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

(3) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Todd Rogers - 25th	Did not play
1996	Todd Rogers - 33rd	Did not play
1999	Todd Rogers - 13th	Did not play
2000	Todd Rogers - 4th	Did not play
2001	Todd Rogers - 4th	Scott Davenport - 9th
2002	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st	Albert Hannemann - 13th
2003	Stein Metzger - 9th	Dain Blanton - 13th
2004	Did not play	Dain Blanton - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	1	5th	312	$7,000.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	2	2nd	468	$20,000.00
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	1	7th	180	$3,500.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	2	2nd	468	$20,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Pepe Delahoz / Brad Torsone (30, Q4)

Won 21-18, 21-12

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	23	13	2	0.478	0	18	0	1
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	9	0	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	9	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	30	18	2	0.533	2	6	1	2
	1	18	9	2	0.389	1	5	1	1
	2	12	9	0	0.750	1	1	0	1

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 2

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (14)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	12	9	0	0.750	0	12	0	1
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	0	1
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	9	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	41	25	5	0.488	4	2	0	1
	1	20	13	3	0.500	2	1	0	0
	2	21	12	2	0.476	2	1	0	1

Sat, 8/20/2005

Winner 3

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (6)

Won 21-14, 18-21, 20-18

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	22	14	3	0.500	0	11	0	1
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	2	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	0	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	36	24	2	0.611	5	12	0	1
	1	15	10	0	0.667	2	6	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	0	0
	3	14	9	1	0.571	3	1	0	1

Sat, 8/20/2005

Winner 4

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (7)

Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-13

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	21	13	5	0.381	0	21	1	2
	1	8	3	4	-0.125	0	8	0	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	6	0	1
	3	7	6	0	0.857	0	7	1	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	49	26	6	0.408	5	5	1	2
	1	20	12	2	0.500	0	1	0	1
	2	14	8	1	0.500	5	1	0	1
	3	15	6	3	0.200	0	3	1	0

Sun, 8/21/2005

Semi-Finals

Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 21-18, 23-25, 7-15

1:16

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	37	15	8	0.189	0	18	1	3
	1	13	6	3	0.231	0	6	1	1
	2	19	8	4	0.211	0	9	0	1
	3	5	1	1	0.000	0	3	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	30	16	10	0.200	5	3	0	2
	1	7	5	1	0.571	1	0	0	0
	2	13	6	5	0.077	4	3	0	1
	3	10	5	4	0.100	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	115	64	18	0.400	0	80	2	8
Jeff Nygaard	186	109	25	0.452	21	28	2	8
Total	301	173	43	0.432	21	108	4	16
Opponents	321	156	48	0.336	17	80	7	12

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	10	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$127,400.00	42	14	75.0 %
Total	AVP	11	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$133,400.00	45	16	73.8 %

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
10	1	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$63,700.00	2005	AVP	10	1	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$63,700.00
145	14	15	10	8	41	30	17	7	3	$507,736.50	Total	Total	61	7	5	8	1	17	15	4	2	2	$221,227.50

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	19	65.5%	6	20.7%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	10	41.7%	5	20.8%	9	37.5%	10-14	41.7%	38-18	67.9%	32-18	64.0%	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 25-13 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 1-4
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Metzger	1	Holdren/Nygaard	3	18-21, 25-23, 15-7	1:16
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Metzger	2	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-19, 30-32, 15-11	1:16
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Gibb/Metzger	1	21-18, 12-21, 15-13	1:10
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
Lead the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 3-2
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:08
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
Trail the series against # 4 Rosenthal/Witt 1-3
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Holdren/Nygaard	2	21-18, 21-16	0:45
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	1:07
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 # 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
Series tied with # 6 Rogers/Scott 3-3
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	3	Rogers/Scott	6	21-14, 18-21, 20-18	1:08
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Rogers/Scott	5	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-17, 21-15	0:44
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 # 7 Kiraly/Lambert 1-0
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Nygaard	3	Kiraly/Lambert	7	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 8 Blanton/Wong 3-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Blanton/Wong	8	26-24, 21-14	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 9 Williams/Wong 1-0
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Williams/Wong	11	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 Doble/Olson 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	3	Doble/Olson	14	21-19, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 Ceman/Turner 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Ceman/Turner	17	21-12, 31-29	0:49
Lead the series against # 17 Lewis/Rooney 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Lewis/Rooney	16	21-14, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Ratledge/Wachtfogel 2-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	18	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:02
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	21	21-9, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Carlucci/Magill 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Carlucci/Magill	31, Q10	21-16, 21-14
Lead the series against # 30, Q4 Delahoz/Torsone 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	3	Delahoz/Torsone	30, Q4	21-18, 21-12	0:54
Lead the series against # Q12 Harger/Pray 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Harger/Pray	32, Q12	21-12, 21-16	0:37