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

(19) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Gaston Macau - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/8-11/2002	Manhattan Beach Open	12	9th	190	$2,240.00
AVP	6/28-30/2002	Belmar Open	14	17th	72	$400.00
AVP	6/14-16/2002	Santa Barbara Open	14	9th	144	$1,600.00
AVP	6/7-9/2002	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	16	25th	44	$100.00
AVP	5/24-26/2002	Huntington Beach Open	15	9th	144	$1,600.00
AVP	8/24-26/2001	Open at Manhattan Beach	18	17th	72	$600.00

US Championships of Beach Volleyball Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/23/2002

Winner 1

Scott Ayakatubby / Dain Blanton (14)

Lost 24-26, 17-21

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

Fri, 8/23/2002

Contender 1

Skyler Davis / Steve Simpson (30)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:40

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

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Elliott	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Brian Soldano	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	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$)
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	$6,040.00	12	12	50.0 %
Total	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	$6,040.00	12	12	50.0 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$3,020.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$3,020.00
22	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	5	1	$10,832.50	Total	Total	18	0	0	1	0	0	8	4	4	1	$10,095.00

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	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	11	73.3%	3-12	20.0%	4-22	15.4%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	6-15	28.6%

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 trail the series against the field 3-10 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Doble/Kiraly 0-1
6/29/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Doble/Kiraly	3	Elliott/Soldano	14	21-18, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Ceman/Whitmarsh 0-1
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Elliott/Soldano	14	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Series tied with # 5 Metzger/Wong 1-1
8/10/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Elliott/Soldano	12	Metzger/Wong	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	1:06
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Metzger/Wong	1	Elliott/Soldano	14	21-9, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 8 Hannemann/Nygaard 1-1
8/10/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Elliott/Soldano	12	Hannemann/Nygaard	6	16-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:51
5/25/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Hannemann/Nygaard	5	Elliott/Soldano	15	14-21, 21-16, 15-8
Trail the series against # 9 Rosenthal/Williams 0-1
8/10/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Williams	9	Elliott/Soldano	12	21-14, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 14 Ayakatubby/Blanton 0-1
8/23/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Ayakatubby/Blanton	14	Elliott/Soldano	19	26-24, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 20 Reilly/VanHuizen 0-1
6/29/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Reilly/VanHuizen	20	Elliott/Soldano	14	21-17, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 23 Guigliano/Suxho 0-1
6/8/02	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	Contender 1	Guigliano/Suxho	32	Elliott/Soldano	16	23-21, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 26 Lee/Macau 1-0
6/29/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Elliott/Soldano	14	Lee/Macau	19	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 30 Davis/Simpson 0-1
8/23/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Contender 1	Davis/Simpson	30	Elliott/Soldano	19	21-18, 21-17	0:40