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AVP Tour
$250,000 McDonald's Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 20 - 23, 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Jeff Minc - 25th	Ben Koski - 25th
2004	Did not play	Aaron Wachtfogel - 25th
2005	Jeff Minc - 17th	Ben Koski - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	20	17	72	$600.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	18	17	72	$750.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	15	17	72	$600.00
AVP	6/15-17/2006	Sacramento Open	18	9	208	$2,875.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	17	17	72	$600.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	19	17	72	$600.00
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	21	13	156	$2,400.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/21/2006

Winner 1

Canyon Ceman / Matt Olson (12)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	16	10	2	0.500	0	0	1	1
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	0	0	0
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	0	1	1
Jeff Minc	Total	30	15	6	0.300	0	8	0	0
	1	14	7	2	0.357	0	5	0	0
	2	16	8	4	0.250	0	3	0	0

Fri, 7/21/2006

Contender 1

Chris Magill / Bill Strickland (28, Q11)

Lost 26-28, 23-25

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	35	20	7	0.371	0	1	1	1
	1	17	8	1	0.412	0	0	1	1
	2	18	12	6	0.333	0	1	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	28	16	5	0.393	0	13	0	1
	1	15	9	4	0.333	0	7	0	1
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	51	30	9	0.412	0	1	2	2
Jeff Minc	58	31	11	0.345	0	21	0	1

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc trail the series against the field 7-16

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	Koski/Minc	15	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Koski/Minc	17	23-25, 21-14, 15-7	1:02
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-3
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Koski/Minc	20	21-19, 21-12	0:42
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 # 4 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 # 7 Stolfus/Wachtfogel 0-1
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 3	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	6	Koski/Minc	18	21-15, 17-21, 15-11	0:59
Series tied with # 8 Doble/Mariano 1-1
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 2	Koski/Minc	18	Doble/Mariano	9	21-16, 21-11	0:37
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Doble/Mariano	14	Koski/Minc	19	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:01
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 11 Keenan/Mayer 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Koski/Minc	15	Keenan/Mayer	18	22-24, 21-17, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 12 Ceman/Olson 0-2
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Olson	12	Koski/Minc	21	21-16, 21-14	0:38
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Olson	13	Koski/Minc	20	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Baxter/Ring 0-3
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Ring	16	Koski/Minc	18	21-16, 21-19	0:44
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Ring	5	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:51
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	6	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-16, 24-22	0:46
Trail the series against # 16 Loomis/Ratledge 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Loomis/Ratledge	13	Koski/Minc	19	21-9, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 28, Q11 Magill/Strickland 0-1
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Magill/Strickland	28, Q11	Koski/Minc	21	28-26, 25-23	0:53
Series tied with # 29, Q3 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 # 30, Q13 Elliott/Morrison 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	20	Elliott/Morrison	29, Q5	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # Q4 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 # Q47 Kramer/Lau 1-0
6/30/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	Kramer/Lau	Q30	21-16, 21-15	0:53