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

(14) Jim Nichols/Matt Olson

Jim Nichols

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 4, 1966 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Resides:

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

Resides:

Carlsbad, 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1993	Mark Knudsen - 25th	Did not play
1994	Craig Moothart - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 1995	Michael Schlegel - 7th	Did not play
1995	Michael Schlegel - 13th	Did not play
1996	Dan Vrebalovich - 13th	Did not play
1997	Ricci Luyties - 17th	Did not play
1997	Lee LeGrande - 17th	Did not play
1998	Mark Paaluhi - 13th	Did not play
1999	Nathan Heidger - 25th	Did not play
2000	Paul Boyd - 17th	Did not play
2001	Ricci Luyties - 17th	Sean Burke - 25th
2002	Daniel Cardenas - 25th	Jeff Hall - 25th
2003	Colin Wellman - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-11/2004	Belmar Open	12	9	200	$2,200.00
AVP	6/11-13/2004	San Diego Open	14	9	144	$1,600.00
AVP	6/4-6/2004	Manhattan Beach Open	16	13	108	$1,050.00
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	13	13	108	$1,050.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	19, Q3	13	108	$1,050.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	22, Q7	9	144	$1,600.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	21, Q5	17	72	$400.00
AVP	6/13-15/2003	San Diego Open	29, Q9	17	72	$400.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/23/2004

Winner 1

Chad Mowrey / Ed Ratledge (19)

Lost 17-21, 21-17, 11-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	43	23	3	0.465	0	13	0	1
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	6	0	1
	2	18	9	0	0.500	0	3	0	0
	3	10	5	1	0.400	0	4	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	17	8	1	0.412	4	3	2	1
	1	5	1	0	0.200	1	1	1	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	2	1	1	0
	3	7	3	1	0.286	1	1	0	1

Fri, 7/23/2004

Contender 1

Morgan Mainz / Dennis Roberts (30, Q13)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	18	12	0	0.667	1	3	1	2
	1	10	5	0	0.500	1	2	0	1
	2	8	7	0	0.875	0	1	1	1
Matt Olson	Total	24	18	2	0.667	0	4	0	1
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	2	0	0
	2	12	9	1	0.667	0	2	0	1

Sat, 7/24/2004

Contender 2

Paul Baxter / Scott Wong (13)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	18	1	11	-0.556	1	9	0	0
	1	10	1	7	-0.600	1	4	0	0
	2	8	0	4	-0.500	0	5	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	31	8	13	-0.161	1	4	0	0
	1	12	3	5	-0.167	0	2	0	0
	2	19	5	8	-0.158	1	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	79	36	14	0.278	2	25	1	3
Matt Olson	72	34	16	0.250	5	11	2	2

Head to Head Results
Nichols/Olson trail the series against the field 9-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Rogers/Scott 0-1
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Rogers/Scott	2	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Rosenthal/Witt 1-0
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Nichols/Olson	14	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Ring/Roumain 0-2
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Ring/Roumain	1	Nichols/Olson	14	21-11, 21-19	0:39
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 # 6 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 # 8 Ceman/Whitmarsh 0-2
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Nichols/Olson	12	21-10, 24-26, 15-13	1:06
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 # 9 Fonoimoana/Wong 0-3
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Fonoimoana/Wong	5	Nichols/Olson	12	21-18, 21-15	0:49
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Fonoimoana/Wong	6	Nichols/Olson	14	21-19, 21-13	0:39
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 # 12 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
Series tied with # 13 Baxter/Wong 1-1
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Wong	13	Nichols/Olson	14	21-17, 21-16	0:46
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	Baxter/Wong	13	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 16 Dalhausser/Lucena 2-0
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 3	Nichols/Olson	12	Dalhausser/Lucena	13	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:52
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	Dalhausser/Lucena	21	25-23, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
Series tied with # 19 Mowrey/Ratledge 2-2
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Mowrey/Ratledge	19	Nichols/Olson	14	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:59
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Nichols/Olson	12	Mowrey/Ratledge	11	18-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:06
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 # 21 Hannemann/McCaw 1-0
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Nichols/Olson	12	Hannemann/McCaw	21	21-19, 22-24, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 Mainz/Roberts 1-0
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Nichols/Olson	14	Mainz/Roberts	30, Q13	21-14, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # Q11 Hill/Mintz 1-0
4/23/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Qualifier 3	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	Hill/Mintz	Q10	21-11, 21-17	0:43