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AVP Tour
$250,000 McDonald's Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 20 - 23, 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Wayne Seligson - 25th
1998	Did not play	Eduardo Bacil - 25th
1999	Did not play	Carlos Loss - 5th
2000	Did not play	Brent Doble - 9th
2002	Lee LeGrande - 3rd	Kevin Wong - 9th
2003	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 13th
2004	John Hyden - 2nd	Dax Holdren - 13th
2005	Karch Kiraly - 2nd	Jake Gibb - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	1	3rd	270	$8,500.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/21/2006

Winner 1

Benjamin Shamrokh / Adam VanOort (32)

Won 21-9, 21-17

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	14	8	3	0.357	3	1	0	2
	1	9	5	1	0.444	2	1	0	0
	2	5	3	2	0.200	1	0	0	2
Stein Metzger	Total	16	9	3	0.375	0	4	0	4
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	1	0	2
	2	10	4	3	0.100	0	3	0	2

Fri, 7/21/2006

Winner 2

Dain Blanton / Matt Prosser (17)

Won 21-16, 21-12

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	21	15	4	0.524	3	4	3	5
	1	13	10	2	0.615	1	1	0	2
	2	8	5	2	0.375	2	3	3	3
Stein Metzger	Total	16	11	1	0.625	0	14	2	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	8	0	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	6	2	2

Sat, 7/22/2006

Winner 3

Nick Lucena / Sean Rooney (9)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	26	14	5	0.346	8	0	2	6
	1	14	8	1	0.500	5	0	0	3
	2	12	6	4	0.167	3	0	2	3
Stein Metzger	Total	20	11	3	0.400	0	8	0	0
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	0
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	2	0	0

Sat, 7/22/2006

Winner 4

Canyon Ceman / Matt Olson (12)

Won 21-17, 24-22

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	27	17	0	0.630	4	0	2	5
	1	10	6	0	0.600	2	0	0	2
	2	17	11	0	0.647	2	0	2	3
Stein Metzger	Total	14	10	2	0.571	0	4	1	0
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	3	1	0
	2	7	6	1	0.714	0	1	0	0

Sun, 7/23/2006

Semi-Finals

Dax Holdren / Sean Scott (4)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	11	10	1	0.818	3	2	2	5
	1	6	5	1	0.667	2	0	2	2
	2	5	5	0	1.000	1	2	0	3
Stein Metzger	Total	30	20	4	0.533	0	9	0	0
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	5	0	0
	2	19	13	3	0.526	0	4	0	0

Sun, 7/23/2006

Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (2)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	14	10	3	0.500	7	3	0	1
	1	7	5	1	0.571	3	0	0	1
	2	7	5	2	0.429	4	3	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	27	15	3	0.444	1	10	0	2
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	4	0	2
	2	17	9	1	0.471	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	113	74	16	0.513	28	10	9	24
Stein Metzger	123	76	16	0.488	1	49	3	9
Total	236	150	32	0.500	29	59	12	33
Opponents	244	125	52	0.299	11	45	4	33

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 34-10 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 3-3
7/23/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-16, 21-18	0:58
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 6-1
7/23/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	4	21-14, 21-17	0:57
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
Series tied with # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 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 Lucena/Rooney 2-0
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Rooney	9	21-18, 21-19	0:48
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 # 10 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 # 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 # 12 Ceman/Olson 1-0
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Ceman/Olson	12	21-17, 24-22	0:32
Lead the series against # 17 Blanton/Prosser 2-0
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Blanton/Prosser	17	21-16, 21-12	0:40
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 # 21 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 # 22 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 Shamrokh/VanOort 1-0
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Shamrokh/VanOort	32	21-9, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q7 Denitz/Jeschke 1-0
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	2	Denitz/Jeschke	31, Q28	21-16, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # Q14 Brewer/Iordanov 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	2	Brewer/Iordanov	31, Q8	15-21, 21-9, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q20 Allen/Mesko 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Allen/Mesko	32, Q60	21-17, 21-14	0:32