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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Long Beach Open
July 24 - 26, 2008

(5) Matt Olson/Kevin Wong

Matt Olson

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 2, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cardiff, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$262,930.00

Kevin Wong

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$757,282.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	31	1	1	9	0	10	7	2	1	0	0	$272,375.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$2,000.00
Overall	32	1	1	9	0	10	7	2	1	0	1	US$274,375.00

Previous Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Brent Doble - 9th	Larry Witt - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/18-19/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	4	5th	312	$6,000.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	3	9th	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	1	5th	312	$5,300.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	1	1st	360	$20,000.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	6	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	8	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	6	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	9	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	12	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	12	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	10	13th	108	$1,700.00

AVP Slam Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 2

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (12)

Won 14-21, 21-17, 15-13

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	50	26	5	0.420	0	17	0	1
	1	21	8	3	0.238	0	7	0	1
	2	20	13	1	0.600	0	7	0	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	0	3	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	15	7	1	0.400	4	3	0	1
	1	5	1	0	0.200	0	2	0	1
	2	4	2	0	0.500	2	0	0	0
	3	6	4	1	0.500	2	1	0	0

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 3

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (4)

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

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	50	25	14	0.220	0	11	1	2
	1	19	7	6	0.053	0	4	0	2
	2	14	8	4	0.286	0	4	1	0
	3	17	10	4	0.353	0	3	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	13	2	3	-0.077	14	4	0	1
	1	5	1	3	-0.400	5	2	0	1
	2	6	1	0	0.167	5	1	0	0
	3	2	0	0	0.000	4	1	0	0

Sat, 7/26/2008

Winner 4

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	37	16	7	0.243	0	8	0	0
	1	20	9	6	0.150	0	6	0	0
	2	17	7	1	0.353	0	2	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	16	7	2	0.313	2	2	0	1
	1	6	3	0	0.500	1	0	0	0
	2	10	4	2	0.200	1	2	0	1

Sat, 7/26/2008

Contender 5

Dax Holdren / Bill Strickland (15)

Lost 21-18, 15-21, 15-17

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	50	27	7	0.400	0	16	0	1
	1	26	14	4	0.385	0	6	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	3	0	0
	3	14	6	2	0.286	0	7	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	25	11	4	0.280	5	4	1	1
	1	4	2	0	0.500	3	3	1	0
	2	14	6	3	0.214	1	1	0	1
	3	7	3	1	0.286	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	187	94	33	0.326	0	52	1	4
Kevin Wong	69	27	10	0.246	25	13	1	4

Head to Head Results
Olson/Wong lead the series against the field 31-20 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-5
7/26/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	5	21-16, 21-16	0:55
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	4	21-15, 21-13	0:47
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	8	24-22, 21-19	1:00
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	9	23-21, 21-16	0:53
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	9	21-14, 21-14	0:50
Series tied with # 2 Lucena/Scott 2-2
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 3	Lucena/Scott	6	Olson/Wong	3	22-20, 15-21, 15-10	1:12
6/22/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Finals	Olson/Wong	1	Lucena/Scott	3	22-20, 21-15	0:50
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	8	Lucena/Scott	5	21-17, 21-19	0:49
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Lucena/Scott	3	Olson/Wong	6	23-21, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-3
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Olson/Wong	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	21-19, 21-14	0:45
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Olson/Wong	8	21-18, 21-11	0:37
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Olson/Wong	12	26-24, 18-21, 15-11	1:15
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Olson/Wong	12	21-14, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 4 Hyden/Keenan 3-2
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	5	Hyden/Keenan	4	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:00
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 6	Hyden/Keenan	3	Olson/Wong	4	27-25, 21-14	0:40
6/22/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Olson/Wong	1	Hyden/Keenan	2	21-19, 24-22	0:49
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Keenan	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-16, 21-16	0:52
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	12	Hyden/Keenan	5	21-12, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Metzger/Williams 0-2
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Metzger/Williams	8	Olson/Wong	3	21-19, 21-15	1:06
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 4	Metzger/Williams	6	Olson/Wong	12	21-16, 21-19	0:55
Lead the series against # 7 Medel/Souza 3-1
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 # 8 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	1:10
Series tied with # 9 Mayer/Nygaard 1-1
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	1	Mayer/Nygaard	8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:10
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Olson/Wong	6	21-19, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Brazao/Loiola 3-1
6/22/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	1	Brazao/Loiola	7	21-14, 21-18	0:43
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Olson/Wong	6	Brazao/Loiola	12	22-24, 21-15, 17-15	1:08
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	9	Brazao/Loiola	10	21-14, 23-21	0:47
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 2	Brazao/Loiola	18	Olson/Wong	10	24-26, 21-19, 15-11	1:14
Lead the series against # 11 Mariano/Ratledge 4-0
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	6	Mariano/Ratledge	10	21-15, 21-17	0:46
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	8	Mariano/Ratledge	9	21-19, 21-17	0:49
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	6	Mariano/Ratledge	7	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:09
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	9	Mariano/Ratledge	8	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
Series tied with # 12 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-1
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	5	Wachtfogel/Wong	12	14-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:05
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 3	Wachtfogel/Wong	9	Olson/Wong	1	21-17, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Allen/Halverson 1-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	4	Allen/Halverson	13	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Holdren/Strickland 4-1
7/26/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Holdren/Strickland	15	Olson/Wong	5	18-21, 21-15, 17-15	1:11
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	3	Holdren/Strickland	14	21-17, 21-14	0:48
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-17, 21-14	0:50
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	8	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-15, 21-12	0:43
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 1	Olson/Wong	10	Holdren/Strickland	9	22-20, 21-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 17 Marchewka/Placek 2-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	1	Marchewka/Placek	16	21-13, 21-14	0:43
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Marchewka/Placek	11	21-16, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 19, Q1 Carlucci/Hannemann 2-0
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	1	Carlucci/Hannemann	17	21-13, 21-19	0:46
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	6	Carlucci/Hannemann	16	21-18, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Morrison/Tramblie 2-0
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	9	Morrison/Tramblie	18	21-16, 21-18	0:54
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 1	Olson/Wong	12	Morrison/Tramblie	21, Q1	21-16, 21-10	0:46
Lead the series against # Q7 Fischer/Mihalic 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Olson/Wong	3	Fischer/Mihalic	30, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # Q11 Mercer/Wight 1-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 1	Olson/Wong	4	Mercer/Wight	29	21-14, 21-19	0:49