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AVP Tour
$175,000 Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 22 - 25, 2004

(6) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Albert Hannemann - 17th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 9th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 7th	Did not play
1997	Canyon Ceman - 1st	Did not play
1997	Canyon Ceman - 3rd	Did not play
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 13th	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	John Hyden - 29th
2002	Did not play	Albert Hannemann - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-11/2004	Belmar Open	4	5	304	$5,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	15	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	19	17	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	9	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	8	7	180	US$7,000.00
AVP	6/4-6/2004	Manhattan Beach Open	3	3	270	$5,825.00
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	4	3	270	$5,825.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	8	7	180	US$7,000.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	7	3	270	$5,825.00
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

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/23/2004

Winner 1

Everett Matthews / Andrew Vazquez (27, Q7)

Won 35-33, 21-16

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	30	19	5	0.467	1	13	5	5
	1	22	14	4	0.455	0	6	1	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	1	7	4	4
Jeff Nygaard	Total	12	11	1	0.833	5	2	0	0
	1	10	9	1	0.800	4	2	0	0
	2	2	2	0	1.000	1	0	0	0

Fri, 7/23/2004

Winner 2

Scott Ayakatubby / Brian Lewis (11)

Won 21-19, 21-15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	12	9	2	0.583	0	4	0	3
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	2	0	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	2
Jeff Nygaard	Total	22	15	3	0.545	6	1	0	0
	1	12	9	2	0.583	2	1	0	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	4	0	0	0

Sat, 7/24/2004

Winner 3

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (3)

Won 23-25, 21-17, 16-14

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	27	1	16	-0.556	0	16	0	4
	1	10	0	6	-0.600	0	3	0	3
	2	8	0	6	-0.750	0	5	0	0
	3	9	1	4	-0.333	0	8	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	36	2	23	-0.583	3	2	1	1
	1	12	1	8	-0.583	1	0	1	0
	2	12	0	9	-0.750	1	0	0	0
	3	12	1	6	-0.417	1	2	0	1

Sat, 7/24/2004

Winner 4

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (2)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	36	3	19	-0.444	0	10	0	1
	1	17	1	7	-0.353	0	4	0	0
	2	19	2	12	-0.526	0	6	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	13	0	6	-0.462	4	5	2	0
	1	5	0	2	-0.400	3	4	1	0
	2	8	0	4	-0.500	1	1	1	0

Sun, 7/25/2004

Contender 6

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (16)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	14	5	2	0.214	0	7	1	2
	1	9	2	2	0.000	0	5	1	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	42	17	7	0.238	0	7	1	4
	1	22	8	4	0.182	0	5	1	2
	2	20	9	3	0.300	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	119	37	44	-0.059	1	50	6	15
Jeff Nygaard	125	45	40	0.040	18	17	4	5

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 35-24

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kiraly/Lambert 1-3
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-17, 21-18	0:50
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 # 2 Rogers/Scott 2-2
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Rogers/Scott	2	Blanton/Nygaard	6	21-17, 21-19	0:52
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Rogers/Scott	3	16-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:11
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
Series tied with # 3 Rosenthal/Witt 4-4
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Nygaard	6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	23-25, 21-17, 16-14	1:02
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-13, 13-21, 15-13	0:42
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Rosenthal/Witt	2	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Ring/Roumain 1-2
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Ring/Roumain	1	13-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:01
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Ring/Roumain	3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-19, 16-21, 19-17	1:09
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Ring/Roumain	13	Blanton/Nygaard	4	19-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:05
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Jennings 5-6
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Blanton/Nygaard	3	21-15, 21-23, 15-13	1:10
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Blanton/Nygaard	3	21-15, 21-9	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 8 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2-1
9/4/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	21-18, 21-19	0:40
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	21-18, 27-25	0:53
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 9 Fonoimoana/Wong 2-0
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Fonoimoana/Wong	5	21-17, 21-17	0:43
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Fonoimoana/Wong	3	21-18, 21-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 Ayakatubby/Lewis 4-0
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	6	Ayakatubby/Lewis	11	21-19, 21-15
9/6/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Ayakatubby/Lewis	5	21-13, 21-19	0:52
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	Blanton/Nygaard	13	Ayakatubby/Lewis	8	21-17, 21-15	0:49
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Ayakatubby/Lewis	5	23-21, 21-11	0:54
Series tied with # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13 Baxter/Wong 1-0
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Baxter/Wong	11	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:09
Lead the series against # 14 Nichols/Olson 1-0
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Nichols/Olson	13	21-14, 22-24, 15-9	1:04
Lead the series against # 16 Dalhausser/Lucena 2-1
7/25/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Dalhausser/Lucena	16	Blanton/Nygaard	6	21-16, 21-14	0:38
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Dalhausser/Lucena	13	21-16, 21-18	0:38
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 # 19 Mowrey/Ratledge 3-1
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Mowrey/Ratledge	14	17-21, 21-19, 20-18	1:09
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 # 26 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 # 27, Q7 Matthews/Vazquez 1-0
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	6	Matthews/Vazquez	27, Q7	35-33, 21-16	1:00
Lead the series against # Q12 Escobar/Moraes 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	3	Escobar/Moraes	30, Q18	21-15, 21-16	0:34