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AVP Tour
$125,000 Huntington Beach Open Presented by Michelob Light
May 24 - 26, 2002

(15) Jake Elliott/Brian Soldano

Jake Elliott

Photo: Seth Poch

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Charleston, SC

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

College of Charleston

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (10 times)

Career Winnings:

$18,462.50

Brian Soldano

Photo: AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 26, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Freehold, NJ

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Delaware

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (BVA Oceanside 2001)

Career AVP Best:

9th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

$13,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	6	3	$17,900.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Mark Paaluhi - 25th	Jim Walls - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/24-26/2001	Open at Manhattan Beach	18	17th	72	$600.00
AVP	8/17-19/2001	Open at Santa Barbara	19	13th	108	$850.00
AVP	7/27-29/2001	Open at Virginia Beach	12	13th	108	$850.00
AVP	7/20-22/2001	The Open at Belmar	14	9th	144	$1,500.00
AVP	7/13-15/2001	Open at Muskegon	19, Q1	9th	144	$1,600.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/25/2002

Winner 1

Jim Nichols / Colin Wellman (18)

Won 21-11, 21-12

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Elliott	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
Brian Soldano	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 5/25/2002

Winner 2

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (2)

Lost 15-21, 13-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Elliott	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
Brian Soldano	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

Sat, 5/25/2002

Contender 2

Chuck Moore / Ed Ratledge (32)

Won 22-20, 21-11

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Elliott	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
Brian Soldano	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

Sat, 5/25/2002

Contender 3

Brandon Taliaferro / Andy Witt (26)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Elliott	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
Brian Soldano	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

Sat, 5/25/2002

Contender 4

Albert Hannemann / Jeff Nygaard (5)

Lost 21-14, 16-21, 8-15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Elliott	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Brian Soldano	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	1	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
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Elliott	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
Brian Soldano	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	1	N/A
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	N/A	1	N/A
Opponents	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	10	N/A	5	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	4	2	0	$14,460.00
Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$3,340.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$100.00
Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	6	3	0	$17,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jake Elliott												Brian Soldano
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
44	0	0	0	0	0	14	9	10	0	$13,942.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	5	0	$9,180.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$3,220.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,670.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,300.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00
51	0	0	0	0	0	17	12	11	0	$18,462.50	Total	27	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	6	0	$10,900.00

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
2002	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jake Elliott													Brian Soldano
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	$337.50	1997	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$3,375.00	2000	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	$3,350.00	2001	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$2,950.00
											2001	BVA	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00	2002	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	3	1	$8,612.50	Total	Total	13	0	0	1	0	0	6	3	2	1	$7,875.00

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	12	57.1%	4	19.0%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	8	25.8%	4	12.9%	19	61.3%	8-23	25.8%	12-19	38.7%	12-9	57.1%	0	0	24-28	46.2%
2001-2002	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	9	64.3%	4-10	28.6%	6-9	40.0%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	12-12	50.0%
Against the Field	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	8	72.7%	2-9	18.2%	6-16	27.3%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	6-13	31.6%

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	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	22
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	28

Head to Head Results
Elliott/Soldano lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Rogers/Scott 0-1
5/25/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Rogers/Scott	2	Elliott/Soldano	15	21-15, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Hannemann/Nygaard 0-1
5/25/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Hannemann/Nygaard	5	Elliott/Soldano	15	14-21, 21-16, 15-8
Lead the series against # 18 Nichols/Wellman 1-0
5/25/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Elliott/Soldano	15	Nichols/Wellman	18	21-11, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 26 Taliaferro/Witt 1-0
5/25/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Elliott/Soldano	15	Taliaferro/Witt	26	21-19, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # 32 Moore/Ratledge 1-0
5/25/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Elliott/Soldano	15	Moore/Ratledge	32	22-20, 21-11	0:46