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AVP Tour
$183,000 Birmingham-Hoover Open presented by Vault
July 13 - 16, 2006

(10) Nick Lucena/Sean Rooney

Nick Lucena

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Resides:

Tallahassee, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Florida State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

287

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,378,152.50

Sean Rooney

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wheaton, IL

Resides:

Malibu, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$33,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	$43,550.00

Previous Birmingham Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	9	9	144	$2,600.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	14	5	216	$5,500.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	12	17	72	$750.00

Birmingham-Hoover Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/14/2006

Winner 1

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (23)

Lost 19-21, 18-21

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	34	15	6	0.265	0	10	1	0
	1	15	8	4	0.267	0	5	0	0
	2	19	7	2	0.263	0	5	1	0
Sean Rooney	Total	17	8	2	0.353	3	4	1	2
	1	9	4	2	0.222	2	2	0	0
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	2	1	2

Fri, 7/14/2006

Contender 1

Dane Jensen / Jim Nichols (26, Q2)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	34	21	1	0.588	0	7	2	5
	1	18	11	0	0.611	0	5	2	2
	2	16	10	1	0.563	0	2	0	3
Sean Rooney	Total	12	7	2	0.417	3	6	2	0
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	4	2	0
	2	6	4	1	0.500	3	2	0	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Contender 2

Larry Witt / Kevin Wong (9)

Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-11

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	30	12	4	0.267	0	19	0	0
	1	14	4	1	0.214	0	8	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	4	0	0
	3	8	3	3	0.000	0	7	0	0
Sean Rooney	Total	31	22	5	0.548	3	2	1	3
	1	13	9	1	0.615	1	1	0	2
	2	12	9	3	0.500	2	1	0	1
	3	6	4	1	0.500	0	0	1	0

Sat, 7/15/2006

Contender 3

Dain Blanton / Matt Prosser (16)

Lost 15-21, 21-16, 14-16

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	12	6	1	0.417	0	6	2	3
	1	5	2	1	0.200	0	3	1	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	0	1
	3	2	1	0	0.500	0	1	1	1
Sean Rooney	Total	46	30	7	0.500	6	3	0	3
	1	18	10	5	0.278	0	0	0	1
	2	12	9	0	0.750	5	1	0	1
	3	16	11	2	0.563	1	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	110	54	12	0.382	0	42	5	8
Sean Rooney	106	67	16	0.481	15	15	4	8

Head to Head Results
Lucena/Rooney trail the series against the field 6-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lucena/Rooney	14	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lucena/Rooney	9	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	1:04
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	Lucena/Rooney	14	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 Holdren/Scott 0-1
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Holdren/Scott	6	Lucena/Rooney	9	21-14, 19-21, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # 5 Hyden/Nygaard 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Hyden/Nygaard	6	Lucena/Rooney	12	21-15, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 6 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Rooney	14	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-19, 18-21, 27-25	1:15
Lead the series against # 8 Doble/Mariano 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Rooney	9	Doble/Mariano	8	16-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:11
Lead the series against # 9 Witt/Wong 2-0
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Lucena/Rooney	10	Witt/Wong	9	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:00
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Lucena/Rooney	14	Witt/Wong	11	21-15, 27-25	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Blanton/Prosser 0-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Prosser	16	Lucena/Rooney	10	21-15, 16-21, 16-14	1:03
Trail the series against # 20 Koski/Minc 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Lucena/Rooney	12	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Lee/Rester 0-1
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Lee/Rester	23	Lucena/Rooney	10	21-19, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Camacho/Mercer 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Rooney	9	Camacho/Mercer	24, Q9	21-14, 21-7	0:31
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Jensen/Nichols 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 1	Lucena/Rooney	10	Jensen/Nichols	26, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:39