Match Recap

AVP Tour
$125,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
Sunday, August 21, 2005

Match #60: Semi-Finals

(1) Jake Gibb/Stein Metzger
def.
(3) Dax Holdren/Jeff Nygaard
18-21, 25-23, 15-7 (1:16)

Jake Gibb

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 6, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bountiful, UT

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

Utah

Seasons:

Tournaments:

325

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,781,197.50

Stein Metzger

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

213

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$906,393.00

Dax Holdren

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Santa Barbara City College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$699,496.50

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

(1) Jake Gibb/Stein Metzger

(3) Dax Holdren/Jeff Nygaard

Stats

Game 1
Statistics	Jake Gibb	Stein Metzger	Dax Holdren	Jeff Nygaard
ATTACK
Attacks	9	13	13	7
Kills	5	6	6	5
Errors	2	1	3	1
Hitting Pct	0.333	0.385	0.231	0.571
SERVE
Aces	1	1	1	0
Errors	2	1	1	0
DEFENSE
Blocks	1	0	0	1
Digs	1	4	6	0

Game 2
Statistics	Jake Gibb	Stein Metzger	Dax Holdren	Jeff Nygaard
ATTACK
Attacks	15	18	19	13
Kills	8	4	8	6
Errors	3	4	4	5
Hitting Pct	0.333	0.000	0.211	0.077
SERVE
Aces	1	1	0	0
Errors	0	0	1	1
DEFENSE
Blocks	3	0	0	4
Digs	0	9	9	3

Game 3
Statistics	Jake Gibb	Stein Metzger	Dax Holdren	Jeff Nygaard
ATTACK
Attacks	5	6	5	10
Kills	3	4	1	5
Errors	0	0	1	4
Hitting Pct	0.600	0.667	0.000	0.100
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	0
Errors	1	0	1	1
DEFENSE
Blocks	4	0	0	0
Digs	1	4	3	0

Match Total
Statistics	Jake Gibb	Stein Metzger	Dax Holdren	Jeff Nygaard
ATTACK
Attacks	29	37	37	30
Kills	16	14	15	16
Errors	5	5	8	10
Hitting Pct	0.379	0.243	0.189	0.200
SERVE
Aces	2	2	1	0
Errors	3	1	3	2
DEFENSE
Blocks	8	0	0	5
Digs	2	17	18	3

