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$200,000 AVP NIVEA Tour Belmar Open presented by Lexus
June 25 - 27, 2010

(14) Mike Morrison/Eyal Zimet

Mike Morrison

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Birmingham, MI

Resides:

Rochester, MI

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Western Michigan

Seasons:

Tournaments:

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 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel

Resides:

San Francisco, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

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 Belmar Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Dan Mintz - 33rd	Did not play
2005	Leonardo Moraes - 33rd	Did not play
2008	Ty Tramblie - 9th	Jason Lee - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/18-20/2010	AVP Virginia Beach Open	11	13	240	$1,500.00
AVP	9/4-6/2009	Tournament of Champions	16	9	300	$3,750.00
AVP	8/27-29/2009	Chicago Open	14	17	190	$1,000.00
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	11	17	190	$960.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	11	17	150	$1,200.00
AVP	7/2-5/2009	Coney Island Open	10	3	540	$14,200.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	14	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	13	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	18	13	240	$1,800.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	15	13	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	19	13	240	$2,280.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	18	17	190	$960.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	18	9	300	$3,960.00

AVP Belmar Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/26/2010

Winner 1

Jonathan Acosta / Ty Loomis (19)

Won 21-14, 23-21

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	28	14	0	0.500	5	3	1	1
	1	19	7	0	0.368	4	2	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	1	1	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	27	15	2	0.481	0	11	0	3
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	5	0	1
	2	17	9	2	0.412	0	6	0	2

Sat, 6/26/2010

Winner 2

Matt Fuerbringer / Nick Lucena (3)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	29	18	4	0.483	0	4	2	3
	1	12	8	2	0.500	0	2	2	2
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	2	0	1
Eyal Zimet	Total	23	15	1	0.609	0	8	1	3
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	1	0	2
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	7	1	1

Sat, 6/26/2010

Winner 3

Casey Patterson / Kevin Wong (6)

Lost 12-21, 12-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	10	3	1	0.200	2	1	0	1
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	1	0	0
	2	7	1	1	0.000	1	0	0	1
Eyal Zimet	Total	29	14	3	0.379	0	2	0	2
	1	16	7	2	0.313	0	0	0	2
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	2	0	0

Sat, 6/26/2010

Contender 4

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (8)

Won 22-20, 24-26, 15-10

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	32	19	3	0.500	6	3	1	3
	1	11	7	1	0.545	2	1	0	2
	2	11	5	1	0.364	2	2	1	1
	3	10	7	1	0.600	2	0	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	35	20	3	0.486	0	14	1	4
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	6	0	1
	2	18	11	2	0.500	0	5	0	3
	3	3	1	0	0.333	0	3	1	0

Sun, 6/27/2010

Contender 5

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (4)

Lost 21-18, 16-21, 13-15

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	26	11	5	0.231	4	4	1	6
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	1	1	5
	2	8	1	1	0.000	2	2	0	0
	3	11	5	3	0.182	2	1	0	1
Eyal Zimet	Total	30	18	5	0.433	0	14	4	3
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	1	4	1
	2	19	8	5	0.158	0	11	0	1
	3	5	5	0	1.000	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	125	65	13	0.416	17	15	5	14
Eyal Zimet	144	82	14	0.472	0	49	6	15

Head to Head Results
Morrison/Zimet trail the series against the field 9-12

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
9/4/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Morrison/Zimet	16	21-10, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Lucena 1-0
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Morrison/Zimet	14	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	21-19, 22-20	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-4
6/27/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 5	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Morrison/Zimet	14	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:09
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Morrison/Zimet	18	21-16, 21-16	0:43
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Morrison/Zimet	18	21-16, 18-21, 15-10	0:57
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Morrison/Zimet	18	24-22, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Patterson/Wong 0-1
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	Patterson/Wong	6	Morrison/Zimet	14	21-12, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 8 Mariano/Ratledge 1-1
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 4	Morrison/Zimet	14	Mariano/Ratledge	8	22-20, 24-26, 15-10	1:14
9/5/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	11	Morrison/Zimet	16	21-19, 20-22, 15-8	1:04
Trail the series against # 13 DiPierro/Grotowski 0-1
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	Morrison/Zimet	11	21-17, 28-26	0:51
Series tied with # 16 Marchewka/Tramblie 1-1
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 2	Morrison/Zimet	11	Marchewka/Tramblie	12	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	1:36
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Marchewka/Tramblie	19	Morrison/Zimet	14	24-22, 21-17	1:00
Lead the series against # 19 Acosta/Loomis 2-0
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 1	Morrison/Zimet	14	Acosta/Loomis	19	21-14, 23-21	0:57
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 3	Morrison/Zimet	14	Acosta/Loomis	12	21-17, 21-19	1:00
Trail the series against # 23 Burnham/Carambula 0-1
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Winner 1	Burnham/Carambula	22	Morrison/Zimet	11	16-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:16
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 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 Billings/McKienzie 1-0
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 1	Morrison/Zimet	11	Billings/McKienzie	27, Q9	21-18, 21-16	0:49