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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Huntington Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 11 - 13, 2005

(19) Matt Heath/Ryan Mariano

Matt Heath

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 8, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fort Myers, FL

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stetson
Florida Atlantic

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Xylokastro 2001)

Career AVP Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$26,090.00

Ryan Mariano

Photo: VolleyShots.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 1, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lake Forest, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

2nd (AVP Huntington Beach 2006)

Career Winnings:

$162,107.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	Money
AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	1	$15,750.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Gaston Macau - 25th	Did not play
2003	Adam Roberts - 17th	Rich VanHuizen - 25th
2004	Adam Roberts - 13th	Ty Loomis - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	19	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	18	13th	156	$2,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	17	25th	36	$100.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	18	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	18, Q3	17th	72	$650.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	Q2	29th	18	$0.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	19	13th	108	$1,400.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 1

Jason Lee / Hans Stolfus (14)

Lost 16-21, 21-23

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	13	9	2	0.538	2	4	2	2
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	3	1	0
	2	8	6	1	0.625	2	1	1	2
Ryan Mariano	Total	38	16	3	0.342	0	13	1	1
	1	19	6	2	0.211	0	7	1	0
	2	19	10	1	0.474	0	6	0	1

Fri, 8/12/2005

Contender 1

Leonardo Moraes / Mike Morrison (30)

Won 21-13, 21-14

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	13	9	0	0.692	1	6	0	0
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	5	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	1	1	0	0
Ryan Mariano	Total	28	18	2	0.571	0	13	1	0
	1	12	9	0	0.750	0	6	0	0
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	7	1	0

Fri, 8/12/2005

Contender 2

Ed Ratledge / Aaron Wachtfogel (20)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	39	18	11	0.179	5	8	2	2
	1	24	10	8	0.083	3	5	1	0
	2	15	8	3	0.333	2	3	1	2
Ryan Mariano	Total	12	6	2	0.333	1	9	0	0
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	6	0	0
	2	7	2	2	0.000	1	3	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2005

Contender 3

Paul Baxter / Scott Lane (12)

Won 23-21, 21-17

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	24	15	1	0.583	3	5	0	3
	1	11	6	1	0.455	2	1	0	2
	2	13	9	0	0.692	1	4	0	1
Ryan Mariano	Total	24	16	3	0.542	1	11	2	0
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	5	1	0
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	6	1	0

Fri, 8/12/2005

Contender 4

Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger (2)

Lost 11-21, 16-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	11	6	3	0.273	1	1	1	4
	1	4	1	2	-0.250	0	0	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	1	1	1	4
Ryan Mariano	Total	37	11	6	0.135	0	7	3	1
	1	23	5	5	0.000	0	3	3	0
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	100	57	17	0.400	12	24	5	11
Ryan Mariano	139	67	16	0.367	2	53	7	2
Total	239	124	33	0.381	14	77	12	13
Opponents	248	127	34	0.375	15	81	6	12

Head to Head Results
Heath/Mariano trail the series against the field 5-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Holdren/Nygaard 0-1
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Heath/Mariano	18, Q3	21-12, 27-25	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Metzger 0-1
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Metzger	2	Heath/Mariano	19	21-11, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Heath/Mariano	19	21-18, 21-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 9 Williams/Wong 0-2
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 3	Williams/Wong	9	Heath/Mariano	18	21-18, 25-27, 15-6	1:02
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Williams/Wong	14	Heath/Mariano	19	21-18, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Baxter/Lane 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Heath/Mariano	19	Baxter/Lane	12	23-21, 21-17	0:55
Trail the series against # 14 Lee/Stolfus 0-1
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Lee/Stolfus	14	Heath/Mariano	19	21-16, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 17 Loiola/Souza 0-1
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Loiola/Souza	27, Q4	Heath/Mariano	19	21-14, 21-11	0:32
Series tied with # 20 Ratledge/Wachtfogel 1-1
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Heath/Mariano	19	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	20	21-19, 21-19	0:43
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 3	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	21	Heath/Mariano	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 30 Moraes/Morrison 2-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Heath/Mariano	19	Moraes/Morrison	30	21-13, 21-14	0:38
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 1	Heath/Mariano	18	Moraes/Morrison	31, Q12	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # Q5 Kumgisky/Prosser 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Heath/Mariano	18	Kumgisky/Prosser	31, Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:41