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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Huntington Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 21 - 24, 2009

(13) Bill Strickland/Aaron Wachtfogel

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malibu, CA

Resides:

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

Aaron Wachtfogel

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 8, 1981 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Pacific

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (AVP Brooklyn 2007)

Career Winnings:

$168,102.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	33	49	Money
AVP	24	0	0	4	0	3	0	3	5	6	0	0	1	2	$102,280.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$300.00
P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$3,525.00
Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Overall	32	0	0	5	0	6	1	4	6	6	1	0	1	2	US$121,105.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Jeff Alzina - 41st
2005	Justin Phipps - 25th	Ed Ratledge - 17th
2006	Adam Roberts - 33rd	Hans Stolfus - 9th
2007	Nick Lucena - 5th	Austin Rester - 9th
2008	Dax Holdren - 9th	Jason Ring - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	10	13	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	13	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	12	13	240	$1,800.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	10	9	300	$3,960.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/22/2009

Winner 1

Canyon Ceman / Brent Doble (20)

Won 21-15, 16-21, 15-10

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	44	27	6	0.477	5	2	1	2
	1	15	9	1	0.533	4	0	1	2
	2	20	9	5	0.200	0	1	0	0
	3	9	9	0	1.000	1	1	0	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	20	11	5	0.300	0	11	2	6
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	4	0	3
	2	10	4	2	0.200	0	6	0	3
	3	4	2	2	0.000	0	1	2	0

Fri, 5/22/2009

Winner 2

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (4)

Lost 12-21, 18-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	34	11	10	0.029	5	0	0	2
	1	19	6	7	-0.053	3	0	0	2
	2	15	5	3	0.133	2	0	0	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	15	8	3	0.333	0	9	1	7
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	2	0	3
	2	9	5	3	0.222	0	7	1	4

Fri, 5/22/2009

Contender 2

Jeff Carlucci / Mike Placek (19)

Won 21-15, 22-20

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	30	18	3	0.500	2	3	1	1
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	1	1	0
	2	17	10	2	0.471	2	2	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	10	7	0	0.700	0	7	0	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	6	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	0	2

Sat, 5/23/2009

Contender 3

Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena (5)

Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-13

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	33	16	4	0.364	5	2	0	0
	1	14	5	3	0.143	1	0	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	3	2	0	0
	3	8	4	1	0.375	1	0	0	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	32	19	5	0.438	0	10	1	1
	1	15	8	0	0.533	0	6	0	0
	2	9	5	4	0.111	0	2	1	1
	3	8	6	1	0.625	0	2	0	0

Sat, 5/23/2009

Contender 4

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (7)

Lost 21-23, 21-23

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	27	18	3	0.556	0	3	0	2
	1	14	10	2	0.571	0	0	0	1
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	3	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	29	14	6	0.276	0	11	0	2
	1	12	7	3	0.333	0	8	0	0
	2	17	7	3	0.235	0	3	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	168	90	26	0.381	17	10	2	7
Aaron Wachtfogel	106	59	19	0.377	0	48	4	18

Head to Head Results
Strickland/Wachtfogel trail the series against the field 7-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-18, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Hyden/Scott 0-1
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:07
Trail the series against # 4 Mayer/Nygaard 0-1
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-12, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 5 Keenan/Lucena 1-0
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Keenan/Lucena	5	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:05
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-2
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	23-21, 23-21	0:55
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	1:17
Trail the series against # 9 Mariano/Ratledge 0-2
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-13, 21-17	0:51
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-15, 12-21, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 16 Loiola/Witt 0-1
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 2	Loiola/Witt	17	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-17, 16-21, 16-14	1:10
Lead the series against # 19 Carlucci/Placek 1-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Carlucci/Placek	19	21-15, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 20 Ceman/Doble 1-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Ceman/Doble	20	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 24 Acosta/Baxter 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	Acosta/Baxter	22	21-14, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Jensen/Mesko 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Jensen/Mesko	23	21-18, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Engle/Marchewka 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Engle/Marchewka	24	21-17, 21-16	0:53
Lead the series against # Q10 McColloch/Mihalic 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	McColloch/Mihalic	28, Q7	21-14, 17-21, 15-10	0:55