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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Cincinnati Open Presented by Liftoff
June 30 - July 3, 2005

(27, Q3) Ben Koski/Jeff Minc

Ben Koski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Santa Barbara City College
California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$12,727.50

Jeff Minc

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$14,127.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	43	49	57	Money
AVP	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17	10	1	1	1	1	2	$25,225.00
Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$230.00
Overall	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17	11	1	1	1	1	2	$25,455.00

Previous Mason Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	30, Q6	25	36	$100.00
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	Q2	57	0	$0.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	Q9	25	36	$0.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	24, Q12	17	72	$500.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	29, Q13	25	36	$100.00
AVP	8/28-31/2003	Chicago Open	32, Q21	25	44	$100.00
AVP	8/14-17/2003	Huntington Beach Open	Q33	43	10	$0.00
AVP	8/7-10/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	Q30	49	14	$0.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 6/30/2005

Qualifier 2

Brian Kramer / Mark Lau (Q30)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:53

Thu, 6/30/2005

Qualifier 3

Jim VanZwieten / Steve VanZwieten (Q14)

Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-9

1:13

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 1

Paul Baxter / Jason Ring (6)

Lost 16-21, 22-24

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	24	12	3	0.375	5	3	0	4
	1	11	4	1	0.273	1	3	0	3
	2	13	8	2	0.462	4	0	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	28	13	6	0.250	0	6	2	2
	1	16	9	4	0.313	0	3	1	1
	2	12	4	2	0.167	0	3	1	1

Fri, 7/1/2005

Contender 1

Eduardo Bacil / AJ Mihalic (22)

Won 21-19, 15-21, 15-12

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	25	19	4	0.600	4	4	0	0
	1	15	12	2	0.667	2	0	0	0
	2	4	2	2	0.000	1	2	0	0
	3	6	5	0	0.833	1	2	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	33	18	8	0.303	0	12	0	2
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	5	0	2
	2	14	8	4	0.286	0	3	0	0
	3	13	8	3	0.385	0	4	0	0

Sat, 7/2/2005

Contender 2

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (5)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	29	15	7	0.276	0	4	0	5
	1	17	8	4	0.235	0	3	0	2
	2	12	7	3	0.333	0	1	0	3
Jeff Minc	Total	15	8	4	0.267	0	3	1	0
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	1	0	0
	2	8	3	4	-0.125	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	78	46	14	0.410	9	11	0	9
Jeff Minc	76	39	18	0.276	0	21	3	4

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Rogers/Scott 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	3	Koski/Minc	30, Q6	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 0-1
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Baxter/Ring 0-1
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	6	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-16, 24-22	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Loiola/Souza 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 1	Loiola/Souza	14	Koski/Minc	30, Q6	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Bacil/Mihalic 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	Bacil/Mihalic	22	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q8 Adams/Pray 1-0
6/10/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Qualifier 4	Koski/Minc	30, Q6	Adams/Pray	Q11	21-17, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # Q14 VanZwieten/VanZwieten 1-0
6/30/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 3	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	VanZwieten/VanZwieten	Q14	19-21, 21-13, 15-9	1:13
Lead the series against # Q30 Kramer/Lau 1-0
6/30/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	Kramer/Lau	Q30	21-16, 21-15	0:53