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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 21 - 23, 2005

(27, Q1) Brian Corso/Jim Nichols

Brian Corso

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$2,325.00

Jim Nichols

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 4, 1966 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$168,511.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,850.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1993	Did not play	Mark Knudsen - 25th
1994	Did not play	Craig Moothart - 17th
FIVB 1995	Did not play	Michael Schlegel - 7th
1995	Did not play	Michael Schlegel - 13th
1996	Did not play	Dan Vrebalovich - 13th
1997	Did not play	Ricci Luyties - 17th
1997	Did not play	Lee LeGrande - 17th
1998	Did not play	Mark Paaluhi - 13th
1999	Did not play	Nathan Heidger - 25th
2000	Did not play	Paul Boyd - 17th
2001	Did not play	Ricci Luyties - 17th
2002	Did not play	Daniel Cardenas - 25th
2003	Jeff Rosen - 57th	Colin Wellman - 25th
2004	Said Souikane - 25th	Matt Olson - 17th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 7/21/2005

Qualifier 2

Dane Jensen / Jarett Jensen (Q64)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:46

Thu, 7/21/2005

Qualifier 3

Todd Bennett / Jeff Smith (Q32)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:51

Thu, 7/21/2005

Qualifier 4

Lucas Black / Matt Heagy (Q17)

Won 22-20, 21-19

0:49

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 1

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (6)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	12	6	1	0.417	6	0	0	1
	1	4	2	0	0.500	4	0	0	1
	2	8	4	1	0.375	2	0	0	0
Jim Nichols	Total	43	15	6	0.209	0	15	0	1
	1	21	7	4	0.143	0	4	0	0
	2	22	8	2	0.273	0	11	0	1

Fri, 7/22/2005

Contender 1

Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (22)

Lost 24-22, 20-22, 10-15

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	30	13	5	0.267	9	3	0	4
	1	14	7	2	0.357	2	1	0	2
	2	8	4	2	0.250	3	1	0	2
	3	8	2	1	0.125	4	1	0	0
Jim Nichols	Total	35	16	9	0.200	0	14	0	0
	1	17	5	3	0.118	0	5	0	0
	2	13	8	4	0.308	0	3	0	0
	3	5	3	2	0.200	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	42	19	6	0.310	15	3	0	5
Jim Nichols	78	31	15	0.205	0	29	0	1
Total	120	50	21	0.242	15	32	0	6
Opponents	137	67	25	0.307	10	46	3	3

Head to Head Results
Corso/Nichols lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Rosenthal/Witt 0-1
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	21-19, 21-16
Trail the series against # 22 Koski/Minc 0-1
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	22	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	22-24, 22-20, 15-10	1:12
Lead the series against # Q17 Black/Heagy 1-0
7/21/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	Black/Heagy	Q17	22-20, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # Q32 Bennett/Smith 1-0
7/21/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	Bennett/Smith	Q32	21-19, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # Q64 Jensen/Jensen 1-0
7/21/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	Jensen/Jensen	Q64	21-16, 21-18	0:46