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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Cincinnati
August 29 - 31, 2008

(13) 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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Jeff Nygaard - 2nd	Did not play
2006	Sean Scott - 3rd	Did not play
2007	Sean Scott - 9th	Canyon Ceman - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	10	9th	208	$2,100.00
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 Shootout Cincinnati Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/29/2008

Winner 1

Canyon Ceman / Casey Patterson (20)

Lost 26-24, 23-25, 13-15

1:16

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	30	17	2	0.500	0	20	1	0
	1	17	10	1	0.529	0	9	0	0
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	10	1	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	1	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	47	31	3	0.596	3	2	0	1
	1	14	12	0	0.857	1	0	0	1
	2	21	12	2	0.476	0	1	0	0
	3	12	7	1	0.500	2	1	0	0

Fri, 8/29/2008

Contender 1

Russ Marchewka / Mike Placek (14)

Won 21-17, 21-11

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	10	5	0	0.500	0	5	0	0
	1	7	3	0	0.429	0	4	0	0
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	1	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	24	16	1	0.625	8	2	0	2
	1	14	8	0	0.571	4	1	0	1
	2	10	8	1	0.700	4	1	0	1

Sat, 8/30/2008

Contender 2

Jason Ring / Hans Stolfus (11)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	20	12	4	0.400	0	8	0	1
	1	13	8	3	0.385	0	7	0	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	24	18	3	0.625	5	3	0	2
	1	16	11	3	0.500	1	1	0	0
	2	8	7	0	0.875	4	2	0	2

Sat, 8/30/2008

Contender 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (8)

Lost 21-23, 19-21

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	8	6	1	0.625	0	7	0	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	7	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	42	20	8	0.286	5	1	0	3
	1	18	8	4	0.222	2	0	0	1
	2	24	12	4	0.333	3	1	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	68	40	7	0.485	0	40	1	2
Bill Strickland	137	85	15	0.511	21	8	0	8

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Strickland trail the series against the field 14-20 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 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 # 8 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Holdren/Strickland	13	23-21, 21-19	1:04
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Ring/Stolfus 1-0
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	13	Ring/Stolfus	11	21-19, 21-15	0:55
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 14 Marchewka/Placek 3-0
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 1	Holdren/Strickland	13	Marchewka/Placek	14	21-17, 21-11	0:49
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 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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Ceman/Patterson 0-1
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 1	Ceman/Patterson	20	Holdren/Strickland	13	24-26, 25-23, 15-13	1:16
Series tied with # 22 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 # 24 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