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$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam McDonalds Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 10 - 12, 2008

(12) Ryan Mariano/Ed Ratledge

Ryan Mariano

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 1, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lake Forest, CA

Resides:

Flagstaff, AZ

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

2nd (AVP Huntington Beach 2006)

Career Winnings:

$162,107.50

Ed Ratledge

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fountain Valley, CA

Resides:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (San Francisco 2018)

Career Winnings:

$259,117.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	48	0	0	0	0	4	17	18	5	4	0	$188,085.00
NVL	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	$7,250.00
P&R	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Pro Beach	9	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$29,500.00
Wide Open	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Overall	65	0	0	4	0	6	20	23	8	4	0	$231,335.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	David Fischer - 17th
2003	Rich VanHuizen - 25th	Chad Mowrey - 25th
2004	Brent Doble - 9th	Chad Mowrey - 17th
2005	Matt Heath - 13th	Chip McCaw - 13th
2006	Brent Doble - 13th	Ty Loomis - 17th
2007	Ed Ratledge - 13th	Ryan Mariano - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	8	9	208	$2,100.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	6	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	10	9	144	$2,600.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	9	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	7	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	8	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	10	17	72	$800.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	9	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	11	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	8/30-9/1/2007	Cincinnati Open	15	7	260	$4,650.00
AVP	8/23-25/2007	Brooklyn Open	14	13	156	$2,200.00
AVP	8/16-18/2007	Boston Open	14	17	104	$1,100.00
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	16	9	208	$3,600.00
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	16	13	156	$2,200.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	17	13	156	$2,200.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	20	9	144	$2,600.00

AVP Slam Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 1

Mike DiPierro / Mark VanZwieten (21)

Lost 21-19, 18-21, 12-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	29	15	3	0.414	0	10	2	2
	1	18	10	1	0.500	0	5	1	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	2	1	1
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	3	0	0
Ed Ratledge	Total	36	23	8	0.417	5	5	0	3
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	2	0	0
	2	16	9	2	0.438	3	3	0	2
	3	13	8	5	0.231	2	0	0	1

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 1

Ivan Mercer / Jason Wight (28, Q7)

Won 21-9, 21-14

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	10	8	0	0.800	0	12	2	2
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	7	2	0
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	5	0	2
Ed Ratledge	Total	19	15	2	0.684	6	0	0	1
	1	4	2	1	0.250	4	0	0	1
	2	15	13	1	0.800	2	0	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 2

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (11)

Won 13-21, 21-15, 15-13

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	18	7	3	0.222	0	17	0	1
	1	4	0	2	-0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	9	0	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	4	0	1
Ed Ratledge	Total	50	22	7	0.300	9	3	0	3
	1	17	5	6	-0.059	2	1	0	1
	2	22	11	1	0.455	4	0	0	1
	3	11	6	0	0.545	3	2	0	1

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 3

Dax Holdren / Bill Strickland (14)

Won 21-15, 9-2 Retired

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	10	2	1	0.100	0	10	1	2
	1	7	1	1	0.000	0	6	0	2
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	4	1	0
Ed Ratledge	Total	22	15	2	0.591	4	4	0	0
	1	17	11	2	0.529	3	3	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	1	1	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 4

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (9)

Won 22-20, 21-17

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	14	7	4	0.214	0	13	0	1
	1	5	3	2	0.200	0	10	0	1
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	0	0
Ed Ratledge	Total	37	22	2	0.541	5	0	1	0
	1	24	15	1	0.583	2	0	0	0
	2	13	7	1	0.462	3	0	1	0

Sat, 7/12/2008

Contender 5

Jason Ring / Hans Stolfus (16)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	17	11	2	0.529	0	16	0	0
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	10	0	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	6	0	0
Ed Ratledge	Total	30	20	6	0.467	4	3	0	2
	1	13	9	2	0.538	1	1	0	1
	2	17	11	4	0.412	3	2	0	1

Sat, 7/12/2008

Contender 6

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (6)

