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

(30, Q8) Jon Mesko/John Moran

Jon Mesko

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 30, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Traverse City, MI

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

118

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Gros Islet 2012)

Career AVP Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$39,715.00

John Moran

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 19, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Hermosa Beach 2016)

Career AVP Best:

7th (Chicago 2009)

Career Winnings:

$46,645.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	$4,400.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Jerry Graham - 33rd
2003	Did not play	Anthony Medel - 25th
2004	Joe Boken - 41st	Brian Soldano - 17th
2005	Did not play	Ran Kumgisky - 33rd
2006	Billy Allen - 41st	Chris Seiffert - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	29, Q8	25	52	$500.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	Q4	25	36	$0.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/2/2007

Qualifier 2

Joshua Hogg / Ryan Ragland (Q72)

Won 21-14, 21-10

0:42

Thu, 8/2/2007

Qualifier 3

Skyler Davis / Derek Zimmerman (Q25)

Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-5

1:00

Thu, 8/2/2007

Qualifier 4

Braidy Halverson / Dane Jensen (Q9)

Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-11

1:00

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Lost 13-21, 12-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jon Mesko	Total	11	4	2	0.182	1	3	0	4
	1	7	2	1	0.143	1	2	0	3
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	1	0	1
John Moran	Total	31	11	8	0.097	0	6	0	2
	1	14	5	5	0.000	0	2	0	2
	2	17	6	3	0.176	0	4	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 1

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (14)

Won 19-21, 29-27, 15-13

1:25

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jon Mesko	Total	31	21	1	0.645	0	12	3	2
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	6	2	1
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	2	0	0
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	4	1	1
John Moran	Total	36	14	7	0.194	1	9	3	3
	1	9	3	0	0.333	0	3	0	1
	2	16	7	6	0.063	0	4	3	1
	3	11	4	1	0.273	1	2	0	1

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 2

Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (20)

Won 24-22, 31-29

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jon Mesko	Total	18	13	1	0.667	1	5	2	5
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	3	2	2
	2	8	7	1	0.750	1	2	0	3
John Moran	Total	47	33	3	0.638	0	9	1	4
	1	16	11	2	0.563	0	3	0	3
	2	31	22	1	0.677	0	6	1	1

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 3

Mike DiPierro / Eyal Zimet (22)

Lost 10-21, 16-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jon Mesko	Total	10	6	3	0.300	0	5	0	4
	1	6	2	3	-0.167	0	3	0	2
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	2	0	2
John Moran	Total	34	19	6	0.382	0	3	0	1
	1	17	8	3	0.294	0	2	0	1
	2	17	11	3	0.471	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jon Mesko	70	44	7	0.529	2	25	5	15
John Moran	148	77	24	0.358	1	27	4	10

Head to Head Results
Mesko/Moran lead the series against the field 6-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Keenan 0-1
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Hyden/Keenan	4	Mesko/Moran	29, Q8	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	21-13, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Lee/Rester 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	Lee/Rester	14	19-21, 29-27, 15-13	1:25
Trail the series against # 18 Davenport/Turner 0-1
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Davenport/Turner	20	Mesko/Moran	29, Q8	21-15, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Koski/Minc 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	Koski/Minc	20	24-22, 31-29	1:05
Trail the series against # 22 DiPierro/Zimet 0-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	DiPierro/Zimet	22	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	21-10, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Dykstra/VanZwieten 1-0
5/31/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Qualifier 3	Mesko/Moran	Q4	Dykstra/VanZwieten	Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q9 Halverson/Jensen 1-0
8/2/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 4	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	Halverson/Jensen	Q9	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # Q16 Cash/Henderson 0-1
5/31/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Qualifier 4	Cash/Henderson	24, Q28	Mesko/Moran	Q4	17-21, 29-27, 16-14	1:24
Lead the series against # Q25 Davis/Zimmerman 1-0
8/2/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 3	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	Davis/Zimmerman	Q25	19-21, 21-19, 15-5	1:00
Lead the series against # Q72 Hogg/Ragland 1-0
8/2/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 2	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	Hogg/Ragland	Q72	21-14, 21-10	0:42