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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Santa Barbara
September 6 - 7, 2008

(12) 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 Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Todd Rogers - 4th	Did not play
2000	Todd Rogers - 2nd	Did not play
2001	Todd Rogers - 2nd	Did not play
2002	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Did not play
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Did not play
2005	Jeff Nygaard - 1st	Did not play
2006	Sean Scott - 9th	Dana Camacho - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	13	9th	208	$2,875.00
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 Santa Barbara Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 9/6/2008

Winner 1

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (5)

Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-8

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	36	21	5	0.444	0	15	0	1
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	2	0	1
	2	14	9	1	0.571	0	7	0	0
	3	11	7	1	0.545	0	6	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	29	17	5	0.414	2	1	1	2
	1	11	7	4	0.273	1	0	0	2
	2	14	7	1	0.429	1	0	0	0
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	1	0

Sat, 9/6/2008

Winner 2

Stein Metzger / Mark Williams (4)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	23	11	1	0.435	0	13	1	1
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	7	0	0
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	6	1	1
Bill Strickland	Total	21	11	1	0.476	7	3	1	2
	1	9	6	0	0.667	3	1	1	1
	2	12	5	1	0.333	4	2	0	1

Sat, 9/6/2008

Winner 3

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 28-26, 17-21, 8-15

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	29	17	3	0.483	0	13	0	1
	1	13	7	0	0.538	0	11	0	1
	2	7	5	2	0.429	0	0	0	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	0	2	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	51	21	6	0.294	2	6	0	0
	1	28	14	3	0.393	2	2	0	0
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	1	0	0
	3	10	2	1	0.100	0	3	0	0

Sun, 9/7/2008

Contender 4

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (3)

Lost 19-21, 21-15, 15-17

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	31	19	4	0.484	0	15	0	2
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	8	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	5	0	1
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	2	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	30	20	2	0.600	4	1	0	1
	1	11	5	0	0.455	2	1	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	0	0	0
	3	10	8	2	0.600	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	119	68	13	0.462	0	56	1	5
Bill Strickland	131	69	14	0.420	15	11	2	5

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Strickland trail the series against the field 10-20 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-2
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Holdren/Strickland	12	26-28, 21-17, 15-8	1:14
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 2-1
9/7/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Contender 4	Lucena/Scott	3	Holdren/Strickland	12	21-19, 15-21, 17-15	1:05
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 2-0
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 2	Holdren/Strickland	12	Metzger/Williams	4	21-15, 21-15	0:43
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
Series tied with # 5 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-1
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	12	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-8	1:03
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 # 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 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 # 8 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 # 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 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
Lead the series against # 15 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