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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam Boulder presented by Bud Light
July 4 - 5, 2008

(5) 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 Boulder Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Paul Baxter - 5th
2006	Fred Souza - 9th	Anthony Medel - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	5	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	9	17th	72	$700.00
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 Slam Boulder Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/4/2008

Winner 1

David Fischer / AJ Mihalic (28)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	30	18	3	0.500	0	9	0	2
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	2	0	1
	2	20	11	3	0.400	0	7	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	15	11	3	0.533	5	3	1	3
	1	7	6	1	0.714	2	0	1	3
	2	8	5	2	0.375	3	3	0	0

Fri, 7/4/2008

Winner 2

Dain Blanton / Jon Mesko (21)

Won 13-21, 21-17, 15-10

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	30	16	4	0.400	0	15	0	2
	1	13	6	3	0.231	0	0	0	2
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	8	0	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	7	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	19	10	2	0.421	2	2	2	2
	1	4	1	1	0.000	2	0	0	1
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	0	2	1
	3	8	6	0	0.750	0	2	0	0

Sat, 7/5/2008

Winner 3

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (4)

Won 24-22, 19-21, 15-12

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	51	31	9	0.431	0	15	2	3
	1	20	13	4	0.450	0	4	1	2
	2	21	11	4	0.333	0	8	1	1
	3	10	7	1	0.600	0	3	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	18	12	1	0.611	4	3	0	4
	1	7	5	0	0.714	2	3	0	3
	2	6	4	1	0.500	1	0	0	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	1	0	0	0

Sat, 7/5/2008

Semi-Finals

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (9)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-7

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	16	10	2	0.500	0	8	1	0
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	2	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	0	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	4	1	0
Fred Souza	Total	26	18	2	0.615	3	6	0	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	1	1	0	0
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	3	0	1
	3	5	4	0	0.800	2	2	0	0

Sat, 7/5/2008

Finals

Stein Metzger / Mark Williams (3)

Lost 17-21, 15-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	42	20	8	0.286	0	6	1	1
	1	20	10	4	0.300	0	2	1	1
	2	22	10	4	0.273	0	4	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	8	5	1	0.500	1	3	2	4
	1	4	2	0	0.500	0	1	2	2
	2	4	3	1	0.500	1	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	169	95	26	0.408	0	53	4	8
Fred Souza	86	56	9	0.547	15	17	5	14

Head to Head Results
Medel/Souza lead the series against the field 23-15 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Olson/Wong 1-2
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 4	Medel/Souza	5	Olson/Wong	1	21-13, 14-21, 15-13	1:08
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 # 2 Lucena/Scott 0-4
6/22/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Lucena/Scott	3	Medel/Souza	5	21-17, 21-15	0:43
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 # 3 Metzger/Williams 0-1
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Finals	Metzger/Williams	3	Medel/Souza	5	21-17, 21-15	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Hyden/Keenan 3-5
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	5	Hyden/Keenan	4	24-22, 19-21, 15-12	1:07
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
Lead the series against # 6 Mayer/Nygaard 1-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-15, 21-19	0:54
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 Wachtfogel/Wong 4-0
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Semi-Finals	Medel/Souza	5	Wachtfogel/Wong	9	21-17, 16-21, 15-7	1:01
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	5	Wachtfogel/Wong	11	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Wachtfogel/Wong	12	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
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 # 10 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 12 Morrison/Tramblie 2-0
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	Morrison/Tramblie	12	21-16, 21-15	0:47
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 # 14 Loomis/Witt 1-0
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	5	Loomis/Witt	13	28-26, 21-18	1:05
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 20 Lee/Rester 2-0
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	Lee/Rester	21	21-14, 21-17	0:45
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Lee/Rester	18	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 21 Blanton/Mesko 1-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	Blanton/Mesko	21	13-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:03
Lead the series against # 24 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 Fischer/Mihalic 1-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	5	Fischer/Mihalic	28	21-19, 21-17	0:49