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AVP Tour
$375,000 Chicago Open Presented by McDonald's
September 1 - 3, 2005

(26, Q2) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Jeff Minc - 25th	Ben Koski - 25th
2004	Did not play	Aaron Wachtfogel - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	24, Q1	25	52	$250.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	22	17	104	$800.00
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	27, Q3	17	72	$550.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	27, Q3	17	104	$800.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 9/1/2005

Qualifier 2

Zachary Franklin / Nic Stojak (Q66)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:32

Thu, 9/1/2005

Qualifier 3

Mark VanZwieten / Steve VanZwieten (Q34)

Won 21-13, 21-9

0:32

Thu, 9/1/2005

Qualifier 4

Kevin Dake / Jeremie Holmes (Q15)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:44

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 1

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (7)

Lost 14-21, 9-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	13	5	5	0.000	1	1	2	2
	1	8	4	3	0.125	0	1	2	1
	2	5	1	2	-0.200	1	0	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	25	11	11	0.000	0	4	0	1
	1	13	5	6	-0.077	0	3	0	1
	2	12	6	5	0.083	0	1	0	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 1

John Mayer / Matt Prosser (23, Q1)

Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-12

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	21	15	4	0.524	5	2	2	6
	1	8	6	2	0.500	1	1	1	2
	2	4	3	1	0.500	3	0	0	3
	3	9	6	1	0.556	1	1	1	1
Jeff Minc	Total	32	17	2	0.469	0	14	0	2
	1	16	6	0	0.375	0	5	0	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	7	0	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	2	0	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 2

Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (9)

Lost 10-21, 21-18, 11-15

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	22	12	6	0.273	5	1	2	4
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	0	0	3
	2	7	4	2	0.286	2	1	2	0
	3	6	2	3	-0.167	3	0	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	38	15	9	0.158	0	14	0	3
	1	12	3	2	0.083	0	2	0	1
	2	17	10	3	0.412	0	8	0	1
	3	9	2	4	-0.222	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	56	32	15	0.304	11	4	6	12
Jeff Minc	95	43	22	0.221	0	32	0	6

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc trail the series against the field 7-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott 0-2
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	6	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-18, 21-14	0:39
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 # 7 Dalhausser/Lucena 0-2
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	7	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	21-14, 21-9	0:33
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 # 8 Williams/Wong 0-2
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Williams/Wong	9	Koski/Minc	24, Q1	21-14, 17-21, 15-11	0:51
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Williams/Wong	11	Koski/Minc	22	21-12, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Blanton/Wong 0-1
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	9	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	21-10, 18-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	Mayer/Prosser	23, Q1	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Fischer/Hill 0-1
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Fischer/Hill	25, Q6	Koski/Minc	24, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q15 Dake/Holmes 1-0
9/1/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 4	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	Dake/Holmes	Q15	21-15, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q17 Braunstein/Mintz 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Koski/Minc	24, Q1	Braunstein/Mintz	Q16	21-14, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # Q26 Denitz/Mainz 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Koski/Minc	24, Q1	Denitz/Mainz	Q32	21-9, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q34 VanZwieten/VanZwieten 1-0
9/1/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 3	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	VanZwieten/VanZwieten	Q34	21-13, 21-9	0:32
Lead the series against # Q45 Holewinski/Legg 1-0
6/10/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	30, Q6	Holewinski/Legg	Q59	21-12, 21-11	0:41
Lead the series against # Q66 Franklin/Stojak 1-0
9/1/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	Franklin/Stojak	Q66	21-16, 21-10	0:32