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$280,000 McDonald's AVP Chicago Open presented by Nautica
August 2 - 4, 2007

(20) 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
2006	Jeff Minc - 25th	Ben Koski - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	21	17	104	$900.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	21	17	72	$700.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	19	17	72	$800.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	19	17	72	$700.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	20, Q3	13	108	$1,700.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

John Mayer / Matt Prosser (13)

Won 16-21, 21-19, 18-16

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	44	26	7	0.432	2	2	2	2
	1	19	8	4	0.211	0	2	1	1
	2	15	11	2	0.600	1	0	0	1
	3	10	7	1	0.600	1	0	1	0
Jeff Minc	Total	28	16	4	0.429	0	17	0	1
	1	13	6	0	0.462	0	7	0	1
	2	8	4	3	0.125	0	7	0	0
	3	7	6	1	0.714	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 2

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (4)

Lost 18-21, 7-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	13	5	3	0.154	0	0	1	5
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	0	1	3
	2	4	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	2
Jeff Minc	Total	23	5	10	-0.217	0	4	0	2
	1	11	4	3	0.091	0	4	0	0
	2	12	1	7	-0.500	0	0	0	2

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 2

Jon Mesko / John Moran (30, Q8)

Lost 22-24, 29-31

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	31	17	1	0.516	2	5	0	4
	1	10	7	0	0.700	1	2	0	4
	2	21	10	1	0.429	1	3	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	27	18	1	0.630	0	9	1	0
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	0	0
	2	15	10	0	0.667	0	5	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	88	48	11	0.420	4	7	3	11
Jeff Minc	78	39	15	0.308	0	30	1	3

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc trail the series against the field 7-13

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 # 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 Medel/Souza 0-2
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Koski/Minc	20	21-18, 21-7	0:40
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 9 Loomis/Stolfus 0-1
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Loomis/Stolfus	12	Koski/Minc	21	21-16, 21-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Doble/Olson 0-2
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	11	Koski/Minc	21	21-18, 21-12	0:39
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	12	Koski/Minc	22	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Ceman/Strickland 0-1
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Strickland	12	Koski/Minc	21	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Mayer/Prosser 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Koski/Minc	20	Mayer/Prosser	13	16-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:03
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 # 27, Q3 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 # 29, Q4 Dykstra/VanZwieten 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	21	Dykstra/VanZwieten	28, Q7	21-14, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 Mesko/Moran 0-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	Koski/Minc	20	24-22, 31-29	1:05
Lead the series against # Q14 Burnham/Pray 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	19	Burnham/Pray	30, Q13	21-18, 23-25, 15-9	1:12
Lead the series against # Q19 Minch/Parker 1-0
8/31/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	Q3	Minch/Parker	Q30	21-14, 21-18	0:36