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AVP Tour
$250,000 Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 10 - 13, 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Mike Diehl - 49th
1999	Did not play	Carlos Loss - 9th
2000	Did not play	Brent Doble - 9th
2001	Eduardo Bacil - 5th	Kevin Wong - 1st
2002	Lee LeGrande - 7th	Kevin Wong - 17th
2003	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 9th
2004	Karch Kiraly - 1st	Did not play
2005	Karch Kiraly - 5th	Jake Gibb - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$14,400.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	1	1st	520	$25,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 1

Chris Guigliano / Peter Jordan (32, Q38)

Won 21-8, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	10	8	0	0.800	8	2	3	2
	1	4	2	0	0.500	6	1	2	0
	2	6	6	0	1.000	2	1	1	2
Stein Metzger	Total	26	15	5	0.385	0	13	0	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	0	0
	2	18	9	4	0.278	0	10	0	1

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 2

Albert Hannemann / Scott Wong (16)

Won 21-12, 21-13

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	15	12	0	0.800	5	7	1	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	4	5	0	2
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	2	1	0
Stein Metzger	Total	28	16	4	0.429	0	11	1	0
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	1	1	0
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	10	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Winner 3

Nick Lucena / Sean Rooney (8)

Won 21-11, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	5	2	3	-0.200	6	1	1	2
	1	3	1	2	-0.333	4	1	1	0
	2	2	1	1	0.000	2	0	0	2
Stein Metzger	Total	25	19	3	0.640	0	5	1	2
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	3	1	2
	2	18	12	3	0.500	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Winner 4

Dax Holdren / Sean Scott (4)

Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-8

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	34	19	8	0.324	4	7	0	3
	1	12	7	1	0.500	1	3	0	2
	2	15	7	5	0.133	1	2	0	1
	3	7	5	2	0.429	2	2	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	33	21	5	0.485	0	16	0	1
	1	14	8	2	0.429	0	10	0	1
	2	11	7	2	0.455	0	3	0	0
	3	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	0	0

Sun, 8/13/2006

Semi-Finals

John Hyden / Jeff Nygaard (6)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	20	13	2	0.550	5	3	1	4
	1	12	6	2	0.333	3	2	0	2
	2	8	7	0	0.875	2	1	1	2
Stein Metzger	Total	28	20	2	0.643	0	12	0	0
	1	15	10	0	0.667	0	7	0	0
	2	13	10	2	0.615	0	5	0	0

Sun, 8/13/2006

Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (2)

Lost 20-22, 23-21, 11-15

1:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	22	16	1	0.682	3	4	1	5
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	2	0	1
	2	7	7	0	1.000	1	0	1	2
	3	6	3	1	0.333	1	2	0	2
Stein Metzger	Total	46	23	4	0.413	0	9	0	1
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	4	0	0
	2	18	10	1	0.500	0	4	0	1
	3	11	5	1	0.364	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	106	70	14	0.528	31	24	7	18
Stein Metzger	186	114	23	0.489	0	66	2	5
Total	292	184	37	0.503	31	90	9	23
Opponents	306	145	50	0.310	18	64	4	21

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 37-12 (Lead 15 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 3-4
8/13/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	22-20, 21-23, 15-11	1:30
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 7-1
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	4	21-16, 17-21, 15-8	1:06
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
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 4-5
7/29/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Lambert/Metzger	7	21-17, 21-17	0:44
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
Series tied with # 6 Hyden/Nygaard 1-1
8/13/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Hyden/Nygaard	6	21-17, 21-18	0:46
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 Kiraly/Witt 1-0
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Kiraly/Witt	7	27-25, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 8 Lucena/Rooney 3-0
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Rooney	8	21-11, 21-18	0:38
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 # 9 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 # 10 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 # 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 # 16 Hannemann/Wong 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Hannemann/Wong	16	21-12, 21-13	0:40
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 # 22 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 # 27, 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 # 32, Q38 Guigliano/Jordan 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Guigliano/Jordan	32, Q38	21-8, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q13 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 # Q22 Thornton/Zimet 1-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	22-20, 21-17	0:43