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AVP Tour
$250,000 Bud Light Santa Barbara Open
May 18 - 21, 2006

(21) 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 Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Tye Thoreson - 61st
2002	Jeff Minc - 33rd	Ben Koski - 33rd
2005	Michael Rupp - 41st	Aaron Wachtfogel - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	21, Q2	9	144	$2,600.00
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

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/19/2006

Winner 1

Kevin Wong / Scott Wong (12)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	9	8	0	0.889	2	0	1	0
	1	6	6	0	1.000	1	0	1	0
	2	3	2	0	0.667	1	0	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	39	16	5	0.282	0	10	1	0
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	2	1	0
	2	22	8	3	0.227	0	8	0	0

Fri, 5/19/2006

Contender 1

David Fischer / Scott Hill (28, Q2)

Won 11-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	51	25	13	0.235	1	2	5	5
	1	21	7	6	0.048	0	0	0	1
	2	17	12	3	0.529	1	0	4	2
	3	13	6	4	0.154	0	2	1	2
Jeff Minc	Total	9	5	2	0.333	0	11	0	0
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	2	0	0
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	4	0	0
	3	3	2	1	0.333	0	5	0	0

Sat, 5/20/2006

Contender 2

Mike Morrison / Jim Nichols (27, Q4)

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

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	42	22	9	0.310	1	8	1	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	1	4
	2	21	10	5	0.238	0	4	0	0
	3	13	8	2	0.462	1	2	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	40	19	5	0.350	0	17	0	0
	1	21	10	3	0.333	0	8	0	0
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	7	0	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	0	0

Sat, 5/20/2006

Contender 3

Dax Holdren / Sean Scott (3)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	19	15	0	0.789	0	6	0	0
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	2	0	0
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	4	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	21	15	0	0.714	0	7	0	0
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	3	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	121	70	22	0.397	4	16	7	9
Jeff Minc	109	55	12	0.394	0	45	1	0

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc lead the series against the field 6-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Holdren/Scott 0-1
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	Holdren/Scott	3	Koski/Minc	21	21-16, 21-14	0:40
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 # 12 Wong/Wong 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Wong/Wong	12	Koski/Minc	21	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Morrison/Nichols 1-0
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Koski/Minc	21	Morrison/Nichols	27, Q4	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:47
Series tied with # 28, Q2 Fischer/Hill 1-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	21	Fischer/Hill	28, Q2	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:50
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 # Q10 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 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 # Q18 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