Gibb/Patterson looking to break another #6 seed curse against Spain on day five

Rio de Janeiro, August 10, 2016 – Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson of the United States will be looking to break another #6 seed Olympic Game curse against the #7 seed, Spain’s Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera to kick off the men’s competition on day five in pool F.  All four teams in the pool have 1-1 records, so the winner will guarantee at least a 2nd-place finish in the pool and advance to the elimination stage.  The losing team will have to wait for the tie-breaker to see if they finish 3rd in the pool or go home with a 19th-place finish.

Head to Head

Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson have won four of the six meetings on the FIVB World Tour dating back to 2013 including the last three.

• Gibb/Patterson won 21-17, 13-21, and 16-14 in 47 minutes, Moscow Grand Slam, Quarterfinals, 05/28/2016

• Gibb/Patterson won 19-21, 21-16, and 18-16 in 62 minutes, SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals, Pool Play, 09/30/2015

• Gibb/Patterson won 31-29, 18-21, and 15-11 in 62 minutes, Stare Jablonki Grand Slam, Round of 16, 08/23/2014

• Gavira/Herrera won 21-19 and 25-23 in 47 minutes, Berlin Grand Slam, Round of 24, 06/20/2014

• Gavira/Herrera won 21-17, 18-21, and 15-11 in 45 minutes, Moscow Grand Slam, Pool Play, 06/13/2014

• Gibb/Patterson won 21-17 and 21-19 in 38 minutes, Gstaad Grand Slam, Pool Play, 07/11/2013

Historically the #7 seed has won all three of the matches against the #6 seed in the Olympic Games.  The last match for Gibb/Patterson was against the #18 seed, which had won all four meetings in the Olympic Games and won again in Rio.

• Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos (7), Brazil def. John Garcia-Thompson/Steve Grotowski (6), England, 21-17, 21-12 in 40 minutes, Pool Play, London (2012).

• Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal (7), United States def. Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann (6), Germany, 21-15, 21-13 in 38 minutes, Pool Play, Beijing (2008).

• Martin Conde/Mariano Baracetti (7), Argentina def. Pavlos Beligratis/Thanassis Michalopoulos (6), Greece, by forfeit, Pool Play, Athens (2004).

Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, Seed #6, Pool F, 1-1, 1.000 Set Ratio, 1.0541 Point Ratio, Qualified 6th with 5,680 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period

• Jake: February 6, 1976 (40y6m0d), 201 cm (6’7″), 93 kg (206 lbs.), Hometown Bountiful, Utah 113th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 46th), six gold medals, $705,037 career winnings (ranks 14th)

• Casey: April 20, 1980 (36y3m17d), 201 cm (6’7″), 88 kg (195 lbs.), Hometown Manhattan Beach, California 52nd FIVB World Tour event, two gold medals, $302,562 career winnings (ranks 67th)

• Jake and Casey have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 43rd FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, two gold medals, $582,025 career winnings (ranks 29th).

• Jake has played in 27 FIVB …

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