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AVP Tour
$183,000 Tempe Open presented by Bud Light
May 5 - 7, 2006

(7) Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana

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

Eric Fonoimoana

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,000,809.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	46	3	7	9	2	7	7	4	3	2	2	$272,387.00
BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
FIVB	31	1	1	1	3	3	3	10	5	4	0	US$194,400.00
USAV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$13,750.00
Overall	81	5	8	12	5	10	10	15	8	6	2	US$493,037.00

Previous Tempe Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 2nd	Dax Holdren - 3rd
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 9th	Kevin Wong - 7th
2005	Kevin Wong - 9th	Adam Jewell - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	13	3	270	$8,500.00

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/6/2006

Winner 2

Chad Mowrey / Larry Witt (10)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	37	19	11	0.216	0	6	0	2
	1	17	7	9	-0.118	0	2	0	1
	2	20	12	2	0.500	0	4	0	1
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	4	2	0	0.500	1	5	0	1
	1	2	1	0	0.500	1	1	0	1
	2	2	1	0	0.500	0	4	0	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 1

Ran Kumgisky / Matt Prosser (24, Q4)

Won 22-20, 21-15

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	38	20	9	0.289	0	8	0	2
	1	25	13	7	0.240	0	7	0	0
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	1	0	2
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	10	5	2	0.300	5	5	1	2
	1	4	1	1	0.000	1	3	0	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	4	2	1	1

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 2

Canyon Ceman / Matt Olson (18)

Lost 34-36, 21-16, 17-19

1:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	53	36	4	0.604	4	9	1	4
	1	27	19	3	0.593	2	4	1	3
	2	13	12	0	0.923	0	2	0	1
	3	13	5	1	0.308	2	3	0	0
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	44	21	6	0.341	1	10	0	1
	1	18	9	3	0.333	0	5	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	2	0	0
	3	17	5	3	0.118	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	128	75	24	0.398	4	23	1	8
Eric Fonoimoana	58	28	8	0.345	7	20	1	4

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana trail the series against the field 2-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	18-21, 21-11, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	21-18, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-18, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 Mowrey/Witt 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Mowrey/Witt	10	Blanton/Fonoimoana	7	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 18 Ceman/Olson 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Ceman/Olson	18	Blanton/Fonoimoana	7	36-34, 16-21, 19-17	1:30
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Kumgisky/Prosser 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	7	Kumgisky/Prosser	24, Q4	22-20, 21-15	0:45