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AVP Tour
$183,000 Atlanta Open
July 6 - 9, 2006

(2) Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger

Mike Lambert

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kaneohe, HI

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$507,437.50

Stein Metzger

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

213

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$906,393.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	32	9	6	11	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	$467,525.00
FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	3	0	US$105,800.00
Overall	42	9	6	13	0	6	1	2	1	4	0	US$573,325.00

Previous Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	2	3rd	270	$8,500.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	5	13th	240	US$6,500.00
AVP	6/15-17/2006	Sacramento Open	2	1st	520	$20,000.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	2	2nd	324	$13,400.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	19	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	1	3rd	270	$8,500.00
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	1	3rd	390	$12,000.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	1	3rd	270	$8,500.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	1	2nd	324	$13,400.00

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/7/2006

Winner 2

Aaron Boss / Fred Souza (15)

Won 23-21, 21-13

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	20	12	3	0.450	3	0	8	4
	1	12	6	1	0.417	1	0	5	1
	2	8	6	2	0.500	2	0	3	3
Stein Metzger	Total	14	9	0	0.643	0	7	0	0
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	6	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	0	0

Fri, 7/7/2006

Winner 3

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (23, Q5)

Won 21-13, 21-12

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	8	7	0	0.875	5	1	7	5
	1	3	2	0	0.667	4	1	4	2
	2	5	5	0	1.000	1	0	3	3
Stein Metzger	Total	19	12	1	0.579	0	5	0	1
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	7	7	0	1.000	0	1	0	0

Sat, 7/8/2006

Winner 4

Larry Witt / Kevin Wong (11)

Won 23-21, 21-16

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	20	12	2	0.500	1	1	1	5
	1	12	8	2	0.500	0	1	1	2
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	0	0	3
Stein Metzger	Total	26	14	0	0.538	0	17	0	1
	1	15	8	0	0.533	0	10	0	1
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	7	0	0

Sun, 7/9/2006

Semi-Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Won 21-16, 21-13

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	14	9	1	0.571	8	0	0	3
	1	7	6	0	0.857	2	0	0	3
	2	7	3	1	0.286	6	0	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	22	15	2	0.591	0	8	0	0
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	0	0
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	4	0	0

Sun, 7/9/2006

Finals

Dax Holdren / Sean Scott (6)

Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-13

1:25

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	25	12	2	0.400	6	3	0	5
	1	8	4	2	0.250	3	1	0	2
	2	9	5	0	0.556	2	0	0	3
	3	8	3	0	0.375	1	2	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	52	28	10	0.346	0	18	0	0
	1	17	9	4	0.294	0	6	0	0
	2	18	9	1	0.444	0	5	0	0
	3	17	10	5	0.294	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	87	52	8	0.506	23	5	16	22
Stein Metzger	133	78	13	0.489	0	55	0	2
Total	220	130	21	0.495	23	60	16	24
Opponents	250	124	47	0.308	7	60	9	27

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$69,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	9	5	11	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	$450,025.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$26,500.00
Total	40	9	6	12	0	5	1	2	1	4	0	0	$553,325.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike Lambert												Stein Metzger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00
6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$34,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	3	2	0	5	7	2	2	0	$125,650.00
61	12	9	15	1	10	8	4	1	0	$330,392.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	146	16	12	30	2	28	35	13	8	0	$576,955.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$27,850.00	Manhattan Beach	10	2	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$53,710.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,920.00	Tour Championships	9	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	$11,514.00
76	13	10	17	1	16	10	7	1	0	$401,562.50	Total	193	18	17	34	2	39	52	17	10	0	$809,329.00

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
2006	AVP	8	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$103,300.00	35	8	81.4 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$22,500.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	AVP	8	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$103,300.00	35	8	81.4 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$22,500.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike Lambert													Stein Metzger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,675.00	1997	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	$13,105.00
											1998	AVP	16	0	1	0	0	1	11	2	1	0	$12,666.50
											1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,600.00
											1999	AVP	8	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	$16,312.50
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2000	AVP	12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$26,000.00
											2000	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,000.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	$4,775.00	2001	AVP	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,050.00
											2001	BVA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
											2001	FIVB	11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00
7	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	$15,537.50	2002	AVP	7	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$16,560.00
											2002	FIVB	7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00
											2003	AVP	7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$11,062.50
											2003	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$52,000.00
12	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$71,162.50	2004	AVP	6	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$11,792.50
											2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	3	0	$26,875.00
14	3	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	$93,850.00	2005	AVP	14	4	2	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	$106,950.00
											2005	FIVB	7	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	$48,375.00
8	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$51,650.00	2006	AVP	8	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$51,650.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00
49	9	6	12	1	10	7	2	1	1	$249,900.00	Total	Total	146	10	12	27	2	31	41	11	9	3	$545,449.00

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	97	75.8%	18	14.1%	13	10.2%	115-13	89.8%	14	37.8%	6	16.2%	17	45.9%	14-23	37.8%	97-17	85.1%	32-19	62.7%	2	0	131-36	78.4%
2005-2006	51	76.1%	9	13.4%	7	10.4%	60-7	89.6%	7	46.7%	2	13.3%	6	40.0%	7-8	46.7%	51-6	89.5%	16-9	64.0%	0	0	67-15	81.7%
Against the Field	43	71.7%	9	15.0%	8	13.3%	52-8	86.7%	8	30.8%	4	15.4%	14	53.8%	8-18	30.8%	86-26	76.8%	34-24	58.6%	1	0	61-25	70.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	8	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	19	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	13	14	11	1	0	0	0	129	35
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	3
Total	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	99	20	15	12	2	0	0	0	160	50

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 24-9 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 2-3
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-18, 21-14	0:45
6/11/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lambert/Metzger	2	19-21, 21-12, 17-15	1:26
6/3/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	13	Lambert/Metzger	19	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:54
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:04
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-19, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 2-0
7/9/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-16, 21-13	0:47
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-17, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Hyden/Nygaard 0-1
5/21/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Nygaard	7	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-17, 21-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 4-3
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	5	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	23-21, 21-18	1:16
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Lambert/Metzger	2	17-21, 21-17, 15-8	1:02
6/11/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-19, 9-21, 20-18	1:01
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-18, 21-18	0:49
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	25-23, 21-16	0:58
9/10/05	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-18, 21-18	0:51
Lead the series against # 6 Holdren/Scott 4-1
7/9/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Holdren/Scott	6	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:25
7/2/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Scott	7	Lambert/Metzger	2	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:15
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Holdren/Scott	7	21-17, 21-17	0:52
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	2	Holdren/Scott	8	21-18, 21-16	0:46
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 7 Stolfus/Wachtfogel 3-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	8	21-17, 21-12	0:41
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	1	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	15	22-20, 21-18	0:44
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	16	21-12, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Doble/Mariano 2-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Doble/Mariano	10	24-22, 21-17	0:50
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Doble/Mariano	14	Lambert/Metzger	1	14-21, 21-17, 22-20	1:11
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Doble/Mariano	16	21-19, 23-25, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # 9 Lucena/Rooney 1-0
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lucena/Rooney	14	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Witt/Wong 1-0
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Witt/Wong	11	23-21, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 14 Keenan/Mayer 1-0
6/11/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Keenan/Mayer	27, Q3	21-12, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Boss/Souza 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	Boss/Souza	15	23-21, 21-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 18 Koski/Minc 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	Koski/Minc	15	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 23, Q5 Lee/Rester 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lee/Rester	23, Q5	21-13, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q11 VanZwieten/VanZwieten 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	VanZwieten/VanZwieten	32, Q18	21-17, 21-19	0:38