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$200,000 AVP Seaside Heights Open presented by Bud Light
July 5 - 8, 2007

(10) 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 Seaside Heights Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Brad Torsone - 17th	Paul Baxter - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	7	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	7	13th	108	$1,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	7	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	8	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	7	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	6	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	8	7th	260	$5,500.00
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

Seaside Heights Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 1

Mike Morrison / Ty Tramblie (23)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	32	20	6	0.438	0	11	1	3
	1	15	10	3	0.467	0	7	1	0
	2	17	10	3	0.412	0	4	0	3
Fred Souza	Total	12	5	3	0.167	2	4	5	7
	1	8	2	2	0.000	0	3	2	4
	2	4	3	1	0.500	2	1	3	3

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 2

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (7)

Lost 22-20, 18-21, 15-17

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	30	17	8	0.300	0	10	0	3
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	5	0	2
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	0
	3	8	3	5	-0.250	0	3	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	26	15	4	0.423	3	1	4	10
	1	9	5	2	0.333	1	0	2	3
	2	8	4	1	0.375	1	0	2	5
	3	9	6	1	0.556	1	1	0	2

Sat, 7/7/2007

Contender 2

Vincent Robbins / Adam Roberts (25, Q1)

Won 21-12, 21-10

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	22	17	0	0.773	0	7	3	6
	1	11	11	0	1.000	0	2	0	3
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	5	3	3
Fred Souza	Total	10	8	1	0.700	0	4	5	5
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	1	5	1
	2	6	6	0	1.000	0	3	0	4

Sat, 7/7/2007

Contender 3

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (15)

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

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	25	10	7	0.120	0	10	5	3
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	1	1
	2	10	3	3	0.000	0	4	3	2
	3	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	1	0
Fred Souza	Total	27	22	3	0.704	5	3	1	5
	1	13	9	2	0.538	3	1	1	5
	2	6	6	0	1.000	2	2	0	0
	3	8	7	1	0.750	0	0	0	0

Sat, 7/7/2007

Contender 4

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (20)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	28	13	5	0.286	0	9	3	3
	1	15	7	3	0.267	0	6	2	1
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	1	2
Fred Souza	Total	15	9	1	0.533	1	1	4	4
	1	6	5	0	0.833	1	0	1	2
	2	9	4	1	0.333	0	1	3	2

Sat, 7/7/2007

Contender 5

Matt Olson / Jason Ring (9)

Won 21-15, 21-11

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	16	8	4	0.250	0	10	0	2
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	6	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	22	17	3	0.636	1	4	1	2
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	0	0	2
	2	13	12	1	0.846	1	4	1	0

Sun, 7/8/2007

Contender 6

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (7)

Won 19-21, 21-17, 17-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	20	13	4	0.450	0	5	2	3
	1	4	3	1	0.500	0	2	1	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	0	1	1
	3	10	6	3	0.300	0	3	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	25	16	2	0.560	0	3	6	6
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	0	1	2
	2	11	6	2	0.364	0	1	3	4
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	2	2	0

Sun, 7/8/2007

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	9	6	2	0.444	0	6	1	4
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	0	2
	2	4	2	2	0.000	0	4	1	2
Fred Souza	Total	32	15	9	0.188	3	1	0	3
	1	14	9	4	0.357	0	1	0	2
	2	18	6	5	0.056	3	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	182	104	36	0.374	0	68	15	27
Fred Souza	169	107	26	0.479	15	21	26	42

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 %
2007	AVP	10	0	0	1	0	1	5	2	1	0	0	0	$46,000.00	31	20	60.8 %
Total	AVP	16	0	0	1	0	3	7	4	1	0	0	0	$75,750.00	51	32	61.4 %

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
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
10	0	0	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	$23,000.00	2007	AVP	10	0	0	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	$23,000.00
64	0	0	1	0	10	11	18	13	11	$49,225.00	Total	Total	104	2	1	6	2	29	32	13	1	18	$180,342.50

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%
2006-2007	48	76.2%	6	9.5%	9	14.3%	54-9	85.7%	15	28.8%	7	13.5%	30	57.7%	15-37	28.8%	48-30	61.5%	21-16	56.8%	0	0	69-46	60.0%
Against the Field	22	62.9%	6	17.1%	7	20.0%	28-7	80.0%	9	21.4%	9	21.4%	24	57.1%	9-33	21.4%	44-48	47.8%	30-32	48.4%	0	0	37-40	48.1%

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
Medel/Souza trail the series against the field 20-22 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-5
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	10	21-19, 21-15	0:53
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-10, 21-17	0:41
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	7	22-20, 21-15	0:52
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 # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-4
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Medel/Souza	10	21-18, 21-19	0:44
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Medel/Souza	8	21-17, 21-17	0:49
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Medel/Souza	6	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	1:04
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Medel/Souza	21	21-18, 21-18	0:53
Series tied with # 3 Lambert/Metzger 1-1
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-18, 21-15	0:44
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Series tied with # 4 Kiraly/Wong 1-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Wong	10	Medel/Souza	7	32-34, 21-17, 15-13	1:24
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	7	Kiraly/Wong	10	23-21, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Jennings/Williams 0-3
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 4	Jennings/Williams	9	Medel/Souza	10	21-14, 17-21, 16-14	1:03
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Jennings/Williams	9	Medel/Souza	10	21-12, 21-15	0:39
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 4	Jennings/Williams	7	Medel/Souza	6	21-18, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Holdren/Nygaard 2-0
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Holdren/Nygaard	5	21-19, 21-15	0:51
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	8	Holdren/Nygaard	6	21-14, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 7 Hyden/Keenan 1-3
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Medel/Souza	10	Hyden/Keenan	7	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:08
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	20-22, 21-18, 17-15	1:02
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	1:00
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	10	Medel/Souza	7	21-19, 21-18	0:51
Series tied with # 8 Fuerbringer/Scott 1-1
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Scott	7	Medel/Souza	10	21-17, 21-16	0:45
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	7	Fuerbringer/Scott	4	21-17, 16-21, 24-22	1:16
Trail the series against # 9 Olson/Ring 1-2
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	10	Olson/Ring	9	21-15, 21-11	0:39
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 3	Olson/Ring	4	Medel/Souza	7	22-20, 21-19	0:53
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 4	Olson/Ring	8	Medel/Souza	7	21-17, 24-22	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 Lucena/Strickland 1-2
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	10	Lucena/Strickland	9	21-19, 21-16	0:35
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Strickland	10	Medel/Souza	7	21-18, 21-12	0:40
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 3	Lucena/Strickland	13	Medel/Souza	7	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Loomis/Stolfus 2-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Loomis/Stolfus	12	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	1:17
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Loomis/Stolfus	15	21-17, 11-21, 24-22	1:14
Lead the series against # 15 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Wachtfogel/Wong	15	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 19 Lee/Rester 1-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Lee/Rester	18	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 20 Mariano/Ratledge 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	10	Mariano/Ratledge	20	21-17, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 21 Koski/Minc 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Hildebrand/Lane 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	8	Hildebrand/Lane	24	21-13, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 23 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	10	Morrison/Tramblie	23	21-19, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Dykstra/VanZwieten 1-0
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	10	Dykstra/VanZwieten	24, Q12	21-17, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Robbins/Roberts 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-12, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Corso/Rambis 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	10	Corso/Rambis	23, Q15	21-14, 21-10	0:35
Lead the series against # Q9 Becker/Bruning 1-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	7	Becker/Bruning	24, Q16	21-17, 25-23	0:59