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AVP Tour
$250,000 Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 10 - 13, 2006

(22) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Tye Thoreson - 45th
2002	Did not play	Matt Riley - 33rd
2003	Jeff Minc - 49th	Ben Koski - 49th
2004	Did not play	Derek Zimmerman - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	21	25th	52	$350.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	20	17th	72	$600.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 1

Brad Keenan / John Mayer (11)

Lost 15-21, 22-24

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	23	14	4	0.435	0	1	2	4
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	1	1	3
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	1	1
Jeff Minc	Total	25	9	9	0.000	0	9	0	1
	1	5	0	3	-0.600	0	6	0	1
	2	20	9	6	0.150	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/11/2006

Contender 1

Kyle Denitz / Arri Jeschke (27, Q7)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	21	11	2	0.429	3	3	0	0
	1	7	6	0	0.857	2	2	0	0
	2	14	5	2	0.214	1	1	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	27	15	3	0.444	0	17	0	0
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	4	0	0
	2	19	9	2	0.368	0	13	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Contender 2

Canyon Ceman / Matt Olson (12)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	9	6	0	0.667	1	1	4	1
	1	6	3	0	0.500	1	1	1	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	0	3	1
Jeff Minc	Total	38	20	7	0.342	0	3	0	1
	1	19	10	3	0.368	0	2	0	0
	2	19	10	4	0.316	0	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	53	31	6	0.472	4	5	6	5
Jeff Minc	90	44	19	0.278	0	29	0	2
Total	143	75	25	0.350	4	34	6	7
Opponents	138	83	17	0.478	12	35	4	14

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc trail the series against the field 5-13 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 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
Lead the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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
Series tied with # 11 Keenan/Mayer 1-1
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Keenan/Mayer	11	Koski/Minc	22	21-15, 24-22	0:40
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 Ceman/Olson 0-3
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Ceman/Olson	12	Koski/Minc	22	21-18, 21-16	0:40
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Olson	12	Koski/Minc	21	21-16, 21-14	0:38
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 # 21 Baxter/Boss 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Boss	18	Koski/Minc	17	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Denitz/Jeschke 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	22	Denitz/Jeschke	27, Q7	21-16, 21-19	0:42
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