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$250,000 AVP Cincinnati Open Presented by Liftoff
June 30 - July 3, 2005

(2) Dax Holdren/Jeff Nygaard

Dax Holdren

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Santa Barbara City College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$699,496.50

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (53 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	22	1	5	6	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	$200,950.00

Previous Mason Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	1	3rd	270	$8,450.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	2	1st	360	$20,000.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	2	3rd	270	$8,450.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	4	2nd	324	$14,000.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	5	2nd	324	$14,000.00
AVP	10/16-17/2004	Santa Barbara Invitational	4	3rd	0	$6,000.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 1

Leonardo Moraes / Mike Morrison (31, Q12)

Won 21-13, 21-13

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	14	9	2	0.500	0	9	1	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	5	1	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	24	18	4	0.583	1	3	1	0
	1	14	9	3	0.429	1	1	1	0
	2	10	9	1	0.800	0	2	0	0

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 2

Matt Olson / Hans Stolfus (15)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	30	10	4	0.200	0	12	0	1
	1	15	6	2	0.267	0	6	0	0
	2	15	4	2	0.133	0	6	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	21	16	2	0.667	7	2	0	0
	1	13	9	1	0.615	2	1	0	0
	2	8	7	1	0.750	5	1	0	0

Sat, 7/2/2005

Winner 3

Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (7)

Won 18-21, 31-29, 15-13

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	44	28	7	0.477	1	11	1	1
	1	16	9	3	0.375	1	2	0	0
	2	22	16	4	0.545	0	5	1	1
	3	6	3	0	0.500	0	4	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	24	14	5	0.375	10	5	0	3
	1	7	3	3	0.000	4	2	0	2
	2	8	4	0	0.500	3	1	0	1
	3	9	7	2	0.556	3	2	0	0

Sat, 7/2/2005

Winner 4

Paul Baxter / Jason Ring (6)

Won 23-21, 21-14

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	19	11	1	0.526	0	8	0	0
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	6	0	0
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	2	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	23	15	5	0.435	5	0	1	1
	1	15	10	3	0.467	3	0	0	1
	2	8	5	2	0.375	2	0	1	0

Sun, 7/3/2005

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (5)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	9	5	1	0.444	0	3	0	2
	1	2	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	28	17	4	0.464	5	4	0	1
	1	17	9	3	0.353	2	0	0	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	3	4	0	1

Sun, 7/3/2005

Finals

John Hyden / Mike Lambert (12)

Lost 21-17, 12-21, 10-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	16	5	6	-0.063	0	11	0	3
	1	10	4	3	0.100	0	5	0	2
	2	4	0	3	-0.750	0	4	0	1
	3	2	1	0	0.500	0	2	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	42	22	14	0.190	7	0	0	0
	1	10	5	1	0.400	6	0	0	0
	2	20	11	8	0.150	0	0	0	0
	3	12	6	5	0.083	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	132	68	21	0.356	1	54	2	8
Jeff Nygaard	162	102	34	0.420	35	14	2	5
Total	294	170	55	0.391	36	68	4	13
Opponents	330	171	76	0.288	29	71	8	17

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	19	1	4	4	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	$162,950.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Total	20	1	4	5	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	$174,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dax Holdren												Jeff Nygaard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$28,100.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	0	$32,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	$31,000.00
140	8	13	15	6	41	36	16	3	0	$398,269.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	100	7	6	16	0	33	27	8	1	0	$311,765.00
11	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	$53,745.00	Manhattan Beach	9	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	$28,507.50
14	2	1	0	0	5	4	0	2	0	$54,859.75	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
180	11	16	17	8	51	46	20	8	0	$567,424.00	Total	119	7	6	20	1	36	35	10	2	0	$381,522.50

