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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Cincinnati
August 29 - 31, 2008

(12) John Mayer/Jeff Nygaard

John Mayer

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Culver City, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Pierce Junior College
Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$400,282.50

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	30	1	0	5	0	10	2	6	3	3	0	$189,640.00

Previous Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Sean Rooney - 13th	Dax Holdren - 2nd
2006	Brad Keenan - 13th	John Hyden - 5th
2007	Matt Prosser - 9th	Jason Ring - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	8	9th	208	$2,100.00
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	9	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	7/18-19/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	7	9th	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	9	9th	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	6	5th	312	$5,300.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	8	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	14	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	13	13th	108	$1,700.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	12	5th	216	$6,000.00

AVP Shootout Cincinnati Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/29/2008

Winner 1

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (21)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	12	8	0	0.667	0	9	2	2
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	4	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	5	2	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	23	16	4	0.522	3	2	1	0
	1	12	8	3	0.417	1	1	1	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	2	1	0	0

Fri, 8/29/2008

Winner 2

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (5)

Won 27-25, 21-11

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	35	22	4	0.514	0	10	0	4
	1	24	14	3	0.458	0	6	0	2
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	4	0	2
Jeff Nygaard	Total	17	12	2	0.588	4	2	1	0
	1	10	6	2	0.400	4	0	0	0
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	2	1	0

Fri, 8/29/2008

Winner 3

Stein Metzger / Mark Williams (4)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	22	14	2	0.545	0	9	0	3
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	4	0	2
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	5	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	25	11	3	0.320	6	3	0	0
	1	12	6	2	0.333	3	1	0	0
	2	13	5	1	0.308	3	2	0	0

Sat, 8/30/2008

Winner 4

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 14-21, 14-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	19	9	5	0.211	0	10	0	1
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	6	0	1
	2	11	5	4	0.091	0	4	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	27	11	4	0.259	0	0	0	0
	1	14	7	1	0.429	0	0	0	0
	2	13	4	3	0.077	0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/31/2008

Contender 5

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (3)

Lost 21-16, 14-21, 12-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	21	11	5	0.286	0	12	1	4
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	3	1	3
	2	12	4	4	0.000	0	5	0	0
	3	5	4	1	0.600	0	4	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	40	17	4	0.325	6	2	1	1
	1	14	9	1	0.571	2	1	0	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	2	0	1	0
	3	15	4	2	0.133	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	109	64	16	0.440	0	50	3	14
Jeff Nygaard	132	67	17	0.379	19	9	3	1

Head to Head Results
Mayer/Nygaard trail the series against the field 15-18 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-3
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-14, 21-14	0:51
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	9	18-21, 21-11, 15-10	0:55
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	14	21-16, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Lucena/Scott 1-3
8/31/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 5	Lucena/Scott	3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	16-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:58
6/22/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 4	Lucena/Scott	3	Mayer/Nygaard	8	11-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Lucena/Scott	8	15-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:11
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 4	Lucena/Scott	3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-15, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 4 Metzger/Williams 2-1
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Metzger/Williams	4	21-19, 21-18	0:48
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	9	Metzger/Williams	8	13-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:03
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 3	Metzger/Williams	3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-18, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 5 Olson/Wong 2-1
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Olson/Wong	5	27-25, 21-11	0:56
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	1	Mayer/Nygaard	8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:10
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Olson/Wong	6	21-19, 21-16	0:49
Series tied with # 6 Hyden/Keenan 1-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Hyden/Keenan	3	18-21, 24-22, 22-20	1:12
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	4	Mayer/Nygaard	13	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:59
Trail the series against # 7 Medel/Souza 0-2
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	5	Mayer/Nygaard	7	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	1:04
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-15, 21-19	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-2
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Mayer/Nygaard	9	21-19, 21-17	0:50
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Mayer/Nygaard	14	21-16, 21-19	0:48
Series tied with # 9 Brazao/Loiola 1-1
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 1	Brazao/Loiola	12	Mayer/Nygaard	13	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:58
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Brazao/Loiola	10	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 Mariano/Ratledge 0-2
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	10	Mayer/Nygaard	7	22-24, 21-16, 15-10
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Mayer/Nygaard	9	22-20, 21-17	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Ring/Stolfus 0-1
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 2	Ring/Stolfus	9	Mayer/Nygaard	8	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Holdren/Strickland 3-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-17, 21-10	0:43
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Holdren/Strickland	9	21-14, 21-19	0:43
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Holdren/Strickland	9	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:07
Lead the series against # 16 Baxter/Prosser 1-0
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 2	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Baxter/Prosser	11	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 Loomis/Witt 1-0
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 3	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Loomis/Witt	13	21-16, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 20 Ceman/Patterson 0-1
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Ceman/Patterson	23, Q3	Mayer/Nygaard	9	27-25, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 21 Lee/Rester 1-0
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Lee/Rester	21	21-16, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Moran/Zimet 2-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	9	Moran/Zimet	24, Q4	21-17, 21-12	0:49
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	9	Moran/Zimet	24	21-19, 21-16	0:51