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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 (53 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 (54 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

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	$12,175.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$900.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	$13,075.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Dain Blanton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00
133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25

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
2007	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$5,775.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$5,775.00	6	6	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Dain Blanton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1994	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$12,118.75
											1995	AVP	22	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	0	$27,625.00
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	AVP	20	0	1	1	1	9	6	2	0	0	$54,405.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$1,641.25	1997	AVP	22	1	1	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	$117,845.00
											1997	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1	0	$3,537.00	1998	AVP	18	0	2	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	$32,470.50
											1998	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	$8,287.50	1999	AVP	10	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$69,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
											1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1	0	$8,375.00	2000	AVP	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2000	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$5,975.00	2001	AVP	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,950.00
											2001	BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00
											2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$5,840.00	2002	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,155.00
											2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	$7,947.50	2003	AVP	8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$10,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00
10	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,245.00	2004	AVP	11	1	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	$29,300.00
											2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00
12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$29,575.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	2	0	3	5	2	0	0	$23,437.50
											2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	0	$12,725.00	2006	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	1	0	$14,062.50
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$7,475.00	2007	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	$6,587.50
115	0	0	5	0	14	52	32	6	6	$114,123.25	Total	Total	244	11	11	24	10	53	77	43	10	5	$678,171.75

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	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	7-10	41.2%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	11-16	40.7%
2006-2007	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	7-10	41.2%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	11-16	40.7%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	1-8	11.1%	8-12	40.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	6-10	37.5%

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	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	16

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