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AVP Tour
$250,000 Brooklyn Open presented by Cushman & Wakefield
August 17 - 19, 2006

(1) Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger

Mike Lambert

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kaneohe, HI

Resides:

Costa Mesa, CA

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 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

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 Brooklyn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	1	2	468	$18,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	6	5	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	7	5	480	US$14,400.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	1	1	520	$25,000.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	1	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	2	1	360	$19,000.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	2	3	270	$8,500.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	5	13	240	US$6,500.00
AVP	6/15-17/2006	Sacramento Open	2	1	520	$20,000.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	2	2	324	$13,400.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	19	3	480	US$16,000.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	1	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	1	3	390	$12,000.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	1	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	1	2	324	$13,400.00

Brooklyn Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/18/2006

Winner 1

Ihor Akinshyn / Tim McNichol (32)

Won 22-20, 21-12

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	14	12	1	0.786	3	3	2	4
	1	8	8	0	1.000	0	1	1	3
	2	6	4	1	0.500	3	2	1	1
Stein Metzger	Total	35	22	5	0.486	0	10	0	0
	1	21	12	4	0.381	0	4	0	0
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	6	0	0

Fri, 8/18/2006

Winner 2

Paul Baxter / Scott Wong (16)

Won 21-12, 21-12

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	10	7	1	0.600	5	2	0	4
	1	4	3	0	0.750	2	1	0	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	3	1	0	2
Stein Metzger	Total	23	18	1	0.739	0	11	0	0
	1	13	10	1	0.692	0	7	0	0
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	4	0	0

Fri, 8/18/2006

Winner 3

Tyler Hildebrand / Ty Tramblie (25, Q4)

Won 21-15, 21-11

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	13	10	0	0.769	8	3	0	3
	1	5	4	0	0.800	3	2	0	3
	2	8	6	0	0.750	5	1	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	12	9	1	0.667	0	5	0	1
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	1	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	4	0	1

Sat, 8/19/2006

Winner 4

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (5)

Won 21-19, 21-13

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	4	3	1	0.500	3	1	0	1
	1	2	2	0	1.000	1	0	0	0
	2	2	1	1	0.000	2	1	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	31	20	4	0.516	0	9	1	1
	1	18	12	3	0.500	0	5	0	1
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	4	1	0

Sat, 8/19/2006

Semi-Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	19	13	2	0.579	3	4	3	2
	1	10	6	1	0.500	1	1	0	2
	2	9	7	1	0.667	2	3	3	0
Stein Metzger	Total	24	15	5	0.417	0	8	0	0
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	4	0	0
	2	11	6	4	0.182	0	4	0	0

Sat, 8/19/2006

Finals

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (5)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	6	4	0	0.667	2	0	2	3
	1	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	2	0	2	2
Stein Metzger	Total	37	26	3	0.622	0	7	0	0
	1	23	16	1	0.652	0	4	0	0
	2	14	10	2	0.571	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	66	49	5	0.667	24	13	7	17
Stein Metzger	162	110	19	0.562	0	50	1	2

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 30-11

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 3-4
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 Fuerbringer/Jennings 3-0
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
Series tied with # 4 Hyden/Nygaard 1-1
8/13/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Hyden/Nygaard	6	21-17, 21-18	0:46
5/21/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Nygaard	7	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-17, 21-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 6-5
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 # 6 Lucena/Rooney 3-0
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Rooney	8	21-11, 21-18	0:38
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Rooney	9	21-18, 21-19	0:48
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lucena/Rooney	14	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 7 Kiraly/Witt 1-0
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Kiraly/Witt	7	27-25, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Doble/Mariano 3-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Doble/Mariano	8	21-19, 21-12	0:51
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Doble/Mariano	10	24-22, 21-17	0:50
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Doble/Mariano	14	Lambert/Metzger	1	14-21, 21-17, 22-20	1:11
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Doble/Mariano	16	21-19, 23-25, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # 12 Stolfus/Wachtfogel 3-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	8	21-17, 21-12	0:41
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	1	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	15	22-20, 21-18	0:44
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	16	21-12, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Ceman/Olson 1-0
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Ceman/Olson	12	21-17, 24-22	0:32
Lead the series against # 15 Keenan/Mayer 1-0
6/11/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Keenan/Mayer	27, Q3	21-12, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Baxter/Wong 1-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Baxter/Wong	16	21-12, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Hildebrand/Tramblie 1-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Hildebrand/Tramblie	25, Q4	21-15, 21-11	0:40
Lead the series against # 32 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 # Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Thornton/Zimet 1-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	22-20, 21-17	0:43