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AVP Tour
$183,000 Birmingham-Hoover Open presented by Vault
July 13 - 16, 2006

(20) 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 Birmingham Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	18	17th	72	$750.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	15	17th	72	$600.00
AVP	6/15-17/2006	Sacramento Open	18	9th	208	$2,875.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	17	17th	72	$600.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	19	17th	72	$600.00
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

Birmingham-Hoover Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 1

Canyon Ceman / Matt Olson (13)

Lost 21-23, 17-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	20	14	4	0.500	3	4	0	3
	1	10	7	2	0.500	2	1	0	2
	2	10	7	2	0.500	1	3	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	31	16	6	0.323	0	10	0	1
	1	14	8	4	0.286	0	4	0	1
	2	17	8	2	0.353	0	6	0	0

Fri, 7/14/2006

Contender 1

Jake Elliott / Mike Morrison (29, Q5)

Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-13

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	28	17	6	0.393	7	8	1	2
	1	10	6	2	0.400	4	2	1	1
	2	9	5	3	0.222	2	3	0	0
	3	9	6	1	0.556	1	3	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	32	21	5	0.500	1	6	0	3
	1	8	7	1	0.750	0	3	0	1
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	1	0	0
	3	11	6	3	0.273	1	2	0	2

Sat, 7/15/2006

Contender 2

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Lost 19-21, 12-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	20	9	5	0.200	3	3	0	4
	1	7	5	0	0.714	2	2	0	2
	2	13	4	5	-0.077	1	1	0	2
Jeff Minc	Total	23	13	7	0.261	0	3	0	2
	1	15	12	3	0.600	0	1	0	0
	2	8	1	4	-0.375	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	68	40	15	0.368	13	15	1	9
Jeff Minc	86	50	18	0.372	1	19	0	6
Total	154	90	33	0.370	14	34	1	15
Opponents	139	83	26	0.410	17	35	4	10

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc trail the series against the field 5-13 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	Koski/Minc	15	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Koski/Minc	17	23-25, 21-14, 15-7	1:02
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-3
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Koski/Minc	20	21-19, 21-12	0:42
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 # 4 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 # 7 Stolfus/Wachtfogel 0-1
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 3	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	6	Koski/Minc	18	21-15, 17-21, 15-11	0:59
Series tied with # 8 Doble/Mariano 1-1
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 2	Koski/Minc	18	Doble/Mariano	9	21-16, 21-11	0:37
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Doble/Mariano	14	Koski/Minc	19	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:01
Lead the series against # 10 Lucena/Rooney 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Lucena/Rooney	12	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 11 Keenan/Mayer 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Koski/Minc	15	Keenan/Mayer	18	22-24, 21-17, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 Ceman/Olson 0-1
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Olson	13	Koski/Minc	20	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 Baxter/Ring 0-3
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Ring	16	Koski/Minc	18	21-16, 21-19	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Elliott/Morrison 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	20	Elliott/Morrison	29, Q5	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # Q21 Holewinski/Legg 1-0
6/10/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	30, Q6	Holewinski/Legg	Q59	21-12, 21-11	0:41