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AVP Tour
$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Houston Open presented by Warehouse Pool Supply
May 15 - 17, 2009

(7) 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 Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	8	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	7	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	7	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	9/17-21/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	10, Q2	9	208	$16,500.00
AVP	9/12-14/2008	AVP Shootout San Francisco	7	9	144	$4,000.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	8	7	180	$5,000.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	10	13	156	$1,700.00
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	7	5	312	$5,300.00
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	11	7	260	$4,650.00
AVP	7/18-19/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	10	7	260	$4,600.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	12	5	312	$6,000.00
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

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Bill Strickland / Aaron Wachtfogel (10)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	16	7	1	0.375	0	10	1	1
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	3	1	1
	2	5	1	0	0.200	0	7	0	0
Ed Ratledge	Total	24	14	5	0.375	5	3	0	0
	1	7	3	3	0.000	1	1	0	0
	2	17	11	2	0.529	4	2	0	0

Sat, 5/16/2009

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (2)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	17	8	3	0.294	0	10	0	1
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	5	0	1
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	5	0	0
Ed Ratledge	Total	26	14	6	0.308	1	1	0	3
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	1	0	2
	2	16	9	4	0.313	1	0	0	1

Sat, 5/16/2009

Contender 3

Ty Loomis / Casey Patterson (11)

Won 22-20, 21-16

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	19	13	0	0.684	0	9	2	2
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	4	2	1
	2	10	5	0	0.500	0	5	0	1
Ed Ratledge	Total	25	17	0	0.680	1	3	0	2
	1	11	7	0	0.636	1	1	0	2
	2	14	10	0	0.714	0	2	0	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Contender 4

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	Total	23	9	4	0.217	0	9	1	1
	1	12	4	2	0.167	0	2	0	0
	2	11	5	2	0.273	0	7	1	1
Ed Ratledge	Total	29	17	5	0.414	5	4	0	2
	1	15	10	2	0.533	2	2	0	2
	2	14	7	3	0.286	3	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ryan Mariano	75	37	8	0.387	0	38	4	5
Ed Ratledge	104	62	16	0.442	12	11	0	7

Head to Head Results
Mariano/Ratledge trail the series against the field 10-20

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-3
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mariano/Ratledge	8	21-11, 21-17	0:44
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 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-6
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	21-15, 21-18	0:50
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	22-20, 21-14	0:49
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Mariano/Ratledge	11	21-14, 17-21, 15-11	1:05
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
Lead the series against # 3 Mayer/Nygaard 3-1
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
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-3
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Mariano/Ratledge	7	21-17, 21-19	0:53
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Mariano/Ratledge	8	22-20, 22-20	0:57
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Mariano/Ratledge	15	21-16, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 8 Medel/Stolfus 0-1
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Medel/Stolfus	9	Mariano/Ratledge	8	21-15, 21-18	0:56
Trail the series against # 9 Brazao/Prosser 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Brazao/Prosser	10	Mariano/Ratledge	7	24-22, 18-21, 15-13	1:13
Lead the series against # 10 Strickland/Wachtfogel 2-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-13, 21-17	0:51
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-15, 12-21, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 11 Loomis/Patterson 2-0
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Loomis/Patterson	11	22-20, 21-16	0:53
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 1	Mariano/Ratledge	8	Loomis/Patterson	16	21-18, 21-18	0:47
Series tied with # 12 Allen/Halverson 1-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 4	Mariano/Ratledge	10	Allen/Halverson	13	21-16, 21-16	0:44
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Allen/Halverson	23, Q2	Mariano/Ratledge	10	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 16 Carlucci/Placek 1-0
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Carlucci/Placek	17	23-21, 21-16	0:56
Lead the series against # 22 DiPierro/Roberts 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	DiPierro/Roberts	25, Q2	21-13, 21-10	0:40