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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 21, 2005

(29, Q2) Brian Corso/Jim Nichols

Brian Corso

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$2,325.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,850.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1988	Did not play	. Grindis - 13th
1989	Did not play	Tom Grindle - 13th
1993	Did not play	Brian Gatzke - 7th
1994	Did not play	Mark Kerins - 9th
1995	Did not play	Daniel Cardenas - 25th
1996	Did not play	Dan Vrebalovich - 13th
1999	Did not play	Ricci Luyties - 25th
2000	Did not play	Daniel Cardenas - 13th
2001	Did not play	Daniel Cardenas - 13th
2002	Did not play	Chuck Moore - 33rd
2003	Myron Miller - 33rd	Mark Paaluhi - 25th
2004	Said Souikane - 25th	Matt Olson - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	27, Q3	17	104	$800.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	27, Q1	25	52	$250.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 2

Erik Gomez / Dan Madden (Q66)

Won 21-16, 21-13

0:44

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 3

Blake Cantrell / Tim Nestlerode (Q34)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:50

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 4

JP Calderon / Jon Thompson (Q18)

Won 21-19, 21-9

0:44

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (4)

Lost 11-21, 16-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	13	6	2	0.308	1	4	1	2
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	1	1
	2	6	2	2	0.000	1	2	0	1
Jim Nichols	Total	32	13	3	0.313	0	4	0	0
	1	16	5	0	0.313	0	1	0	0
	2	16	8	3	0.313	0	3	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 2

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (14)

Lost 17-21, 10-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	15	8	3	0.333	3	8	0	2
	1	10	6	0	0.600	1	6	0	1
	2	5	2	3	-0.200	2	2	0	1
Jim Nichols	Total	46	14	11	0.065	0	11	0	0
	1	24	8	6	0.083	0	7	0	0
	2	22	6	5	0.045	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/21/2005

Contender 1

Ed Ratledge / Aaron Wachtfogel (20)

Won 21-19, 23-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	Total	24	16	4	0.500	4	2	0	5
	1	13	8	2	0.462	2	1	0	2
	2	11	8	2	0.545	2	1	0	3
Jim Nichols	Total	24	14	2	0.500	1	6	0	0
	1	8	5	0	0.625	1	3	0	0
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Corso	52	30	9	0.404	8	14	1	9
Jim Nichols	102	41	16	0.245	1	21	0	0

Head to Head Results
Corso/Nichols lead the series against the field 9-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Rosenthal/Witt 0-3
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	21-11, 21-16	0:38
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:42
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	21-19, 21-16
Trail the series against # 14 Doble/Olson 0-1
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	14	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	21-17, 21-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 Ratledge/Wachtfogel 1-0
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	Ratledge/Wachtfogel	20	21-19, 23-21	0:50
Lead the series against # 28 Mihalic/Mowrey 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	Mihalic/Mowrey	22	22-20, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q15 Black/Heagy 1-0
7/21/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	Black/Heagy	Q17	22-20, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # Q16 Dake/Holmes 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	Dake/Holmes	Q14	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # Q18 Calderon/Thompson 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	Calderon/Thompson	Q18	21-19, 21-9	0:44
Lead the series against # Q24 Bennett/Smith 1-0
7/21/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Corso/Nichols	27, Q1	Bennett/Smith	Q32	21-19, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # Q32 Gregan/Wight 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Corso/Nichols	27, Q3	Gregan/Wight	Q35	21-11, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q34 Cantrell/Nestlerode 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	Cantrell/Nestlerode	Q34	21-13, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # Q66 Gomez/Madden 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Corso/Nichols	29, Q2	Gomez/Madden	Q66	21-16, 21-13	0:44