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$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam McDonalds Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 10 - 12, 2008

(8) Stein Metzger/Mark Williams

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

Mark Williams

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Australia

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Boulder 2008)

Career Winnings:

$298,005.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	14	1	1	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	$127,975.00
FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	US$62,000.00
Pro Beach	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$16,250.00
Overall	25	1	2	4	0	5	4	8	0	0	0	1	US$206,225.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Wayne Seligson - 25th	Did not play
1998	Eduardo Bacil - 25th	Did not play
1999	Carlos Loss - 5th	Did not play
2000	Brent Doble - 9th	Did not play
2002	Kevin Wong - 9th	Sean Rosenthal - 9th
2003	Dax Holdren - 13th	Pepe Delahoz - 17th
2004	Dax Holdren - 13th	Canyon Ceman - 17th
2005	Jake Gibb - 3rd	Scott Wong - 9th
2006	Mike Lambert - 1st	Did not play
2007	Mike Lambert - 1st	Nick Lucena - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	3	1st	520	$25,000.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	14, Q11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	18, Q13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	40	US$0.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	5	9th	144	$2,600.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	3	9th	144	$2,875.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	14, Q7	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	17, Q11	9th	240	US$5,500.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	3	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	6	3rd	270	$9,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	28	9th	240	US$5,500.00

AVP Slam Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 1

Evan Engle / Dane Jensen (25, Q6)

Won 21-13, 21-18

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	28	16	2	0.500	0	7	1	0
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	2	0	0
	2	18	9	1	0.444	0	5	1	0
Mark Williams	Total	18	14	1	0.722	4	1	0	0
	1	10	7	1	0.600	2	0	0	0
	2	8	7	0	0.875	2	1	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 2

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (9)

Lost 21-13, 18-21, 16-18

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	33	13	6	0.212	0	16	0	2
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	6	0	0
	2	14	4	4	0.000	0	4	0	2
	3	11	4	2	0.182	0	6	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	33	18	3	0.455	10	7	0	0
	1	13	7	1	0.462	4	3	0	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	2	2	0	0
	3	10	5	1	0.400	4	2	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 2

Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (10)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	26	16	5	0.423	0	12	0	4
	1	15	8	4	0.267	0	10	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	3
Mark Williams	Total	23	16	1	0.652	3	2	0	1
	1	13	8	1	0.538	2	1	0	0
	2	10	8	0	0.800	1	1	0	1

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 3

Russ Marchewka / Mike Placek (18)

Won 21-18, 21-19

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	26	12	2	0.385	0	11	1	1
	1	12	6	0	0.500	0	4	0	1
	2	14	6	2	0.286	0	7	1	0
Mark Williams	Total	20	9	5	0.200	4	6	0	2
	1	11	6	3	0.273	3	5	0	1
	2	9	3	2	0.111	1	1	0	1

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 4

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (3)

Won 21-19, 21-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	35	23	3	0.571	0	15	0	2
	1	18	11	3	0.444	0	7	0	1
	2	17	12	0	0.706	0	8	0	1
Mark Williams	Total	14	11	2	0.643	5	2	0	0
	1	8	7	1	0.750	2	1	0	0
	2	6	4	1	0.500	3	1	0	0

Sat, 7/12/2008

Contender 5

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (20)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	27	15	4	0.407	0	9	2	0
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	1	0
	2	15	9	2	0.467	0	5	1	0
Mark Williams	Total	12	8	1	0.583	6	2	0	1
	1	7	6	1	0.714	2	2	0	1
	2	5	2	0	0.400	4	0	0	0

Sat, 7/12/2008

Contender 6

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (5)

Lost 15-21, 16-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	18	9	4	0.278	0	6	1	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	1	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	4	0	3
Mark Williams	Total	21	12	3	0.429	0	2	1	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	0	1	2
	2	14	7	3	0.286	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	193	104	26	0.404	0	76	5	13
Mark Williams	141	88	16	0.511	32	22	1	7

Head to Head Results
Metzger/Williams lead the series against the field 17-10 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-2
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Metzger/Williams	3	21-19, 21-12	0:41
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Metzger/Williams	6	21-16, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 3 Olson/Wong 2-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Metzger/Williams	8	Olson/Wong	3	21-19, 21-15	1:06
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 4	Metzger/Williams	6	Olson/Wong	12	21-16, 21-19	0:55
Lead the series against # 4 Medel/Souza 1-0
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Finals	Metzger/Williams	3	Medel/Souza	5	21-17, 21-15	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-5
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	Metzger/Williams	8	21-15, 21-16	0:42
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Metzger/Williams	14, Q11	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:56
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Metzger/Williams	5	13-21, 23-21, 15-9	1:10
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Metzger/Williams	3	21-9, 21-17	0:37
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Metzger/Williams	14, Q7	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Lucena/Scott 2-0
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Semi-Finals	Metzger/Williams	3	Lucena/Scott	2	18-21, 22-20, 16-14	1:16
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 5	Metzger/Williams	6	Lucena/Scott	7	25-23, 24-22	0:58
Series tied with # 9 Mayer/Nygaard 1-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	9	Metzger/Williams	8	13-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:03
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 3	Metzger/Williams	3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-18, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Brazao/Loiola 3-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 2	Metzger/Williams	8	Brazao/Loiola	10	21-17, 21-19	0:47
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Williams	5	Brazao/Loiola	12	21-16, 21-14	0:51
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 2	Metzger/Williams	6	Brazao/Loiola	13	21-16, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Mariano/Ratledge 0-1
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	9	Metzger/Williams	3	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:22
Trail the series against # 14 Holdren/Strickland 0-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Metzger/Williams	6	21-17, 13-21, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # 15 Loomis/Witt 1-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Metzger/Williams	3	Loomis/Witt	14	24-26, 21-11, 15-11	1:07
Lead the series against # 18 Marchewka/Placek 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Williams	8	Marchewka/Placek	18	21-18, 21-19	1:00
Lead the series against # 19 Morrison/Tramblie 2-0
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 4	Metzger/Williams	3	Morrison/Tramblie	18	21-17, 21-17	0:44
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 1	Metzger/Williams	6	Morrison/Tramblie	21, Q1	21-12, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 20 Allen/Halverson 1-0
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 5	Metzger/Williams	8	Allen/Halverson	20	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Engle/Jensen 2-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Williams	8	Engle/Jensen	25, Q6	21-13, 21-18	0:44
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Williams	5	Engle/Jensen	28, Q8	21-16, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # Q9 Akinshyn/Macau 1-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Metzger/Williams	3	Akinshyn/Macau	30	21-12, 21-19	0:45