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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Cincinnati
August 29 - 31, 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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Hans Stolfus - 17th	Dain Blanton - 9th
2006	Canyon Ceman - 9th	Ty Loomis - 17th
2007	Brent Doble - 9th	Eric Fonoimoana - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	3	5th	312	$5,300.00
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	5	5th	312	$6,000.00
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 Shootout Cincinnati Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/29/2008

Winner 2

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (12)

Lost 25-27, 11-21

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	26	14	4	0.385	0	9	0	0
	1	21	11	3	0.381	0	7	0	0
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	2	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	25	10	8	0.080	5	0	0	0
	1	10	5	4	0.100	4	0	0	0
	2	15	5	4	0.067	1	0	0	0

Fri, 8/29/2008

Contender 1

Jeff Carlucci / Albert Hannemann (22)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	18	10	1	0.500	0	13	0	0
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	5	0	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	8	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	23	17	3	0.609	4	1	0	1
	1	11	9	1	0.727	3	0	0	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	1	1	0	0

Sat, 8/30/2008

Contender 2

Mike Morrison / Ty Tramblie (19)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	30	14	4	0.333	0	19	1	0
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	6	0	0
	2	19	7	2	0.263	0	13	1	0
Kevin Wong	Total	24	14	2	0.500	2	2	0	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	0	0	2
	2	14	6	2	0.286	2	2	0	0

Sat, 8/30/2008

Contender 3

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (7)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	23	10	0	0.435	0	12	2	3
	1	14	6	0	0.429	0	7	0	3
	2	9	4	0	0.444	0	5	2	0
Kevin Wong	Total	23	12	3	0.391	2	1	1	1
	1	15	8	2	0.400	0	1	0	0
	2	8	4	1	0.375	2	0	1	1

Sat, 8/30/2008

Contender 4

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (3)

Lost 13-21, 21-16, 11-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	17	6	0	0.353	0	7	0	1
	1	8	1	0	0.125	0	2	0	0
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	3	0	1
	3	2	0	0	0.000	0	2	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	35	17	6	0.314	3	3	0	0
	1	12	4	1	0.250	0	2	0	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	2	1	0	0
	3	13	7	4	0.231	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	114	54	9	0.395	0	60	3	4
Kevin Wong	130	70	22	0.369	16	7	1	4

Head to Head Results
Olson/Wong lead the series against the field 32-23 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Lucena/Scott 2-3
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 4	Lucena/Scott	3	Olson/Wong	5	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	1:00
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 # 4 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 # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 Medel/Souza 4-1
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	5	Medel/Souza	7	21-18, 21-18	0:51
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 0-2
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Olson/Wong	3	21-14, 21-15	0:40
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 Mayer/Nygaard 1-2
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Olson/Wong	5	27-25, 21-11	0:56
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 # 13 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 # 14 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 # 15 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
Series tied with # 17 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 # 19 Morrison/Tramblie 3-0
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	5	Morrison/Tramblie	19	21-17, 21-13	0:47
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 # 22 Carlucci/Hannemann 3-0
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 1	Olson/Wong	5	Carlucci/Hannemann	22	21-15, 21-15	0:50
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