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AVP Tour
$150,000 Nissan US Championships of Beach Volleyball Presented by Xbox
August 22 - 25, 2002

(18) Jason Ring/Brandon Taliaferro

Jason Ring

Photo: Holly Stein/AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bend, OR

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (AVP Huntington Beach 2004)

Career Winnings:

$145,435.00

Brandon Taliaferro

Photo: Brian Magee

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 28, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Clemente, CA

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Pfaeffikon 2000)

Career AVP Best:

13th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$7,152.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00

Previous Chicago Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

US Championships of Beach Volleyball Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/23/2002

Winner 1

Carl Henkel / Casey Jennings (15)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Ring	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
Brandon Taliaferro	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

Fri, 8/23/2002

Contender 1

Jeff Alzina / Chris Kosty (31)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Ring	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
Brandon Taliaferro	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 8/24/2002

Contender 2

Ian Clark / Brad Torsone (16)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Ring	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
Brandon Taliaferro	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

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Ring	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Brandon Taliaferro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
Opponents	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

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$)
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jason Ring												Brandon Taliaferro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
80	1	1	8	0	17	30	14	4	0	$119,135.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$3,905.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	$17,125.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$1,597.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$450.00
93	1	1	8	0	19	32	19	4	0	$138,210.00	Total	22	0	0	1	0	1	5	7	5	0	$7,152.50

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
2002	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jason Ring													Brandon Taliaferro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$512.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$1,375.00	2000	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$2,750.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$4,225.00	2001	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	$2,875.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$2,540.00
20	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	2	6	$8,475.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	1	0	1	5	7	2	1	$7,002.50

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2001-2002	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Ring/Taliaferro trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15 Henkel/Jennings 0-1
8/23/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Henkel/Jennings	15	Ring/Taliaferro	18	21-16, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 16 Clark/Torsone 0-1
8/24/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Contender 2	Clark/Torsone	16	Ring/Taliaferro	18	21-16, 21-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 31 Alzina/Kosty 1-0
8/23/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Contender 1	Ring/Taliaferro	18	Alzina/Kosty	31	21-17, 21-14	0:35