Lost 17-21, 15-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	17	7	1	0.353	0	9	0	0
	1	7	2	1	0.143	0	4	0	0
	2	10	5	0	0.500	0	5	0	0
Ed Ratledge	Total	31	12	4	0.258	2	0	0	1
	1	18	9	1	0.444	1	0	0	1
	2	13	3	3	0.000	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	115	57	14	0.374	0	87	5	8
Ed Ratledge	225	129	31	0.436	35	15	1	10

Head to Head Results
Mariano/Ratledge trail the series against the field 19-21

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-2
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mariano/Ratledge	9	21-17, 21-12	0:44
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Mariano/Ratledge	16	21-14, 21-14	0:48
Trail the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Mariano/Ratledge	15	21-16, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Olson/Wong 0-4
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	6	Mariano/Ratledge	10	21-15, 21-17	0:46
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	8	Mariano/Ratledge	9	21-19, 21-17	0:49
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	6	Mariano/Ratledge	7	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:09
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	9	Mariano/Ratledge	8	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 4 Medel/Souza 2-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	10	Medel/Souza	9	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	1:09
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	15	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-12	0:41
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	10	Mariano/Ratledge	20	21-17, 21-19	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-3
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Mariano/Ratledge	14	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:07
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Mariano/Ratledge	14	21-16, 21-14	0:47
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Mariano/Ratledge	17	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	1:06
Trail the series against # 6 Lucena/Scott 1-4
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 6	Lucena/Scott	6	Mariano/Ratledge	12	21-17, 21-15	0:52
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	Lucena/Scott	3	Mariano/Ratledge	6	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:19
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Lucena/Scott	7	Mariano/Ratledge	10	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:09
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	9	Lucena/Scott	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:08
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 2	Lucena/Scott	6	Mariano/Ratledge	11	21-18, 21-17	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 Hyden/Keenan 0-1
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	21-15, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Metzger/Williams 1-0
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	9	Metzger/Williams	3	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:22
Lead the series against # 9 Mayer/Nygaard 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Mayer/Nygaard	9	22-20, 21-17	0:48
Series tied with # 10 Brazao/Loiola 1-1
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 3	Brazao/Loiola	7	Mariano/Ratledge	6	21-17, 21-11	0:42
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Brazao/Loiola	10	21-12, 21-15	0:41
Series tied with # 11 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Wachtfogel/Wong	11	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:12
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Wachtfogel/Wong	9	Mariano/Ratledge	8	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Baxter/Prosser 2-1
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	6	Baxter/Prosser	11	21-19, 21-15	0:58
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 3	Baxter/Prosser	18	Mariano/Ratledge	9	21-16, 21-18	1:01
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Baxter/Prosser	20	21-17, 21-18	1:00
Lead the series against # 14 Holdren/Strickland 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Holdren/Strickland	14	21-15, 9-2 Retired	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Ring/Stolfus 1-0
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 5	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Ring/Stolfus	16	21-13, 21-16	0:52
Lead the series against # 17 Carlucci/Hannemann 1-0
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	6	Carlucci/Hannemann	17	21-19, 16-21, 23-21	1:31
Lead the series against # 18 Marchewka/Placek 2-0
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	11	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:50
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	15	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	21-11, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 19 Morrison/Tramblie 3-0
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	10	Morrison/Tramblie	16	21-19, 21-18	0:49
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 1	Mariano/Ratledge	9	Morrison/Tramblie	17	21-18, 21-15	0:53
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	14	Morrison/Tramblie	20	23-21, 21-18	1:02
Trail the series against # 20 Allen/Halverson 0-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Allen/Halverson	23, Q2	Mariano/Ratledge	10	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Trail the series against # 21 DiPierro/VanZwieten 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	Mariano/Ratledge	12	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 22 Lee/Rester 1-0
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	16	Lee/Rester	18	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	1:12
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Mercer/Wight 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 1	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Mercer/Wight	28, Q7	21-9, 21-14	0:41