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AVP Tour
$183,000 Seaside Heights Open presented by Bud Light
June 29 - July 2, 2006

(12) 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 Seaside Heights Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1993	Did not play	Tim Walmer - 13th
1995	Ian Clark - 17th	Ricci Luyties - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/15-17/2006	Sacramento Open	10	9	208	$2,875.00
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

Seaside Heights Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/30/2006

Winner 1

Anthony Medel / Brad Torsone (21)

Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-6

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	35	22	3	0.543	1	15	1	2
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	4	0	1
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	6	1	1
	3	10	7	0	0.700	1	5	0	0
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	29	15	4	0.379	3	7	0	1
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	1	0	0
	2	12	5	1	0.333	2	4	0	1
	3	5	4	1	0.600	1	2	0	0

Fri, 6/30/2006

Winner 2

John Hyden / Jeff Nygaard (5)

Lost 15-21, 21-19, 12-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	28	14	4	0.357	0	14	0	2
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	6	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	4	0	0
	3	13	6	2	0.308	0	4	0	1
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	44	23	6	0.386	4	7	1	0
	1	18	8	3	0.278	1	2	0	0
	2	20	11	2	0.450	3	5	1	0
	3	6	4	1	0.500	0	0	0	0

Fri, 6/30/2006

Contender 2

Chip McCaw / Matt Prosser (22)

Lost 14-21, 21-17, 9-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	38	19	9	0.263	1	3	0	1
	1	17	8	4	0.235	0	0	0	1
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	3	0	0
	3	9	4	3	0.111	0	0	0	0
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	24	11	3	0.333	1	8	1	1
	1	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	0	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	1	5	1	0
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	101	55	16	0.386	2	32	1	5
Eric Fonoimoana	97	49	13	0.371	8	22	2	2

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana trail the series against the field 7-11

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 0-2
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Nygaard	5	Blanton/Fonoimoana	12	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	1:03
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 3	Hyden/Nygaard	5	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	21-19, 21-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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 # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 Baxter/Souza 1-0
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	Baxter/Souza	9	21-16, 22-24, 18-16	1:18
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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 Keenan/Mayer 2-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	Keenan/Mayer	28, Q10	21-18, 22-20	0:44
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	Keenan/Mayer	26, Q7	21-17, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21 Medel/Torsone 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	12	Medel/Torsone	21	17-21, 21-18, 15-6	1:06
Trail the series against # 22 McCaw/Prosser 0-2
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	McCaw/Prosser	22	Blanton/Fonoimoana	12	21-14, 17-21, 15-9	1:00
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	McCaw/Prosser	23	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	21-19, 16-21, 16-14	1:01
Lead the series against # 23, 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