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AVP Tour
$250,000 Bud Light Santa Barbara Open
May 18 - 21, 2006

(32, Q86) Michael Thornton/Eyal Zimet

Michael Thornton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$325.00

Eyal Zimet

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$52,530.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$650.00

Previous Santa Barbara Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/18/2006

Qualifier 1

Todd Hollenbeck / Matt Wilkens (Q43)

Won 21-14, 21-10

0:42

Thu, 5/18/2006

Qualifier 2

Garrett Black / Travis Regner (Q22)

Won 21-15, 21-18

0:43

Thu, 5/18/2006

Qualifier 3

Joe Hillman / Casey Patterson (Q75)

Won 21-9, 21-19

0:37

Thu, 5/18/2006

Qualifier 4

Pepe Delahoz / Dan Fisher (Q6)

Won 21-14, 17-21, 15-8

Fri, 5/19/2006

Winner 1

Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 20-22, 17-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Thornton	Total	35	16	9	0.200	4	5	0	4
	1	24	11	7	0.167	3	2	0	2
	2	11	5	2	0.273	1	3	0	2
Eyal Zimet	Total	19	10	2	0.421	0	5	3	1
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	2	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	0	3	1	1

Fri, 5/19/2006

Contender 1

AJ Mihalic / Chad Mowrey (17)

Lost 21-17, 14-21, 9-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Thornton	Total	21	14	1	0.619	0	2	2	5
	1	14	10	1	0.643	0	1	0	2
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	0	1	1
	3	2	1	0	0.500	0	1	1	2
Eyal Zimet	Total	20	9	6	0.150	1	2	1	4
	1	4	1	2	-0.250	1	1	0	1
	2	7	2	2	0.000	0	0	1	0
	3	9	6	2	0.444	0	1	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Thornton	56	30	10	0.357	4	7	2	9
Eyal Zimet	39	19	8	0.282	1	7	4	5
Total	95	49	18	0.326	5	14	6	14
Opponents	92	55	12	0.467	10	21	7	10

Head to Head Results
Thornton/Zimet lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	22-20, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 17 Mihalic/Mowrey 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Mihalic/Mowrey	17	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # Q6 Delahoz/Fisher 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 4	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	Delahoz/Fisher	Q6	21-14, 17-21, 15-8
Lead the series against # Q22 Black/Regner 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 2	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	Black/Regner	Q22	21-15, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # Q43 Hollenbeck/Wilkens 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 1	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	Hollenbeck/Wilkens	Q43	21-14, 21-10	0:42
Lead the series against # Q75 Hillman/Patterson 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 3	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	Hillman/Patterson	Q75	21-9, 21-19	0:37