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$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 3 - 6, 2007

(25, Q1) 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
2006	Jeff Minc - 17th	Ben Koski - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	Q5	25th	36	$0.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	Q3	25th	52	$0.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	22	17th	104	$800.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/3/2007

Qualifier 2

Griffin Cogorno / Brad Powell (Q64)

Won 21-9, 21-15

0:38

Thu, 5/3/2007

Qualifier 3

Michael Rupp / Fernando Sabla (Q33)

Won 21-12, 21-18

0:39

Thu, 5/3/2007

Qualifier 4

Danko Iordanov / Justin Phipps (Q16)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:28

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 1

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (8)

Lost 16-21, 13-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	16	7	2	0.313	1	6	0	0
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	4	0	0
	2	9	2	2	0.000	1	2	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	17	8	5	0.176	4	6	2	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	2	3	0	2
	2	9	4	3	0.111	2	3	2	2

Fri, 5/4/2007

Contender 1

Ryan Mariano / Larry Witt (9)

Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-9

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	38	22	6	0.421	3	6	2	3
	1	16	9	3	0.375	1	2	1	1
	2	16	9	3	0.375	1	2	1	2
	3	6	4	0	0.667	1	2	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	30	14	4	0.333	0	13	2	1
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	0	1
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	5	1	0
	3	11	6	1	0.455	0	5	1	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Contender 2

David Fischer / Scott Hill (26, Q2)

Won 16-21, 21-13, 15-9

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	30	18	6	0.400	4	3	2	2
	1	15	7	4	0.200	0	2	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	2	0	2	2
	3	8	6	1	0.625	2	1	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	27	17	5	0.444	0	13	0	1
	1	10	6	3	0.300	0	5	0	0
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	5	0	1
	3	6	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Contender 3

Austin Rester / Aaron Wachtfogel (17)

Lost 21-19, 18-21, 13-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	39	20	9	0.282	4	0	3	4
	1	16	7	4	0.188	1	0	1	2
	2	13	9	2	0.538	1	0	1	1
	3	10	4	3	0.100	2	0	1	1
Jeff Minc	Total	26	11	5	0.231	0	17	0	1
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	7	0	1
	2	11	4	3	0.091	0	6	0	0
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	123	67	23	0.358	12	15	7	9
Jeff Minc	100	50	19	0.310	4	49	4	7

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc lead the series against the field 12-6 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 8 Medel/Souza 0-1
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 9 Mariano/Witt 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	Mariano/Witt	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 17 Rester/Wachtfogel 0-1
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Rester/Wachtfogel	17	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # 20 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	Mayer/Prosser	23, Q1	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 23 Morrison/Tramblie 0-1
4/13/07	AVP	Miami Open	Qualifier 4	Morrison/Tramblie	23, Q4	Koski/Minc	Q5	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Fischer/Hill 2-1
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	Fischer/Hill	26, Q2	16-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:54
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 # 28, 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 # 31, Q12 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
Lead the series against # 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 # Q16 Iordanov/Phipps 1-0
5/3/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	Iordanov/Phipps	Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # Q28 Escobar/Smith 1-0
5/5/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Escobar/Smith	Q31	24-22, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # Q33 Rupp/Sabla 1-0
5/3/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	Rupp/Sabla	Q33	21-12, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q36 Murrell/Schneider 1-0
4/13/07	AVP	Miami Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	Q5	Murrell/Schneider	Q28	22-20, 21-17	0:52
Lead the series against # Q64 Cogorno/Powell 1-0
5/3/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	Cogorno/Powell	Q64	21-9, 21-15	0:38