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AVP Tour
$1,000,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Manhattan Beach Open
September 17 - 21, 2008

(9, Q5) 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:

15

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

14

Career AVP Wins:

11

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:

16

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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Todd Rogers - 25th	Did not play
1996	Todd Rogers - 33rd	Did not play
1999	Todd Rogers - 13th	Did not play
2000	Todd Rogers - 4th	Did not play
2001	Todd Rogers - 4th	Did not play
2002	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st	Did not play
2003	Stein Metzger - 9th	Did not play
2005	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Dan Mintz - 33rd
2006	Sean Scott - 3rd	Ran Kumgisky - 17th
2007	Sean Scott - 2nd	Canyon Ceman - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/12-14/2008	AVP Shootout San Francisco	8	9th	144	$4,000.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	12	5th	216	$6,700.00
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 Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 9/18/2008

Qualifier 2

Erik Gomez / Chris Luers (Q28)

Won 21-9, 21-13

0:41

Fri, 9/19/2008

Winner 1

Scott Hill / Everett Matthews (24, Q26)

Won 21-15, 21-18

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	25	13	4	0.360	0	14	1	0
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	6	1	0
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	8	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	25	17	2	0.600	6	3	1	1
	1	12	6	1	0.417	4	1	1	1
	2	13	11	1	0.769	2	2	0	0

Fri, 9/19/2008

Winner 2

Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (8, Q3)

Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-13

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	26	6	4	0.077	0	18	1	1
	1	6	2	2	0.000	0	3	1	0
	2	10	2	1	0.100	0	8	0	1
	3	10	2	1	0.100	0	7	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	39	16	3	0.333	10	6	0	3
	1	17	4	1	0.176	4	3	0	1
	2	14	6	2	0.286	4	2	0	0
	3	8	6	0	0.750	2	1	0	2

Sat, 9/20/2008

Winner 3

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 12-21, 21-18, 11-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	26	9	4	0.192	0	17	2	1
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	4	0	0
	2	11	5	2	0.273	0	5	2	0
	3	7	1	0	0.143	0	8	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	38	20	9	0.289	4	2	1	1
	1	13	6	3	0.231	2	0	0	1
	2	10	6	3	0.300	0	1	1	0
	3	15	8	3	0.333	2	1	0	0

Sat, 9/20/2008

Contender 4

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (11)

Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-12

1:19

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	37	15	5	0.270	1	26	0	1
	1	16	7	2	0.313	1	8	0	0
	2	10	3	1	0.200	0	9	0	0
	3	11	5	2	0.273	0	9	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	31	18	3	0.484	5	2	1	2
	1	5	1	1	0.000	2	0	1	2
	2	15	10	1	0.600	1	2	0	0
	3	11	7	1	0.545	2	0	0	0

Sat, 9/20/2008

Contender 5

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (5)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	24	14	7	0.292	0	5	1	3
	1	12	6	4	0.167	0	2	0	2
	2	12	8	3	0.417	0	3	1	1
Bill Strickland	Total	19	11	4	0.368	0	0	0	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	0	0	1
	2	8	4	3	0.125	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	138	57	24	0.239	1	80	5	6
Bill Strickland	152	82	21	0.401	25	13	3	9

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Strickland trail the series against the field 18-24 (Lead 7 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 0-3
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Holdren/Strickland	9, Q5	21-12, 18-21, 15-11	1:03
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
Trail the series against # 5 Hyden/Keenan 0-4
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Hyden/Keenan	5	Holdren/Strickland	9, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:49
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
Series tied with # 6, Q1 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 # 7 Olson/Wong 1-5
9/13/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Contender 1	Olson/Wong	6	Holdren/Strickland	8	19-21, 23-21, 15-9	1:17
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, Q3 Brazao/Loiola 1-2
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Strickland	9, Q5	Brazao/Loiola	8, Q3	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:08
9/12/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 1	Brazao/Loiola	9	Holdren/Strickland	8	21-19, 22-20	0:45
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, Q2 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 # 11 Mayer/Nygaard 1-3
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Strickland	9, Q5	Mayer/Nygaard	11	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:19
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 # 16, Q10 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
Lead the series against # 17, Q8 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
Series tied with # 23, Q13 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, Q26 Hill/Matthews 1-0
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	9, Q5	Hill/Matthews	24, Q26	21-15, 21-18	0:56
Lead the series against # Q16 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 # Q28 Gomez/Luers 1-0
9/18/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Holdren/Strickland	9, Q5	Gomez/Luers	Q28	21-9, 21-13	0:41