AVP Tour
$100,000 Las Vegas Aquafina Shootout
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Match #4: Pool B
(7, Q7) Dax Holdren / (5, Q11) Larry Witt
def.
(Q6) Jeff Nygaard / (Q10) Karch Kiraly
21-13, 21-18 (0:38)
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: 11
Tournaments: 136
Career Wins: 8
Career AVP Wins: 7
Career Winnings: $470,797.50
Karch Kiraly
Photo: Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 3, 1960 (64 yrs old)
Home Town: Santa Barbara, CA
Height: 6'2"
College(s): UCLA
Seasons: 29
Tournaments: 354
Career Wins: 148
Career AVP Wins: 122
Career Winnings: $3,211,989.25
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: 15
Tournaments: 200
Career Wins: 14
Career AVP Wins: 11
Career Winnings: $699,496.50
Larry Witt
Photo: Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 13, 1979 (45 yrs old)
Home Town: Santa Ynez, CA
Height: 6'6"
College(s): Stanford
Seasons: 12
Tournaments: 105
Career Wins: 2
Career Winnings: $194,770.00
1 2 3
(7, Q7) Dax Holdren / (5, Q11) Larry Witt 21 21 0
(Q6) Jeff Nygaard / (Q10) Karch Kiraly 13 18 0
Stats
Game 1
Statistics Dax Holdren Larry Witt Jeff Nygaard Karch Kiraly
ATTACK
Attacks 7 9 13 5
Kills 4 7 7 3
Errors 0 1 3 2
Hitting Pct 0.571 0.667 0.308 0.200
SERVE
Aces 2 0 0 0
Errors 0 2 0 0
DEFENSE
Blocks 0 2 1 0
Digs 2 2 2 3
Game 2
Statistics Dax Holdren Larry Witt Jeff Nygaard Karch Kiraly
ATTACK
Attacks 11 9 20 7
Kills 7 7 11 5
Errors 2 0 5 0
Hitting Pct 0.455 0.778 0.300 0.714
SERVE
Aces 1 0 0 0
Errors 0 0 0 0
DEFENSE
Blocks 0 3 1 0
Digs 5 1 1 4
Game 3
Statistics Dax Holdren Larry Witt Jeff Nygaard Karch Kiraly
ATTACK
Attacks N/A N/A N/A N/A
Kills N/A N/A N/A N/A
Errors N/A N/A N/A N/A
Kill Pct N/A N/A N/A N/A
SERVE
Aces N/A N/A N/A N/A
Errors N/A N/A N/A N/A
DEFENSE
Blocks N/A N/A N/A N/A
Digs N/A N/A N/A N/A
Match Total
Statistics Dax Holdren Larry Witt Jeff Nygaard Karch Kiraly
ATTACK
Attacks 18 18 33 12
Kills 11 14 18 8
Errors 2 1 8 2
Hitting Pct 0.500 0.722 0.303 0.500
SERVE
Aces 3 0 0 0
Errors 0 2 0 0
DEFENSE
Blocks 0 5 2 0
Digs 7 3 3 7
Play By Play
ServerJeff Nygaard
Karch Kiraly		Dax Holdren
Larry Witt		Play
Game 1
Jeff Nygaard10 
Jeff Nygaard20 
Jeff Nygaard30 
Jeff Nygaard31 
Jeff Nygaard32Larry puts it away hard cross court
Dax Holdren33Jeff can't get it through Larry's block
Larry Witt43TBD
Larry Witt53Service error long
Karch Kiraly54Kill by Dax
Dax Holdren64Jeff just catches the baseline
Karch Kiraly65Larry powers it through Jeff
Larry Witt75Jeff comes right back and powers it through Larry
Jeff Nygaard76Larry slaps it down on the 2 foot line
Dax Holdren77Great rally ends on the great block by Larry of Karch
Dax Holdren78Ace off the tape
Dax Holdren79Ace
Dax Holdren710Great rally ends on the Dax slam off Karch
Dax Holdren810Larry just misses short on the block attempt of Jeff
Karch Kiraly811Larry with the nice rainbow tip into the back right corner
Larry Witt812Double on Jeff
Larry Witt813Karch shoots it just long and were switching sides
Larry Witt814Nygaard pokes it over the defense but long
Larry Witt914Karch catches Dax going the wrong way
Larry Witt915Larry with the kill
Dax Holdren916Karch called for the double
Dax Holdren1016Karch finsds the back line
Karch Kiraly1017Dax with the kill down the middle
Larry Witt1117Nygaard hard cross court shot
Jeff Nygaard1118After a rally, Larry puts the ball down the line with authority
Dax Holdren1119Jeff tips it but the wind carries it just wide
Dax Holdren1120Jeff gets the shot put back in his face by Larry
Dax Holdren1220Jeff's shot barely touches the fingers of Larry and keeps the game going
Karch Kiraly1320Jeff with a big blcok of Larry
Karch Kiraly1321This time Larry uses Jeff's hands and sends the ball off the block for the game win
ServerJeff Nygaard
Karch Kiraly		Dax Holdren
Larry Witt		Play
Game 2
Dax Holdren01Larry starts it out with a big block of Jeff
Dax Holdren02Dax gets an ace as Karch can't keep the ball off the sand
Dax Holdren03Dax follows his dig with the kill
Dax Holdren13Karch blisters it down the line
Karch Kiraly14 
Larry Witt24Karch gets another kill
Jeff Nygaard25Larry off the block of Jeff to force a sidechange
Dax Holdren35Jeff finds open sand with cross court kill
Karch Kiraly45Larry has a hard hit tha Karch digs with his chest, falls across the net for a point
Karch Kiraly46Larry with the kill
Larry Witt56Jeff hard kill with no blocker up
Jeff Nygaard57Dax gets into the action with a kill off Karch
Dax Holdren67Jeff slams it off Larry's attempted blcok
Karch Kiraly68Larry returns the favor
Larry Witt78Long rally ends when Dax and Larry can't get it over in three
Dax Holdren79Larry with a kill
Dax Holdren710Karch hits it just wide
Dax Holdren810Great rally with defense on both sides, Karch puts it away
Karch Kiraly811Larry's kill pushes the margin back up to three
Larry Witt911Karch frustrates Dax at the net by going down the line
Jeff Nygaard912Larry sizzles one down the line and we have a timeout
Jeff Nygaard1012Nygaard draws some "ooohs" with a dig and kill
Karch Kiraly1112Debate over where Jeff's block lands, it is ruled in
Karch Kiraly1212Dax off-balance shots results in a tie as his shot goes wide and long
Karch Kiraly1312The run continues as Jeff puts it down
Karch Kiraly1412Karch with a dig and then soft shot that hits the line
Karch Kiraly1413Dax delivers hart shot to end the run
Larry Witt1414Jeff's shot goes into the next zip code
Larry Witt1514Jeff with a soft cut shot
Jeff Nygaard1515Dax with a kill to tie it up
Dax Holdren1615Jeff hard kill
Karch Kiraly1616Dax with the late turn and puts it down
Larry Witt1617Digs on each side but Larry's left-handed kill ends the rally
Larry Witt1717Jeff tools the block of Larry
Jeff Nygaard1718Dax soft dink
Dax Holdren1719Larry rejects Jeff
Dax Holdren1819Jeff soft dink
Karch Kiraly1820Dax has a hard cross court kill
Larry Witt1821Larry ends with block of Jeff