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AVP Tour
$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 26 - 28, 2006

(19) Ben Koski/Jeff Minc

Ben Koski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1979 (45 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 (43 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Jeff Minc - 43rd	Ben Koski - 43rd
2004	Jeff Minc - 57th	Ben Koski - 57th
2005	Jeff Minc - 25th	Ben Koski - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	21	13th	156	$2,400.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 1

Brent Doble / Ryan Mariano (14)

Lost 21-14, 19-21, 9-15

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	14	9	2	0.500	8	4	3	4
	1	7	5	1	0.571	5	1	1	2
	2	2	1	0	0.500	2	2	2	2
	3	5	3	1	0.400	1	1	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	49	25	5	0.408	0	14	0	3
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	6	0	0
	2	24	12	3	0.375	0	8	0	2
	3	12	6	1	0.417	0	0	0	1

Sat, 5/27/2006

Contender 1

Steve Delaney / John Moran (30, Q8)

Won 12-21, 21-12, 15-10

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	12	10	0	0.833	5	1	1	2
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	1	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	3	0	1	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	2	0	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	39	20	4	0.410	1	8	2	2
	1	16	5	2	0.188	0	1	0	2
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	6	2	0
	3	11	8	0	0.727	0	1	0	0

Sat, 5/27/2006

Contender 2

Ty Loomis / Ed Ratledge (13)

Lost 9-21, 13-21

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	28	11	7	0.143	2	0	0	5
	1	14	3	4	-0.071	2	0	0	2
	2	14	8	3	0.357	0	0	0	3
Jeff Minc	Total	13	3	4	-0.077	0	6	0	1
	1	5	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	0
	2	8	2	3	-0.125	0	5	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	54	30	9	0.389	15	5	4	11
Jeff Minc	101	48	13	0.347	1	28	2	6
Total	155	78	22	0.361	16	33	6	17
Opponents	151	82	23	0.391	15	46	8	10

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc trail the series against the field 6-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 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 # 13 Loomis/Ratledge 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Loomis/Ratledge	13	Koski/Minc	19	21-9, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 14 Doble/Mariano 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Doble/Mariano	14	Koski/Minc	19	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:01
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 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 # 26, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Delaney/Moran 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	19	Delaney/Moran	30, Q8	12-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:52
Series tied with # Q5 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 # Q12 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 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