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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Long Beach Open
July 24 - 26, 2008

(6) 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Mike Lambert - 3rd	Nick Lucena - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/18-19/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	6	3rd	390	$9,500.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	8	5th	312	$6,000.00
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 Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (11)

Lost 19-21, 20-22

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	50	18	7	0.220	0	21	2	1
	1	21	7	2	0.238	0	6	2	1
	2	29	11	5	0.207	0	15	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	19	8	1	0.368	2	10	0	0
	1	9	5	1	0.444	1	7	0	0
	2	10	3	0	0.300	1	3	0	0

Fri, 7/25/2008

Contender 1

Brent Doble / Justin Phipps (21)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	35	18	3	0.429	0	11	0	1
	1	20	11	2	0.450	0	5	0	1
	2	15	7	1	0.400	0	6	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	15	12	0	0.800	5	7	0	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	3	2	0	0
	2	11	8	0	0.727	2	5	0	1

Fri, 7/25/2008

Contender 2

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (14)

Won 21-18, 21-11

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	32	23	1	0.688	0	10	1	2
	1	19	12	1	0.579	0	7	0	0
	2	13	11	0	0.846	0	3	1	2
Mark Williams	Total	14	7	1	0.429	2	0	2	0
	1	8	4	1	0.375	1	0	1	0
	2	6	3	0	0.500	1	0	1	0

Fri, 7/25/2008

Contender 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (8)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	34	17	4	0.382	0	10	1	0
	1	17	10	2	0.471	0	5	0	0
	2	17	7	2	0.294	0	5	1	0
Mark Williams	Total	16	9	2	0.438	6	4	0	0
	1	8	4	0	0.500	3	2	0	0
	2	8	5	2	0.375	3	2	0	0

Sat, 7/26/2008

Contender 4

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (2)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	Total	26	10	4	0.231	0	10	0	2
	1	15	5	3	0.133	0	5	0	1
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	5	0	1
Mark Williams	Total	26	15	3	0.462	1	1	0	0
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	1	0	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Stein Metzger	177	86	19	0.379	0	62	4	6
Mark Williams	90	51	7	0.489	16	22	2	1

Head to Head Results
Metzger/Williams lead the series against the field 20-14 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-3
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Metzger/Williams	6	21-19, 21-17	0:53
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
Series tied with # 2 Lucena/Scott 2-2
7/26/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Lucena/Scott	2	Metzger/Williams	6	21-15, 21-18	0:54
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 4	Lucena/Scott	2	Metzger/Williams	6	21-17, 21-17	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Hyden/Keenan 1-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 3	Metzger/Williams	6	Hyden/Keenan	3	21-15, 21-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 7 Medel/Souza 2-0
7/19/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 6	Metzger/Williams	6	Medel/Souza	5	21-15, 22-24, 15-11	1:16
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Finals	Metzger/Williams	3	Medel/Souza	5	21-17, 21-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 8 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Williams	6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-18, 21-16	0:51
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 # 11 Mariano/Ratledge 0-2
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	11	Metzger/Williams	6	21-19, 22-20	1:01
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	9	Metzger/Williams	3	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:22
Lead the series against # 12 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 2	Metzger/Williams	6	Wachtfogel/Wong	11	21-6, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 Allen/Halverson 2-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Metzger/Williams	6	Allen/Halverson	14	21-18, 21-11	0:38
7/12/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 5	Metzger/Williams	8	Allen/Halverson	20	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 17 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 # 20 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 # 21 Doble/Phipps 1-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Metzger/Williams	6	Doble/Phipps	21	21-19, 21-14	0:53
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