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AVP Tour
$250,000 Cincinnati Open presented by Liftoff
August 31 - September 2, 2006

(8) Anthony Medel/Fred Souza

Anthony Medel

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 28, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Golden West College
Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Guatemala City 2009)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$162,225.00

Frederico "Fred" Dória de Souza

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

6'7"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$290,592.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	38	0	2	5	0	9	9	9	3	1	0	$222,650.00

Previous Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	7	9th	144	$2,450.00
AVP	8/17-19/2006	Brooklyn Open	11	7th	260	$5,500.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	13	5th	312	$7,500.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	15	9th	208	$3,300.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	21	5th	216	$5,500.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/1/2006

Winner 2

Canyon Ceman / Matt Olson (9)

Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-12

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	14	9	2	0.500	4	3	5	5
	1	5	3	1	0.400	2	0	3	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	3	0	1
	3	3	2	0	0.667	2	0	2	2
Fred Souza	Total	39	24	6	0.462	1	10	4	4
	1	9	9	0	1.000	0	5	1	1
	2	21	10	5	0.238	0	4	1	3
	3	9	5	1	0.444	1	1	2	0

Fri, 9/1/2006

Winner 3

Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	31	18	6	0.387	0	4	1	6
	1	15	9	4	0.333	0	1	1	3
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	3	0	3
Fred Souza	Total	9	6	0	0.667	1	6	3	0
	1	5	3	0	0.600	1	3	2	0
	2	4	3	0	0.750	0	3	1	0

Fri, 9/1/2006

Contender 3

Hans Stolfus / Aaron Wachtfogel (11)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	25	19	3	0.640	0	10	1	1
	1	13	12	1	0.846	0	8	0	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	2	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	17	12	1	0.647	2	4	3	4
	1	10	5	1	0.400	1	4	1	2
	2	7	7	0	1.000	1	0	2	2

Sat, 9/2/2006

Contender 4

John Hyden / Jeff Nygaard (5)

Lost 25-27, 14-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	29	12	8	0.138	0	5	0	3
	1	13	7	4	0.231	0	2	0	3
	2	16	5	4	0.063	0	3	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	20	16	2	0.700	1	1	3	2
	1	12	10	1	0.750	1	1	2	1
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	0	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	99	58	19	0.394	4	22	7	15
Fred Souza	85	58	9	0.576	5	21	13	10
Total	184	116	28	0.478	9	43	20	25
Opponents	171	108	15	0.544	12	40	9	20

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	2	4	0	7	9	8	2	1	0	0	$188,975.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,800.00
Total	35	0	2	5	0	8	9	8	2	1	0	0	$209,775.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anthony Medel												Fred Souza
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,600.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,450.00
92	0	2	5	0	21	21	21	14	0	$133,812.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	0	2	7	2	32	40	15	1	0	$200,285.00
											Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	$15,375.00	Manhattan Beach	7	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	$34,595.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,250.00	Tour Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00
103	0	2	6	0	23	23	23	15	0	$152,437.50	Total	131	2	3	10	2	36	44	15	1	0	$265,030.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2006	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$29,750.00	20	12	62.5 %
Total	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$29,750.00	20	12	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anthony Medel													Fred Souza
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											1996	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$8,000.00
											1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	3	$17,750.00
											1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	$9,100.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$200.00	1999	AVP
											1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2000	AVP	10	0	0	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	$23,500.00
											2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	$900.00	2001	AVP
											2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$500.00	2002	AVP	7	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$20,247.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	$450.00	2003	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$5,245.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	$1,950.00	2004	AVP
											2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	3	$21,400.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	$4,725.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	$14,675.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
14	0	0	0	0	4	3	5	2	0	$17,500.00	2006	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	0	0	$22,175.00
54	0	0	0	0	4	8	18	13	11	$26,225.00	Total	Total	93	2	1	5	2	23	29	12	1	18	$155,842.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	65	72.2%	13	14.4%	12	13.3%	78-12	86.7%	23	27.7%	15	18.1%	45	54.2%	23-60	27.7%	65-45	59.1%	36-27	57.1%	0	0	101-72	58.4%
2005-2006	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	8	57.1%	4-10	28.6%	13-8	61.9%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	20-12	62.5%
Against the Field	12	50.0%	3	12.5%	9	37.5%	15-9	62.5%	6	19.4%	5	16.1%	20	64.5%	6-25	19.4%	24-40	37.5%	18-28	39.1%	0	0	21-34	38.2%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	30	2	4	0	0	0	0	90	62
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	4
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	32	2	5	0	0	0	0	99	66

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 12-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-2
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	7	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	15	21-16, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Medel/Souza	21	21-18, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 4 Holdren/Scott 0-4
8/13/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	13	21-14, 21-18	0:44
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-7	1:08
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	15	21-16, 21-18	0:41
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	21	21-16, 21-18	0:55
Lead the series against # 5 Hyden/Nygaard 2-1
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Hyden/Nygaard	5	Medel/Souza	8	27-25, 21-14	0:51
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	11	Hyden/Nygaard	4	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	21	Hyden/Nygaard	5	21-18, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Ceman/Olson 2-0
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	8	Ceman/Olson	9	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	1:03
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	13	Ceman/Olson	12	23-21, 18-21, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 10 Doble/Mariano 3-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	11	Doble/Mariano	10	23-21, 21-19	0:51
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	13	Doble/Mariano	10	20-22, 21-15, 16-14	1:19
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	21	Doble/Mariano	8	21-19, 21-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Stolfus/Wachtfogel 2-1
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	8	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	11	21-16, 21-18	0:42
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 4	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	14	Medel/Souza	7	24-22, 21-17	0:48
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	13	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	9	21-18, 30-28	1:11
Trail the series against # 14 Loomis/Wong 0-1
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 5	Loomis/Wong	14	Medel/Souza	11	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:09
Series tied with # 18 Carlucci/Roberts 1-1
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Carlucci/Roberts	22	Medel/Souza	11	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:13
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	15	Carlucci/Roberts	24, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 20 Lee/Ratledge 1-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	11	Lee/Ratledge	21	30-32, 21-19, 15-12	1:31
Lead the series against # Q1 DiPierro/Grotowski 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	13	DiPierro/Grotowski	20	21-16, 21-16	0:41