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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 21 - 23, 2005

(22) Ben Koski/Jeff Minc

Ben Koski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Santa Barbara City College
California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$12,727.50

Jeff Minc

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$14,127.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	43	49	57	Money
AVP	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17	10	1	1	1	1	2	$25,225.00
Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$230.00
Overall	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17	11	1	1	1	1	2	$25,455.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Aaron Wachtfogel - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	27, Q3	17th	72	$550.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	27, Q3	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	30, Q6	25th	36	$100.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 1

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (11)

Lost 12-21, 13-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	22	9	2	0.318	1	3	0	0
	1	14	5	2	0.214	0	1	0	0
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	2	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	23	14	3	0.478	0	5	0	0
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	2	0	0
	2	14	9	2	0.500	0	3	0	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Contender 1

Brian Corso / Jim Nichols (27, Q1)

Won 22-24, 22-20, 15-10

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	24	9	6	0.125	6	4	1	3
	1	10	5	3	0.200	1	1	0	0
	2	10	4	2	0.200	2	1	1	2
	3	4	0	1	-0.250	3	2	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	55	29	13	0.291	0	17	0	0
	1	26	12	7	0.192	0	9	0	0
	2	15	8	3	0.333	0	3	0	0
	3	14	9	3	0.429	0	5	0	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Contender 2

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (12)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	30	19	2	0.567	1	0	0	4
	1	16	9	1	0.500	0	0	0	3
	2	14	10	1	0.643	1	0	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	15	5	4	0.067	0	6	0	0
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	4	0	0
	2	8	0	3	-0.375	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	76	37	10	0.355	8	7	1	7
Jeff Minc	93	48	20	0.301	0	28	0	0
Total	169	85	30	0.325	8	35	1	7
Opponents	155	94	23	0.458	18	46	3	9

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	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	16	9	0	$23,925.00
Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,300.00
Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17	10	0	$25,225.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ben Koski												Jeff Minc
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
40	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	9	0	$11,962.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	12	0	$13,312.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$650.00	Manhattan Beach	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$700.00
43	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	10	0	$12,612.50	Total	51	0	0	0	0	0	5	21	14	0	$14,012.50

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
2003	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$100.00	1	4	20.0 %
2004	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$600.00	8	6	57.1 %
2005	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$2,250.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	$2,950.00	19	18	51.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ben Koski													Jeff Minc
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00	2003	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$300.00	2004	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$725.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	$1,125.00	2005	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	$2,100.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	10	$1,475.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	10	$2,875.00

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	37	68.5%	8	14.8%	9	16.7%	45-9	83.3%	18	25.0%	10	13.9%	44	61.1%	18-54	25.0%	37-44	45.7%	26-19	57.8%	0	1	63-64	49.6%
2004-2005	18	81.8%	3	13.6%	1	4.5%	21-1	95.5%	4	20.0%	3	15.0%	13	65.0%	4-16	20.0%	18-13	58.1%	7-4	63.6%	0	1	25-18	58.1%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	14	66.7%	4-17	19.0%	6-28	17.6%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	9-18	33.3%

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	37	5	0	0	0	0	6	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	59
Manhattan Beach	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Total	0	0	38	6	0	0	0	0	6	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	64

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc trail the series against the field 3-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena 0-1
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott 0-2
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	6	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-18, 21-14	0:39
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	3	Koski/Minc	30, Q6	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Baxter/Ring 0-2
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Ring	5	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:51
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	6	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-16, 24-22	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 Williams/Wong 0-1
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Williams/Wong	11	Koski/Minc	22	21-12, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Doble/Olson 0-1
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	12	Koski/Minc	22	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Loiola/Souza 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 1	Loiola/Souza	14	Koski/Minc	30, Q6	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q1 Corso/Nichols 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	22	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	22-24, 22-20, 15-10	1:12
Lead the series against # Q12 VanZwieten/VanZwieten 1-0
6/30/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 3	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	VanZwieten/VanZwieten	Q14	19-21, 21-13, 15-9	1:13
Lead the series against # Q42 Fay/Goers 1-0
7/8/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Qualifier 3	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	Fay/Goers	Q19	21-19, 18-21, 16-14