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$200,000 AVP Sanderson Ford Glendale Open presented by Bud Light
May 10 - 13, 2007

(9) Nick Lucena/Bill Strickland

Nick Lucena

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Florida State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

288

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,382,652.50

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	1	0	$29,425.00

Previous Glendale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	12	5th	216	$6,000.00
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

Glendale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/11/2007

Winner 1

Rico Becker / Mike Bruning (24, Q16)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	17	14	1	0.765	0	14	0	2
	1	8	7	1	0.750	0	8	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	6	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	23	15	5	0.435	5	1	0	1
	1	12	8	3	0.417	3	0	0	0
	2	11	7	2	0.455	2	1	0	1

Fri, 5/11/2007

Winner 2

Matt Olson / Jason Ring (8)

Lost 21-15, 19-21, 12-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	15	7	1	0.400	1	12	1	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	5	0	2
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	4	1	1
	3	5	1	1	0.000	0	3	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	57	34	7	0.474	3	4	0	0
	1	16	11	1	0.625	1	2	0	0
	2	25	14	4	0.400	2	1	0	0
	3	16	9	2	0.438	0	1	0	0

Fri, 5/11/2007

Contender 1

Vincent Robbins / Jason Wight (23, Q7)

Won 21-11, 21-14

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	19	15	1	0.737	0	12	0	3
	1	8	7	1	0.750	0	7	0	3
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	5	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	19	11	0	0.579	4	2	1	0
	1	8	4	0	0.500	1	1	1	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	3	1	0	0

Sat, 5/12/2007

Contender 2

John Mayer / Matt Prosser (16)

Won 17-21, 23-21, 15-13

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	23	7	6	0.043	0	25	1	1
	1	3	0	3	-1.000	0	6	0	1
	2	10	3	1	0.200	0	11	1	0
	3	10	4	2	0.200	0	8	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	57	27	9	0.316	3	4	1	0
	1	21	9	2	0.333	0	2	0	0
	2	24	12	5	0.292	1	2	1	0
	3	12	6	2	0.333	2	0	0	0

Sat, 5/12/2007

Contender 3

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (3)

Lost 17-21, 21-19, 13-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	22	9	4	0.227	0	23	0	5
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	9	0	4
	2	8	0	3	-0.375	0	10	0	1
	3	5	1	1	0.000	0	4	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	58	22	12	0.172	5	5	0	0
	1	21	5	5	0.000	2	3	0	0
	2	24	13	4	0.375	1	1	0	0
	3	13	4	3	0.077	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	96	52	13	0.406	1	86	2	14
Bill Strickland	214	109	33	0.355	20	16	2	1

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	$29,425.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	$29,425.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nick Lucena												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	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$43,400.00	World Championships
4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$87,500.00	World Tour Finals
59	3	5	3	2	13	8	14	5	0	$406,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
159	13	19	19	4	43	38	8	9	0	$528,627.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	0	0	4	0	12	30	8	3	0	$93,370.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
15	3	2	3	0	2	4	0	1	0	$110,200.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	$14,830.00
9	2	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$55,400.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	Gold Series
4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$8,500.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series
261	24	29	28	7	68	53	24	15	0	$1,260,527.50	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
2007	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$15,225.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$15,225.00	11	8	57.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nick Lucena													Bill Strickland
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	BVA
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	$780.00	2003	AVP
10	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$10,310.00	2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	1	1	2	0	6	2	1	0	0	$49,537.50	2005	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$175.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,250.00	2005	FIVB
16	0	0	0	0	9	5	1	1	0	$31,525.00	2006	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$1,275.00
											2006	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$7,612.50	2007	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$7,612.50
52	1	1	3	0	18	17	3	6	3	$103,015.00	Total	Total	17	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	6	$11,062.50

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	17	60.7%	3	10.7%	8	28.6%	20-8	71.4%	3	20.0%	5	33.3%	7	46.7%	3-12	20.0%	17-7	70.8%	6-13	31.6%	1	0	24-20	54.5%
2006-2007	17	60.7%	3	10.7%	8	28.6%	20-8	71.4%	3	20.0%	5	33.3%	7	46.7%	3-12	20.0%	17-7	70.8%	6-13	31.6%	1	0	24-20	54.5%
Against the Field	10	55.6%	1	5.6%	7	38.9%	11-7	61.1%	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	6	50.0%	2-10	16.7%	20-10	66.7%	6-22	21.4%	1	0	14-16	46.7%

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	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	20
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	20

Head to Head Results
Lucena/Strickland lead the series against the field 9-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 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 # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Lucena/Strickland	9	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	1:06
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 # 7 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 # 8 Olson/Ring 0-1
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Olson/Ring	8	Lucena/Strickland	9	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 16 Mayer/Prosser 2-0
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 2	Lucena/Strickland	9	Mayer/Prosser	16	17-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:02
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 # 18 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 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
Lead the series against # 23, Q7 Robbins/Wight 1-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 1	Lucena/Strickland	9	Robbins/Wight	23, Q7	21-11, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q16 Becker/Bruning 1-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Strickland	9	Becker/Bruning	24, Q16	21-14, 21-13	0:38