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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Atlanta Open
June 7 - 10, 2007

(12) 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 Atlanta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Sean Rooney - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	9	17th	72	$800.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	11	13th	108	$1,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	9	9th	144	$2,875.00
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

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/8/2007

Winner 1

Mike Morrison / Ty Tramblie (21, Q2)

Won 21-14, 23-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	17	8	5	0.176	0	16	1	2
	1	7	4	3	0.143	0	9	0	1
	2	10	4	2	0.200	0	7	1	1
Bill Strickland	Total	37	21	6	0.405	4	4	1	0
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	2	1	0
	2	22	11	4	0.318	4	2	0	0

Fri, 6/8/2007

Winner 2

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (5)

Lost 21-19, 17-21, 23-25

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	39	26	6	0.513	0	19	1	3
	1	17	11	4	0.412	0	5	1	2
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	6	0	1
	3	9	6	0	0.667	0	8	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	38	17	11	0.158	8	3	0	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	3	1	0	1
	2	14	4	5	-0.071	1	0	0	0
	3	19	10	6	0.211	4	2	0	1

Fri, 6/8/2007

Contender 1

Russ Marchewka / Eyal Zimet (22, Q8)

Won 21-19, 21-8

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	19	11	2	0.474	0	12	1	2
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	6	1	2
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	6	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	15	9	1	0.533	4	3	0	0
	1	10	5	1	0.400	1	2	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	3	1	0	0

Sat, 6/9/2007

Contender 2

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (20)

Won 21-16, 21-13

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	15	10	3	0.467	0	14	0	0
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	5	0	0
	2	9	6	2	0.444	0	9	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	28	17	5	0.429	5	2	2	0
	1	16	8	4	0.250	3	1	1	0
	2	12	9	1	0.667	2	1	1	0

Sat, 6/9/2007

Contender 3

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (7)

Lost 21-18, 18-21, 13-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	16	11	0	0.688	0	17	0	4
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	8	0	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	4	0	2
	3	5	2	0	0.400	0	5	0	2
Bill Strickland	Total	45	25	7	0.400	3	1	1	3
	1	15	9	1	0.533	1	1	0	2
	2	18	8	3	0.278	1	0	1	1
	3	12	8	3	0.417	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	106	66	16	0.472	0	78	3	11
Bill Strickland	163	89	30	0.362	24	13	4	5

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	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	$25,050.00	20	16	55.6 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	$25,050.00	20	16	55.6 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	$12,525.00	2007	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	$12,525.00
56	1	1	3	0	19	19	4	6	3	$107,927.50	Total	Total	21	1	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	6	$15,975.00

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	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	6	46.2%	2	15.4%	5	38.5%	8-5	61.5%	2	13.3%	5	33.3%	8	53.3%	2-13	13.3%	12-14	46.2%	8-20	28.6%	1	0	11-17	39.3%

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	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 trail the series against the field 10-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 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 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-2
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Lucena/Strickland	10	24-22, 21-15	0:41
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 # 3 Lambert/Metzger 0-2
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 4	Lambert/Metzger	3	Lucena/Strickland	10	21-12, 21-15	0:45
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 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
Series tied with # 5 Holdren/Nygaard 1-1
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	5	Lucena/Strickland	12	19-21, 21-17, 25-23	1:10
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 2	Lucena/Strickland	13	Holdren/Nygaard	5	21-18, 3-2 Retired	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 Hyden/Keenan 0-2
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Hyden/Keenan	7	Lucena/Strickland	12	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:04
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	8	Lucena/Strickland	9	23-25, 21-12, 15-5	0:52
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 Jennings/Williams 1-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Jennings/Williams	6	Lucena/Strickland	11	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:27
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 # 10 Medel/Souza 2-1
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	10	Lucena/Strickland	9	21-19, 21-16	0:35
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Strickland	10	Medel/Souza	7	21-18, 21-12	0:40
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 3	Lucena/Strickland	13	Medel/Souza	7	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 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 Lee/Rester 1-0
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Lucena/Strickland	12	Lee/Rester	20	21-16, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Strickland	12	Morrison/Tramblie	21, Q2	21-14, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # 22, Q8 Marchewka/Zimet 2-0
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Lucena/Strickland	12	Marchewka/Zimet	22, Q8	21-19, 21-8	0:47
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Strickland	10	Marchewka/Zimet	23, Q5	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # Q1 Allen/Mihalic 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Strickland	11	Allen/Mihalic	22, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:41