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$200,000 AVP Sanderson Ford Glendale Open presented by Bud Light
May 10 - 13, 2007

(20, Q3) 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 Glendale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	25, Q1	13	108	$1,500.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	Q5	25	36	$0.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	Q3	25	52	$0.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	22	17	104	$800.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	21	25	52	$350.00
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

Glendale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/10/2007

Qualifier 2

Erik Gomez / Dan Madden (Q30)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:39

Thu, 5/10/2007

Qualifier 3

Chris Harger / Jeff Murrell (Q14)

Won 30-28, 21-17

0:55

Thu, 5/10/2007

Qualifier 4

Everett Matthews / Ivan Mercer (Q27)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:53

Fri, 5/11/2007

Winner 1

Ryan Mariano / Larry Witt (13)

Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-9

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	38	19	7	0.316	5	2	3	4
	1	18	7	4	0.167	2	0	1	1
	2	13	7	2	0.385	1	1	1	2
	3	7	5	1	0.571	2	1	1	1
Jeff Minc	Total	20	10	4	0.300	0	10	1	1
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	3	1	1
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	4	0	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	0	3	0	0

Fri, 5/11/2007

Winner 2

Matt Fuerbringer / Sean Scott (4)

Lost 19-21, 14-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	39	22	8	0.359	2	2	0	7
	1	21	13	4	0.429	0	1	0	5
	2	18	9	4	0.278	2	1	0	2
Jeff Minc	Total	6	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	1
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	3	0	0
	2	3	0	2	-0.667	0	2	0	1

Fri, 5/11/2007

Contender 1

Paul Baxter / Canyon Ceman (14)

Won 21-23, 21-16, 15-11

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	43	20	7	0.302	5	5	1	7
	1	17	10	5	0.294	0	1	0	3
	2	15	4	1	0.200	3	3	1	3
	3	11	6	1	0.455	2	1	0	1
Jeff Minc	Total	30	17	3	0.467	0	19	0	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	6	0	0
	3	11	5	1	0.364	0	10	0	0

Sat, 5/12/2007

Contender 2

Casey Jennings / Mark Williams (5)

Lost 16-21, 27-25, 12-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	46	17	12	0.109	5	4	3	8
	1	19	6	8	-0.105	0	3	2	4
	2	19	7	3	0.211	5	0	1	4
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	1	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	31	17	8	0.290	1	16	0	0
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	3	0	0
	2	18	11	3	0.444	0	9	0	0
	3	10	4	5	-0.100	1	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	166	78	34	0.265	17	13	7	26
Jeff Minc	87	46	17	0.333	1	50	1	2

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc lead the series against the field 10-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 4 Fuerbringer/Scott 0-1
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Scott	4	Koski/Minc	20, Q3	21-19, 21-14	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Jennings/Williams 0-1
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 2	Jennings/Williams	5	Koski/Minc	20, Q3	21-16, 25-27, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 7 Medel/Souza 0-1
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Mariano/Witt 2-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 1	Koski/Minc	20, Q3	Mariano/Witt	13	16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:59
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	Mariano/Witt	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 14 Baxter/Ceman 1-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	20, Q3	Baxter/Ceman	14	21-23, 21-16, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 16 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	Mayer/Prosser	23, Q1	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 23, Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q1 Fischer/Hill 2-1
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	Fischer/Hill	26, Q2	16-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:54
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 # Q14 Harger/Murrell 1-0
5/10/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Qualifier 3	Koski/Minc	20, Q3	Harger/Murrell	Q14	30-28, 21-17	0:55
Lead the series against # Q27 Matthews/Mercer 1-0
5/10/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Qualifier 4	Koski/Minc	20, Q3	Matthews/Mercer	Q27	21-17, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # Q30 Gomez/Madden 1-0
5/10/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	20, Q3	Gomez/Madden	Q30	21-14, 21-18	0:39