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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 5 - 8, 2008

(21) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1992	Did not play	Kevin Waterbury - 13th
1993	Did not play	Dan Vrebalovich - 7th
1994	Albert Hannemann - 17th	Bill Boullianne - 9th
1995	Ian Clark - 9th	Rob Heidger - 5th
1996	Canyon Ceman - 7th	Bill Boullianne - 4th
1997	Canyon Ceman - 1st	Bryan Ivie - 9th
1997	Canyon Ceman - 3rd	Bryan Ivie - 13th
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 13th	Dain Blanton - 13th
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Dain Blanton - 5th
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Dain Blanton - 5th
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Dain Blanton - 2nd
2002	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 5th
2003	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 17th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Kevin Wong - 1st
2005	Kevin Wong - 9th	Did not play
2006	Eric Fonoimoana - 25th	Dain Blanton - 25th
2007	Jason Lee - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	17	17th	72	$800.00

AVP Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 1

Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (12)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	30	12	4	0.267	1	16	0	2
	1	14	6	2	0.286	1	8	0	1
	2	16	6	2	0.250	0	8	0	1
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	27	13	2	0.407	1	8	0	2
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	3	0	1
	2	16	7	0	0.438	1	5	0	1

Fri, 6/6/2008

Contender 1

Evan Engle / Dane Jensen (28, Q8)

Lost 21-19, 17-21, 10-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	44	12	17	-0.114	1	10	4	2
	1	10	3	2	0.100	0	3	2	1
	2	18	5	7	-0.111	1	4	1	1
	3	16	4	8	-0.250	0	3	1	0
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	26	15	5	0.385	2	8	2	5
	1	15	8	3	0.333	1	4	2	4
	2	9	6	2	0.444	0	3	0	1
	3	2	1	0	0.500	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	74	24	21	0.041	2	26	4	4
Eric Fonoimoana	53	28	7	0.396	3	16	2	7

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana trail the series against the field 1-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 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 # 12 Brazao/Loiola 0-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Brazao/Loiola	12	Blanton/Fonoimoana	21	21-17, 21-18	0:55
Trail the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Engle/Jensen 0-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Engle/Jensen	28, Q8	Blanton/Fonoimoana	21	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:05