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AVP Tour
$250,000 Bud Light Santa Barbara Open
May 18 - 21, 2006

(21) 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 Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Tye Thoreson - 61st
2002	Jeff Minc - 33rd	Ben Koski - 33rd
2005	Michael Rupp - 41st	Aaron Wachtfogel - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	21, Q2	9th	144	$2,600.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	21	17th	72	$600.00
AVP	9/1-3/2005	Chicago Open	26, Q2	17th	156	$1,200.00
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	24, Q1	25th	52	$250.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	22	17th	104	$800.00
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

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/19/2006

Winner 1

Kevin Wong / Scott Wong (12)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	9	8	0	0.889	2	0	1	0
	1	6	6	0	1.000	1	0	1	0
	2	3	2	0	0.667	1	0	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	39	16	5	0.282	0	10	1	0
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	2	1	0
	2	22	8	3	0.227	0	8	0	0

Fri, 5/19/2006

Contender 1

David Fischer / Scott Hill (28, Q2)

Won 11-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	51	25	13	0.235	1	2	5	5
	1	21	7	6	0.048	0	0	0	1
	2	17	12	3	0.529	1	0	4	2
	3	13	6	4	0.154	0	2	1	2
Jeff Minc	Total	9	5	2	0.333	0	11	0	0
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	2	0	0
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	4	0	0
	3	3	2	1	0.333	0	5	0	0

Sat, 5/20/2006

Contender 2

Mike Morrison / Jim Nichols (27, Q4)

Won 19-21, 21-17, 17-15

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	42	22	9	0.310	1	8	1	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	1	4
	2	21	10	5	0.238	0	4	0	0
	3	13	8	2	0.462	1	2	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	40	19	5	0.350	0	17	0	0
	1	21	10	3	0.333	0	8	0	0
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	7	0	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	0	0

Sat, 5/20/2006

Contender 3

Dax Holdren / Sean Scott (3)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	19	15	0	0.789	0	6	0	0
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	2	0	0
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	4	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	21	15	0	0.714	0	7	0	0
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	3	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	121	70	22	0.397	4	16	7	9
Jeff Minc	109	55	12	0.394	0	45	1	0
Total	230	125	34	0.396	4	61	8	9
Opponents	224	129	16	0.504	17	51	2	8

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$3,700.00	17	12	58.6 %
2006	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$5,600.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	AVP	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	5	$10,000.00	35	28	55.6 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	$1,850.00	2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	$2,825.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,800.00	2006	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,800.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	5	10	$5,000.00	Total	Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	9	10	$6,400.00

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%
2005-2006	19	67.9%	5	17.9%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	11	26.2%	7	16.7%	24	57.1%	11-31	26.2%	19-24	44.2%	16-11	59.3%	0	0	35-35	50.0%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	6	27.3%	2	9.1%	14	63.6%	6-16	27.3%	12-28	30.0%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	12-18	40.0%

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 lead the series against the field 6-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Holdren/Scott 0-1
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	Holdren/Scott	3	Koski/Minc	21	21-16, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-2
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	1:00
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Koski/Minc	21	21-10, 21-9	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Wong/Wong 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Wong/Wong	12	Koski/Minc	21	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Heath/Lee 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Heath/Lee	14	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Morrison/Nichols 1-0
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Koski/Minc	21	Morrison/Nichols	27, Q4	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:47
Series tied with # 28, Q2 Fischer/Hill 1-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	21	Fischer/Hill	28, Q2	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:50
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Fischer/Hill	25, Q6	Koski/Minc	24, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q10 Dake/Holmes 1-0
9/1/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 4	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	Dake/Holmes	Q15	21-15, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q17 VanZwieten/VanZwieten 1-0
9/1/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 3	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	VanZwieten/VanZwieten	Q34	21-13, 21-9	0:32
Lead the series against # Q18 Robbins/Wight 1-0
5/5/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Qualifier 4	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Robbins/Wight	Q23	21-9, 21-14	0:37