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$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 21, 2005

(29, Q2) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1988	Did not play	. Grindis - 13th
1989	Did not play	Tom Grindle - 13th
1993	Did not play	Brian Gatzke - 7th
1994	Did not play	Mark Kerins - 9th
1995	Did not play	Daniel Cardenas - 25th
1996	Did not play	Dan Vrebalovich - 13th
1999	Did not play	Ricci Luyties - 25th
2000	Did not play	Daniel Cardenas - 13th
2001	Did not play	Daniel Cardenas - 13th
2002	Did not play	Chuck Moore - 33rd
2003	Myron Miller - 33rd	Mark Paaluhi - 25th
2004	Said Souikane - 25th	Matt Olson - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	27, Q3	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	27, Q1	25th	52	$250.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 2

Erik Gomez / Dan Madden (Q66)

Won 21-16, 21-13

0:44

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 3

Blake Cantrell / Tim Nestlerode (Q34)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:50

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 4

JP Calderon / Jon Thompson (Q18)

Won 21-19, 21-9

0:44

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (4)

Lost 11-21, 16-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	13	6	2	0.308	1	4	1	2
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	1	1
	2	6	2	2	0.000	1	2	0	1
Jim Nichols	Total	32	13	3	0.313	0	4	0	0
	1	16	5	0	0.313	0	1	0	0
	2	16	8	3	0.313	0	3	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 2

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (14)

Lost 17-21, 10-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	15	8	3	0.333	3	8	0	2
	1	10	6	0	0.600	1	6	0	1
	2	5	2	3	-0.200	2	2	0	1
Jim Nichols	Total	46	14	11	0.065	0	11	0	0
	1	24	8	6	0.083	0	7	0	0
	2	22	6	5	0.045	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/21/2005

Contender 1

Ed Ratledge / Aaron Wachtfogel (20)

Won 21-19, 23-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	24	16	4	0.500	4	2	0	5
	1	13	8	2	0.462	2	1	0	2
	2	11	8	2	0.545	2	1	0	3
Jim Nichols	Total	24	14	2	0.500	1	6	0	0
	1	8	5	0	0.625	1	3	0	0
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	52	30	9	0.404	8	14	1	9
Jim Nichols	102	41	16	0.245	1	21	0	0
Total	154	71	25	0.299	9	35	1	9
Opponents	140	83	18	0.464	11	47	1	6

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,850.00	11	6	64.7 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,850.00	11	6	64.7 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	$1,300.00	2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	$2,125.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	9	$1,450.00	Total	Total	171	0	0	0	3	9	60	68	26	5	$136,206.50

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	88.9%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	16-8	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	9-4	69.2%

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 9-4 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Rosenthal/Witt 0-3
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	21-11, 21-16	0:38
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 # 14 Doble/Olson 0-1
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	14	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	21-17, 21-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 Ratledge/Wachtfogel 1-0
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	20	21-19, 23-21	0:50
Lead the series against # 28 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
Lead the series against # Q15 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 # Q16 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 # Q18 Calderon/Thompson 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	Calderon/Thompson	Q18	21-19, 21-9	0:44
Lead the series against # Q24 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 # Q32 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 # Q34 Cantrell/Nestlerode 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	Cantrell/Nestlerode	Q34	21-13, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # Q66 Gomez/Madden 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	Gomez/Madden	Q66	21-16, 21-13	0:44