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

(15) Dax Holdren/Bill Strickland

Dax Holdren

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, 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 (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	15	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	3	1	0	$69,825.00

Previous Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Sean Scott - 9th	Canyon Ceman - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	14	13th	156	$1,500.00
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	11	9th	208	$2,100.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	9	13th	108	$1,700.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	11	13th	108	$1,500.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	11	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	9	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	11	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	11	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	9	17th	72	$800.00

AVP Slam Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 1

Ty Loomis / Jon Mesko (18)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	20	13	0	0.650	0	14	0	1
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	3	0	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	11	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	17	11	0	0.647	2	2	2	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	2	2	2	0
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	0	0	2

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 2

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (2)

Won 17-21, 21-19, 17-15

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	31	13	6	0.226	0	13	0	1
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	2	0	1
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	10	0	0
	3	9	5	2	0.333	0	1	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	45	24	4	0.444	6	6	0	2
	1	17	9	1	0.471	1	4	0	2
	2	18	11	2	0.500	3	2	0	0
	3	10	4	1	0.300	2	0	0	0

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 3

Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (10)

Lost 20-22, 24-26

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	9	2	0	0.222	0	6	0	2
	1	2	2	0	1.000	0	2	0	2
	2	7	0	0	0.000	0	4	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	34	18	3	0.441	5	1	2	0
	1	19	10	2	0.421	1	0	2	0
	2	15	8	1	0.467	4	1	0	0

Fri, 7/25/2008

Contender 3

Mike Morrison / Ty Tramblie (20)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	23	9	2	0.304	0	14	2	0
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	7	2	0
	2	10	3	1	0.200	0	7	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	23	13	2	0.478	7	3	0	0
	1	13	6	2	0.308	3	2	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	4	1	0	0

Sat, 7/26/2008

Contender 4

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (11)

Won 21-19, 18-21, 16-14

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	57	26	5	0.368	0	19	2	1
	1	24	11	3	0.333	0	8	1	0
	2	21	10	0	0.476	0	6	0	0
	3	12	5	2	0.250	0	5	1	1
Bill Strickland	Total	19	10	2	0.421	7	6	2	1
	1	7	4	0	0.571	1	3	1	1
	2	7	2	2	0.000	3	2	0	0
	3	5	4	0	0.800	3	1	1	0

Sat, 7/26/2008

Contender 5

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (5)

Won 18-21, 21-15, 17-15

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	36	21	2	0.528	0	24	0	1
	1	15	9	0	0.600	0	9	0	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	7	0	0
	3	12	6	2	0.333	0	8	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	37	21	8	0.351	7	1	1	0
	1	12	4	4	0.000	3	0	0	0
	2	11	9	1	0.727	2	0	1	0
	3	14	8	3	0.357	2	1	0	0

Sat, 7/26/2008

Semi-Finals

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (3)

Lost 22-20, 15-21, 15-17

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	23	12	4	0.348	0	14	3	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	5	3	1
	2	5	4	1	0.600	0	3	0	0
	3	9	3	2	0.111	0	6	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	56	27	11	0.286	1	5	1	2
	1	20	11	5	0.300	0	1	1	1
	2	17	8	5	0.176	1	2	0	0
	3	19	8	1	0.368	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	199	96	19	0.387	0	104	7	7
Bill Strickland	231	124	30	0.407	35	24	8	7

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	11	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	0	$34,250.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Total	12	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	1	0	0	$56,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dax Holdren												Bill Strickland
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$28,100.00	World Championships
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	0	$32,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
140	8	13	15	6	41	36	16	3	0	$398,269.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	0	0	4	0	12	30	8	3	0	$93,370.00
11	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	$53,745.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	$14,830.00
14	2	1	0	0	5	4	0	2	0	$54,859.75	Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
180	11	16	17	8	51	46	20	8	0	$567,424.00	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
2008	AVP	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	$32,150.00	22	19	53.7 %
Total	AVP	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	$32,150.00	22	19	53.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dax Holdren													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	1	0	$250.00	1995	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	$3,115.00	1996	AVP
20	0	1	0	2	6	4	5	2	0	$58,490.00	1997	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	1997	FIVB
20	1	1	1	1	13	3	0	0	0	$33,466.50	1998	AVP
11	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	$35,475.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	USAV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
11	2	3	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	$66,375.00	2000	AVP
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2000	USAV
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$17,500.00	2000	FIVB
4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$24,160.00	2001	AVP
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,250.00	2001	BVA
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$19,000.00	2001	FIVB
7	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$52,800.00	2002	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	$11,800.00	2002	FIVB
9	1	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$19,212.50	2003	AVP
7	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	$40,000.00	2003	FIVB
6	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$11,792.50	2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	2	0	$25,250.00	2004	FIVB
14	1	5	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	$84,300.00	2005	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$175.00
16	0	3	5	0	4	3	1	0	0	$69,000.00	2006	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$1,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,700.00	2006	FIVB
											2006	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
17	0	1	3	0	3	10	0	0	0	$49,662.50	2007	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	4	9	3	0	0	$23,512.50
10	0	0	1	0	2	6	1	0	0	$16,075.00	2008	AVP	12	0	0	1	0	2	7	2	0	0	$17,862.50
194	14	20	19	8	54	49	19	8	3	$669,774.00	Total	Total	41	1	0	1	0	6	16	8	3	6	$44,825.00

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	21	65.6%	4	12.5%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	6	23.1%	3	11.5%	17	65.4%	6-20	23.1%	21-17	55.3%	10-10	50.0%	0	1	31-28	52.5%
2007-2008	21	65.6%	4	12.5%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	6	23.1%	3	11.5%	17	65.4%	6-20	23.1%	21-17	55.3%	10-10	50.0%	0	1	31-28	52.5%
Against the Field	10	50.0%	3	15.0%	7	35.0%	13-7	65.0%	6	24.0%	3	12.0%	16	64.0%	6-19	24.0%	20-30	40.0%	18-20	47.4%	0	1	19-26	42.2%

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	15	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	20
Manhattan Beach	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	22

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Strickland trail the series against the field 12-17 (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
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Holdren/Strickland	9	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:16
Lead the series against # 2 Lucena/Scott 2-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Strickland	15	Lucena/Scott	2	17-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:14
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 # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-2
7/26/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Holdren/Strickland	15	20-22, 21-15, 17-15	1:15
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-16, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Olson/Wong 1-4
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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 9 Mayer/Nygaard 0-3
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-17, 21-10	0:43
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Holdren/Strickland	9	21-14, 21-19	0:43
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Holdren/Strickland	9	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:07
Trail the series against # 10 Brazao/Loiola 0-1
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Brazao/Loiola	10	Holdren/Strickland	15	22-20, 26-24	0:54
Series tied with # 11 Mariano/Ratledge 1-1
7/26/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Strickland	15	Mariano/Ratledge	11	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:14
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Holdren/Strickland	14	21-15, 9-2 Retired	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Baxter/Prosser 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	14	Baxter/Prosser	13	20-22, 21-19, 15-8	1:13
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 Loomis/Mesko 1-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	15	Loomis/Mesko	18	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 19, Q1 Carlucci/Hannemann 1-1
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 1	Carlucci/Hannemann	17	Holdren/Strickland	9	15-21, 21-19, 19-17	1:19
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 # 20 Morrison/Tramblie 2-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 3	Holdren/Strickland	15	Morrison/Tramblie	20	21-17, 21-13	0:48
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	14	Morrison/Tramblie	19	21-18, 21-18	0:54