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$200,000 Pringles Smart Flavors Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife
August 30 - September 1, 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:

9

Tournaments:

88

Career Wins:

16

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:

16

Tournaments:

213

Career Wins:

18

Career AVP Wins:

16

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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	John Hyden - 1st	Jake Gibb - 5th
2006	Stein Metzger - 2nd	Mike Lambert - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/23-25/2007	Brooklyn Open	2	3rd	390	$13,300.00
AVP	8/16-18/2007	Boston Open	1	3rd	390	$13,300.00
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	1	5th	312	$8,500.00
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	1	1st	520	$28,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	10	17th	200	US$7,000.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	3	3rd	390	$13,300.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	3	1st	360	$20,000.00
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (15)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	11	7	1	0.545	1	4	2	4
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	1	2	2	2
Stein Metzger	Total	35	18	5	0.371	0	13	0	0
	1	21	12	4	0.381	0	10	0	0
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 3

Nick Lucena / Mark Williams (7)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	14	8	5	0.214	3	4	0	4
	1	7	3	3	0.000	0	2	0	1
	2	7	5	2	0.429	3	2	0	3
Stein Metzger	Total	32	15	6	0.281	0	11	0	0
	1	14	8	2	0.429	0	5	0	0
	2	18	7	4	0.167	0	6	0	0

Sat, 9/1/2007

Winner 4

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (3)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	23	15	3	0.522	5	4	0	2
	1	9	5	1	0.444	4	3	0	1
	2	14	10	2	0.571	1	1	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	25	10	4	0.240	0	9	0	1
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	2	0	1
	2	15	6	3	0.200	0	7	0	0

Sat, 9/1/2007

Semi-Finals

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (4)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	12	7	3	0.333	3	1	2	3
	1	5	2	2	0.000	1	0	2	3
	2	7	5	1	0.571	2	1	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	28	18	4	0.500	0	13	0	1
	1	16	8	2	0.375	0	6	0	0
	2	12	10	2	0.667	0	7	0	1

Sat, 9/1/2007

Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 12-21, 22-24

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	8	2	3	-0.125	0	0	1	3
	1	5	1	3	-0.400	0	0	0	0
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	0	1	3
Stein Metzger	Total	40	22	6	0.400	0	6	0	4
	1	16	7	4	0.188	0	1	0	1
	2	24	15	2	0.542	0	5	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	68	39	15	0.353	12	13	5	16
Stein Metzger	160	83	25	0.363	0	52	0	6

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 64-26 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 6-9
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lambert/Metzger	2	21-12, 24-22	1:12
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lambert/Metzger	2	21-14, 21-18	0:49
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-19, 21-19	0:50
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 # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 15-9
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-17, 21-19	0:47
7/22/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-13, 21-16	0:47
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	8	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:51
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 Hyden/Keenan 5-1
9/1/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Hyden/Keenan	4	21-17, 21-12	0:41
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Hyden/Keenan	2	21-19, 21-17	1:01
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
Lead the series against # 5 Medel/Souza 3-2
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	5	22-20, 21-19	0:43
8/12/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Medel/Souza	6	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-23, 21-19, 15-7	1:08
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	4	24-22, 21-14	0:52
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 # 6 Holdren/Scott 7-4
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Scott	8	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-19, 21-18	0:53
9/15/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Winner 2	Holdren/Scott	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:02
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Scott	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	13-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:04
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
Lead the series against # 7 Lucena/Williams 5-0
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lucena/Williams	7	21-16, 21-18	0:42
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-17, 21-18	0:44
7/22/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 6	Lambert/Metzger	3	Lucena/Williams	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:07
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Fuerbringer/Jennings 6-1
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Lambert/Metzger	1	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:05
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-17, 21-14	0:44
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:13
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-19, 21-14	0:46
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 # 9 Wachtfogel/Wong 2-0
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Wachtfogel/Wong	11	21-17, 21-16	0:52
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	4	Wachtfogel/Wong	13	21-18, 21-10	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Doble/Olson 1-0
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Doble/Olson	11	21-19, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 14 Jewell/Loiola 1-0
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	1	Jewell/Loiola	17	21-17, 16-5 Retired	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Mariano/Ratledge 3-0
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	Mariano/Ratledge	15	21-16, 21-16	0:45
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Mariano/Ratledge	16	21-12, 21-14	0:46
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Mariano/Ratledge	16	33-31, 21-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 17 DiPierro/Zimet 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	DiPierro/Zimet	18	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Baxter/Blanton 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	3	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 23-21	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 24, Q11 Halverson/Jensen 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	3	Halverson/Jensen	30, Q19	21-14, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q12 Denitz/Patterson 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Denitz/Patterson	32, Q10	21-16, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # Q14 Burnham/Pray 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	3	Burnham/Pray	30, Q13	21-15, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q16 Acosta/Acosta 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	2	Acosta/Acosta	31, Q14	23-21, 21-14	0:48
Lead the series against # Q31 Shamrokh/VanOort 1-0
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Shamrokh/VanOort	32	21-9, 21-17	0:35