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AVP Tour
$200,000 Sacramento Open
June 15 - 17, 2006

(10) 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 Sacramento Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Canyon Ceman - 17th	David Swatik - 3rd
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 3rd	Dain Blanton - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	11	25	36	$300.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	11	13	108	$1,400.00
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	10	9	208	$3,300.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	7	13	108	$1,550.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	13	3	270	$8,500.00

Sacramento Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/16/2006

Winner 1

Kyle Denitz / Arri Jeschke (23, Q9)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	24	14	0	0.583	1	8	0	3
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	6	0	1
	2	12	7	0	0.583	1	2	0	2
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	15	10	2	0.533	2	4	1	2
	1	8	5	1	0.500	2	2	1	2
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	0	0

Fri, 6/16/2006

Winner 2

Karch Kiraly / Larry Witt (7)

Lost 17-21, 22-20, 17-19

1:20

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	57	31	12	0.333	0	14	1	2
	1	20	9	3	0.300	0	6	1	1
	2	19	12	4	0.421	0	5	0	1
	3	18	10	5	0.278	0	3	0	0
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	19	9	4	0.263	2	10	0	2
	1	6	2	2	0.000	1	4	0	1
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	0	1
	3	5	3	1	0.400	1	3	0	0

Fri, 6/16/2006

Contender 1

Tyler Hildebrand / Ty Tramblie (24, Q13)

Won 21-18, 21-11

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	14	12	1	0.786	3	3	0	2
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	2	0	1
	2	7	6	0	0.857	3	1	0	1
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	22	12	4	0.364	3	4	0	1
	1	12	6	4	0.167	2	2	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	2	0	0

Fri, 6/16/2006

Contender 2

Jason Ring / Sean Rooney (15)

Won 21-14, 21-12

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	20	13	1	0.600	2	8	2	3
	1	8	5	0	0.625	1	4	1	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	1	4	1	2
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	16	13	1	0.750	0	2	0	4
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	2
	2	5	5	0	1.000	0	0	0	2

Fri, 6/16/2006

Contender 3

John Hyden / Jeff Nygaard (5)

Lost 19-21, 11-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	14	8	4	0.286	4	4	0	0
	1	10	6	3	0.300	3	1	0	0
	2	4	2	1	0.250	1	3	0	0
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	32	10	8	0.063	0	0	0	1
	1	15	4	2	0.133	0	0	0	0
	2	17	6	6	0.000	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	129	78	18	0.465	10	37	3	10
Eric Fonoimoana	104	54	19	0.337	7	20	1	10

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana trail the series against the field 8-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 4 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 # 5 Hyden/Nygaard 0-1
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 3	Hyden/Nygaard	5	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	21-19, 21-11	0:42
Series tied with # 7 Kiraly/Witt 2-2
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Witt	7	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	21-17, 20-22, 19-17	1:20
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Witt	6	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	21-18, 21-18	0:48
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Kiraly/Witt	4	26-28, 21-19, 15-13	1:29
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Kiraly/Witt	4	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Holdren/Scott 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Holdren/Scott	6	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	16-21, 21-11, 15-12	1:04
Trail the series against # 9 Doble/Mariano 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Doble/Mariano	14	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	21-19, 21-16	0:54
Trail the series against # 11 Loomis/Ratledge 0-1
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Loomis/Ratledge	14	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:09
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 15 Ring/Rooney 1-0
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	Ring/Rooney	15	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 Heath/Lee 1-0
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	Heath/Lee	16	21-19, 11-21, 15-13	1:07
Trail the series against # 19 Davenport/Lane 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Davenport/Lane	22	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	25-23, 21-16	0:57
Lead the series against # 23, Q9 Denitz/Jeschke 1-0
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	Denitz/Jeschke	23, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 24, Q13 Hildebrand/Tramblie 1-0
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	Hildebrand/Tramblie	24, Q13	21-18, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # Q1 Mihalic/Mowrey 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Mihalic/Mowrey	20	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:08