Team Preview

AVP Tour
$183,000 Birmingham-Hoover Open presented by Vault
July 13 - 16, 2006

(15) Paul Baxter/Jason Ring

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

Jason Ring

Photo: Holly Stein/AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1974 (50 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 Birmingham Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	16	13th	108	$1,550.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	7	9th	208	$3,150.00

Birmingham-Hoover Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 1

Mike DiPierro / Steve Grotowski (18)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	33	26	2	0.727	0	8	0	2
	1	20	14	2	0.600	0	4	0	1
	2	13	12	0	0.923	0	4	0	1
Jason Ring	Total	10	7	1	0.600	0	3	0	1
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	0	1
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	1	0	0

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 2

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (2)

Lost 13-21, 19-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	38	17	8	0.237	0	10	0	0
	1	22	7	5	0.091	0	8	0	0
	2	16	10	3	0.438	0	2	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	0	3
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	0	0	1
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	3	0	2

Sat, 7/15/2006

Contender 2

Scott Davenport / Scott Lane (17)

Won 21-23, 22-20, 15-12

1:26

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	59	30	6	0.407	0	26	0	1
	1	19	9	3	0.316	0	10	0	1
	2	25	11	3	0.320	0	11	0	0
	3	15	10	0	0.667	0	5	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	18	14	2	0.667	2	7	0	3
	1	6	6	0	1.000	0	1	0	2
	2	9	5	2	0.333	1	4	0	1
	3	3	3	0	1.000	1	2	0	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Contender 3

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (23)

Won 17-21, 21-18, 18-16

1:20

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	52	29	7	0.423	0	14	1	2
	1	21	11	3	0.381	0	5	0	1
	2	17	8	1	0.412	0	6	1	1
	3	14	10	3	0.500	0	3	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	13	6	4	0.154	2	6	0	0
	1	6	2	2	0.000	2	2	0	0
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	3	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	1	0	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Contender 4

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (21)

Lost 17-21, 22-24

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	33	13	6	0.212	1	10	0	0
	1	16	8	2	0.375	1	3	0	0
	2	17	5	4	0.059	0	7	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	19	10	3	0.368	4	3	1	4
	1	8	4	1	0.375	1	1	1	2
	2	11	6	2	0.364	3	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	215	115	29	0.400	1	68	1	5
Jason Ring	70	43	12	0.443	8	22	1	11
Total	285	158	41	0.411	9	90	2	16
Opponents	295	160	32	0.434	19	80	9	31

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Ring lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-2
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Baxter/Ring	15	21-13, 21-19	0:39
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Baxter/Ring	16	21-9, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 8 Doble/Mariano 0-1
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Doble/Mariano	8	Baxter/Ring	16	17-21, 21-14, 26-24	1:36
Lead the series against # 16 Blanton/Prosser 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	16	Blanton/Prosser	17	25-27, 24-22, 17-15	1:22
Lead the series against # 17 Davenport/Lane 1-0
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Ring	15	Davenport/Lane	17	21-23, 22-20, 15-12	1:26
Lead the series against # 18 DiPierro/Grotowski 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	15	DiPierro/Grotowski	18	21-19, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 20 Koski/Minc 3-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Ring	16	Koski/Minc	18	21-16, 21-19	0:44
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Ring	5	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:51
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	6	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-16, 24-22	0:46
Trail the series against # 21 Medel/Souza 0-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	21	Baxter/Ring	15	21-17, 24-22	1:01
Lead the series against # 23 Lee/Rester 1-0
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Ring	15	Lee/Rester	23	17-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:20