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$240,000 AVP Crocs Slam Lumber Liquidators Coney Island Open presented by Kentucky Grilled Chicken
July 2 - 5, 2009

(10) Mike Morrison/Eyal Zimet

Mike Morrison

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Birmingham, MI

Resides:

Rochester, MI

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Western Michigan

Seasons:

11

Tournaments:

96

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Hermosa Beach 2013)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$58,930.00

Eyal Zimet

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel

Resides:

San Francisco, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

6

Tournaments:

63

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$52,530.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	16	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	4	4	1	0	$49,760.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,200.00
Overall	19	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	4	4	1	2	US$52,960.00

Previous Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Ran Kumgisky - 13th	Michael Thornton - 33rd
2007	Ty Tramblie - 17th	Mike DiPierro - 13th
2008	Ty Tramblie - 17th	John Moran - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	14	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	13	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	18	13	240	$1,800.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	15	13	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	19	13	240	$2,280.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	18	17	190	$960.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	18	9	300	$3,960.00

Coney Island Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 1

Seth Burnham / Jesse Rambis (23)

Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-13

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	40	23	4	0.475	4	5	2	2
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	1	2	1
	2	17	9	2	0.412	2	2	0	1
	3	10	5	2	0.300	2	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	20	14	2	0.600	0	7	1	3
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	1	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	1	0	2
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	0	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Ty Loomis / Casey Patterson (7)

Lost 20-22, 17-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	33	13	7	0.182	4	3	0	0
	1	15	7	3	0.267	2	1	0	0
	2	18	6	4	0.111	2	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	12	6	3	0.250	0	8	2	2
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	3	1	2
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	5	1	0

Fri, 7/3/2009

Contender 2

Matt Henderson / Gaston Macau (24)

Won 21-15, 21-19

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	20	13	1	0.600	2	2	1	1
	1	9	5	0	0.556	1	0	1	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	29	17	3	0.483	0	7	1	3
	1	17	11	2	0.529	0	4	1	2
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	3	0	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 3

Curtis Jackson / Dave McKienzie (32, Q17)

Won 21-15, 22-20

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	15	8	2	0.400	3	3	0	2
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	0	2
	2	11	5	2	0.273	3	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	26	18	3	0.577	0	11	4	2
	1	16	11	2	0.563	0	3	2	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	8	2	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 4

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (5)

Won 14-21, 21-17, 18-16

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	46	24	4	0.435	7	7	0	4
	1	10	5	1	0.400	2	0	0	2
	2	15	8	2	0.400	3	2	0	1
	3	21	11	1	0.476	2	5	0	1
Eyal Zimet	Total	22	14	1	0.591	0	8	1	6
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	1	0	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	5	1	3
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	0	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 5

Joaquin Acosta / Paul Baxter (12)

Won 21-18, 14-21, 15-11

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	50	17	13	0.080	3	7	1	0
	1	21	6	6	0.000	3	3	0	0
	2	17	6	6	0.000	0	1	0	0
	3	12	5	1	0.333	0	3	1	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	41	15	5	0.244	1	22	5	3
	1	14	4	0	0.286	1	7	2	1
	2	15	5	4	0.067	0	10	1	2
	3	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	2	0

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 6

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (6)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	20	12	3	0.450	2	5	0	1
	1	9	3	2	0.111	1	3	0	1
	2	11	9	1	0.727	1	2	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	25	14	4	0.400	0	11	1	4
	1	17	10	3	0.412	0	7	1	3
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	4	0	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Semi-Finals

John Hyden / Sean Scott (1)

Lost 12-21, 10-21

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	Total	10	4	2	0.200	2	2	1	1
	1	7	3	1	0.286	1	2	0	0
	2	3	1	1	0.000	1	0	1	1
Eyal Zimet	Total	31	11	10	0.032	0	7	0	4
	1	17	6	6	0.000	0	5	0	2
	2	14	5	4	0.071	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Morrison	234	114	36	0.333	27	34	5	11
Eyal Zimet	206	109	31	0.379	1	81	15	27

Head to Head Results
Morrison/Zimet trail the series against the field 9-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hyden/Scott 0-2
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Scott	1	Morrison/Zimet	10	21-12, 21-10	1:00
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	3	Morrison/Zimet	14	21-18, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Medel/Stolfus 0-1
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 4	Medel/Stolfus	8	Morrison/Zimet	14	21-19, 21-17	1:05
Lead the series against # 5 Allen/Halverson 1-0
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Morrison/Zimet	10	Allen/Halverson	5	14-21, 21-17, 18-16	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 Brazao/Prosser 1-4
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 6	Morrison/Zimet	10	Brazao/Prosser	6	21-19, 21-16	0:53
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Brazao/Prosser	9	Morrison/Zimet	13	21-19, 21-17	0:51
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Brazao/Prosser	10	Morrison/Zimet	18	21-16, 21-14	0:49
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 2	Brazao/Prosser	9	Morrison/Zimet	15	21-16, 21-19	0:55
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 1	Brazao/Prosser	11	Morrison/Zimet	19	21-16, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Loomis/Patterson 0-1
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Loomis/Patterson	7	Morrison/Zimet	10	22-20, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Strickland/Wachtfogel 1-0
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Morrison/Zimet	13	Strickland/Wachtfogel	11	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:19
Series tied with # 12 Acosta/Baxter 1-1
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 5	Morrison/Zimet	10	Acosta/Baxter	12	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	1:06
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 Budinger/VanZwieten 1-0
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Morrison/Zimet	13	Budinger/VanZwieten	19	21-13, 24-26, 17-15	1:08
Series tied with # 18 Hannemann/Jewell 1-1
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 2	Morrison/Zimet	14	Hannemann/Jewell	20	22-20, 21-17	0:50
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 1	Hannemann/Jewell	18	Morrison/Zimet	15	22-20, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 Burnham/Rambis 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 1	Morrison/Zimet	10	Burnham/Rambis	23	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 24 Henderson/Macau 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 2	Morrison/Zimet	10	Henderson/Macau	24	21-15, 21-19	1:00
Lead the series against # 32, Q17 Jackson/McKienzie 1-0
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 3	Morrison/Zimet	10	Jackson/McKienzie	32, Q17	21-15, 22-20	0:54