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AVP Tour
$175,000 Belmar Open Presented by Bud Light
July 8 - 10, 2005

(10) Dain Blanton/Kevin Wong

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

Kevin Wong

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Resides:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$757,282.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	12	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	1	2	0	$46,875.00
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	US$29,000.00
Overall	16	0	0	2	0	2	2	4	1	5	0	US$75,875.00

Previous Belmar Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Ian Clark - 9th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 13th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 5th	Did not play
1997	Eric Fonoimoana - 4th	Raul Papaleo - 7th
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th	Did not play
2002	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 3rd
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 7th	Did not play
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	7	9	208	$3,150.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	22	17	200	US$7,500.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	6	7	180	$3,500.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	3	17	72	$550.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	4	7	180	$3,500.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	3	9	144	$2,200.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	3	3	270	$8,450.00

Belmar Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/9/2005

Winner 1

Ty Loomis / Anthony Medel (23, Q1)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	13	9	2	0.538	1	7	2	2
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	3	1	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	1	4	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	23	14	2	0.522	3	5	3	4
	1	10	4	1	0.300	2	2	2	2
	2	13	10	1	0.692	1	3	1	2

Sat, 7/9/2005

Winner 2

John Hyden / Mike Lambert (7)

Won 21-18, 20-22, 17-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	49	26	8	0.367	0	6	1	4
	1	12	4	4	0.000	0	0	1	3
	2	18	11	3	0.444	0	2	0	1
	3	19	11	1	0.526	0	4	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	27	16	4	0.444	1	5	1	7
	1	11	10	1	0.818	0	2	0	2
	2	8	2	2	0.000	1	1	0	3
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	2	1	2

Sat, 7/9/2005

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger (2)

Lost 17-21, 25-27

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	27	11	4	0.259	0	10	3	2
	1	11	3	3	0.000	0	3	1	1
	2	16	8	1	0.438	0	7	2	1
Kevin Wong	Total	34	18	8	0.294	2	5	0	2
	1	13	9	3	0.462	0	3	0	1
	2	21	9	5	0.190	2	2	0	1

Sat, 7/9/2005

Contender 4

Matt Olson / Hans Stolfus (14)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	20	11	1	0.500	1	9	1	2
	1	7	3	1	0.286	1	3	0	0
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	6	1	2
Kevin Wong	Total	22	14	1	0.591	5	8	1	0
	1	8	7	0	0.875	2	2	1	0
	2	14	7	1	0.429	3	6	0	0

Sun, 7/10/2005

Contender 5

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (6)

Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-10

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	42	22	6	0.381	0	14	0	3
	1	17	6	4	0.118	0	5	0	3
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	5	0	0
	3	9	7	0	0.778	0	4	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	21	11	1	0.476	1	7	1	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	1	0	1
	2	7	3	0	0.429	1	4	1	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	0	0

Sun, 7/10/2005

Contender 6

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (4)

Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-11

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	17	10	3	0.412	0	13	0	2
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	5	0	1
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	4	0	1
	3	6	3	2	0.167	0	4	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	54	30	5	0.463	5	14	1	2
	1	20	12	2	0.500	2	5	0	2
	2	22	11	3	0.364	2	6	1	0
	3	12	7	0	0.583	1	3	0	0

Sun, 7/10/2005

Semi-Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	24	10	4	0.250	0	13	0	3
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	7	0	2
	2	14	5	3	0.143	0	6	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	34	14	4	0.294	3	6	0	2
	1	20	8	3	0.250	2	2	0	1
	2	14	6	1	0.357	1	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	192	99	28	0.370	2	72	7	18
Kevin Wong	215	117	25	0.428	20	50	7	18

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong lead the series against the field 11-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Holdren/Nygaard 0-2
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Blanton/Wong	7	18-21, 31-29, 15-13	1:17
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	5	Blanton/Wong	3	21-18, 21-7	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Metzger 0-1
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	2	Blanton/Wong	10	21-17, 27-25	0:52
Series tied with # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-1
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Blanton/Wong	10	21-18, 21-15	0:47
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Blanton/Wong	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	25-23, 14-21, 15-11	1:10
Series tied with # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena 2-2
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Wong	10	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:59
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	Blanton/Wong	7	21-16, 23-21	0:46
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Dalhausser/Lucena	7	Blanton/Wong	6	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:59
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Wong	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	11	24-26, 21-13, 15-7	0:57
Series tied with # 6 Rogers/Scott 1-1
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Wong	10	Rogers/Scott	6	14-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:09
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Rogers/Scott	3	Blanton/Wong	6	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 Hyden/Lambert 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	10	Hyden/Lambert	7	21-18, 20-22, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 8 Rosenthal/Witt 2-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Wong	6	Rosenthal/Witt	9	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:53
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Blanton/Wong	4	21-18, 21-19	0:46
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 9 Williams/Wong 2-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Williams/Wong	14	Blanton/Wong	3	23-21, 14-21, 17-15	1:13
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	4	Williams/Wong	13	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	1:10
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Williams/Wong	14	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 Olson/Stolfus 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Wong	10	Olson/Stolfus	14	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 16 Lane/Mowrey 0-1
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Lane/Mowrey	19	Blanton/Wong	3	21-17, 28-26	0:46
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Loomis/Medel 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	10	Loomis/Medel	23, Q1	21-16, 21-15	0:40