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$200,000 AVP Seaside Heights Open presented by Bud Light
July 5 - 8, 2007

(3) 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 Seaside Heights Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Stein Metzger - 3rd	Mike Lambert - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	6	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	14	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	4	1st	360	$20,000.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	3	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	3	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	3	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	3	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	2	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	2	1st	360	$20,000.00
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

Seaside Heights Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 1

Jeremie Holmes / Ivan Mercer (30, Q7)

Won 21-10, 21-15

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	4	3	0	0.750	5	2	2	4
	1	3	2	0	0.667	2	2	2	3
	2	1	1	0	1.000	3	0	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	27	20	2	0.667	0	14	0	0
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	8	0	0
	2	15	11	1	0.667	0	6	0	0

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 2

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (19)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	18	13	2	0.611	4	0	1	4
	1	12	7	2	0.417	1	0	1	3
	2	6	6	0	1.000	3	0	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	27	16	4	0.444	0	13	0	0
	1	10	8	1	0.700	0	7	0	0
	2	17	8	3	0.294	0	6	0	0

Sat, 7/7/2007

Winner 3

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (6)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	23	16	1	0.652	5	5	1	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	1	1	1
	2	11	8	0	0.727	4	4	0	2
Stein Metzger	Total	26	14	3	0.423	0	8	4	2
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	4	3	1
	2	14	7	2	0.357	0	4	1	1

Sat, 7/7/2007

Winner 4

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (7)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	8	7	1	0.750	6	4	2	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	3	1	2	2
	2	5	4	1	0.600	3	3	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	26	13	4	0.346	0	8	0	2
	1	13	5	3	0.154	0	1	0	1
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	7	0	1

Sun, 7/8/2007

Semi-Finals

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (2)

Won 21-13, 22-24, 15-10

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	29	17	4	0.448	6	2	1	5
	1	8	5	1	0.500	2	0	1	2
	2	12	5	2	0.250	3	1	0	2
	3	9	7	1	0.667	1	1	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	43	26	6	0.465	0	19	1	1
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	8	1	0
	2	21	12	4	0.381	0	7	0	1
	3	10	6	2	0.400	0	4	0	0

Sun, 7/8/2007

Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Won 23-21, 15-21, 15-13

1:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	23	12	2	0.435	1	4	0	5
	1	13	8	1	0.538	1	2	0	2
	2	8	2	1	0.125	0	2	0	2
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	41	22	5	0.415	0	15	1	3
	1	14	7	1	0.429	0	5	1	1
	2	16	7	4	0.188	0	7	0	1
	3	11	8	0	0.727	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	105	68	10	0.552	27	17	7	23
Stein Metzger	190	111	24	0.458	0	77	6	8

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 41-19 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 6-6
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	23-21, 15-21, 15-13	1:30
6/17/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-19, 21-15	0:59
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 # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 13-8
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-13, 22-24, 15-10	1:10
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:06
6/10/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	1:20
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:59
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-19, 21-16	0:45
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Lambert/Metzger	2	21-18, 26-24	0:49
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 # 4 Kiraly/Wong 2-0
6/10/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	3	Kiraly/Wong	4	21-11, 21-16	0:46
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 # 5 Jennings/Williams 4-1
6/17/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	4	Jennings/Williams	9	21-19, 21-19	0:52
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 3	Jennings/Williams	6	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-17, 11-21, 15-13	0:57
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	3	Jennings/Williams	6	21-19, 26-28, 15-13	1:19
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Jennings/Williams	5	21-18, 21-17	0:48
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	1	Jennings/Williams	7	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	1:10
Lead the series against # 6 Holdren/Nygaard 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	3	Holdren/Nygaard	6	21-19, 21-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Hyden/Keenan 3-1
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	3	Hyden/Keenan	7	21-17, 21-12	0:36
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 3	Lambert/Metzger	3	Hyden/Keenan	8	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:06
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	10	Lambert/Metzger	2	21-19, 21-18	0:37
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Hyden/Keenan	15	21-18, 21-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 9 Olson/Ring 1-2
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Olson/Ring	4	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:58
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
Series tied with # 10 Medel/Souza 1-1
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-18, 21-15	0:44
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 11 Lucena/Strickland 2-0
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 4	Lambert/Metzger	3	Lucena/Strickland	10	21-12, 21-15	0:45
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lucena/Strickland	12	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	1:03
Lead the series against # 12 Loomis/Stolfus 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	4	Loomis/Stolfus	12	21-15, 21-23, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # 15 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	4	Wachtfogel/Wong	13	21-18, 21-10	0:42
Lead the series against # 19 Lee/Rester 2-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	3	Lee/Rester	19	21-19, 21-19	0:52
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 # 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 # 30, Q7 Holmes/Mercer 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	3	Holmes/Mercer	30, Q7	21-10, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q10 Akinshyn/McNichol 1-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Akinshyn/McNichol	32	22-20, 21-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q12 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