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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 1 - 3, 2008

(17) Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana

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

Eric Fonoimoana

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,000,809.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	46	3	7	9	2	7	7	4	3	2	2	$272,387.00
BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
FIVB	31	1	1	1	3	3	3	10	5	4	0	US$194,400.00
USAV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$13,750.00
Overall	81	5	8	12	5	10	10	15	8	6	2	US$493,037.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
USAV 1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Dain Blanton - 9th
2002	Carl Henkel - 13th	Dax Holdren - 1st
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 7th	Kevin Wong - 5th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Did not play
2005	Kevin Wong - 5th	Albert Hannemann - 13th
2006	Eric Fonoimoana - 13th	Dain Blanton - 13th
2007	Jason Lee - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/2/2008

Winner 1

Adam Jewell / Jeff Nygaard (16)

Won 18-21, 22-20, 15-12

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	52	33	9	0.462	3	8	2	3
	1	21	11	6	0.238	0	0	2	1
	2	21	14	2	0.571	2	7	0	1
	3	10	8	1	0.700	1	1	0	1
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	16	10	2	0.500	1	3	1	4
	1	2	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	2
	2	8	3	2	0.125	1	0	1	2
	3	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	0	0

Fri, 5/2/2008

Winner 2

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	29	11	11	0.000	0	3	1	4
	1	16	3	9	-0.375	0	1	1	2
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	2	0	2
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	7	4	0	0.571	0	3	2	3
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	1	1	1
	2	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	1	2

Fri, 5/2/2008

Contender 1

Russ Marchewka / Mike Placek (15)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	27	15	3	0.444	1	6	1	0
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	4	1	0
	2	15	7	3	0.267	1	2	0	0
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	13	4	4	0.000	0	7	1	2
	1	8	3	3	0.000	0	3	0	2
	2	5	1	1	0.000	0	4	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	108	59	23	0.333	4	17	4	7
Eric Fonoimoana	36	18	6	0.333	1	13	4	9

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	17	21-16, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-18, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	21-18, 21-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 15 Marchewka/Placek 0-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	15	Blanton/Fonoimoana	17	21-17, 21-18	0:53
Lead the series against # 16 Jewell/Nygaard 1-0
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	17	Jewell/Nygaard	16	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:09