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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Muskegon Open presented by Gatorade
August 20 - 23, 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

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 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo 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 Muskegon Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	14	7th	370	$5,280.00
AVP	7/2-5/2009	Coney Island Open	9	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	13	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	11	13th	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	13	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	10	13th	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	13	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	12	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	10	9th	300	$3,960.00

Muskegon Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/21/2009

Winner 1

Russ Marchewka / Ty Tramblie (20)

Lost 18-21, 21-11, 10-15

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	23	14	0	0.609	6	8	2	3
	1	5	3	0	0.600	2	3	0	1
	2	10	9	0	0.900	4	3	1	2
	3	8	2	0	0.250	0	2	1	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	47	18	9	0.191	0	22	2	2
	1	21	7	5	0.095	0	11	1	1
	2	11	5	2	0.273	0	5	1	0
	3	15	6	2	0.267	0	6	0	1

Fri, 8/21/2009

Contender 1

Hudson Bates / Mark Burik (29, Q11)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	19	8	1	0.368	3	2	2	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	2	0	0	3
	2	12	3	1	0.167	1	2	2	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	32	18	4	0.438	0	14	0	2
	1	13	9	2	0.538	0	5	0	2
	2	19	9	2	0.368	0	9	0	0

Fri, 8/21/2009

Contender 2

Paul Baxter / Braidy Halverson (14)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	26	18	1	0.654	7	4	1	2
	1	11	8	0	0.727	4	1	1	1
	2	15	10	1	0.600	3	3	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	27	11	5	0.222	1	19	2	4
	1	13	6	3	0.231	0	4	2	1
	2	14	5	2	0.214	1	15	0	3

Sat, 8/22/2009

Contender 3

Albert Hannemann / Jon Mesko (22)

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

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	45	20	3	0.378	5	4	0	2
	1	18	8	1	0.389	1	3	0	0
	2	15	7	1	0.400	2	1	0	1
	3	12	5	1	0.333	2	0	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	35	15	2	0.371	0	19	1	3
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	11	1	0
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	4	0	1
	3	13	5	1	0.308	0	4	0	2

Sat, 8/22/2009

Contender 4

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (9)

Won 14-21, 21-16, 16-14

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	23	14	4	0.435	5	3	0	0
	1	9	5	2	0.333	1	1	0	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	3	1	0	0
	3	7	5	1	0.571	1	1	0	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	31	18	3	0.484	0	20	3	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	0	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	12	3	0
	3	11	7	1	0.545	0	4	0	0

Sat, 8/22/2009

Contender 5

Anthony Medel / Hans Stolfus (12)

Won 29-27, 21-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	23	15	2	0.565	7	4	2	1
	1	15	10	2	0.533	3	3	0	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	4	1	2	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	37	18	3	0.405	0	19	0	4
	1	20	12	0	0.600	0	8	0	2
	2	17	6	3	0.176	0	11	0	2

Sun, 8/23/2009

Contender 6

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (6)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	27	17	2	0.556	2	3	0	1
	1	16	10	1	0.563	1	2	0	0
	2	11	7	1	0.545	1	1	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	30	12	8	0.133	0	9	0	5
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	4	0	3
	2	18	7	6	0.056	0	5	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	186	106	13	0.500	35	28	7	12
Aaron Wachtfogel	239	110	34	0.318	1	122	8	21

Head to Head Results
Strickland/Wachtfogel trail the series against the field 8-15 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-2
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	14-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:56
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	24-22, 21-17	0:51
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-18, 21-19	0:53
Series tied with # 4 Keenan/Lucena 1-1
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 4	Keenan/Lucena	5	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:54
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 # 5 Olson/Wong 0-1
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	21-15, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Mayer/Nygaard 0-4
8/23/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 6	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-19, 21-15	0:46
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:04
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-17, 21-17	0:50
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 # 9 Brazao/Prosser 1-0
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Brazao/Prosser	9	14-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:11
Trail the series against # 10 Mariano/Ratledge 0-3
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	8	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	29-31, 21-14, 15-13	1:35
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 # 11 Morrison/Zimet 0-1
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Morrison/Zimet	13	Strickland/Wachtfogel	11	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:19
Series tied with # 12 Medel/Stolfus 1-1
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 5	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Medel/Stolfus	12	29-27, 21-15	1:03
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Medel/Stolfus	6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	11	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:26
Lead the series against # 14 Baxter/Halverson 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Baxter/Halverson	14	21-16, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Carlucci/Witt 1-0
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	Carlucci/Witt	23	21-18, 21-19	0:52
Trail the series against # 20 Marchewka/Tramblie 0-1
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Marchewka/Tramblie	20	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-18, 11-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 22 Hannemann/Mesko 1-0
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Hannemann/Mesko	22	21-16, 16-21, 15-10	1:04
Lead the series against # 29, Q11 Bates/Burik 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Bates/Burik	29, Q11	21-13, 21-17	0:36