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AVP Tour
$250,000 Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 10 - 13, 2006

(17) Dain Blanton/Matt Prosser

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

Matt Prosser

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ventura, CA

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

1 (AVP Huntington Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$141,502.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$7,200.00

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
2002	Carl Henkel - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 13th	Jon Thompson - 33rd
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Jon Thompson - 25th
2005	Kevin Wong - 17th	John Mayer - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	17	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	16	9th	144	$2,450.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	17	13th	108	$1,550.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 1

Albert Hannemann / Scott Wong (16)

Lost 21-12, 17-21, 10-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	27	13	3	0.370	0	21	0	0
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	7	0	0
	2	12	4	1	0.250	0	12	0	0
	3	5	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	0
Matt Prosser	Total	44	24	10	0.318	2	3	1	0
	1	9	8	0	0.889	1	1	1	0
	2	23	10	6	0.174	1	2	0	0
	3	12	6	4	0.167	0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/11/2006

Contender 1

Chris Guigliano / Peter Jordan (32, Q38)

Won 21-15, 23-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	24	16	2	0.583	0	16	2	2
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	8	1	1
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	8	1	1
Matt Prosser	Total	23	11	2	0.391	3	3	0	0
	1	10	4	1	0.300	2	2	0	0
	2	13	7	1	0.462	1	1	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Contender 2

Eric Fonoimoana / George Roumain (15)

Won 21-16, 21-13

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	23	12	4	0.348	0	17	1	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	6	0	0
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	11	1	1
Matt Prosser	Total	27	16	3	0.481	4	5	0	0
	1	15	11	2	0.600	1	1	0	0
	2	12	5	1	0.333	3	4	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Contender 3

Karch Kiraly / Larry Witt (7)

Lost 18-21, 11-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	21	10	3	0.333	0	10	2	0
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	2	0
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	7	0	0
Matt Prosser	Total	28	11	7	0.143	2	3	0	0
	1	15	6	3	0.200	2	3	0	0
	2	13	5	4	0.077	0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	95	51	12	0.411	0	64	5	3
Matt Prosser	122	62	22	0.328	11	14	1	0
Total	217	113	34	0.364	11	78	6	3
Opponents	228	113	34	0.346	13	78	1	8

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,800.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,400.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$7,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Matt Prosser
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
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	0	1	1	0	8	29	13	7	0	$79,535.00
11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50	Manhattan Beach	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	0	$16,005.00
18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50	Tour Championships	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00
242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25	Total	85	1	1	1	0	10	35	15	10	0	$99,790.00

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
2006	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$7,200.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$7,200.00	7	8	46.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Matt Prosser
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
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2001	BVA
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	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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB
11	1	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	$29,300.00	2004	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$100.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00	2004	FIVB
12	0	0	2	0	3	5	2	0	0	$23,437.50	2005	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	$1,512.50
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00	2005	FIVB
11	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	1	0	$12,862.50	2006	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	$5,925.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00	2006	FIVB
232	11	11	24	10	53	73	35	10	5	$670,384.25	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	7	10	$7,537.50

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	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	4-5	44.4%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
2005-2006	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	4-5	44.4%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-7	36.4%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Prosser trail the series against the field 4-7 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-2
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Blanton/Prosser	17	21-16, 21-12	0:40
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Blanton/Prosser	16	21-13, 22-24, 15-11	1:08
Trail the series against # 7 Kiraly/Witt 0-1
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Witt	7	Blanton/Prosser	17	21-18, 21-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Lucena/Rooney 1-0
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Prosser	16	Lucena/Rooney	10	21-15, 16-21, 16-14	1:03
Trail the series against # 9 Stolfus/Wachtfogel 0-1
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	7	Blanton/Prosser	17	21-14, 21-18	0:50
Series tied with # 15 Fonoimoana/Roumain 1-1
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Prosser	17	Fonoimoana/Roumain	15	21-16, 21-13	0:50
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 4	Fonoimoana/Roumain	14	Blanton/Prosser	16	23-21, 21-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 16 Hannemann/Wong 0-2
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Hannemann/Wong	16	Blanton/Prosser	17	12-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Hannemann/Wong	18	Blanton/Prosser	17	21-14, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 DiPierro/Grotowski 1-0
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Prosser	16	DiPierro/Grotowski	18	21-18, 21-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 32, Q38 Guigliano/Jordan 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Prosser	17	Guigliano/Jordan	32, Q38	21-15, 23-21	0:49