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AVP Tour
$280,000 Bud Light AVP Long Beach Open
July 19 - 22, 2007

(19) Paul Baxter/Dain Blanton

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	$13,075.00

Previous Long Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	17	17th	72	$700.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	19	9th	144	$2,875.00

Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 1

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (14)

Won 30-28, 21-16

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	30	16	2	0.467	3	1	0	2
	1	17	10	1	0.529	2	0	0	2
	2	13	6	1	0.385	1	1	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	23	16	2	0.609	0	12	1	4
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	7	1	4
	2	8	7	0	0.875	0	5	0	0

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 2

Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (3)

Lost 18-21, 21-23

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	25	14	5	0.360	4	2	1	2
	1	13	7	2	0.385	2	1	0	0
	2	12	7	3	0.333	2	1	1	2
Dain Blanton	Total	24	12	6	0.250	0	8	1	3
	1	11	4	4	0.000	0	4	1	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	4	0	2

Sat, 7/21/2007

Contender 2

Scott Davenport / Chad Turner (20)

Won 21-12, 15-21, 16-14

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	40	23	6	0.425	2	4	2	1
	1	12	8	2	0.500	0	0	2	1
	2	15	9	3	0.400	0	1	0	0
	3	13	6	1	0.385	2	3	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	18	9	1	0.444	0	10	2	1
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	6	1	0
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	1	1	1
	3	8	4	0	0.500	0	3	0	0

Sat, 7/21/2007

Contender 3

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (11)

Lost 23-25, 13-21

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	40	23	4	0.475	0	1	1	0
	1	22	14	2	0.545	0	0	1	0
	2	18	9	2	0.389	0	1	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	12	8	3	0.417	0	2	0	3
	1	7	5	2	0.429	0	2	0	1
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	135	76	17	0.437	9	8	4	5
Dain Blanton	77	45	12	0.429	0	32	4	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Baxter/Blanton	17	19-21, 21-13, 15-7	1:04
Trail the series against # 3 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	3	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 23-21	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 Doble/Olson 0-1
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 3	Doble/Olson	11	Baxter/Blanton	19	25-23, 21-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 14 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Wachtfogel/Wong	14	30-28, 21-16	1:05
Lead the series against # 20 Davenport/Turner 1-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Blanton	19	Davenport/Turner	20	21-12, 15-21, 16-14	1:02
Lead the series against # 23 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Morrison/Tramblie	20, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:46