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

(21) Joaquin Acosta/Paul Baxter

Joaquin Acosta

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 1, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio Piedras, PR

Resides:

Miami, FL

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara
Brigham Young

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Malibu 2011)

Career AVP Best:

7th (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$19,320.00

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Resides:

Venice, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	$17,910.00

Previous Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	22	17	190	$960.00
AVP	9/17-21/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	21, Q12	17	104	$3,750.00

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 1

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (12)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-9

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	36	26	3	0.639	8	1	2	3
	1	13	9	0	0.692	4	0	1	1
	2	14	9	3	0.429	2	1	1	2
	3	9	8	0	0.889	2	0	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	22	14	4	0.455	0	11	1	5
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	3	1	2
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	5	0	3
	3	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	0	0

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (5)

Lost 21-15, 20-22, 16-18

1:19

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	34	26	4	0.647	2	2	0	1
	1	9	7	1	0.667	1	1	0	1
	2	16	11	3	0.500	0	1	0	0
	3	9	8	0	0.889	1	0	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	32	18	4	0.438	0	10	2	2
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	3	1	0
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	1	1
	3	11	6	2	0.364	0	4	0	1

Fri, 5/15/2009

Contender 1

Ty Loomis / Casey Patterson (11)

Lost 26-24, 16-21, 14-16

1:23

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	53	24	14	0.189	4	3	1	3
	1	15	7	4	0.200	2	0	0	1
	2	20	8	7	0.050	2	0	0	1
	3	18	9	3	0.333	0	3	1	1
Paul Baxter	Total	21	14	1	0.619	0	12	2	2
	1	17	12	1	0.647	0	7	0	0
	2	2	2	0	1.000	0	2	1	2
	3	2	0	0	0.000	0	3	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	123	76	21	0.447	14	6	3	7
Paul Baxter	75	46	9	0.493	0	33	5	9

Head to Head Results
Acosta/Baxter trail the series against the field 2-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Mayer/Nygaard 0-1
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Mayer/Nygaard	11	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	21-11, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Olson/Wong 0-2
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	5	Acosta/Baxter	21	15-21, 22-20, 18-16	1:19
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Acosta/Baxter	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 10 Strickland/Wachtfogel 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	Acosta/Baxter	22	21-14, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 Loomis/Patterson 0-1
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 1	Loomis/Patterson	11	Acosta/Baxter	21	24-26, 21-16, 16-14	1:23
Series tied with # 12 Allen/Halverson 1-1
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Baxter	21	Allen/Halverson	12	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:14
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Allen/Halverson	12	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:53
Lead the series against # 13 Dykstra/Metzger 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Baxter	22	Dykstra/Metzger	11	21-18, 21-17	1:01