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$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 3 - 6, 2007

(2) 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Brent Doble - 5th
2001	Collin Smith - 4th	Did not play
2002	Lee LeGrande - 7th	Kevin Wong - 3rd
2003	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 9th
2004	Karch Kiraly - 3rd	Did not play
2005	Karch Kiraly - 1st	Jake Gibb - 3rd
2006	Stein Metzger - 3rd	Mike Lambert - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	1	17th	72	$800.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	1	3rd	270	$9,500.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	7	5th	360	US$10,000.00
AVP	9/14-17/2006	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	1	5th	0	$8,000.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	1	2nd	468	$18,000.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	1	1st	360	$50,000.00
AVP	8/17-19/2006	Brooklyn Open	1	1st	520	$25,000.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	1	2nd	468	$18,000.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/4/2007

Winner 1

Vincent Robbins / Jason Wight (31, Q12)

Lost 21-16, 18-21, 9-15

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	16	8	1	0.438	2	5	1	4
	1	5	3	0	0.600	2	3	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	1
	3	4	1	1	0.000	0	0	1	2
Stein Metzger	Total	39	21	7	0.359	0	10	2	3
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	6	2	2
	2	15	10	2	0.533	0	3	0	1
	3	11	4	3	0.091	0	1	0	0

Fri, 5/4/2007

Contender 1

Jeff Carlucci / Adam Roberts (18)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-9

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	6	2	2	0.000	7	1	2	1
	1	4	1	2	-0.250	1	0	1	1
	2	2	1	0	0.500	3	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		3	1	1	0
Stein Metzger	Total	45	13	10	0.067	1	14	1	2
	1	19	1	2	-0.053	1	10	1	1
	2	18	7	7	0.000	0	1	0	1
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	0	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Contender 2

Brent Doble / Ty Loomis (16)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	19	11	4	0.368	1	4	1	2
	1	8	4	1	0.375	1	2	1	2
	2	11	7	3	0.364	0	2	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	27	17	6	0.407	0	5	1	1
	1	14	10	2	0.571	0	3	0	1
	2	13	7	4	0.231	0	2	1	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Contender 3

Matt Olson / Jason Ring (7)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	18	12	4	0.444	5	0	2	2
	1	9	7	2	0.556	0	0	2	0
	2	9	5	2	0.333	5	0	0	2
Stein Metzger	Total	22	17	0	0.773	0	7	0	0
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	6	0	0
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	1	0	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Contender 4

Hans Stolfus / Scott Wong (11)

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

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	18	8	5	0.167	4	3	0	2
	1	8	4	3	0.125	2	2	0	2
	2	4	3	0	0.750	1	0	0	0
	3	6	1	2	-0.167	1	1	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	44	23	8	0.341	0	15	2	4
	1	16	8	2	0.375	0	6	0	1
	2	14	6	6	0.000	0	4	2	3
	3	14	9	0	0.643	0	5	0	0

Sat, 5/5/2007

Contender 5

Karch Kiraly / Kevin Wong (10)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	23	13	1	0.522	0	8	0	0
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	4	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	38	20	2	0.474	0	20	2	1
	1	19	9	1	0.421	0	14	2	0
	2	19	11	1	0.526	0	6	0	1

Sun, 5/6/2007

Contender 6

Nick Lucena / Bill Strickland (12)

Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-11

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	21	12	3	0.429	6	3	1	2
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	2	1	1
	2	8	4	1	0.375	3	0	0	1
	3	4	4	0	1.000	3	1	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	44	19	11	0.182	0	13	2	0
	1	19	10	5	0.263	0	7	2	0
	2	13	3	5	-0.154	0	4	0	0
	3	12	6	1	0.417	0	2	0	0

Sun, 5/6/2007

Semi-Finals

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (15)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	13	9	1	0.615	2	4	0	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	2	2	0	0
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	2	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	28	13	9	0.143	0	6	1	0
	1	18	7	7	0.000	0	3	1	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	0	0

Sun, 5/6/2007

Finals

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (3)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	12	10	1	0.750	6	1	0	2
	1	4	4	0	1.000	2	0	0	1
	2	8	6	1	0.625	4	1	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	27	18	0	0.667	0	7	0	1
	1	16	11	0	0.688	0	3	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	146	85	22	0.432	33	29	7	16
Stein Metzger	314	161	53	0.344	1	97	11	12

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 25-16 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 4-6
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-14, 21-19	0:48
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-16, 21-13	1:11
8/27/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-13, 21-19	0:42
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 Gibb/Rosenthal 9-6
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-17, 21-18	0:56
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:58
8/27/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	21-18, 21-15	0:59
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	16-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:58
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-19, 21-17	0:57
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-19, 21-13	0:50
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
Lead the series against # 5 Jennings/Williams 1-0
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	1	Jennings/Williams	7	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	1:10
Series tied with # 7 Olson/Ring 1-1
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Olson/Ring	7	21-18, 21-17	0:45
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 4	Olson/Ring	13	Lambert/Metzger	1	24-22, 21-18	0:53
Lead the series against # 8 Medel/Souza 1-0
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 10 Kiraly/Wong 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	2	Kiraly/Wong	10	21-17, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 Stolfus/Wong 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Stolfus/Wong	11	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:17
Lead the series against # 12 Lucena/Strickland 1-0
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lucena/Strickland	12	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 14 Hannemann/Ratledge 0-1
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 2	Hannemann/Ratledge	17	Lambert/Metzger	1	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:07
Lead the series against # 15 Hyden/Keenan 1-0
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Hyden/Keenan	15	21-18, 21-14	0:43
Series tied with # 16 Doble/Loomis 1-1
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	Doble/Loomis	16	21-19, 21-18	0:51
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 1	Doble/Loomis	15	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-10, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 Carlucci/Roberts 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Lambert/Metzger	2	Carlucci/Roberts	18	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 31, Q12 Robbins/Wight 0-1
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Robbins/Wight	31, Q12	Lambert/Metzger	2	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:54
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 # Q18 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