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$1,000,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Manhattan Beach Open
September 17 - 21, 2008

(11) John Mayer/Jeff Nygaard

John Mayer

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Culver City, CA

Resides:

Los Angeles, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Pierce Junior College
Pepperdine

Seasons:

16

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

6

Career AVP Wins:

4

Career Winnings:

$400,282.50

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Resides:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

11

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

8

Career AVP Wins:

7

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	30	1	0	5	0	10	2	6	3	3	0	$189,640.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Scott Davenport - 9th
2002	Did not play	Albert Hannemann - 13th
2003	Yariv Lerner - 33rd	Dain Blanton - 13th
2004	Dan Mintz - 57th	Dain Blanton - 3rd
2005	Matt Prosser - 17th	Dax Holdren - 3rd
2006	Brad Keenan - 13th	John Hyden - 3rd
2007	Kevin Wong - 13th	Jason Ring - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/12-14/2008	AVP Shootout San Francisco	10	7	180	$6,000.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	11	9	144	$3,150.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	12	5	312	$6,000.00
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	8	9	208	$2,100.00
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	9	17	104	$800.00
AVP	7/18-19/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	7	9	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	9	9	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	6	5	312	$5,300.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	8	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	14	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	13	13	108	$1,700.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	12	5	216	$6,000.00

AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/19/2008

Winner 1

Brent Doble / Jesse Rambis (22, Q18)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	15	9	3	0.400	0	17	0	2
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	13	0	2
	2	4	3	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	32	16	7	0.281	7	1	0	1
	1	16	7	4	0.188	1	1	0	0
	2	16	9	3	0.375	6	0	0	1

Fri, 9/19/2008

Winner 2

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6, Q1)

Lost 26-28, 15-21

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	27	9	4	0.185	0	19	0	2
	1	18	7	2	0.278	0	15	0	1
	2	9	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	39	22	8	0.359	2	4	0	2
	1	22	11	3	0.364	1	2	0	1
	2	17	11	5	0.353	1	2	0	1

Fri, 9/19/2008

Contender 2

Joaquin Acosta / Paul Baxter (21, Q12)

Won 21-11, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	25	13	3	0.400	0	17	1	0
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	6	0	0
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	11	1	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	25	14	6	0.320	2	6	0	1
	1	10	8	0	0.800	2	2	0	0
	2	15	6	6	0.000	0	4	0	1

Sat, 9/20/2008

Contender 3

Anthony Medel / Casey Patterson (14, Q6)

Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-10

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	24	13	5	0.333	0	19	1	1
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	9	0	0
	2	10	6	3	0.300	0	6	1	0
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	4	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	44	22	5	0.386	3	6	0	2
	1	19	12	2	0.526	1	5	0	1
	2	14	3	2	0.071	1	0	0	0
	3	11	7	1	0.545	1	1	0	1

Sat, 9/20/2008

Contender 4

Dax Holdren / Bill Strickland (9, Q5)

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

1:19

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	39	20	2	0.462	0	20	1	3
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	7	0	1
	2	14	9	0	0.643	0	7	1	2
	3	15	5	2	0.200	0	6	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	37	17	8	0.243	2	7	3	4
	1	16	6	6	0.000	0	3	2	3
	2	16	8	2	0.375	1	3	1	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	130	64	17	0.362	0	92	3	8
Jeff Nygaard	177	91	34	0.322	16	24	3	10

Head to Head Results
Mayer/Nygaard trail the series against the field 17-20

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-3
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-14, 21-14	0:51
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	9	18-21, 21-11, 15-10	0:55
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	14	21-16, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Lucena/Scott 1-4
9/12/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 2	Lucena/Scott	2	Mayer/Nygaard	10	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:09
8/31/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 5	Lucena/Scott	3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	16-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:58
6/22/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 4	Lucena/Scott	3	Mayer/Nygaard	8	11-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Lucena/Scott	8	15-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:11
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 4	Lucena/Scott	3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-15, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 4 Metzger/Williams 2-1
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Metzger/Williams	4	21-19, 21-18	0:48
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	9	Metzger/Williams	8	13-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:03
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 3	Metzger/Williams	3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-18, 21-15	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Hyden/Keenan 1-2
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 1	Hyden/Keenan	6	Mayer/Nygaard	11	21-19, 21-13	0:36
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Hyden/Keenan	3	18-21, 24-22, 22-20	1:12
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	4	Mayer/Nygaard	13	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:59
Trail the series against # 6, Q1 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-3
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6, Q1	Mayer/Nygaard	11	28-26, 21-15	1:06
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Mayer/Nygaard	9	21-19, 21-17	0:50
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Mayer/Nygaard	14	21-16, 21-19	0:48
Series tied with # 7 Olson/Wong 2-2
9/13/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	6	Mayer/Nygaard	10	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:57
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Olson/Wong	5	27-25, 21-11	0:56
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	1	Mayer/Nygaard	8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:10
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Olson/Wong	6	21-19, 21-16	0:49
Series tied with # 8, Q3 Brazao/Loiola 1-1
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 1	Brazao/Loiola	12	Mayer/Nygaard	13	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:58
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Brazao/Loiola	10	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 9, Q5 Holdren/Strickland 3-1
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Strickland	9, Q5	Mayer/Nygaard	11	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:19
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-17, 21-10	0:43
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Holdren/Strickland	9	21-14, 21-19	0:43
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Holdren/Strickland	9	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:07
Trail the series against # 10, Q2 Mariano/Ratledge 1-3
9/12/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	10	Mariano/Ratledge	7	21-16, 21-19	0:41
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	8	Mayer/Nygaard	11	24-22, 24-26, 24-22	1:27
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	10	Mayer/Nygaard	7	22-24, 21-16, 15-10
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Mayer/Nygaard	9	22-20, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Medel/Patterson 1-0
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Mayer/Nygaard	11	Medel/Patterson	14, Q6	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	1:10
Lead the series against # 15, Q7 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-0
9/13/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Contender 1	Mayer/Nygaard	10	Wachtfogel/Wong	12	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:09
Lead the series against # 19, Q11 Moran/Zimet 2-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	9	Moran/Zimet	24, Q4	21-17, 21-12	0:49
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	9	Moran/Zimet	24	21-19, 21-16	0:51
Lead the series against # 21, Q12 Acosta/Baxter 1-0
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Mayer/Nygaard	11	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	21-11, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 22, Q18 Doble/Rambis 1-0
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	11	Doble/Rambis	22, Q18	21-18, 21-17	0:47