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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam San Diego
August 1 - 3, 2008

(10) Dax Holdren/Bill Strickland

Dax Holdren

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (52 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 (43 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 San Diego Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Jason Pursley - 33rd	Did not play
1998	Todd Rogers - 5th	Did not play
2003	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th	Did not play
2005	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	15	3rd	390	$9,500.00
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 San Diego Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/1/2008

Winner 1

Vincent Robbins / Adam Roberts (23)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	22	13	3	0.455	0	8	3	0
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	4	2	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	4	1	0
Bill Strickland	Total	18	15	1	0.778	4	0	2	1
	1	12	10	0	0.833	2	0	0	0
	2	6	5	1	0.667	2	0	2	1

Sat, 8/2/2008

Winner 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (7)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	27	16	6	0.370	0	11	1	2
	1	13	10	1	0.692	0	2	0	1
	2	14	6	5	0.071	0	9	1	1
Bill Strickland	Total	20	13	2	0.550	2	0	0	1
	1	10	8	1	0.700	1	0	0	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	49	29	9	0.408	0	19	4	2
Bill Strickland	38	28	3	0.658	6	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Strickland trail the series against the field 13-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 Mariano/Ratledge 1-2
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Holdren/Strickland	10	21-19, 21-16	0:47
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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 15 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 # 16 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
Series tied with # 18 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 # 23 Robbins/Roberts 1-0
8/1/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	10	Robbins/Roberts	23	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 24 Engle/Jensen 2-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	11	Engle/Jensen	22	21-16, 21-12	0:42
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Engle/Jensen	28, Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:55