Play By Play

Server	Jake Gibb Stein Metzger	Dax Holdren Jeff Nygaard	Play
Game 1
Dax Holdren	0	1	The semis start as Jake's kill sails long
Dax Holdren	1	1	Jake doesn't miss a second time as he slams it with authority off Dax
Stein Metzger	1	2	Service error short
Jeff Nygaard	2	2	Stein goes over in two just catching Jeff's fingertips
Jake Gibb	2	3	Service error wide
Dax Holdren	2	4	Ace up the middle
Dax Holdren	3	4	Stein fakes the line and cuts it hard right
Stein Metzger	4	4	Ace up the middle - everyone is bringing the guns today
Stein Metzger	4	5	Dax goes huge with the kill cross court
Jeff Nygaard	5	5	Stein catches the tape on the deep kill attempt and the ball just falls into the D's court
Jake Gibb	6	5	Jake makes an incredible one handed dig and then slams the ball off Jeff
Jake Gibb	6	6	Dax brings the heat out early off the great set by Jeff with the slam down the line
Dax Holdren	7	6	Long rally ends as both Dax and Stein have two huge digs a piece when Stein sends the stinger down the line
Stein Metzger	8	6	Dax's spike attempt just misses the backline
Stein Metzger	8	7	Dax doesn't miss this time as he slams it off a back-reeling Jake Gibb
Jeff Nygaard	9	7	Jake winds up and throws an off speed angler
Jake Gibb	10	7	Ace off the net tape
Jake Gibb	11	7	Dax just misses the sideline on the Kill attempt
Jake Gibb	11	8	Dax does not miss this time as he sends the kill cross court just inside the line
Dax Holdren	11	9	Jeff contorts his body and slams it cross court just inside the back right corner
Dax Holdren	12	9	Stein slams it hard off Dax
Stein Metzger	12	10	Dax comes out of the timeout faking cross and sending the bullet down the line
Jeff Nygaard	13	10	Incredible saves by Jeff and Dax go unrewarded as Stein tips it into the open court
Jake Gibb	13	11	Service error short
Dax Holdren	13	12	Jake sends the kill long
Dax Holdren	13	13	Long rally ends as Stein's slam catches the tape and rolls on the net and out of bounds and we are all tied up
Dax Holdren	13	14	Double foul on Stein
Dax Holdren	13	15	Double foul on Jake
Dax Holdren	14	15	Service error long
Stein Metzger	14	16	Dome shot -- Dax's slam smacks Stein right in the head - Stein shakes it off and smiles for the crowd
Jeff Nygaard	15	16	Jake spanks it cross court off Dax
Jake Gibb	15	17	Jeff winds up and catches the tape on the kill as the ball falls into the open court left
Dax Holdren	16	17	Jake throws the inside out swing and slaps it down the line
Stein Metzger	17	17	Jake meets Jeff above the net and turns back the slam to tie the score
Stein Metzger	17	18	Jeff learns a lesson and winds up only to send a floater down the line
Jeff Nygaard	18	18	Dax tries to end the long rally but his kill attempt catches the tape and flies wide
Jake Gibb	18	19	Net foul on Jake
Dax Holdren	18	20	Jeff closes off all angles as he blocks Stein's kill attempt to reach game point
Dax Holdren	18	21	Game Point 1 - Dax ends the first game by slamming it off Jake
Server	Jake Gibb Stein Metzger	Dax Holdren Jeff Nygaard	Play
Game 2
Stein Metzger	0	1	Dax starts off game two with the cross court kill
Dax Holdren	1	1	Stein goes down the line on the side out
Jake Gibb	2	1	Incredible rally ends as Jeff's saving scoop shot just misses wide right
Jake Gibb	3	1	Double on Jeff
Jake Gibb	3	2	Dax spikes it hard down the line and off Stein
Jeff Nygaard	4	2	The most incredible rally with Stein and Dax diving every which way finally ends as Big Jake Gibb rejects the Dax kill - just incredible
Stein Metzger	4	3	Jeff throws his own block party with the roof job on Stein
Dax Holdren	4	4	Jeff has the big dig and then the big kill cross court
Dax Holdren	4	5	Jeff is at it again with the big block of Stein
Dax Holdren	5	5	Jeff tries to go over in one but just misses wide left
Jake Gibb	5	6	Dax sides out with the kill
Jeff Nygaard	6	6	Stein hears Jake's call of line and sends the heater down the line
Stein Metzger	6	7	Jeff kills it cross court
Dax Holdren	6	8	Stein misses short on the cut attempt after the long rally
Dax Holdren	7	8	Service error long
Jake Gibb	8	8	Jake moves his right hand just over a few inches and rejects the Dax kill
Jake Gibb	8	9	Stein cuts it and after an argument it is ruled wide
Jeff Nygaard	9	9	Jake hammers it through Jeff's hands
Stein Metzger	9	10	Dax throws it down the line
