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AVP Tour
$125,000 Austin Open
April 30 - May 2, 2004

(7) Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Resides:

Los Angeles, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Resides:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	CQ	Money
AVP	17	4	1	3	0	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	$131,835.00
FIVB	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	US$129,000.00
Overall	34	5	1	4	1	4	5	5	2	3	1	2	1	US$260,835.00

Previous Austin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	8	9	144	$1,600.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	4	9	144	$1,600.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	4	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	5	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	7	5	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	5	9	240	US$8,000.00
AVP	9/4-6/2003	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	7	1	432	$30,000.00
AVP	8/28-31/2003	Chicago Open	8	1	432	$17,400.00
AVP	8/14-17/2003	Huntington Beach Open	7	7	216	$3,000.00
AVP	8/7-10/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	5	13	130	$1,260.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	12	4	364	US$15,000.00
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	5	7	180	$2,500.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	16, Q3	3	432	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	19, Q1	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	11	25	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
AVP	6/13-15/2003	San Diego Open	11	1	360	$14,500.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	24	1	300	US$22,000.00
AVP	4/25-27/2003	Tempe Open	13	2	324	$9,750.00
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	12	9	144	$1,600.00

Austin Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/1/2004

Winner 2

Brian Lewis / Jose Loiola (10)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	22	13	4	0.409	0	11	4	3
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	5	3	0
	2	9	4	4	0.000	0	6	1	3
Jeff Nygaard	Total	15	7	1	0.400	5	5	2	0
	1	9	3	1	0.222	3	1	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	2	4	2	0

Sat, 5/1/2004

Winner 3

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (2)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	30	19	6	0.433	0	8	2	4
	1	13	7	4	0.231	0	4	1	2
	2	17	12	2	0.588	0	4	1	2
Jeff Nygaard	Total	19	9	3	0.316	4	4	0	1
	1	10	6	2	0.400	2	1	0	0
	2	9	3	1	0.222	2	3	0	1

Sun, 5/2/2004

Winner 4

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-11

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	30	15	5	0.333	0	17	0	0
	1	14	9	1	0.571	0	10	0	0
	2	11	3	4	-0.091	0	3	0	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	38	18	4	0.368	6	6	1	1
	1	12	5	0	0.417	2	1	0	0
	2	14	4	3	0.071	3	3	0	1
	3	12	9	1	0.667	1	2	1	0

Sun, 5/2/2004

Semi-Finals

Jake Gibb / Adam Jewell (12)

Lost 18-21, 20-22

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	18	10	5	0.278	1	5	1	2
	1	9	5	3	0.222	0	2	0	1
	2	9	5	2	0.333	1	3	1	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	24	14	4	0.417	3	3	1	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	1	1	1	0
	2	14	8	3	0.357	2	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	100	57	20	0.370	1	41	7	9
Jeff Nygaard	96	48	12	0.375	18	18	4	2

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 22-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rogers/Scott 1-1
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Rogers/Scott	7	19-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:09
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Rogers/Scott	12	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-12, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Kiraly/Lambert 1-2
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Kiraly/Lambert	2	21-19, 21-19	0:43
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Lambert	6	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-13, 20-22, 23-21	1:15
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Kiraly/Lambert	2	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-15, 15-21, 15-11	1:01
Series tied with # 3 Rosenthal/Witt 2-2
9/6/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-17, 21-18	0:37
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Rosenthal/Witt	4	18-21, 21-12, 19-17	0:53
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	5	Blanton/Nygaard	7	21-18, 21-18	0:38
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	26	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Ring/Roumain 0-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Ring/Roumain	13	Blanton/Nygaard	4	19-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:05
Lead the series against # 5 Fonoimoana/Wong 1-0
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Fonoimoana/Wong	3	21-18, 21-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 5-4
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 4	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	21, Q5	25-23, 21-16	0:45
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	Blanton/Nygaard	5	13-21, 21-15, 18-16	1:00
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Country Quota	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Fuerbringer/Jennings		21-18, 20-22, 15-8	1:01
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q29	Blanton/Nygaard		21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:58
6/15/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-16, 13-21, 15-12	1:06
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Blanton/Nygaard	11	21-18, 21-19	0:45
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:03
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	13	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-17, 15-21, 21-19	0:57
Series tied with # 8 Hyden/Witt 1-1
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Hyden/Witt	20	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-16, 14-21, 15-11	1:01
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Hyden/Witt	16	21-16, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Holdren/Metzger 0-2
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-17, 22-20	0:44
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Metzger	10	Blanton/Nygaard	7	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 10 Lewis/Loiola 1-0
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Lewis/Loiola	10	21-15, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Gibb/Jewell 2-1
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Jewell	12	Blanton/Nygaard	7	21-18, 22-20	0:46
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Gibb/Jewell	12	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Gibb/Jewell	11	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 14 Mowrey/Ratledge 2-1
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Mowrey/Ratledge	17	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-13, 21-19	0:42
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Mowrey/Ratledge	21	21-13, 21-14	0:36
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Mowrey/Ratledge	21	23-21, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Boss/Williams 2-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Boss/Williams	14	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
6/14/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Boss/Williams	14	21-18, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 21 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Dalhausser/Lucena	37, Q11	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # Q4 Fisher/Guigliano 2-0
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Fisher/Guigliano	25, Q1	21-12, 21-17	0:40
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Fisher/Guigliano	26, Q1	22-20, 19-21, 15-10	1:01
Lead the series against # Q9 Koski/Minc 1-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Koski/Minc	29, Q13	21-13, 21-18	0:42