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AVP Tour
$280,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 9 - 12, 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Did not play	Lee LeGrande - 25th
1995	Did not play	Ian Clark - 17th
1996	Did not play	Canyon Ceman - 7th
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Eric Fonoimoana - 4th
2000	Sean Scott - 17th	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th
2001	Jason Ring - 17th	Did not play
2002	Alika Williams - 5th	Carl Henkel - 33rd
2003	Carl Henkel - 33rd	Jeff Nygaard - 13th
2004	Scott Wong - 9th	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd
2005	Fred Souza - 13th	Kevin Wong - 17th
2006	Aaron Boss - 25th	Matt Prosser - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	15	17th	104	$900.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	19	13th	156	$2,200.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 1

John Mayer / Kevin Wong (14)

Lost 18-21, 21-18, 11-15

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	23	12	2	0.435	1	12	1	2
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	5	1	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	1	5	0	1
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	1
Dain Blanton	Total	46	23	10	0.283	0	9	4	6
	1	18	8	3	0.278	0	5	0	4
	2	19	10	5	0.263	0	3	4	2
	3	9	5	2	0.333	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/10/2007

Contender 1

Michael Rupp / Fernando Sabla (30, Q26)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	12	8	1	0.583	2	4	5	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	1	4	1	1
	2	1	1	0	1.000	1	0	4	1
Dain Blanton	Total	33	14	8	0.182	0	9	2	5
	1	19	8	4	0.211	0	6	1	2
	2	14	6	4	0.143	0	3	1	3

Sat, 8/11/2007

Contender 2

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (13)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	8	5	0	0.625	1	5	0	0
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	2	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	43	14	6	0.186	1	10	0	4
	1	19	7	4	0.158	0	4	0	2
	2	24	7	2	0.208	1	6	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	43	25	3	0.512	4	21	6	4
Dain Blanton	122	51	24	0.221	1	28	6	15

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Blanton trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 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 # 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
Series tied with # 13 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-1
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Wachtfogel/Wong	13	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-14, 21-16	0:59
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Wachtfogel/Wong	14	30-28, 21-16	1:05
Trail the series against # 14 Mayer/Wong 0-1
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Wong	14	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	1:12
Trail the series against # 16 Mariano/Ratledge 0-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	16	Baxter/Blanton	15	21-17, 22-20	1:04
Lead the series against # 24 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q26 Rupp/Sabla 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Rupp/Sabla	30, Q26	21-14, 21-11	0:37