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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 5 - 8, 2008

(9) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Chris Pitzak - 57th	Eduardo Bacil - 4th
2001	John Moran - 29th	Did not play
2002	John Moran - 17th	Eduardo Bacil - 3rd
2003	John Moran - 25th	Eduardo Bacil - 7th
2004	Scott Lane - 17th	Did not play
2005	Ty Loomis - 13th	Jose Loiola - 13th
2006	Brad Torsone - 17th	Did not play
2007	Fred Souza - 13th	Anthony Medel - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	7	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	4	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	5	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	5	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	3	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	9/14-16/2007	San Francisco Best of the Beach	5	5th	0	$8,000.00
AVP	8/30-9/1/2007	Cincinnati Open	5	9th	208	$2,875.00
AVP	8/23-25/2007	Brooklyn Open	4	7th	260	$6,500.00
AVP	8/16-18/2007	Boston Open	5	3rd	390	$13,300.00
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	6	3rd	390	$13,300.00
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	4	5th	312	$8,500.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	8	7th	260	$6,500.00
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 Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 1

Austin Rester / Chris Seiffert (24)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	28	13	7	0.214	0	9	2	1
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	5	2	1
	2	15	6	5	0.067	0	4	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	11	4	3	0.091	2	4	2	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	1	2	2	0
	2	5	1	2	-0.200	1	2	0	1

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 2

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (8)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	22	15	1	0.636	0	10	1	2
	1	14	10	0	0.714	0	8	0	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	2	1	2
Fred Souza	Total	28	12	7	0.179	1	3	0	4
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	3	0	3
	2	17	7	4	0.176	1	0	0	1

Fri, 6/6/2008

Contender 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (10)

Lost 15-21, 21-17, 13-15

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	44	24	7	0.386	0	10	2	4
	1	14	6	2	0.286	0	0	0	2
	2	20	11	4	0.350	0	7	2	1
	3	10	7	1	0.600	0	3	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	21	10	3	0.333	3	5	2	6
	1	8	4	1	0.375	1	2	1	2
	2	7	4	0	0.571	1	1	0	2
	3	6	2	2	0.000	1	2	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	94	52	15	0.394	0	29	5	7
Fred Souza	60	26	13	0.217	6	12	4	11

Head to Head Results
Medel/Souza trail the series against the field 18-32 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 2-9
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Semi-Finals	Medel/Souza	7	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-14, 21-19	0:51
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	4	21-18, 21-18	0:46
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	4	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:11
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	5	17-21, 21-10, 17-15	1:08
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	5	18-21, 21-7, 15-9	0:51
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	6	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:11
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 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-3
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Medel/Souza	5	15-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:03
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Medel/Souza	3	21-13, 21-11	0:43
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-15, 21-19	0:54
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Medel/Souza	5	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:01
Trail the series against # 3 Hyden/Keenan 2-5
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	5	Hyden/Keenan	4	21-19, 21-8	0:36
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	4	Medel/Souza	5	21-12, 21-19
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	5	Medel/Souza	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	1:06
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 # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 2-7
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Medel/Souza	7	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:15
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 4	Medel/Souza	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	21-18, 13-21, 17-15	1:18
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	22-24, 21-15, 21-19	1:21
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Medel/Souza	6	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
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 # 6 Olson/Wong 0-2
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	6	Medel/Souza	4	21-19, 21-14	0:54
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	12	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-18	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Lucena/Scott 0-3
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Scott	8	Medel/Souza	9	21-19, 21-16	0:55
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 3	Lucena/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-10	0:40
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Semi-Finals	Lucena/Scott	6	Medel/Souza	4	21-11, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 10 Mariano/Ratledge 1-2
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	10	Medel/Souza	9	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	1:09
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	15	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-12	0:41
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 # 11 Holdren/Strickland 1-0
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	3	Holdren/Strickland	11	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
Trail the series against # 12 Brazao/Loiola 0-1
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 2	Brazao/Loiola	10	Medel/Souza	5	21-15, 22-24, 15-13	1:09
Lead the series against # 14 Mayer/Nygaard 1-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-15, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 15 Baxter/Prosser 2-0
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	7	Baxter/Prosser	18	22-20, 21-13	0:45
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Baxter/Prosser	20	21-16, 21-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 Marchewka/Placek 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	6	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	23-21, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 24 Rester/Seiffert 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	9	Rester/Seiffert	24	21-13, 21-19	0:56
Lead the series against # 25 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 # Q11 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