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AVP Tour
$375,000 Chicago Open Presented by McDonald's
September 1 - 3, 2005

(6) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Todd Rogers - 13th	Did not play
1997	Todd Rogers - 17th	Did not play
1998	Todd Rogers - 9th	Did not play
1999	Todd Rogers - 4th	Did not play
2000	Todd Rogers - 1st	Did not play
FIVB 2000	Todd Rogers - 17th	Did not play
2002	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st	Albert Hannemann - 7th
2003	Stein Metzger - 13th	Dain Blanton - 1st
2004	Stein Metzger - 13th	Dain Blanton - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	3	7th	180	$3,500.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 1

Jeff Carlucci / Chris Magill (27, Q6)

Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-9

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	23	12	5	0.304	0	18	0	1
	1	5	2	1	0.200	0	5	0	1
	2	13	7	4	0.231	0	8	0	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	5	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	39	21	7	0.359	6	4	0	4
	1	20	10	6	0.200	1	2	0	2
	2	12	7	0	0.583	0	2	0	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	5	0	0	1

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 2

Paul Baxter / Fred Souza (11)

Won 15-21, 22-20, 17-15

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	23	11	4	0.304	0	12	0	1
	1	13	4	4	0.000	0	6	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	0	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	44	22	7	0.341	6	6	1	1
	1	14	6	3	0.214	1	2	0	0
	2	16	8	3	0.313	3	2	0	1
	3	14	8	1	0.500	2	2	1	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	12	5	1	0.333	0	15	1	0
	1	4	1	0	0.250	0	7	0	0
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	8	1	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	43	17	10	0.163	4	3	1	1
	1	23	11	4	0.304	2	2	1	0
	2	20	6	6	0.000	2	1	0	1

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 4

Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (9)

Won 20-22, 21-18, 15-13

1:16

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	35	15	1	0.400	0	23	1	2
	1	14	7	0	0.500	0	9	0	0
	2	12	3	1	0.167	0	7	0	2
	3	9	5	0	0.556	0	7	1	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	53	25	6	0.358	4	6	2	2
	1	21	10	3	0.333	1	2	1	0
	2	18	10	1	0.500	1	3	0	2
	3	14	5	2	0.214	2	1	1	0

Sat, 9/3/2005

Contender 5

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (2)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	20	13	2	0.550	0	10	0	0
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	8	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	24	12	2	0.417	6	4	1	1
	1	11	6	0	0.545	5	4	1	0
	2	13	6	2	0.308	1	0	0	1

Sat, 9/3/2005

Contender 6

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (5)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	22	9	6	0.136	0	4	0	4
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	3
	2	15	7	4	0.200	0	2	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	20	14	2	0.600	0	2	0	1
	1	10	9	0	0.900	0	0	0	0
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	135	65	19	0.341	0	82	2	8
Jeff Nygaard	223	111	34	0.345	26	25	5	10
Total	358	176	53	0.344	26	107	7	18
Opponents	358	185	62	0.344	21	109	9	21

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Nygaard lead the series against the field 31-17 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 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 2-3
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Holdren/Nygaard	6	Rosenthal/Witt	2	21-15, 21-15	0:37
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
Series tied with # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 3-3
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Holdren/Nygaard	6	21-17, 21-17	0:54
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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott 3-4
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Rogers/Scott	5	Holdren/Nygaard	6	21-17, 21-14	0:43
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 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 # 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 4-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Nygaard	6	Blanton/Wong	9	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	1:16
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
Series tied with # 11 Baxter/Souza 1-1
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	6	Baxter/Souza	11	15-21, 22-20, 17-15	1:10
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 # 13 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 # 14 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
Series tied with # 16 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 25, 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Carlucci/Magill 2-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	6	Carlucci/Magill	27, Q6	18-21, 21-14, 15-9	1:01
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, 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
Lead the series against # Q10 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