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$240,000 AVP Crocs Slam Lumber Liquidators Coney Island Open presented by Kentucky Grilled Chicken
July 2 - 5, 2009

(10) Mike Morrison/Eyal Zimet

Mike Morrison

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Birmingham, MI

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Western Michigan

Seasons:

11

Tournaments:

96

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Hermosa Beach 2013)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$58,930.00

Eyal Zimet

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

6

Tournaments:

63

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$52,530.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	16	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	4	4	1	0	$49,760.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,200.00
Overall	19	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	4	4	1	2	US$52,960.00

Previous Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Ran Kumgisky - 13th	Michael Thornton - 33rd
2007	Ty Tramblie - 17th	Mike DiPierro - 13th
2008	Ty Tramblie - 17th	John Moran - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	14	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	13	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	18	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	15	13th	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	19	13th	240	$2,280.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	18	17th	190	$960.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	18	9th	300	$3,960.00

Coney Island Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 1

Seth Burnham / Jesse Rambis (23)

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

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	40	23	4	0.475	4	5	2	2
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	1	2	1
	2	17	9	2	0.412	2	2	0	1
	3	10	5	2	0.300	2	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	20	14	2	0.600	0	7	1	3
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	1	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	1	0	2
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	0	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Ty Loomis / Casey Patterson (7)

Lost 20-22, 17-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	33	13	7	0.182	4	3	0	0
	1	15	7	3	0.267	2	1	0	0
	2	18	6	4	0.111	2	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	12	6	3	0.250	0	8	2	2
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	3	1	2
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	5	1	0

Fri, 7/3/2009

Contender 2

Matt Henderson / Gaston Macau (24)

Won 21-15, 21-19

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	20	13	1	0.600	2	2	1	1
	1	9	5	0	0.556	1	0	1	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	29	17	3	0.483	0	7	1	3
	1	17	11	2	0.529	0	4	1	2
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	3	0	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 3

Curtis Jackson / Dave McKienzie (32, Q17)

Won 21-15, 22-20

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	15	8	2	0.400	3	3	0	2
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	0	2
	2	11	5	2	0.273	3	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	26	18	3	0.577	0	11	4	2
	1	16	11	2	0.563	0	3	2	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	8	2	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 4

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (5)

Won 14-21, 21-17, 18-16

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	46	24	4	0.435	7	7	0	4
	1	10	5	1	0.400	2	0	0	2
	2	15	8	2	0.400	3	2	0	1
	3	21	11	1	0.476	2	5	0	1
Eyal Zimet	Total	22	14	1	0.591	0	8	1	6
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	1	0	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	5	1	3
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	0	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 5

Joaquin Acosta / Paul Baxter (12)

Won 21-18, 14-21, 15-11

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	50	17	13	0.080	3	7	1	0
	1	21	6	6	0.000	3	3	0	0
	2	17	6	6	0.000	0	1	0	0
	3	12	5	1	0.333	0	3	1	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	41	15	5	0.244	1	22	5	3
	1	14	4	0	0.286	1	7	2	1
	2	15	5	4	0.067	0	10	1	2
	3	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	2	0

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 6

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (6)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	20	12	3	0.450	2	5	0	1
	1	9	3	2	0.111	1	3	0	1
	2	11	9	1	0.727	1	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	25	14	4	0.400	0	11	1	4
	1	17	10	3	0.412	0	7	1	3
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	4	0	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Semi-Finals

John Hyden / Sean Scott (1)

Lost 12-21, 10-21

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	10	4	2	0.200	2	2	1	1
	1	7	3	1	0.286	1	2	0	0
	2	3	1	1	0.000	1	0	1	1
Eyal Zimet	Total	31	11	10	0.032	0	7	0	4
	1	17	6	6	0.000	0	5	0	2
	2	14	5	4	0.071	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	234	114	36	0.333	27	34	5	11
Eyal Zimet	206	109	31	0.379	1	81	15	27

