1st	432	$17,400.00
FIVB	8/14-25/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	8	19th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	17	7th	270	US$10,500.00
AVP	7/22-25/2004	Hermosa Beach Open	6	5th	304	$5,000.00
AVP	7/8-11/2004	Belmar Open	4	5th	304	$5,000.00
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

Las Vegas Shootout Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 9/9/2004

Winner 1

Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (6)

Lost 19-21, 21-18, 13-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	61	36	11	0.410	0	22	1	2
	1	21	13	3	0.476	0	8	1	2
	2	23	13	5	0.348	0	9	0	0
	3	17	10	3	0.412	0	5	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	14	5	2	0.214	3	2	1	0
	1	4	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	0
	2	6	3	0	0.500	2	2	1	0
	3	4	1	1	0.000	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	61	36	11	0.410	0	22	1	2
Jeff Nygaard	14	5	2	0.214	3	2	1	0
Total	75	41	13	0.373	3	24	2	2
Opponents	72	36	7	0.403	6	16	3	2

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	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	$87,500.00	29	15	65.9 %
2004	AVP	9	1	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$51,825.00	28	14	66.7 %
2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	1	0	$41,500.00	16	19	45.7 %
Total	AVP	17	4	1	3	0	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	$131,835.00	62	25	71.3 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	4	2	1	$129,000.00	45	34	57.0 %

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
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00
9	1	0	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	$25,912.50	2004	AVP	9	1	0	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	$25,912.50
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00
202	11	11	21	10	49	59	27	9	5	$613,746.75	Total	Total	49	6	1	4	1	15	14	4	2	2	$154,027.50

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%
2003-2004	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%
Against the Field	6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	6	28.6%	7	33.3%	8	38.1%	6-15	28.6%	12-16	42.9%	18-20	47.4%	0	0	15-18	45.5%

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
Series tied against the field 19-19 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 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
Series tied with # 2 Rogers/Scott 2-2
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Rogers/Scott	2	Blanton/Nygaard	6	21-17, 21-19	0:52
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Rogers/Scott	3	16-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:11
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 # 4 Gibb/Jewell 3-1
9/5/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Gibb/Jewell	5	21-19, 21-17	0:40
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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 Fonoimoana/Wong 3-1
9/9/04	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Winner 1	Fonoimoana/Wong	6	Blanton/Nygaard	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:04
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Blanton/Nygaard	17	Fonoimoana/Wong	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:54
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 # 7 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
Series tied with # 8 Rosenthal/Witt 4-4
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Nygaard	6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	23-25, 21-17, 16-14	1:02
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