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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Huntington Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 21 - 24, 2009

(24) 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
USAV 1999	Did not play	Nathan Heidger - 17th
2000	Did not play	Sean Scott - 9th
2001	Did not play	Jason Ring - 13th
2002	Did not play	Jason Ring - 9th
2003	Did not play	Carl Henkel - 7th
2004	Did not play	Scott Wong - 5th
2005	Did not play	Scott Lane - 13th
2006	Did not play	Fred Souza - 13th
2007	Did not play	Canyon Ceman - 13th
2008	Did not play	Canyon Ceman - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	21	17	190	$1,200.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/22/2009

Winner 1

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (9)

Lost 16-21, 21-15, 11-15

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	26	12	11	0.038	3	5	1	1
	1	7	2	5	-0.429	0	3	0	1
	2	8	3	3	0.000	3	1	1	0
	3	11	7	3	0.364	0	1	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	113	18	4	0.124	2	11	1	3
	1	18	8	2	0.333	0	2	1	1
	2	17	6	1	0.294	2	6	0	1
	3	78	4	1	0.038	0	3	0	1

Fri, 5/22/2009

Contender 1

Dane Jensen / Jon Mesko (25, Q1)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	30	19	1	0.600	7	2	0	0
	1	16	10	0	0.625	5	2	0	0
	2	14	9	1	0.571	2	0	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	20	10	2	0.400	0	12	0	3
	1	10	2	2	0.000	0	6	0	2
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	6	0	1

Fri, 5/22/2009

Contender 2

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (10)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	33	15	5	0.303	2	8	0	2
	1	18	7	2	0.278	0	4	0	2
	2	15	8	3	0.333	2	4	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	18	7	1	0.333	0	5	1	0
	1	10	4	0	0.400	0	3	1	0
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	89	46	17	0.326	12	15	1	3
Paul Baxter	151	35	7	0.185	2	28	2	6

Head to Head Results
Acosta/Baxter trail the series against the field 3-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 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 # 9 Mariano/Ratledge 0-1
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Mariano/Ratledge	9	Acosta/Baxter	24	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	1:15
Trail the series against # 10 Brazao/Prosser 0-1
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Brazao/Prosser	10	Acosta/Baxter	24	21-17, 21-14	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Strickland/Wachtfogel 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	Acosta/Baxter	22	21-14, 21-19	0:46
Series tied with # 14 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 # 15 Dykstra/Metzger 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Baxter	22	Dykstra/Metzger	11	21-18, 21-17	1:01
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Jensen/Mesko 1-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Acosta/Baxter	24	Jensen/Mesko	25, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:56