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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Huntington Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 11 - 13, 2005

(1) Dax Holdren/Jeff Nygaard

Dax Holdren

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

Goleta, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Santa Barbara City College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$699,496.50

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	25	Money
AVP	22	1	5	6	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	$200,950.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
USAV 1999	Todd Rogers - 5th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Scott Davenport - 7th
2002	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st	Albert Hannemann - 7th
2003	Stein Metzger - 9th	Dain Blanton - 7th
2004	Did not play	Dain Blanton - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	2	2	468	$20,000.00
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	1	7	180	$3,500.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	2	2	468	$20,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	1	3	270	$8,450.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	2	1	360	$20,000.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	2	3	270	$8,450.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	4	2	324	$14,000.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	5	2	324	$14,000.00
AVP	10/16-17/2004	Santa Barbara Invitational	4	3	0	$6,000.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 1

Chris Harger / Tony Pray (32, Q12)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	16	9	2	0.438	0	9	1	1
	1	3	1	0	0.333	0	2	1	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	7	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	21	17	1	0.762	4	3	2	3
	1	11	10	1	0.818	2	2	2	3
	2	10	7	0	0.700	2	1	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 2

Brian Lewis / Sean Rooney (16)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	18	14	0	0.778	0	18	3	0
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	11	2	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	7	1	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	34	20	5	0.441	2	3	0	2
	1	15	9	2	0.467	1	1	0	2
	2	19	11	3	0.421	1	2	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 3

Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (8)

Won 26-24, 21-14

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	34	20	6	0.412	0	9	2	0
	1	23	12	5	0.304	0	7	0	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	2	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	19	14	3	0.579	4	2	1	4
	1	12	9	2	0.583	2	1	1	2
	2	7	5	1	0.571	2	1	0	2

Sat, 8/13/2005

Winner 4

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (5)

Lost 17-21, 15-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	18	9	3	0.333	0	5	0	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	0	1
	2	10	4	2	0.200	0	1	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	33	14	8	0.182	2	5	1	5
	1	15	8	3	0.333	0	2	0	2
	2	18	6	5	0.056	2	3	1	3

Sat, 8/13/2005

Contender 6

Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger (2)

Lost 19-21, 32-30, 11-15

1:16

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	36	21	5	0.444	0	15	3	1
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	6	0	1
	2	20	12	2	0.500	0	8	3	0
	3	7	3	1	0.286	0	1	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	41	24	8	0.390	4	1	0	4
	1	13	7	2	0.385	3	0	0	1
	2	20	13	3	0.500	1	1	0	2
	3	8	4	3	0.125	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	122	73	16	0.467	0	56	9	3
Jeff Nygaard	148	89	25	0.432	16	14	4	18

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Nygaard lead the series against the field 23-12

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Metzger 1-3
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Metzger	2	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-19, 30-32, 15-11	1:16
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Gibb/Metzger	1	21-18, 12-21, 15-13	1:10
4/24/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Gibb/Metzger	2	Holdren/Nygaard	4	21-19, 21-16	1:00
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Finals	Gibb/Metzger	6	Holdren/Nygaard	5	21-14, 21-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 3-2
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:08
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:05
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	1:05
4/24/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Nygaard	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-16, 21-16	0:41
10/16/04	AVP	Santa Barbara Invitational	Contender 4	Holdren/Nygaard	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-14, 27-25	0:52
Lead the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena 3-1
7/3/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	21-19, 21-14	0:50
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Dalhausser/Lucena	7	21-14, 24-22	0:42
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	Holdren/Nygaard	2	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	21-18, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott 2-3
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Rogers/Scott	5	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-17, 21-15	0:44
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Rogers/Scott	3	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-19, 21-18	0:59
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Rogers/Scott	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	1:20
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Nygaard	5	Rogers/Scott	2	21-11, 20-22, 15-10	1:00
10/16/04	AVP	Santa Barbara Invitational	Winner 3	Rogers/Scott	1	Holdren/Nygaard	4	13-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:58
Trail the series against # 6 Rosenthal/Witt 1-3
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Holdren/Nygaard	2	21-18, 21-16	0:45
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Holdren/Nygaard	1	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	1:07
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Rosenthal/Witt	10	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Holdren/Nygaard	5	23-25, 21-16, 15-8	1:05
Lead the series against # 8 Blanton/Wong 3-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Blanton/Wong	8	26-24, 21-14	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 9 Williams/Wong 1-0
7/23/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Williams/Wong	11	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Ceman/Turner 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Ceman/Turner	17	21-12, 31-29	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Lewis/Rooney 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Lewis/Rooney	16	21-14, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 19 Heath/Mariano 1-0
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Heath/Mariano	18, Q3	21-12, 27-25	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Ratledge/Wachtfogel 2-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	18	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:02
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	21	21-9, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 30 Moraes/Morrison 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Moraes/Morrison	31, Q12	21-13, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 32, Q12 Harger/Pray 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Harger/Pray	32, Q12	21-12, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q5 Kumgisky/Prosser 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Kumgisky/Prosser	31, Q14	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q7 Carlucci/Magill 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Carlucci/Magill	31, Q10	21-16, 21-14