Dax Holdren	10	10	Jake winds up and then sends the floater over Jeff and down the line
Jake Gibb	11	10	Incredible battle at the net including a huge block by Big Jake Gibb ends when Jeff sends the spike wide
Jake Gibb	11	11	Dax fires it down the line right
Jeff Nygaard	12	11	Stein takes advantage of no blockers and fires it cross court into the back right corner
Stein Metzger	12	12	Jeff slams it on the 2 foot line off the nice Dax set
Dax Holdren	13	12	Just an incredible rally ends as Jake tips it over Jeff and Dax's dig attempt is not enough
Jake Gibb	14	12	Ace off the net tape
Jake Gibb	14	13	Dax slams it off Stein and the ball ends up in the beach club
Jeff Nygaard	15	13	Service error short
Stein Metzger	15	14	Jeff loads up and sends the heater cross court off Stein
Dax Holdren	16	14	Jeff just misses on the desperation tip into the deep left corner
Jake Gibb	16	15	Stein misses on the Spike after the great dig
Jeff Nygaard	16	16	ANother incredible rally ends on the Dax kill splitting the D and we are tied up
Jeff Nygaard	17	16	Stein tips it into the back right corner - Dax argues that Jake's set was a double but to no avail
Stein Metzger	18	16	Jeff misses on the cut shot attempt right
Stein Metzger	19	16	Jeff misses short on the off speed kill attempt
Stein Metzger	19	17	Jake's block attempt of Jeff falls just wide right
Dax Holdren	19	18	Jeff rejects the Jake tip
Dax Holdren	19	19	Jake misses just short on the kill attempt and we are all tied up
Dax Holdren	19	20	Jeff does it again throwing the off speed kill right back at Jake to set up Match Point
Dax Holdren	20	20	Match Point 1 - Stein ties it up hammering it off Jeff's hands
Jake Gibb	20	21	Jeff brings a second match point with the kill down the line
Jeff Nygaard	21	21	Match Point 2 - Jake spikes it off Jeff and the ball sails into the stands
Stein Metzger	21	22	Jeff powers the kill through Jake's hands
Dax Holdren	22	22	Match Point 3 - Jake fakes the powers and politely floats it down the line
Jake Gibb	22	23	Dax sends the kill up the middle and just inside the baseline
Jeff Nygaard	23	23	Match Point 4 - The ball explodes off Jakes hands cross court
Stein Metzger	24	23	Ace left
Stein Metzger	25	23	Game Point 1 - Jake ends the game after four match points on the huge rejection of the Dax kill attempt and we are going three where the winner will face Nick Lucena and Phil Dalhausser
Server	Jake Gibb Stein Metzger	Dax Holdren Jeff Nygaard	Play
Game 3
Dax Holdren	1	0	Dax starts off game three by sending the kill just wide right
Stein Metzger	1	1	Jeff hears the angle call and places it perfectly into the open court
Jeff Nygaard	2	1	Jake cuts it hard left after the great return of serve
Jake Gibb	3	1	Jake goes huge closing of the net and sending back the Jeff kill attempt
Jake Gibb	4	1	The best dig of the tourney by Stein as he crawls to sends the desperation shot over the net - Jake then ends the rally but stuffing the kill attempt by Jeff
Jake Gibb	4	2	Jeff does it the easy this time around as he slams it down hard
Dax Holdren	5	2	Stein returns the favor sending the spike right back up the middle
Stein Metzger	5	3	Dax looks the D cross and sends the ball down the line
Jeff Nygaard	6	3	Service error short
Jake Gibb	7	3	So nice Jake does it twice - Blocking Dax in two the first time and sending the Jeff kill right back into the open court
Jake Gibb	8	3	Stein sends the floater over Jeff and down the line left
Jake Gibb	8	4	Jeff ends the scoring streak with a side out hard cross court
Dax Holdren	9	4	Jake powers the kill off Jeff's hand as the ball flies into the stands
Stein Metzger	10	4	Just another incredible rally with a dozen hits finally ends on the Stein kill right
Stein Metzger	10	5	Jeff winds up and slams it down on the two foot line right
Jeff Nygaard	11	5	Jake cuts it hard left after the great bump set by Stein
Jake Gibb	12	5	Jeff sends the deep kill attempt long
Jake Gibb	12	6	Service error long
Dax Holdren	13	6	Service error long
Stein Metzger	13	7	Jeff tickles the right sideline on the Kill
Jeff Nygaard	14	7	Field Goal - Stein splits the Jeff uprights on the kill to set up match point
Jake Gibb	15	7	Match Point 1 - Jake Gibb closes off the net once again rejecting the Jeff slam - Its a rematch from Austin as Jake and Stein will face Nick and Phil. See you at 1pm PST.