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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 (49 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 (59 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

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,050.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Brian Corso												Jim Nichols
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
29	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	$1,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	154	0	0	0	3	7	42	60	25	0	$103,962.75
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$750.00	Manhattan Beach	16	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	3	0	$8,986.00
											Tour Championships	20	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	3	0	$18,832.75
35	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	$2,325.00	Total	190	0	0	0	3	8	57	70	31	0	$131,781.50

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
2005	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Brian Corso													Jim Nichols
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1988	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$200.00
											1989	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$656.00
											1991	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$2,500.00
											1993	AVP	15	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	5	0	$9,312.50
											1994	AVP	23	0	0	0	1	0	11	10	1	0	$22,185.25
											1995	AVP	20	0	0	0	0	1	9	7	2	1	$20,280.00
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											1996	AVP	20	0	0	0	1	3	7	5	3	1	$24,950.00
											1997	AVP	21	0	0	0	0	1	8	10	2	0	$27,793.25
											1998	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	$3,152.00
											1999	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$962.50
											2000	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	$5,625.00
											2001	AVP	7	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	$6,685.00
											2002	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$825.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	$1,025.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$150.00	2004	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	$5,930.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$500.00	2005	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	$1,325.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	9	$650.00	Total	Total	169	0	0	0	3	9	60	66	26	5	$135,406.50

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	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	11-6	64.7%
2004-2005	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	11-6	64.7%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	10-8	55.6%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6

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