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AVP Tour
$280,000 Bud Light AVP Long Beach Open
July 19 - 22, 2007

(8) Anthony Medel/Fred Souza

Anthony Medel

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 28, 1978 (46 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 (52 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 Long Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	10	3rd	270	$9,500.00
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

Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 1

Vincent Robbins / Adam Roberts (25, Q1)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	23	14	5	0.391	0	6	3	1
	1	13	7	5	0.154	0	2	2	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	6	4	0	0.667	3	0	5	4
	1	2	2	0	1.000	3	0	3	1
	2	4	2	0	0.500	0	0	2	3

Fri, 7/20/2007

Winner 2

Jeff Nygaard / Jason Ring (9)

Won 24-22, 21-17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	30	20	6	0.467	0	6	1	4
	1	14	8	3	0.357	0	3	0	2
	2	16	12	3	0.563	0	3	1	2
Fred Souza	Total	21	13	4	0.429	3	1	6	4
	1	14	8	3	0.357	1	0	6	3
	2	7	5	1	0.571	2	1	0	1

Sat, 7/21/2007

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (1)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	18	9	2	0.389	0	7	0	2
	1	8	3	0	0.375	0	2	0	1
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	5	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	30	18	6	0.400	2	5	3	4
	1	14	8	3	0.357	1	1	1	4
	2	16	10	3	0.438	1	4	2	0

Sat, 7/21/2007

Contender 4

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (11)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	27	18	3	0.556	0	8	3	1
	1	18	13	1	0.667	0	6	0	1
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	2	3	0
Fred Souza	Total	18	12	3	0.500	1	5	2	4
	1	3	3	0	1.000	1	2	0	2
	2	15	9	3	0.400	0	3	2	2

Sat, 7/21/2007

Contender 5

Nick Lucena / Mark Williams (10)

Lost 9-21, 19-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	18	8	5	0.167	0	9	1	2
	1	8	3	3	0.000	0	1	0	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	8	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	22	10	5	0.227	0	0	1	3
	1	6	2	3	-0.167	0	0	0	3
	2	16	8	2	0.375	0	0	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	116	69	21	0.414	0	36	8	10
Fred Souza	97	57	18	0.402	9	11	17	19

Head to Head Results
Medel/Souza trail the series against the field 18-19 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-5
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-17, 21-19	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 2 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
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
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 9 Nygaard/Ring 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	8	Nygaard/Ring	9	24-22, 21-17
Trail the series against # 10 Lucena/Williams 0-1
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Lucena/Williams	10	Medel/Souza	8	21-9, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Doble/Olson 1-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	8	Doble/Olson	11	21-18, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 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 # 15 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	8	Mayer/Prosser	20	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Jewell/Loiola 1-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Jewell/Loiola	17	21-18, 21-19	0:45
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 # 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 Allen/Mihalic 2-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	7	Allen/Mihalic	26, Q3	21-13, 21-19	0:34
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	11	Allen/Mihalic	27, Q7	23-21, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Robbins/Roberts 2-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:36
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 # 28, Q7 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 # Q10 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 # Q16 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