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

(21, 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 Tempe Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Jeff Minc - 17th	Ben Koski - 17th
2005	Arri Jeschke - 37th	Aaron Wachtfogel - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	21	17	72	$600.00
AVP	9/1-3/2005	Chicago Open	26, Q2	17	156	$1,200.00
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

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/5/2006

Qualifier 2

Esteban Escobar / Jeff Smith (Q31)

Won 24-22, 21-15

0:48

Fri, 5/5/2006

Qualifier 3

Ryan Cronin / Ivan Mercer (Q18)

Won 21-13, 21-14

Fri, 5/5/2006

Qualifier 4

Vincent Robbins / Jason Wight (Q23)

Won 21-9, 21-14

0:37

Sat, 5/6/2006

Winner 1

Nick Lucena / Sean Rooney (12)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	32	23	3	0.625	3	1	0	1
	1	15	9	2	0.467	2	0	0	1
	2	17	14	1	0.765	1	1	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	14	8	1	0.500	0	11	0	0
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	7	0	0
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	0	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Winner 2

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (5)

Lost 17-21, 21-19, 10-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	20	9	6	0.150	7	2	0	1
	1	9	3	2	0.111	3	2	0	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	4	0	0	0
	3	8	3	4	-0.125	0	0	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	38	19	9	0.263	0	17	0	2
	1	17	9	4	0.294	0	8	0	2
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	6	0	0
	3	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	0	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 1

Scott Davenport / Chip McCaw (22)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-13

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	13	8	2	0.462	6	1	3	4
	1	4	2	0	0.500	3	1	2	2
	2	5	3	1	0.400	1	0	0	1
	3	4	3	1	0.500	2	0	1	1
Jeff Minc	Total	40	26	6	0.500	0	9	0	0
	1	17	12	2	0.588	0	3	0	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	0
	3	12	6	3	0.250	0	4	0	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 2

Matt Heath / Jason Lee (14)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	29	18	5	0.448	6	2	0	6
	1	14	7	3	0.286	3	0	0	3
	2	15	11	2	0.600	3	2	0	3
Jeff Minc	Total	16	11	0	0.688	0	8	1	1
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	4	0	1
	2	4	3	0	0.750	0	4	1	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 3

Chad Mowrey / Larry Witt (10)

Lost 26-24, 15-21, 14-16

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	60	34	17	0.283	3	3	0	2
	1	24	13	8	0.208	2	2	0	1
	2	21	13	4	0.429	0	1	0	1
	3	15	8	5	0.200	1	0	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	11	6	2	0.364	0	9	2	2
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	6	1	0
	2	2	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	2
	3	3	2	0	0.667	0	3	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	154	92	33	0.383	25	9	3	14
Jeff Minc	119	70	18	0.437	0	54	3	5

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-2
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	1:00
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Koski/Minc	21	21-10, 21-9	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Mowrey/Witt 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Mowrey/Witt	10	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	24-26, 21-15, 16-14	1:03
Lead the series against # 12 Lucena/Rooney 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Lucena/Rooney	12	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Heath/Lee 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Heath/Lee	14	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 17 Hannemann/Lane 0-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	Hannemann/Lane	20	Koski/Minc	29, Q13	21-18, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 22 Davenport/McCaw 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Davenport/McCaw	22	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # Q1 Carlucci/Medel 0-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	Carlucci/Medel	22	Koski/Minc	21	21-17, 14-21, 15-10	1:10
Trail the series against # Q5 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 # Q18 Cronin/Mercer 1-0
5/5/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Qualifier 3	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Cronin/Mercer	Q18	21-13, 21-14
Lead the series against # Q23 Robbins/Wight 1-0
5/5/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Qualifier 4	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Robbins/Wight	Q23	21-9, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q31 Escobar/Smith 1-0
5/5/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Escobar/Smith	Q31	24-22, 21-15	0:48