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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Ocean City Open Presented by Malibu
June 18 - 21, 2009

(16) 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 Ocean City Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	20	9	300	$3,960.00
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

Ocean City Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/19/2009

Winner 1

Mike DiPierro / Adam Roberts (17)

Lost 22-20, 26-28, 13-15

1:25

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	62	38	14	0.387	7	2	0	2
	1	23	12	6	0.261	2	1	0	1
	2	26	19	3	0.615	4	1	0	1
	3	13	7	5	0.154	1	0	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	14	9	1	0.571	0	16	0	2
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	10	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	3	0	1
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	3	0	1

Fri, 6/19/2009

Contender 1

Ranse Jones / Tyler Lesneski (32, Q31)

Won 21-12, 21-19

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	37	24	4	0.541	1	2	0	1
	1	19	12	2	0.526	0	1	0	1
	2	18	12	2	0.556	1	1	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	8	6	0	0.750	0	9	3	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	4	1	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	5	2	1

Fri, 6/19/2009

Contender 2

Jeff Carlucci / Mike Placek (15)

Won 26-24, 21-11

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	28	18	3	0.536	6	2	2	0
	1	21	13	3	0.476	3	2	1	0
	2	7	5	0	0.714	3	0	1	0
Paul Baxter	Total	16	13	0	0.813	0	9	0	5
	1	9	6	0	0.667	0	5	0	4
	2	7	7	0	1.000	0	4	0	1

Sat, 6/20/2009

Contender 3

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (10)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	31	18	5	0.419	2	2	0	3
	1	15	10	3	0.467	0	1	0	2
	2	16	8	2	0.375	2	1	0	1
Paul Baxter	Total	10	8	1	0.700	0	6	1	3
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	1	2
	2	5	4	1	0.600	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	158	98	26	0.456	16	8	2	6
Paul Baxter	48	36	2	0.708	0	40	4	12

Head to Head Results
Acosta/Baxter trail the series against the field 5-11

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 # 5 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 # 9 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 # 10 Brazao/Prosser 0-2
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 3	Brazao/Prosser	10	Acosta/Baxter	16	21-19, 21-17	0:49
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 # 11 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 Carlucci/Placek 1-0
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 2	Acosta/Baxter	16	Carlucci/Placek	15	26-24, 21-11	0:55
Series tied with # 17 DiPierro/Roberts 1-1
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Roberts	17	Acosta/Baxter	16	20-22, 28-26, 15-13	1:25
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 # 32, Q31 Jones/Lesneski 1-0
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 1	Acosta/Baxter	16	Jones/Lesneski	32, Q31	21-12, 21-19	0:56