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AVP Tour
$175,000 Boulder Open
August 26 - 28, 2005

(3) Dax Holdren/Jeff Nygaard

Dax Holdren

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (52 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 (52 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 Boulder Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-21/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	3	3rd	390	$12,000.00
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

Boulder Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/27/2005

Winner 2

Brian Lewis / Sean Rooney (19)

Lost 18-21, 21-23

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	18	11	4	0.389	0	7	1	0
	1	7	4	2	0.286	0	3	0	0
	2	11	7	2	0.455	0	4	1	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	30	19	5	0.467	4	2	0	0
	1	14	9	2	0.500	3	2	0	0
	2	16	10	3	0.438	1	0	0	0

Sat, 8/27/2005

Contender 1

Ty Loomis / Ed Ratledge (20)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	22	14	3	0.500	0	8	0	2
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	3	0	1
	2	15	10	2	0.533	0	5	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	16	13	2	0.688	4	0	0	0
	1	10	8	2	0.600	3	0	0	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	1	0	0	0

Sat, 8/27/2005

Contender 2

Scott Ayakatubby / Aaron Wachtfogel (21, Q2)

Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-12

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	43	21	6	0.349	0	14	1	1
	1	5	2	0	0.400	0	3	1	1
	2	22	10	5	0.227	0	5	0	0
	3	16	9	1	0.500	0	6	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	20	11	5	0.300	6	6	0	0
	1	9	6	1	0.556	3	3	0	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	2	2	0	0
	3	5	2	3	-0.200	1	1	0	0

Sat, 8/27/2005

Contender 3

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (8)

Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-11

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	41	25	5	0.488	0	11	1	0
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	1	0
	2	16	9	3	0.375	0	2	0	0
	3	14	9	1	0.571	0	6	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	14	9	3	0.429	3	3	1	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	2	0	0	1
	2	4	1	3	-0.500	1	2	0	0
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	1	1

Sun, 8/28/2005

Contender 4

Paul Baxter / Fred Souza (13)

Lost 19-21, 21-12, 11-15

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	30	21	5	0.533	0	11	0	2
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	5	0	0
	2	11	8	2	0.545	0	3	0	2
	3	6	4	2	0.333	0	3	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	17	12	1	0.647	5	3	0	1
	1	7	5	0	0.714	2	0	0	1
	2	2	2	0	1.000	3	2	0	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	154	92	23	0.448	0	51	3	5
Jeff Nygaard	97	64	16	0.495	22	14	1	3
Total	251	156	39	0.466	22	65	4	8
Opponents	290	162	53	0.376	20	53	5	20

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Nygaard lead the series against the field 24-15 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 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
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 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
Series tied with # 7 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 # 8 Williams/Wong 2-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 3	Holdren/Nygaard	3	Williams/Wong	8	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:58
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 # 9 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
Trail the series against # 13 Baxter/Souza 0-1
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 4	Baxter/Souza	13	Holdren/Nygaard	3	21-19, 12-21, 15-11	0:54
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 # 18 Ceman/Turner 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Ceman/Turner	17	21-12, 31-29	0:49
Series tied with # 19 Lewis/Rooney 1-1
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Lewis/Rooney	19	Holdren/Nygaard	3	21-18, 23-21	0:49
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 Loomis/Ratledge 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 1	Holdren/Nygaard	3	Loomis/Ratledge	20	21-14, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Ayakatubby/Wachtfogel 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Nygaard	3	Ayakatubby/Wachtfogel	21, Q2	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 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