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AVP Tour
$183,000 Birmingham-Hoover Open presented by Vault
July 13 - 16, 2006

(1) Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger

Mike Lambert

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1974 (50 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 (52 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 Birmingham Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	2	1st	360	$19,000.00
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

Birmingham-Hoover Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 1

Andrey Tranchina / Derek Zimmerman (32, Q26)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	11	6	0	0.545	10	2	2	6
	1	9	4	0	0.444	4	1	2	3
	2	2	2	0	1.000	6	1	0	3
Stein Metzger	Total	24	15	3	0.500	0	5	1	0
	1	11	8	3	0.455	0	2	1	0
	2	13	7	0	0.538	0	3	0	0

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 2

Dain Blanton / Matt Prosser (16)

Won 21-13, 22-24, 15-11

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	22	14	4	0.455	8	2	1	1
	1	8	6	2	0.500	3	1	0	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	2	1	0	0
	3	8	3	2	0.125	3	0	1	1
Stein Metzger	Total	39	26	4	0.564	1	10	1	0
	1	13	9	1	0.615	1	5	0	0
	2	18	13	2	0.611	0	2	1	0
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	0	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Winner 3

Brent Doble / Ryan Mariano (8)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	7	5	0	0.714	6	3	1	3
	1	3	3	0	1.000	2	1	1	2
	2	4	2	0	0.500	4	2	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	35	21	1	0.571	0	6	0	2
	1	22	12	0	0.545	0	3	0	2
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	3	0	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Winner 4

Dax Holdren / Sean Scott (4)

Won 27-25, 21-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	20	14	3	0.550	1	3	0	8
	1	12	8	2	0.500	1	1	0	5
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	2	0	3
Stein Metzger	Total	28	20	3	0.607	0	9	0	2
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	5	0	2
	2	13	10	1	0.692	0	4	0	0

Sun, 7/16/2006

Semi-Finals

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (6)

Lost 14-21, 14-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	11	5	2	0.273	3	4	0	7
	1	7	3	2	0.143	1	2	0	4
	2	4	2	0	0.500	2	2	0	3
Stein Metzger	Total	29	14	6	0.276	0	6	0	0
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	0	0
	2	17	8	4	0.235	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	71	44	9	0.493	28	14	4	25
Stein Metzger	155	96	17	0.510	1	36	2	4
Total	226	140	26	0.504	29	50	6	29
Opponents	226	120	48	0.319	13	52	7	22

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 26-10 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 4 Holdren/Scott 5-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	4	27-25, 21-15	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 Gibb/Rosenthal 4-4
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-14, 21-14	0:38
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 # 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 3-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Doble/Mariano	8	21-19, 21-12	0:51
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 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 # 10 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 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 # 16 Blanton/Prosser 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Blanton/Prosser	16	21-13, 22-24, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # 20 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 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 # 32, Q26 Tranchina/Zimmerman 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Tranchina/Zimmerman	32, Q26	21-14, 21-14	0:34