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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$150,000 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open
September 23 - 25, 2011

(14) Bill Strickland/Aaron Wachtfogel

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malibu, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2006)

Career Pro Beach Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$139,600.00

Aaron Wachtfogel

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 8, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Pacific

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (AVP Brooklyn 2007)

Career Pro Beach Best:

9th (Manhattan Beach 2011)

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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2001	Did not play	Shawn Davis - 37th
AVP 2004	Ryan Stuntz - 41st	Jeff Minc - 41st
AVP 2005	Justin Phipps - 33rd	Ed Ratledge - 17th
AVP 2006	Adam Roberts - 17th	Hans Stolfus - 5th
AVP 2007	Nick Lucena - 13th	Austin Rester - 17th
AVP 2008	Dax Holdren - 13th	Mike Lambert - 7th
AVP 2009	Reid Priddy - 9th	Mike Morrison - 13th
AVP 2010	Aaron Wachtfogel - 7th	Bill Strickland - 7th
Wide Open 2011	Aaron Wachtfogel - 3rd	Bill Strickland - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Pro Beach	8/26-28/2011	Manhattan Beach Open	5	9th	288	$3,000.00
Wide Open	8/20-21/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	8	3rd	0	$4,500.00
Wide Open	7/30-31/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	10	7th	0	$2,500.00
Wide Open	6/25-26/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Seaside Heights	2	5th	0	$2,000.00
Wide Open	6/11-12/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Siesta Key		5th	0	$2,000.00
NORCECA	4/22-24/2011	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Dominican Republic	4	6th	0	US$300.00

Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/24/2011	Winner 1	Scott Hill / Jon Mesko (19)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:35
Sat, 9/24/2011	Winner 2	John Hyden / Sean Scott (3)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:43
Sat, 9/24/2011	Contender 2	Avery Drost / Andrew McGuire (20)	Lost 22-20, 18-21, 15-17

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	3	0	3	3	5	5	0	0	0	$91,780.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	24	0	0	4	0	3	3	5	6	0	0	0	$102,280.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bill Strickland												Aaron Wachtfogel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
69	0	0	4	0	12	30	8	3	0	$93,370.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	85	0	1	7	0	15	30	18	4	0	$131,952.50
11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	$14,830.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	$13,725.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
83	0	0	5	0	13	33	11	4	0	$114,450.00	Total	97	0	1	8	0	18	33	18	5	0	$150,177.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2009	AVP	12	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	0	$48,580.00	32	23	58.2 %
2010	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$50,200.00	27	13	67.5 %
2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2011	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	9	5	64.3 %
2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,525.00	3	4	42.9 %
2011	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	AVP	19	0	0	4	0	3	3	5	4	0	0	0	$98,780.00	59	36	62.1 %
Total	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	9	5	64.3 %
Total	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,525.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bill Strickland													Aaron Wachtfogel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$325.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$175.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	0	$6,512.50
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$1,275.00	2006	AVP	15	0	0	1	0	7	5	1	1	0	$30,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2006	NORCECA
16	0	0	0	0	4	9	3	0	0	$23,512.50	2007	AVP	16	0	1	0	0	3	6	6	0	0	$31,175.00
17	0	0	1	0	4	10	2	0	0	$36,700.00	2008	AVP	17	0	0	3	0	2	9	3	0	0	$34,037.50
14	0	0	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$26,750.00	2009	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	2	11	0	0	0	$26,090.00
7	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00	2010	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2011	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,762.50	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,762.50
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$225.00	2011	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
76	1	0	6	0	20	30	10	3	6	$125,000.00	Total	Total	102	0	1	9	0	23	35	18	5	11	$163,152.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2010-2011	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	24	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	60	38
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	24	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	69	43

Head to Head Results
Strickland/Wachtfogel trail the series against the field 11-17 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Gibb/Rosenthal 4-4
7/24/10	AVP	AVP Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	24-26, 21-16, 16-14	1:10
6/27/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	1:15
6/5/10	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	21-14, 21-23, 15-12	1:06
5/2/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	6	24-26, 21-18, 18-16	1:19
9/5/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	24-22, 21-16	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Lucena 0-2
6/20/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	3	21-12, 21-12	0:35
5/1/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	6	21-18, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Hyden/Scott 0-5
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	21-16, 21-15	0:43
8/20/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Scott	1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-10
8/20/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Winner 4	Hyden/Scott	1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	8	21-19, 19-21, 15-11
6/27/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Scott	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	21-16, 21-10	0:50
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 6 Mayer/Prosser 2-1
8/20/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Contender 7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	8	Mayer/Prosser	4	21-10, 21-13
7/17/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Prosser	13	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	21-16, 21-16	0:44
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	3	Mayer/Prosser	8	21-17, 21-19	0:47
Series tied with # 7 Loomis/Williams 1-1
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Loomis/Williams	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	21-11, 22-24, 15-13	1:05
8/21/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Contender 8	Strickland/Wachtfogel	8	Loomis/Williams	6	21-16, 21-17
Trail the series against # 10 Mariano/Ratledge 1-3
5/1/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	6	Mariano/Ratledge	10	21-18, 21-19	0:54
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
Lead the series against # 15 Engle/Slick 1-0
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	Engle/Slick	12	21-19, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 Hill/Mesko 1-0
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	Hill/Mesko	19	21-14, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 20 Drost/McGuire 0-1
9/24/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Drost/McGuire	20	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	20-22, 21-18, 17-15
Lead the series against # Q15 Diggins/Hagstrom 1-0
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	Diggins/Hagstrom	28	16-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:53