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$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 21, 2005

(15) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Gaston Macau - 33rd	Jarett Jensen - 65th
2003	Adam Roberts - 25th	Rich VanHuizen - 13th
2004	Adam Roberts - 17th	Ty Loomis - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	19	9th	208	$3,150.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Eric Fonoimoana / Albert Hannemann (18)

Lost 22-24, 10-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	23	9	7	0.087	3	3	1	0
	1	15	7	4	0.200	3	3	1	0
	2	8	2	3	-0.125	0	0	0	0
Ryan Mariano	Total	29	11	6	0.172	0	11	0	1
	1	15	7	3	0.267	0	5	0	1
	2	14	4	3	0.071	0	6	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 2

Canyon Ceman / Chad Turner (16)

Won 15-21, 21-14, 15-13

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	27	15	3	0.444	4	10	0	1
	1	8	4	0	0.500	2	2	0	1
	2	11	5	1	0.364	2	5	0	0
	3	8	6	2	0.500	0	3	0	0
Ryan Mariano	Total	48	22	6	0.333	0	16	1	1
	1	22	8	3	0.227	0	7	1	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	5	0	1
	3	13	6	1	0.385	0	4	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 3

John Hyden / Adam Jewell (10)

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

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	37	22	8	0.378	2	5	2	5
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	0	2	3
	2	16	10	4	0.375	1	4	0	1
	3	11	7	2	0.455	1	1	0	1
Ryan Mariano	Total	26	15	3	0.462	0	9	0	1
	1	13	8	0	0.615	0	5	0	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	1
	3	7	4	2	0.286	0	2	0	0

Sun, 8/21/2005

Contender 1

Ran Kumgisky / John Moran (31, Q6)

Won 21-15, 21-14

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	16	11	2	0.563	5	6	0	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	2	3	0	0
	2	7	5	2	0.429	3	3	0	1
Ryan Mariano	Total	29	17	4	0.448	0	9	1	0
	1	18	10	4	0.333	0	6	1	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	103	57	20	0.359	14	24	3	7
Ryan Mariano	132	65	19	0.348	0	45	2	3
Total	235	122	39	0.353	14	69	5	10
Opponents	232	125	37	0.379	11	65	4	11

Head to Head Results
Heath/Mariano trail the series against the field 3-9 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 3 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 10 Hyden/Jewell 0-1
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Hyden/Jewell	10	Heath/Mariano	15	21-17, 19-21, 17-15	1:01
Trail the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 16 Ceman/Turner 1-0
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Heath/Mariano	15	Ceman/Turner	16	15-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 18 Fonoimoana/Hannemann 0-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Fonoimoana/Hannemann	18	Heath/Mariano	15	24-22, 21-10	0:49
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 # 31, Q6 Kumgisky/Moran 1-0
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Heath/Mariano	15	Kumgisky/Moran	31, Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:46