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$250,000 AVP Cincinnati Open Presented by Liftoff
June 30 - July 3, 2005

(6) Paul Baxter/Jason Ring

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

Jason Ring

Photo: Holly Stein/AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bend, OR

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (AVP Huntington Beach 2004)

Career Winnings:

$145,435.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	15	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	3	3	0	$46,350.00

Previous Mason Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	4	7th	180	$3,500.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	8	3rd	270	$8,450.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	9	7th	180	$3,500.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 1

Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (27, Q3)

Won 21-16, 24-22

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	33	22	4	0.545	0	4	1	1
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	1	1
	2	22	15	3	0.545	0	1	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	10	6	2	0.400	2	4	0	4
	1	5	3	0	0.600	1	3	0	1
	2	5	3	2	0.200	1	1	0	3

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 2

Adam Jewell / Karch Kiraly (11)

Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-12

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	23	13	2	0.478	0	15	0	2
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	6	0	0
	2	9	6	2	0.444	0	7	0	2
	3	5	2	0	0.400	0	2	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	50	31	9	0.440	3	7	1	2
	1	19	9	5	0.211	1	5	0	1
	2	19	13	2	0.579	1	1	1	1
	3	12	9	2	0.583	1	1	0	0

Sat, 7/2/2005

Winner 3

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (3)

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

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	49	25	7	0.367	2	12	1	1
	1	19	9	4	0.263	0	6	0	1
	2	15	8	1	0.467	2	1	1	0
	3	15	8	2	0.400	0	5	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	16	13	1	0.750	4	6	3	5
	1	7	7	0	1.000	1	4	1	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	1	2	2
	3	2	2	0	1.000	2	1	0	2

Sat, 7/2/2005

Winner 4

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (2)

Lost 21-23, 14-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	38	20	10	0.263	0	7	0	0
	1	22	12	5	0.318	0	6	0	0
	2	16	8	5	0.188	0	1	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	8	4	2	0.250	1	4	0	0
	1	5	2	1	0.200	0	2	0	0
	2	3	2	1	0.333	1	2	0	0

Sun, 7/3/2005

Contender 6

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (8)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	31	16	3	0.419	2	9	0	0
	1	14	6	3	0.214	2	5	0	0
	2	17	10	0	0.588	0	4	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	16	13	1	0.750	3	6	0	3
	1	8	8	0	1.000	1	2	0	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	2	4	0	2

Sun, 7/3/2005

Semi-Finals

John Hyden / Mike Lambert (12)

Lost 19-21, 11-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	35	19	7	0.343	0	3	0	1
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	1	0	0
	2	20	10	5	0.250	0	2	0	1
Jason Ring	Total	11	4	3	0.091	1	4	0	3
	1	8	3	2	0.125	1	4	0	2
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	209	115	33	0.392	4	50	2	5
Jason Ring	111	71	18	0.477	14	31	4	17
Total	320	186	51	0.422	18	81	6	22
Opponents	316	176	42	0.424	29	76	9	21

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	14	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	3	2	0	0	$45,750.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
Total	15	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	3	3	0	0	$46,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Jason Ring
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	80	1	1	8	0	17	30	14	4	0	$119,135.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	$17,125.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	93	1	1	8	0	19	32	19	4	0	$138,210.00

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
2002	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	3	2	60.0 %
2005	AVP	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$27,450.00	17	8	68.0 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$29,050.00	20	10	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Jason Ring
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$1,641.25	1997	AVP
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1	0	$3,537.00	1998	AVP
11	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	$8,287.50	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	USAV
10	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1	0	$8,375.00	2000	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$1,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$5,975.00	2001	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$4,225.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$5,840.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	$2,875.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	$7,947.50	2003	AVP	7	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	$6,552.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$10,500.00	2003	FIVB
10	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,245.00	2004	AVP	11	1	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	$27,050.00
6	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$19,050.00	2005	AVP	6	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$16,925.00
85	0	0	5	0	12	33	24	5	6	$83,398.25	Total	Total	44	1	0	5	0	14	7	8	3	6	$59,002.50

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	14	60.9%	6	26.1%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	10	37.0%	1	3.7%	16	59.3%	10-17	37.0%	14-16	46.7%	16-4	80.0%	0	0	30-20	60.0%
2004-2005	10	66.7%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	7	38.9%	0	0.0%	11	61.1%	7-11	38.9%	10-11	47.6%	11-1	91.7%	0	0	21-12	63.6%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	6	40.0%	0	0.0%	9	60.0%	6-9	40.0%	16-18	47.1%	18-2	90.0%	0	0	17-10	63.0%

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	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	30	20
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	30	20

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Ring lead the series against the field 14-7 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 0-1
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 5	Gibb/Metzger	6	Baxter/Ring	9	21-14, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Holdren/Nygaard 0-2
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Baxter/Ring	6	23-21, 21-14	0:46
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Baxter/Ring	8	21-19, 21-12	0:42
Series tied with # 3 Rogers/Scott 1-1
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Baxter/Ring	6	Rogers/Scott	3	22-20, 17-21, 17-15	1:06
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Rogers/Scott	9	Baxter/Ring	8	24-22, 21-15	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Baxter/Ring	4	22-20, 21-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 5	Baxter/Ring	8	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	17-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 8 Rosenthal/Witt 1-0
7/3/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 6	Baxter/Ring	6	Rosenthal/Witt	8	21-17, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 9 Williams/Wong 2-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Baxter/Ring	4	Williams/Wong	13	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:10
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Baxter/Ring	8	Williams/Wong	14	20-22, 29-27, 15-13	1:21
Lead the series against # 10 Boss/Lewis 2-0
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 6	Baxter/Ring	8	Boss/Lewis	13	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:06
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Baxter/Ring	9	Boss/Lewis	13	21-18, 21-15	0:46
Series tied with # 11 Jewell/Kiraly 1-1
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Baxter/Ring	6	Jewell/Kiraly	11	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:03
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Jewell/Kiraly	12	Baxter/Ring	4	21-16, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 12 Hyden/Lambert 0-1
7/3/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Lambert	12	Baxter/Ring	6	21-19, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 Olson/Stolfus 2-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Baxter/Ring	4	Olson/Stolfus	15	25-23, 22-20	0:49
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Ring	9	Olson/Stolfus	16	24-22, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 18 Heath/Mariano 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Ring	8	Heath/Mariano	18	21-16, 21-17	0:52
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Koski/Minc 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	6	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-16, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Kumgisky/Prosser 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	4	Kumgisky/Prosser	29, Q20	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q7 Hill/Mintz 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Ring	9	Hill/Mintz	25, Q12	21-11, 21-12	0:35