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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 3 - 6, 2007

(12) Nick Lucena/Bill Strickland

Nick Lucena

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Florida State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

287

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,378,152.50

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (43 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	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	1	0	$29,425.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Phil Dalhausser - 25th	Did not play
2004	Phil Dalhausser - 13th	Did not play
2005	Phil Dalhausser - 7th	Justin Phipps - 25th
2006	George Roumain - 9th	Adam Roberts - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	13	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	16	13th	108	$1,700.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 1

Dain Blanton / Jason Lee (21)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	22	12	2	0.455	2	18	0	4
	1	11	6	1	0.455	1	9	0	2
	2	11	6	1	0.455	1	9	0	2
Bill Strickland	Total	22	14	2	0.545	2	2	0	0
	1	14	9	0	0.643	0	2	0	0
	2	8	5	2	0.375	2	0	0	0

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 2

Casey Jennings / Mark Williams (5)

Won 21-19, 22-24, 15-7

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	40	24	7	0.425	1	15	0	3
	1	11	6	3	0.273	0	3	0	1
	2	18	11	3	0.444	1	7	0	1
	3	11	7	1	0.545	0	5	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	25	14	4	0.400	6	5	0	1
	1	10	5	3	0.200	5	3	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	1	0	1
	3	4	2	1	0.250	1	1	0	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Winner 3

John Mayer / Matt Prosser (20)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	23	12	4	0.348	1	12	2	5
	1	15	8	3	0.333	0	8	2	4
	2	8	4	1	0.375	1	4	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	19	11	4	0.368	5	0	0	0
	1	6	4	0	0.667	3	0	0	0
	2	13	7	4	0.231	2	0	0	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Winner 4

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 11-21, 19-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	11	5	4	0.091	0	7	1	6
	1	4	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	3
	2	7	4	3	0.143	0	6	1	3
Bill Strickland	Total	29	18	7	0.379	0	0	1	0
	1	13	8	4	0.308	0	0	0	0
	2	16	10	3	0.438	0	0	1	0

Sun, 5/6/2007

Contender 6

Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (2)

Lost 18-21, 21-18, 11-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	33	12	8	0.121	0	11	0	2
	1	11	4	2	0.182	0	4	0	0
	2	20	8	5	0.150	0	6	0	2
	3	2	0	1	-0.500	0	1	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	40	19	8	0.275	9	2	1	1
	1	13	6	1	0.385	5	1	0	0
	2	10	4	3	0.100	4	0	1	1
	3	17	9	4	0.294	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	129	65	25	0.310	4	63	3	20
Bill Strickland	135	76	25	0.378	22	9	2	2

Head to Head Results
Lucena/Strickland lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lucena/Strickland	12	21-11, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lucena/Strickland	12	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 4 Fuerbringer/Scott 0-1
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Scott	4	Lucena/Strickland	13	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 5 Jennings/Williams 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Strickland	12	Jennings/Williams	5	21-19, 22-24, 15-7	0:54
Lead the series against # 6 Holdren/Nygaard 1-0
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 2	Lucena/Strickland	13	Holdren/Nygaard	5	21-18, 3-2 Retired	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Medel/Souza 1-0
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 3	Lucena/Strickland	13	Medel/Souza	7	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Mariano/Witt 0-1
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 4	Mariano/Witt	11	Lucena/Strickland	13	17-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:09
Trail the series against # 10 Kiraly/Wong 0-1
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 2	Kiraly/Wong	10	Lucena/Strickland	16	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 16 Doble/Loomis 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 1	Lucena/Strickland	16	Doble/Loomis	15	21-17, 25-23	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 Jewell/Loiola 1-0
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Strickland	13	Jewell/Loiola	20	16-21, 21-11, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 20 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Lucena/Strickland	12	Mayer/Prosser	20	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Blanton/Lee 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Strickland	12	Blanton/Lee	21	21-19, 21-16	0:49