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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Huntington Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 11 - 13, 2005

(27, Q3) 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Paul Boyd - 25th
2001	Did not play	Ricci Luyties - 17th
2002	Did not play	Colin Wellman - 17th
2003	Myron Miller - 43rd	Mark Paaluhi - 35th
2004	Said Souikane - 33rd	Matt Olson - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	27, Q1	25th	52	$250.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/11/2005

Qualifier 2

BJ Cook / Richard Krutop (Q67)

Won 21-12, 21-12

0:38

Thu, 8/11/2005

Qualifier 3

Kevin Gregan / Jason Wight (Q35)

Won 21-11, 21-15

0:40

Thu, 8/11/2005

Qualifier 4

Kevin Dake / Jeremie Holmes (Q14)

Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-9

0:58

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 1

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (6)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	11	6	1	0.455	5	2	0	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	3	1	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	2	1	0	1
Jim Nichols	Total	33	12	10	0.061	0	7	0	1
	1	15	4	5	-0.067	0	2	0	1
	2	18	8	5	0.167	0	5	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2005

Contender 1

AJ Mihalic / Chad Mowrey (22)

Won 22-20, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	10	6	0	0.600	8	3	0	1
	1	3	3	0	1.000	4	1	0	1
	2	7	3	0	0.429	4	2	0	0
Jim Nichols	Total	32	22	5	0.531	0	6	0	0
	1	20	11	5	0.300	0	4	0	0
	2	12	11	0	0.917	0	2	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2005

Contender 2

Paul Baxter / Scott Lane (12)

Lost 21-18, 14-21, 13-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	45	25	7	0.400	6	2	3	3
	1	18	10	2	0.444	5	1	2	0
	2	17	10	4	0.353	0	1	1	2
	3	10	5	1	0.400	1	0	0	1
Jim Nichols	Total	17	12	0	0.706	0	9	1	0
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	5	0	0
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	1	0	0
	3	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	66	37	8	0.439	19	7	3	5
Jim Nichols	82	46	15	0.378	0	22	1	1
Total	148	83	23	0.405	19	29	4	6
Opponents	150	97	23	0.493	9	36	3	9

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,050.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,050.00	7	4	63.6 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	$900.00	2005	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	$1,725.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	9	$1,050.00	Total	Total	170	0	0	0	3	9	60	67	26	5	$135,806.50

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	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	16-8	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	9-6	60.0%

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 7-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Rosenthal/Witt 0-2
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:42
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	21-19, 21-16
Trail the series against # 12 Baxter/Lane 0-1
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Lane	12	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 22 Mihalic/Mowrey 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	Mihalic/Mowrey	22	22-20, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 24, Q1 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 # Q13 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 # Q14 Dake/Holmes 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	Dake/Holmes	Q14	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # Q25 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 # Q35 Gregan/Wight 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	Gregan/Wight	Q35	21-11, 21-15	0:40
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
Lead the series against # Q67 Cook/Krutop 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	Cook/Krutop	Q67	21-12, 21-12	0:38