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AVP Tour
$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Houston Open presented by Warehouse Pool Supply
May 15 - 17, 2009

(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 Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	6	3rd	540	$10,200.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	6	5th	450	$6,240.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	6	3rd	540	$10,200.00
AVP	9/17-21/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	7	3rd	390	$44,500.00
AVP	9/12-14/2008	AVP Shootout San Francisco	6	5th	216	$8,000.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	7	7th	180	$5,000.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	5	7th	260	$4,650.00
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

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Joaquin Acosta / Paul Baxter (21)

Won 15-21, 22-20, 18-16

1:19

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	28	19	4	0.536	0	10	0	2
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	1	0	2
	2	10	8	2	0.600	0	6	0	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	33	21	3	0.545	3	1	2	1
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	1	0	1
	2	12	7	0	0.583	2	0	2	0
	3	10	7	1	0.600	1	0	0	0

Sat, 5/16/2009

Winner 3

John Hyden / Sean Scott (4)

Lost 16-21, 22-20, 12-15

1:27

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	35	21	3	0.514	0	16	2	1
	1	15	9	0	0.600	0	8	1	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	3	1	0
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	5	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	39	20	7	0.333	1	3	2	4
	1	11	3	2	0.091	0	1	0	0
	2	12	10	2	0.667	1	0	2	2
	3	16	7	3	0.250	0	2	0	2

Sat, 5/16/2009

Contender 3

Jose Loiola / Larry Witt (17)

Won 21-19, 21-13

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	18	13	1	0.667	1	6	1	2
	1	9	5	1	0.444	1	2	0	1
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	4	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	20	13	0	0.650	2	1	0	2
	1	12	8	0	0.667	1	0	0	2
	2	8	5	0	0.625	1	1	0	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Contender 4

Anthony Medel / Hans Stolfus (8)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	34	16	10	0.176	0	9	0	0
	1	17	9	4	0.294	0	5	0	0
	2	17	7	6	0.059	0	4	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	12	7	3	0.333	1	1	0	2
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	1	0	2
	2	4	3	1	0.500	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	115	69	18	0.443	1	41	3	5
Kevin Wong	104	61	13	0.462	7	6	4	9

Head to Head Results
Olson/Wong trail the series against the field 20-22 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-7
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 6	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	6	21-11, 21-18	0:48
9/21/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	7	23-21, 18-21, 10-2 Retired	1:11
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 2-8
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Olson/Wong	6	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	1:08
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:56
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-15, 21-10	0:40
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-19, 10-21, 15-13	1:07
9/12/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Olson/Wong	6	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	1:02
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Olson/Wong	7	21-13, 21-19	0:42
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 # 3 Mayer/Nygaard 3-2
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	Olson/Wong	6	Mayer/Nygaard	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
9/13/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	6	Mayer/Nygaard	10	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:57
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
Series tied with # 4 Hyden/Scott 1-1
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Scott	4	Olson/Wong	5	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	1:27
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	6	Hyden/Scott	3	12-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-3
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	1:10
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6, Q1	Olson/Wong	7	21-17, 21-14	0:46
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 # 7 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 # 8 Medel/Stolfus 1-1
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 4	Medel/Stolfus	8	Olson/Wong	5	21-18, 21-16	0:50
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	6	Medel/Stolfus	14	21-17, 21-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Brazao/Prosser 2-0
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Brazao/Prosser	11	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Brazao/Prosser	11	22-20, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Allen/Halverson 3-0
9/12/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 1	Olson/Wong	6	Allen/Halverson	11	21-19, 21-15	0:36
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	7	Allen/Halverson	13	21-16, 21-12	0:36
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 # 17 Loiola/Witt 1-0
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	5	Loiola/Witt	17	21-19, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 21 Acosta/Baxter 2-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	5	Acosta/Baxter	21	15-21, 22-20, 18-16	1:19
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Acosta/Baxter	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:03