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	4	1	0	$46,010.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
Total	19	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	4	4	1	0	$52,960.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike Morrison												Eyal Zimet
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
84	0	0	1	0	3	16	24	16	0	$46,380.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	1	0	2	13	17	7	0	$37,610.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$3,475.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$2,805.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
93	0	0	2	0	3	18	26	18	1	$53,330.00	Total	53	0	0	2	0	2	14	20	7	0	$43,890.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2009	AVP	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$33,400.00	17	15	53.1 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$33,400.00	17	15	53.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike Morrison													Eyal Zimet
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2003	AVP
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	$150.00	2004	AVP
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$350.00	2005	AVP
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	3	$3,175.00	2006	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$325.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	2	$4,775.00	2007	AVP	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	4	$5,925.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	8	7	0	0	$15,250.00	2008	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	0	$6,675.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	$16,700.00	2009	AVP	8	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	$16,700.00
75	0	0	1	0	1	15	21	16	21	$40,400.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	1	0	0	10	16	5	6	$29,625.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	14	58.3%	6	25.0%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	6	18.2%	6	18.2%	21	63.6%	6-27	18.2%	14-21	40.0%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	26-31	45.6%
2008-2009	11	64.7%	5	29.4%	1	5.9%	16-1	94.1%	4	15.4%	4	15.4%	18	69.2%	4-22	15.4%	11-18	37.9%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	20-23	46.5%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	5	50.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	11	78.6%	2-12	14.3%	8-22	26.7%	14-4	77.8%	0	0	11-13	45.8%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	9	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	31
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	13	16	0	2	1	0	0	0	33	34

Head to Head Results
Morrison/Zimet trail the series against the field 9-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hyden/Scott 0-2
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Scott	1	Morrison/Zimet	10	21-12, 21-10	1:00
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	3	Morrison/Zimet	14	21-18, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Medel/Stolfus 0-1
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 4	Medel/Stolfus	8	Morrison/Zimet	14	21-19, 21-17	1:05
Lead the series against # 5 Allen/Halverson 1-0
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Morrison/Zimet	10	Allen/Halverson	5	14-21, 21-17, 18-16	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 Brazao/Prosser 1-4
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 6	Morrison/Zimet	10	Brazao/Prosser	6	21-19, 21-16	0:53
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Brazao/Prosser	9	Morrison/Zimet	13	21-19, 21-17	0:51
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Brazao/Prosser	10	Morrison/Zimet	18	21-16, 21-14	0:49
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 2	Brazao/Prosser	9	Morrison/Zimet	15	21-16, 21-19	0:55
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 1	Brazao/Prosser	11	Morrison/Zimet	19	21-16, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Loomis/Patterson 0-1
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Loomis/Patterson	7	Morrison/Zimet	10	22-20, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Strickland/Wachtfogel 1-0
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Morrison/Zimet	13	Strickland/Wachtfogel	11	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:19
Series tied with # 12 Acosta/Baxter 1-1
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 5	Morrison/Zimet	10	Acosta/Baxter	12	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	1:06
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Baxter	20	Morrison/Zimet	13	21-18, 21-17	0:59
Lead the series against # 14 Budinger/VanZwieten 1-0
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Morrison/Zimet	13	Budinger/VanZwieten	19	21-13, 24-26, 17-15	1:08
Series tied with # 18 Hannemann/Jewell 1-1
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 2	Morrison/Zimet	14	Hannemann/Jewell	20	22-20, 21-17	0:50
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 1	Hannemann/Jewell	18	Morrison/Zimet	15	22-20, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 Burnham/Rambis 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 1	Morrison/Zimet	10	Burnham/Rambis	23	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 24 Henderson/Macau 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 2	Morrison/Zimet	10	Henderson/Macau	24	21-15, 21-19	1:00
Lead the series against # 32, Q17 Jackson/McKienzie 1-0
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 3	Morrison/Zimet	10	Jackson/McKienzie	32, Q17	21-15, 22-20	0:54