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
2004	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2005	AVP	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$84,900.00	27	7	79.4 %
Total	AVP	7	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$90,900.00	30	9	76.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dax Holdren													Jeff Nygaard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	1995	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	$3,115.00	1996	AVP
20	0	1	0	2	6	4	5	2	0	$58,490.00	1997	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	1997	FIVB
20	1	1	1	1	13	3	0	0	0	$33,466.50	1998	AVP
11	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	$35,475.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	USAV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
11	2	3	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	$66,375.00	2000	AVP
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2000	USAV
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$17,500.00	2000	FIVB
4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$24,160.00	2001	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	$6,700.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,250.00	2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$19,000.00	2001	FIVB
7	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$52,800.00	2002	AVP	7	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$15,660.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	$11,800.00	2002	FIVB
9	1	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$19,212.50	2003	AVP	8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	$40,000.00	2003	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00
6	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$11,792.50	2004	AVP	11	1	0	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	$29,412.50
11	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	2	0	$25,250.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00
6	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$42,450.00	2005	AVP	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$42,450.00
141	14	14	9	8	39	30	17	7	3	$486,486.50	Total	Total	57	7	4	7	1	15	15	4	2	2	$199,977.50

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	45	69.2%	10	15.4%	10	15.4%	55-10	84.6%	18	41.9%	7	16.3%	18	41.9%	18-25	41.9%	45-18	71.4%	28-17	62.2%	0	1	73-36	67.0%
2004-2005	33	70.2%	8	17.0%	6	12.8%	41-6	87.2%	14	48.3%	5	17.2%	10	34.5%	14-15	48.3%	33-10	76.7%	22-11	66.7%	0	0	55-21	72.4%
Against the Field	21	65.6%	6	18.8%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	8	38.1%	4	19.0%	9	42.9%	8-13	38.1%	42-18	70.0%	28-18	60.9%	0	0	35-18	66.0%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	14	5	4	0	0	0	0	63	32
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	14	5	5	0	0	0	0	67	33

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Nygaard lead the series against the field 21-8 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 0-2
4/24/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Gibb/Metzger	2	Holdren/Nygaard	4	21-19, 21-16	1:00
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Finals	Gibb/Metzger	6	Holdren/Nygaard	5	21-14, 21-13	0:53
Series tied with # 3 Rogers/Scott 2-2
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Rogers/Scott	3	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-19, 21-18	0:59
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Rogers/Scott	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	1:20
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Nygaard	5	Rogers/Scott	2	21-11, 20-22, 15-10	1:00
10/16/04	AVP	Santa Barbara Invitational	Winner 3	Rogers/Scott	1	Holdren/Nygaard	4	13-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 4 Fuerbringer/Jennings 3-1
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:05
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	1:05
4/24/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Nygaard	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-16, 21-16	0:41
10/16/04	AVP	Santa Barbara Invitational	Contender 4	Holdren/Nygaard	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-14, 27-25	0:52
Lead the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 3-1
7/3/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	21-19, 21-14	0:50
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Dalhausser/Lucena	7	21-14, 24-22	0:42
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	Holdren/Nygaard	2	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	21-18, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 6 Baxter/Ring 2-0
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Baxter/Ring	6	23-21, 21-14	0:46
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Baxter/Ring	8	21-19, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 Blanton/Wong 2-0
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Blanton/Wong	7	18-21, 31-29, 15-13	1:17
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	5	Blanton/Wong	3	21-18, 21-7	0:44
Series tied with # 8 Rosenthal/Witt 1-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Rosenthal/Witt	10	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Holdren/Nygaard	5	23-25, 21-16, 15-8	1:05
Lead the series against # 10 Boss/Lewis 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	5	Boss/Lewis	13	18-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Hyden/Lambert 0-1
7/3/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Finals	Hyden/Lambert	12	Holdren/Nygaard	2	17-21, 21-12, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # 15 Olson/Stolfus 2-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Olson/Stolfus	15	21-17, 21-16	0:51
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Olson/Stolfus	15	19-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:03
Lead the series against # 16 Lane/Mowrey 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Lane/Mowrey	16	21-23, 21-17, 15-7	1:00
Lead the series against # 18 Heath/Mariano 1-0
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Heath/Mariano	18, Q3	21-12, 27-25	0:44
Lead the series against # 23, Q11 Mayer/Rooney 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Mayer/Rooney	32, Q40	21-17, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Kumgisky/Prosser 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Kumgisky/Prosser	31, Q14	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Moraes/Morrison 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Moraes/Morrison	31, Q12	21-13, 21-13	0:37