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$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam Brooklyn presented by Cushman and Wakefield
July 18 - 19, 2008

(14) Dain Blanton/Bill Strickland

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malibu, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2006)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$139,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00

Previous Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Scott Lane - 17th	Did not play
2007	Paul Baxter - 9th	Canyon Ceman - 17th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

AVP Slam Brooklyn Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/18/2008

Winner 1

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (19)

Lost 19-21, 21-16, 17-19

1:19

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	31	20	1	0.613	0	5	3	5
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	1	2	3
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	2	0	0
	3	10	6	0	0.600	0	2	1	2
Bill Strickland	Total	20	16	2	0.700	5	1	1	0
	1	6	5	0	0.833	1	0	0	0
	2	4	4	0	1.000	3	0	1	0
	3	10	7	2	0.500	1	1	0	0

Fri, 7/18/2008

Contender 1

Jesse Rambis / Mike Szymanski (30)

Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-10

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	36	22	6	0.444	0	7	4	4
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	0	2	1
	2	14	7	4	0.214	0	6	2	2
	3	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	13	9	0	0.692	2	3	1	3
	1	4	4	0	1.000	1	0	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	1	1	2
	3	3	1	0	0.333	0	2	0	1

Fri, 7/18/2008

Contender 2

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (13)

Lost 21-16, 15-21, 11-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	32	13	5	0.250	0	11	3	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	3	3	1
	2	11	3	3	0.000	0	4	0	1
	3	11	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	39	25	6	0.487	2	7	0	1
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	2	0	1
	2	15	11	2	0.600	0	2	0	0
	3	14	8	2	0.429	1	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	99	55	12	0.434	0	23	10	11
Bill Strickland	72	50	8	0.583	9	11	2	4

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$700.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Bill Strickland
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	0	0	4	0	12	30	8	3	0	$93,370.00
11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	$14,830.00
18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50	Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25	Total	83	0	0	5	0	13	33	11	4	0	$114,450.00

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
2008	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Bill Strickland
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
14	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$12,118.75	1994	AVP
22	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	0	$27,625.00	1995	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB
20	0	1	1	1	9	6	2	0	0	$54,405.00	1996	AVP
22	1	1	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	$117,845.00	1997	AVP
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
18	0	2	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	$32,470.50	1998	AVP
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB
10	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$69,600.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	1999	USAV
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB
6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2000	USAV
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,950.00	2001	AVP
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2001	BVA
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,155.00	2002	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB
8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00	2003	AVP
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB
11	1	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	$29,300.00	2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00	2004	FIVB
12	0	0	2	0	3	5	2	0	0	$23,437.50	2005	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$175.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00	2005	FIVB
14	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	1	0	$14,062.50	2006	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$1,275.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00	2006	FIVB
											2006	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0	0	$10,237.50	2007	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	4	9	3	0	0	$23,512.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$2,375.00	2008	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	0	$13,112.50
254	11	11	24	10	53	79	50	11	5	$684,196.75	Total	Total	40	1	0	0	0	6	16	8	3	6	$40,075.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	1-2	33.3%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2007-2008	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	1-2	33.3%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	2-4	33.3%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Strickland trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 13 Allen/Halverson 0-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 2	Allen/Halverson	13	Blanton/Strickland	14	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:08
Trail the series against # 19 Lee/Rester 0-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 1	Lee/Rester	19	Blanton/Strickland	14	21-19, 16-21, 19-17	1:19
Lead the series against # 30 Rambis/Szymanski 1-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 1	Blanton/Strickland	14	Rambis/Szymanski	30	19-21, 21-13, 15-10	1:11