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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam San Diego
August 1 - 3, 2008

(4) 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 San Diego Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	John Moran - 25th	Eduardo Bacil - 17th
2004	Brad Torsone - 13th	Did not play
2005	Ty Loomis - 17th	Jose Loiola - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	7	13th	156	$1,700.00
AVP	7/18-19/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	5	5th	312	$6,000.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	4	9th	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	5	2nd	468	$15,000.00
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 Slam San Diego Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/1/2008

Winner 1

Duncan Budinger / Clint Coe (29)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	21	14	3	0.524	0	6	0	4
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	2	0	3
	2	14	9	3	0.429	0	4	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	15	8	1	0.467	3	8	5	4
	1	7	4	1	0.429	2	4	2	2
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	4	3	2

Sat, 8/2/2008

Winner 2

Paul Baxter / Matt Prosser (13)

Won 15-21, 23-21, 17-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	59	32	12	0.339	0	12	1	1
	1	19	9	4	0.263	0	4	1	1
	2	23	11	6	0.217	0	5	0	0
	3	17	12	2	0.588	0	3	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	12	4	2	0.167	5	7	5	8
	1	3	0	2	-0.667	0	0	2	3
	2	5	2	0	0.400	4	4	2	2
	3	4	2	0	0.500	1	3	1	3

Sat, 8/2/2008

Winner 3

Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (5)

Lost 17-21, 12-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	25	14	5	0.360	0	5	3	3
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	2	2	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	3	1	2
Fred Souza	Total	10	5	3	0.200	1	0	0	4
	1	6	3	2	0.167	1	0	0	3
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	105	60	20	0.381	0	23	4	8
Fred Souza	37	17	6	0.297	9	15	10	16

Head to Head Results
Medel/Souza lead the series against the field 32-22 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lucena/Scott 0-5
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Lucena/Scott	2	Medel/Souza	7	21-18, 21-16	0:45
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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Olson/Wong 1-3
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	4	Medel/Souza	5	21-15, 18-21, 15-7	1:13
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 # 5 Brazao/Loiola 0-3
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 3	Brazao/Loiola	5	Medel/Souza	4	21-17, 21-12	0:38
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Brazao/Loiola	10	Medel/Souza	7	24-22, 19-21, 15-10	1:07
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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8 Mayer/Nygaard 2-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	5	Mayer/Nygaard	7	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	1:04
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-15, 21-19	0:54
Trail the series against # 9 Ring/Stolfus 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Ring/Stolfus	16	Medel/Souza	4	21-17, 21-18	0:53
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Wachtfogel/Wong 5-0
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	5	Wachtfogel/Wong	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:09
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 # 12 Allen/Halverson 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Allen/Halverson	20	21-17, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Baxter/Prosser 4-0
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Baxter/Prosser	13	15-21, 23-21, 17-15	1:08
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	Baxter/Prosser	12	21-19, 21-18	0:59
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 # 15 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 # 16 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 # 19 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 # 20 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 # 21 DiPierro/VanZwieten 1-0
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	21-15, 25-23	0:53
Lead the series against # 22 Moran/Zimet 1-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	7	Moran/Zimet	24, Q4	21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:17
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 29 Budinger/Coe 1-0
8/1/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	4	Budinger/Coe	29	21-14, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 30 Fischer/Mihalic 2-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	5	Fischer/Mihalic	28	21-15, 21-15	0:46
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	5	Fischer/Mihalic	28	21-19, 21-17	0:49