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AVP Tour
$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 26 - 28, 2006

(31, Q45) Michael Thornton/Eyal Zimet

Michael Thornton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1981 (42 yrs old)

Resides:

Hanalei, HI

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$325.00

Eyal Zimet

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel

Resides:

San Francisco, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$52,530.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$650.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	32, Q86	25	52	$350.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 1

Brian Kobasa / Garrett Rasmussen (Q84)

Won 21-9, 21-13

0:37

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 2

Bill Maik / Justin Phipps (Q20)

Won 20-22, 21-11, 15-11

0:57

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 3

Art Barron / Mike Szymanski (Q13)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:34

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 4

Ran Kumgisky / Said Souikane (Q4)

Won 17-21, 21-18, 17-15

1:02

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 1

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (2)

Lost 13-21, 15-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Thornton	Total	26	9	5	0.154	0	5	0	4
	1	12	3	2	0.083	0	3	0	2
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	0	2
Eyal Zimet	Total	30	12	7	0.167	2	2	0	6
	1	15	6	3	0.200	2	2	0	4
	2	15	6	4	0.133	0	0	0	2

Sat, 5/27/2006

Contender 1

Canyon Ceman / Matt Olson (18)

Lost 16-21, 21-23

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Thornton	Total	20	9	2	0.350	3	2	0	4
	1	11	3	1	0.182	2	1	0	2
	2	9	6	1	0.556	1	1	0	2
Eyal Zimet	Total	26	12	3	0.346	1	6	4	1
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	1	0
	2	14	6	1	0.357	1	2	3	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Thornton	46	18	7	0.239	3	7	0	8
Eyal Zimet	56	24	10	0.250	3	8	4	7

Head to Head Results
Thornton/Zimet lead the series against the field 6-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	22-20, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Ceman/Olson 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Ceman/Olson	18	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 21 Mihalic/Mowrey 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Mihalic/Mowrey	17	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 29, Q11 Delahoz/Fisher 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 4	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	Delahoz/Fisher	Q6	21-14, 17-21, 15-8
Lead the series against # Q4 Kumgisky/Souikane 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	Kumgisky/Souikane	Q4	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # Q13 Barron/Szymanski 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	Barron/Szymanski	Q13	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q20 Maik/Phipps 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	Maik/Phipps	Q20	20-22, 21-11, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # Q73 Hillman/Patterson 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 3	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	Hillman/Patterson	Q75	21-9, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q84 Kobasa/Rasmussen 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 1	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	Kobasa/Rasmussen	Q84	21-9, 21-13	0:37