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AVP Tour
$125,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
June 4 - 6, 2004

(16) Jim Nichols/Matt Olson

Jim Nichols

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 4, 1966 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$168,511.50

Matt Olson

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 2, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cardiff, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$262,930.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	0	$12,260.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1988	. Grindis - 13th	Did not play
1989	Tom Grindle - 13th	Did not play
1993	Brian Gatzke - 7th	Did not play
1994	Mark Kerins - 9th	Did not play
1995	Daniel Cardenas - 25th	Did not play
1996	Dan Vrebalovich - 13th	Did not play
1999	Ricci Luyties - 25th	Did not play
2000	Daniel Cardenas - 13th	Did not play
2001	Daniel Cardenas - 13th	Did not play
2002	Chuck Moore - 33rd	Jeff Hall - 25th
2003	Mark Paaluhi - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	13	13th	108	$1,050.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	19, Q3	13th	108	$1,050.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	22, Q7	9th	144	$1,600.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	21, Q5	17th	72	$400.00
AVP	6/13-15/2003	San Diego Open	29, Q9	17th	72	$400.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 1

Aaron Boss / Jose Loiola (17)

Won 21-14, 15-21, 16-14

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	30	19	2	0.567	0	17	0	2
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	4	0	2
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	6	0	0
	3	11	7	1	0.545	0	7	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	37	20	4	0.432	3	5	0	2
	1	18	10	2	0.444	1	4	0	2
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	1	0	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	2	0	0	0

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 2

Jason Ring / George Roumain (1)

Lost 15-21, 16-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	41	19	7	0.293	0	5	0	1
	1	19	9	3	0.316	0	1	0	1
	2	22	10	4	0.273	0	4	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	8	4	3	0.125	1	1	1	0
	1	3	2	1	0.333	0	0	1	0
	2	5	2	2	0.000	1	1	0	0

Sat, 6/5/2004

Contender 2

Ian Clark / Scott Davenport (18)

Won 21-9, 21-19

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	28	16	0	0.571	0	11	0	0
	1	9	4	0	0.444	0	7	0	0
	2	19	12	0	0.632	0	4	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	10	6	2	0.400	6	5	0	0
	1	8	5	1	0.500	4	3	0	0
	2	2	1	1	0.000	2	2	0	0

Sat, 6/5/2004

Contender 3

Brent Doble / Brian Lewis (10)

Lost 25-23, 22-24, 9-15

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	61	29	4	0.410	0	14	0	1
	1	19	11	0	0.579	0	6	0	1
	2	25	11	3	0.320	0	3	0	0
	3	17	7	1	0.353	0	5	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	21	4	6	-0.095	2	6	0	1
	1	7	0	4	-0.571	0	2	0	0
	2	8	4	2	0.250	1	4	0	1
	3	6	0	0	0.000	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	160	83	13	0.438	0	47	0	4
Matt Olson	76	34	15	0.250	12	17	1	3
Total	236	117	28	0.377	12	64	1	7
Opponents	261	145	27	0.452	8	75	2	16

Head to Head Results
Nichols/Olson trail the series against the field 6-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ring/Roumain 0-1
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Ring/Roumain	1	Nichols/Olson	16	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Blanton/Nygaard 0-1
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Nichols/Olson	13	21-14, 22-24, 15-9	1:04
Trail the series against # 5 Hyden/Witt 0-2
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Hyden/Witt	11	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:48
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	Hyden/Witt	11	Nichols/Olson	21, Q5	21-7, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Ceman/Whitmarsh 0-1
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Nichols/Olson	13	21-13, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Gibb/Jewell 0-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Jewell	12	Nichols/Olson	21, Q5	21-18, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 9 Fonoimoana/Wong 0-1
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 2	Fonoimoana/Wong	5	Nichols/Olson	19, Q3	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Doble/Lewis 0-1
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Doble/Lewis	10	Nichols/Olson	16	23-25, 24-22, 15-9	1:10
Lead the series against # 12 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	Dalhausser/Lucena	21	25-23, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 13 Baxter/Wong 1-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	Baxter/Wong	13	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 14 Mowrey/Ratledge 1-1
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Nichols/Olson	13	Mowrey/Ratledge	14	21-11, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Mowrey/Ratledge	14	Nichols/Olson	19, Q3	21-13, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 17 Boss/Loiola 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Nichols/Olson	16	Boss/Loiola	17	21-14, 15-21, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # 18 Clark/Davenport 2-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Nichols/Olson	16	Clark/Davenport	18	21-9, 21-19	0:46
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Nichols/Olson	13	Clark/Davenport	20	22-20, 25-23	0:45