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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Atlanta Open
May 29 - 31, 2009

(20) 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 Atlanta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Jason Ring - 13th
2007	Did not play	Aaron Wachtfogel - 17th
2008	Did not play	Matt Prosser - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	24	17	190	$960.00
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

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/29/2009

Winner 1

Mike Morrison / Eyal Zimet (13)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	31	20	2	0.581	1	3	1	1
	1	15	10	1	0.600	0	2	0	1
	2	16	10	1	0.563	1	1	1	0
Paul Baxter	Total	18	8	4	0.222	0	9	4	1
	1	8	4	3	0.125	0	4	3	0
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	5	1	1

Fri, 5/29/2009

Winner 2

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (4)

Lost 25-23, 18-21, 7-15

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	26	13	7	0.231	2	9	0	1
	1	14	8	5	0.214	1	3	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	2	0	0
	3	6	1	2	-0.167	0	4	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	52	24	4	0.385	0	20	0	3
	1	19	9	0	0.474	0	9	0	1
	2	22	13	3	0.455	0	9	0	2
	3	11	2	1	0.091	0	2	0	0

Fri, 5/29/2009

Contender 1

Jose Loiola / Larry Witt (14)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	20	13	3	0.500	4	2	1	3
	1	12	7	1	0.500	1	0	1	2
	2	8	6	2	0.500	3	2	0	1
Paul Baxter	Total	18	15	1	0.778	0	5	0	4
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	3	0	2
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	2	0	2

Sat, 5/30/2009

Contender 2

Mike DiPierro / Adam Roberts (21)

Won 14-21, 21-14, 18-16

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	58	32	14	0.310	4	7	0	1
	1	21	10	7	0.143	0	3	0	1
	2	18	12	3	0.500	2	1	0	0
	3	19	10	4	0.316	2	3	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	20	9	3	0.300	0	18	1	4
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	3	0	3
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	6	1	1
	3	12	3	2	0.083	0	9	0	0

Sat, 5/30/2009

Contender 3

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (10)

Lost 21-12, 19-21, 10-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	52	24	11	0.250	4	5	0	1
	1	16	9	1	0.500	1	1	0	1
	2	21	9	6	0.143	2	2	0	0
	3	15	6	4	0.133	1	2	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	24	8	2	0.250	0	24	1	3
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	11	1	3
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	6	0	0
	3	7	2	0	0.286	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	187	102	37	0.348	15	26	2	7
Paul Baxter	132	64	14	0.379	0	76	6	15

Head to Head Results
Acosta/Baxter trail the series against the field 6-10

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 # 4 Olson/Wong 0-3
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	4	Acosta/Baxter	20	23-25, 21-18, 15-7	1:15
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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 9 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 # 10 Allen/Halverson 1-2
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Allen/Halverson	10	Acosta/Baxter	20	12-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:05
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
Trail the series against # 11 Strickland/Wachtfogel 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	Acosta/Baxter	22	21-14, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 Morrison/Zimet 1-0
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Baxter	20	Morrison/Zimet	13	21-18, 21-17	0:59
Lead the series against # 14 Loiola/Witt 1-0
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Acosta/Baxter	20	Loiola/Witt	14	21-17, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 21 DiPierro/Roberts 1-0
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Acosta/Baxter	20	DiPierro/Roberts	21	14-21, 21-14, 18-16	1:05
Lead the series against # 24 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