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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 5 - 8, 2008

(11) Dax Holdren/Bill Strickland

Dax Holdren

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

Goleta, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Santa Barbara City College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$699,496.50

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malibu, CA

Resides:

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	15	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	3	1	0	$69,825.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Todd Rogers - 25th	Did not play
1997	Todd Rogers - 13th	Did not play
1997	Todd Rogers - 2nd	Did not play
1998	Todd Rogers - 5th	Did not play
1999	Todd Rogers - 5th	Did not play
2000	Todd Rogers - 2nd	Did not play
2001	Todd Rogers - 1st	Did not play
2002	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2003	Eric Fonoimoana - 17th	Did not play
2004	Stein Metzger - 7th	Ryan Stuntz - 41st
2005	Jeff Nygaard - 2nd	Justin Phipps - 33rd
2006	Sean Scott - 17th	Adam Roberts - 17th
2007	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Nick Lucena - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	11	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	9	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	11	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	11	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	9	17	72	$800.00

AVP Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 1

Jeff Carlucci / Albert Hannemann (22)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	17	7	0	0.412	0	12	0	2
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	6	0	0
	2	10	3	0	0.300	0	6	0	2
Bill Strickland	Total	35	18	7	0.314	3	5	3	0
	1	19	8	4	0.211	1	4	1	0
	2	16	10	3	0.438	2	1	2	0

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 2

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (6)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	40	16	9	0.175	0	10	1	1
	1	23	11	6	0.217	0	7	0	1
	2	17	5	3	0.118	0	3	1	0
Bill Strickland	Total	25	6	8	-0.080	2	2	1	0
	1	10	2	4	-0.200	2	1	0	0
	2	15	4	4	0.000	0	1	1	0

Fri, 6/6/2008

Contender 2

Evan Engle / Dane Jensen (28, Q8)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	33	18	2	0.485	0	18	0	1
	1	17	9	2	0.412	0	8	0	1
	2	16	9	0	0.563	0	10	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	19	9	0	0.474	3	4	0	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	1	0	1
	2	12	4	0	0.333	2	3	0	1

Sat, 6/7/2008

Contender 3

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (3)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	19	7	2	0.263	0	8	1	4
	1	11	3	2	0.091	0	3	1	3
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	5	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	25	17	5	0.480	2	2	1	2
	1	12	8	2	0.500	0	2	0	1
	2	13	9	3	0.462	2	0	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	109	48	13	0.321	0	48	2	8
Bill Strickland	104	50	20	0.288	10	13	5	4

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Strickland trail the series against the field 8-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Holdren/Strickland	9	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:16
Trail the series against # 3 Hyden/Keenan 0-3
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Hyden/Keenan	3	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-16, 21-19	0:47
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	3	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-18, 21-14	0:46
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 3	Hyden/Keenan	5	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-17, 21-10	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-16, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 5 Metzger/Williams 1-0
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Metzger/Williams	6	21-17, 13-21, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # 6 Olson/Wong 0-3
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 # 8 Lucena/Scott 1-0
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Lucena/Scott	6	21-17, 22-20	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Medel/Souza 0-1
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	3	Holdren/Strickland	11	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
Trail the series against # 14 Mayer/Nygaard 0-1
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Holdren/Strickland	9	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:07
Lead the series against # 17 Marchewka/Placek 2-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	9	Marchewka/Placek	11	21-18, 21-16	0:53
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Marchewka/Placek	17	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 18 Stolfus/Witt 1-0
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 1	Holdren/Strickland	11	Stolfus/Witt	14	21-13, 18-21, 15-4	1:08
Lead the series against # 22 Carlucci/Hannemann 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	11	Carlucci/Hannemann	22	21-17, 21-19	0:55
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Engle/Jensen 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Engle/Jensen	28, Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:55
Lead the series against # Q1 Davenport/Mihalic 1-0
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	11	Davenport/Mihalic	22	21-17, 22-20	0:44