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AVP Tour
$375,000 Chicago Open Presented by McDonald's
September 1 - 3, 2005

(14) Matt Heath/Ryan Mariano

Matt Heath

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 8, 1975 (50 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 (49 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Andrew Vazquez - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Adam Roberts - 17th	Rich VanHuizen - 25th
2004	Ty Loomis - 25th	Brent Doble - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	15	17th	72	$650.00
AVP	8/18-21/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	15	13th	156	$2,000.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 1

Ty Loomis / Anthony Medel (19)

Won 21-16, 18-21, 16-14

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	34	22	4	0.529	5	5	0	2
	1	12	9	2	0.583	0	3	0	2
	2	11	5	2	0.273	3	2	0	0
	3	11	8	0	0.727	2	0	0	0
Ryan Mariano	Total	22	13	2	0.500	1	8	2	0
	1	6	5	0	0.833	1	2	2	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	2	0	0
	3	5	2	1	0.200	0	4	0	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 2

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	29	18	5	0.448	1	3	1	0
	1	12	9	0	0.750	0	1	1	0
	2	17	9	5	0.235	1	2	0	0
Ryan Mariano	Total	21	10	0	0.476	0	10	0	1
	1	14	7	0	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	7	3	0	0.429	0	6	0	1

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 2

Matt Olson / Hans Stolfus (13)

Won 20-22, 22-20, 19-17

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	29	24	4	0.690	4	4	4	2
	1	10	9	1	0.800	1	2	1	1
	2	7	6	0	0.857	1	0	2	0
	3	12	9	3	0.500	2	2	1	1
Ryan Mariano	Total	37	21	8	0.351	0	9	0	1
	1	11	6	3	0.273	0	5	0	1
	2	18	8	5	0.167	0	4	0	0
	3	8	7	0	0.875	0	0	0	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 3

Paul Baxter / Fred Souza (11)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	Total	20	12	3	0.450	0	4	0	0
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	2	0	0
	2	8	6	2	0.500	0	2	0	0
Ryan Mariano	Total	28	16	5	0.393	0	9	0	2
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	2	0	2
	2	17	7	4	0.176	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Heath	112	76	16	0.536	10	16	5	4
Ryan Mariano	108	60	15	0.417	1	36	2	4
Total	220	136	31	0.477	11	52	7	8
Opponents	222	141	26	0.518	11	52	7	13

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	1	0	$13,750.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	0	$15,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matt Heath												Ryan Mariano
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	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
53	0	0	0	0	0	16	15	5	0	$19,415.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	0	19	39	14	6	0	$114,375.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,050.00	Challenger
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,250.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$16,170.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,700.00
61	0	1	0	0	0	18	16	6	0	$22,715.00	Total	96	0	1	1	0	22	44	15	6	0	$134,245.00

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
2005	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	1	$15,750.00	20	21	48.8 %
Total	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	1	$15,750.00	20	21	48.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matt Heath													Ryan Mariano
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2001	BVA
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,500.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2001	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$350.00	2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2002	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$2,650.00	2003	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	$780.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	$3,700.00	2004	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	1	$3,847.50
11	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	1	$7,875.00	2005	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	1	$7,875.00
49	0	1	0	0	1	16	11	6	14	$20,500.00	Total	Total	30	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	5	7	$12,502.50

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	13	72.2%	1	5.6%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	6	26.1%	5	21.7%	12	52.2%	6-17	26.1%	13-12	52.0%	7-9	43.8%	0	0	20-21	48.8%
2004-2005	13	72.2%	1	5.6%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	6	26.1%	5	21.7%	12	52.2%	6-17	26.1%	13-12	52.0%	7-9	43.8%	0	0	20-21	48.8%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	7	53.8%	3-10	23.1%	6-14	30.0%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	7-11	38.9%

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	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	19
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	21

Head to Head Results
Heath/Mariano trail the series against the field 7-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 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 # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-2
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Heath/Mariano	14	21-18, 21-16	0:47
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Heath/Mariano	19	21-18, 21-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 8 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 Baxter/Souza 0-1
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Souza	11	Heath/Mariano	14	21-19, 21-16	0:45
Series tied with # 13 Olson/Stolfus 2-2
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Heath/Mariano	14	Olson/Stolfus	13	20-22, 22-20, 19-17	1:09
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Heath/Mariano	19	Olson/Stolfus	14	21-19, 21-18	0:45
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Olson/Stolfus	15	Heath/Mariano	18	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	1:05
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Olson/Stolfus	15	Heath/Mariano	18	19-21, 24-22, 19-17	1:01
Series tied with # 18 Ceman/Turner 1-1
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Turner	18	Heath/Mariano	15	21-18, 21-15	0:36
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Heath/Mariano	15	Ceman/Turner	16	15-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 19 Loomis/Medel 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Heath/Mariano	14	Loomis/Medel	19	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	1:08
Lead the series against # Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q10 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