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AVP Tour
$280,000 Bud Light AVP Long Beach Open
July 19 - 22, 2007

(21) 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 Long Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	21	17th	72	$700.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	19	17th	72	$800.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	19	17th	72	$700.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	20, Q3	13th	108	$1,700.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	25, Q1	13th	108	$1,500.00
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

Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 1

Canyon Ceman / Bill Strickland (12)

Lost 17-21, 15-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	22	12	5	0.318	2	0	0	0
	1	12	8	3	0.417	1	0	0	0
	2	10	4	2	0.200	1	0	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	27	14	4	0.370	0	4	0	1
	1	15	6	2	0.267	0	3	0	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	1	0	0

Fri, 7/20/2007

Contender 1

Joey Dykstra / Mark VanZwieten (28, Q7)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	11	6	1	0.455	2	2	2	1
	1	8	6	0	0.750	2	2	1	0
	2	3	0	1	-0.333	0	0	1	1
Jeff Minc	Total	25	17	2	0.600	0	6	1	2
	1	13	8	0	0.615	0	5	0	0
	2	12	9	2	0.583	0	1	1	2

Sat, 7/21/2007

Contender 2

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (11)

Lost 18-21, 12-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	36	16	14	0.056	1	0	1	3
	1	17	9	6	0.176	1	0	0	1
	2	19	7	8	-0.053	0	0	1	2
Jeff Minc	Total	15	4	4	0.000	0	10	5	1
	1	9	3	1	0.222	0	7	4	1
	2	6	1	3	-0.333	0	3	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	69	34	20	0.203	5	2	3	4
Jeff Minc	67	35	10	0.373	0	20	6	4

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc trail the series against the field 4-11 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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 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 # 5 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 # 7 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 11 Doble/Olson 0-2
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	11	Koski/Minc	21	21-18, 21-12	0:39
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	12	Koski/Minc	22	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Ceman/Strickland 0-1
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Strickland	12	Koski/Minc	21	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 28, Q7 Dykstra/VanZwieten 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	21	Dykstra/VanZwieten	28, Q7	21-14, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q6 Burnham/Pray 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	19	Burnham/Pray	30, Q13	21-18, 23-25, 15-9	1:12
Lead the series against # Q30 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